Albemarle, Virginia and Goldens

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A Probable History of the Golden Family
of Newberry, South Carolina Since 1761
Updated 2025.01.11

 

Record evidence exists for three Golden / Golding families having settled in the Crozet area of Albemarle County, Virginia. All branches appear to have disappeared by 1800, with different branches of the family moving off to Kentucky and (our line probably by 1760) to South Carolina.

These Goldens probably did not live long in the area, possibly only from about 1760-after 1790 … but that can be difficult to determine as few records exist for the area. There are alternative records compiled in a 1901 book by the Rev. Edgar Woods^[1]Albemarle County in Virginia: Giving Some Account of what it was by Nature, of what it was Made by Man, and of Some of the Men who Made it, by Rev. Edgar Woods, 422 pages, 1901. Free to read! on … Continue reading that has proven to be most helpful. This book also provides some context as to the presence of the Golden family within the county.

The individuals below may appear in your DNA matches if you are kin to the Golden that lived in Albemarle County from 1760-1800 in the Crozet and Spring Creek area. 

Have included any records for Goldens that may live in Amherst County, Virginia. Amherst was part of Albemarle until 1761.

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TIMELINE  

1700: 

~~~ 1710-1720: Trading Posts appear in what is today Amherst County, part of Albemarle at that time. No settlement yet occuring. ^[2]Wikipedia overview of Amherst County, Virginia: view.

~~~ 1730: Settlement begins in what is today Amherst County, then part of Albemarle. ^[3]Wikipedia overview of Amherst County, Virginia: view.

~~~ 1744: Albemarle County created from the western portion of Goochland County, though portions of Albemarle were later carved out to create other counties. Until the Civil War, the majority of Albemarle County’s population consisted of enslaved African Americans and plantations.^[4]Wikipedia overview of AlbemarleCounty, Virginia: view.    2024: Albemarle County is part of the Charlottesville Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Jefferson Madison Regional Library (JMRL) and its genealogy section in the Central Library needs a visit for review of any surviving relevant local records.^[5]JMRL serves the City of Charlottesville and the counties of Albemarle, Greene, Louisa, and Nelson. The library at Crozet, Virginia is part of the JMRL. Central Library: 201 E. Market Street, … Continue reading

~~~ 1748 Mar 25: LWT of John or Johnathan (Jno) Warren to James (Jas) Warren; Jas. Warren, the younger, Lunenberg, Betty Whittle, wife of Matthew (Matt.) Whittle; Sarah Coffrey wife of Charles (Chas.) Coffrey; Eleanor Rucker, wife of Jno Rucker; Grace Warren. Last four of Albemarle. For L100,000 to be paid in equal proportions – one eighth to each; minerals that may be discovered on 276 of Jno. Warren‘s on N side Buffalo Ridge (this now Amherst) L200 excepted as working costs – 1000 years. To pay on feast day of St. Michael from sums earned. Wit: Jno Harvie, Joshua Fry, Jno Coffrey.^[6]S: LWT of John or Johnathan (Jno) Warren summarized in Wills of Amherst County, Virginia, 1761-1865, pg 164.

~~~ 1761: Amherst County formed from southwestern corner of Albemarle County, Virginia.^[7]Wikipedia overview of Amherst County, Virginia: view.

~~~ 1762: An unsourced Warren Family genealogy claims that Eleanor ‘Nelly’ Golden (b.1745) married (Charles) William Warren (c1738-1807) at Albemarle VA. They would move to the Newberry, South Carolina area at some time between 1763-1768.^[8]William and Nelly Golden Warren were living in South Carolina by 1768 as their son Benjamin John Warren (Culbertson), 1768–1853, was born in the Ninety Six District.   They divorced in South Carolina in 1798 per same genealogy. Surnames of Warren and Golden do appear in Albemarle marriages indexes. Who married whom and when is not listed.^[9] Surnames of Albemarlans that married per Iberian Publishing Company’s On-Line Catalog: Albemarle County, VA: Surname Lists: https://genealogyresources.org/Albemarle_surnames.html … Another unsourced Genealogy lists the marriage as occuring in 1762 in nearby Amherst County, Virginia. Amherst was part of southwestern Albemarle County and became its own county in 1761. ^[10]Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amherst_County,_Virginia

~~~ 1776 Dec 9: Matthew (Matt.) Whittle, AC. to his son Joseph Whittle, AC. for love, 200 acres and upper end of tract where I live. Wit: John or Jonathan Warren (Jno.), James Warren (Jas.), Peter Joyner.^[11]John or Jonathan Warren (Jno.), James Warren (Jas.) witnesses to a will. S: Wills of Amherst County, Virginia, 1761-1865, pg 431

