Surname: Goad

[jcg4]

My believes that the goad surname is from the blackfoot tribe. I am unsure if any one is familiar with the surname goad, but all my sources say that it originated in England. Maybe someone married into blacfoot? Thank you for any help.

[Linda]

Nearly all the southeastern Indian families took on English surnames, either through intermarriage, or they may have been called by the name of the person whose land they lived on and they worked for, or they may have chosen a name of someone they preferred.

Where were these Goads living?