William Goforth
| William Goforth | |
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| New York County member of the New York State Assembly | |
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In office 1784–1786 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
April 1, 1731 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Died | November 2, 1807 (aged 76) Columbia, Ohio |
| Resting place | Spring Grove Cemetery |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Catharine Meeks |
| Children | William Goforth |
| Military service | |
| Years of service | June 28, 1775 - July 6, 1776 |
| Rank | Major |
| Unit | New York Line |
| Battles/wars | |
William Goforth (1731–1807), also called Judge William Goforth and Major William Goforth, was a member of the Committee of One Hundred and Committee of Safety in New York City, an officer of the New York Line during the American Revolutionary War, and was a member of the New York State Assembly after the war. He was one of the earliest immigrants to the Cincinnati area, where he was named a judge and was elected to the territorial legislature.
William Goforth was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on April 1, 1731. He married Catharine Meeks in New York City on May 18, 1760. He was a member of the Committee of Safety and Committee of One Hundred early in the American Revolutionary War. He joined the 1st Regiment New York Line as a Captain on June 28, 1775 under Colonel Alexander McDougall, was a Major, 5th Regiment New York Line, June 26, 1776, and resigned July 6, 1776. He served in the Invasion of Canada and the Battle of Three Rivers.
Goforth was elected to the New York State Assembly for the 8th and 9th New York State Legislature, serving from 1784 to 1786.
Goforth was among the earliest settlers in Southeast Ohio, when he settled at Columbia, now a neighborhood of Cincinnati, in the Northwest Territory in early 1789. On January 4, 1790, Governor Arthur St. Clair established Hamilton County and named Goforth one of three Judges of the Court of Common Pleas and Justices of the Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace. He was elected one of the Hamilton County representatives in the Northwest Territory House of Representatives for the First Territorial Legislature, which met from September 16 to December 19, 1799 at Cincinnati, and from November 3 to December 9, 1800 at Chillicothe.
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