~~~ 1780 Jan 12: Charles Warren (Chas.) is witness to the selling of 400 acres from John / Jonathan (Jon.) and wife Sarah Whittle, and Matthew and wife Eliza Whittle to Charles Wingfield (Chas.) for L1000 … located at Buffalo Ridge, branch of Rockey Creek and Christian’s path to Moses Higginbotham‘s mill, conveyed by Matthew to his sons Joseph and Jno. Whittle.
… ^[12]The Deeds of Amherst County, Virginia, 1761-1806, Book E.

~~~ 1782 Apr 10: Abraham Golden living alone in Albemarle, District No. 3. He has no slaves, no wheels (f)or riding carriage (wagon), no billard table and is not running his home as an ordinary (serves meals and drink). Has five (5) cattle and two horses or mules. ^[13]1782, Abraham Golden appears to be living alone: free males above 21: 1; slaves: 0; “No Nett[?] Cattle”: 5; “No Horses mares Colts & Mules”: 2; “No wheels for Riding … Continue reading

~~~ 1782 Apr 10 Tax Record: Abram Golden living alone in Albemarle, District No. 3. He has no slaves, no wheels (f)or riding carriage (wagon), no billard table and is not running his home as an ordinary (serves meals and drink). Has four (4) cattle and one horse or mule. ^[14]1782, Abraham Golden appears to be living alone: free males above 21: 1; slaves: 0; “No Nett[?] Cattle”: 5; “No Horses mares Colts & Mules”: 2; “No wheels for Riding … Continue reading

~~~ 1782 Apr 10 Tax Record: William Golding living alone in Albemarle, District No. 4. Has 12 slaves, no wheels (f)or riding carriage (wagon), no billard table and is not running his home as an ordinary (serves meals and drink). Has 14 cattle and four horses or mules. ^[15]10 Apr 1782, District No. 4: free males above 21: 1; slaves: 12; “No Nett[?] Cattle”: 14; “No Horses mares Colts & Mules”: 4; “No wheels for Riding Carriags”: … Continue reading

~~~ 1783 Amherst County, former southwestern corner of Albemarle: no listing of Golden, Maupin or Warren families in the census (tax) records.^[16]U.S. Census Index of Heads of Family – Virginia, 1783. 

~~~ 1790 Alternative Census:^[17]Info from 1790 Census: Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790, U.S. Census Bureau. The Virginia 1790 census was destroyed when the British burned the … Continue reading Three Golden families lived in Albemarle:

• • Abraham Golden: 11 white souls with no dwelling noted, probably indicating non-ownership of land for tax purposes.
  • Archibald Golden: 8 white souls, 1 dwelling, and 1 other building
  • William Golding: 3 white souls, no dwelling listed, and 13 buildings

~~~ 1790 Mar 28 Tax Record: There is an Alee Golding / Alce Golding living in Fredricksville Parish, Albemarle County. She lives alone with no slaves and has a horse. ^[18]Household Remarks “Dates Receiving lists from Individls”: “Dates of recei[vin]g list from Indivls.”: [March] 28; “Number of whte Males over 16 yr. old”: 0; … Continue reading

~~~ 1790 May 26 Tax Record: There is a Julius Golden / Gauldin living in Fredricksville Parish, Albemarle County. Julius lives alone with no slaves and has a horse. ^[19]Household Remarks “Dates Receiving lists from Individls”: [May] 26; “No. of white males abo. 16”: 1; “No. of Negroes abo. 16”: 0; “No. of Negroes Between 12 … Continue reading Fredericksville Parish served Louisa and northeastern Albemarle counties. Would later be split with the Albemarle portion becoming Trinity Parish.^[20]A history of Albemarle and Trinity Parishis available online on page 41 from a digital version of William Meade’s Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia, 2 vols. (Philadelphia: J.B. … Continue reading

~~~ 1799 Tax Record: William Golding / Galding living alone in Albemarle. Has no slaves and no horses. ^[21]1799, “No. of free males above 16”: 1; “No. of Blacks above 16”: 0; “No. of do.[blacks] between 12 & 16″: 0; Horses: 0”. View on Ancestry.

1800: 

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