Samuel Goode (March 21, 1756November 14, 1822) was a

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from

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. Born in "Whitby" in Chesterfield County in the

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, he completed preparatory studies, studied law, was admitted to the

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and practiced. During the

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he served as a lieutenant in the Chesterfield Troop of Horse and later as a colonel of militia. He was a member of the

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from 1778 to 1785, and was elected as a

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to the Sixth Congress, serving from March 4, 1799, to March 3, 1801. After leaving Congress, Goode returned to law, along with managing his land. His son was Dr. Thomas Goode, who was later the owner and operator of the Homestead spa. He died in

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, Mecklenburg County; interment was on his estate near Invermay.

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