Just a passing thought!!! Possibility!! Jasper Lafayette "Fate" Raper had a son (John Rubin (Goble) Raper by Mary Lovina Goble in Dec. 1866 ater marrying her in Feb. 1866. Jasper L. had returned to Talking Rock, Gilmer Co. GA after being discharged from the Army in July, 1865. Possiblity?? There could have been a relationship with Mary L. Goble prior to him going to war in Nov. 1864. It appears that James Lafayette "Fate" Goble was born in July 1864. If this was the case then this could be why there is statements as to him being raised an ophan and a shroud of mystery about his life due to the fact that these kind of things were kept as quite as possible during those day. ??????