Mariah Louisa Goodwyn

     Mariah Louisa Goodwyn was born in 1825 in Virginia.

Mariah married second Marcus D. North on 24 January 1849 in Georgia. They had children Leah A. (1849), Richard M. (1852), and Sara Etta (1849).²

Mariah married third John Joseph HUNT, son of Henry Harrison HUNT and Sarah BURT, on 31 March 1859 in Coweta County, Georgia. She was the widow of Marcus D. North.^3,2,4

Mariah Louisa Goodwyn and John Joseph HUNT appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 10 July 1860 in Farris, Coweta County, Georgia. The household was listed as Joseph J. Hunt, a 33-year-old farmer from Alabama and his 36-year-old wife, Mariah L., from Virginia. Joseph had personal property valued at $4,500. Living with them were J. J.'s step-children, Leah A. North, 10; Richard N. North, 8; and Sarah North, 7. All of the children were born in Georgia.⁵

Mariah Louisa Goodwyn and John Joseph HUNT appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 25 July 1870 in Newnan, Coweta County, Georgia. The household was listed as J. J. Hunt, a 43-year-old farmer, and Luisa his 44-year-old wife from Virginia. John had real estate valued at $1400 and personal property valued at $500. Children were Henry Hunt, 8, and Richard North, 17.⁶

Mariah Louisa Goodwyn and John Joseph HUNT appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 1 June 1880 in District 806, Coweta County, Georgia. The household was listed as John J. Hunt, a farmer, age 53; his wife Mariah L. Hunt, age 55; their son, John H. Hunt, 18, farm laborer; Allick Linch, 50, a mulatto farm laborer, born in Virginia and Fannie Dominick, a black 15-year-old, born in Georgia. J. J. Hunt was born in Alabama while his parents were born in North Carolina. Mariah and her parents were born in Virginia.⁷ She was buried in Allen-Lee Memorial Methodist Church Cemetery, Lone Oak, Georgia.¹

Mariah Louisa Goodwyn was identified as his surviving wife in John Joseph HUNT's obituary in the Meriwether Vindicator dated October 1910.⁸