Leah Goins, born c.a. 1790, was the daughter of William Goings, Sr (1749-1835) and Patsy Petty. William Goings Sr. was the illigitimate son of John Harmon, a Portuguese in documents, and Elizabeth Goings (1740-?)
Daniel Goins, (1824-1907) was the illigitimate son of Alexander Murchison (b.c.a. 1804) and Leah Goins, a Croatan of NC. Daniel married Margaret Goins (double Goins line)
Many of these Goinses remained in North Carolina after a mass emigration to Tennessee and Texas in the 1820's-1830's. The ones who remained clung to their cultural identity. They have represented the Croatan/Lumbee Indian tribe on the tribal council for many generations and Jimmy Goins former Chairman of the Tribal Council.
William Goyens, Jr, (1794-1856) is the brother to Leah Goins. He served as a Cherokee fighting side by side with the Cherokee at the Battle of the Horseshoe in Alabama, 1814 as muster rolls reveal. It is by no accident that he was tapped as Indian Agent by Sam Houston for negotiation of the Houston-Forbes Treaty. They had already fought one battle together under Andrew Jackson and knew of each other prior to arriving in Texas. These events were set in motion before any of these people arrived in the Republic of Texas.
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