William Moody Golden appears in some 50 pages of legal documents. At no time does he have a middle name. His surname can appear as Golden or Goulding, a variation of Golding. William Moody Golden (WMG) was mostly likely South Carolina born. Was living in the Newberry, South Carolina area where he met and married Mary Elizabeth (Elizabeth) Lagrone, first child born 1812 at Newberry.
There are strong DNA match connections with the Southerland aka Sutherlin family that originated in Virginia before 1660. How I and other Goldens relate to this family is unknown. For consistency, am going to refer to this family as Southerland when making general references below. These Golden family DNA connections lead to George Sutherland (Normant).
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Fleetwood Augustus Golden, Birth: 1875 (Newberry or Laurens County) South Carolina. Death: 1965 Burial: Liberty Springs Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Cross Hill, Laurens County, South Carolina
There are many DNA match connections with the Cobb family of South Caroina that originated in Virginia before 1660. My direct grandparentage begins with Elizabeth Cobb, 1807–1880, married to John Goforth Parker, 1798–1859.
Book — by Bentley, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, 1984 … 804 pages … An index of marriage records from the ‘The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, the William and Mary College Quarterly, and Tyler’s Quarterly’ … this is a very large collection but should not be considered definitive or even close. There are many Virginia marriages documented elsewhere that do not appear in this book — but certainly this an outstanding book for you to have access to for this time period.
Book — by Fleet; Beverly Fleet … 833 pages — The Original 34 Volumes Reprinted in 3, Volume III, Baltimore Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc, 1988.
Book — by Waters and Milam, Philemon Barry Waters , Herbert M. Milam, South Carolina Historical Society … A well written and researched history of the Waters family from time of immigration to Virginia, subsequent relocation to South Carolina, and the family genealogy through the Civil War and in the years thereafter. Publication 1903 by Publisher Foote & Davies Co. Available for download from multiple sources online or can be purchased through Amazon. Book is not in copyright.
Book — by William and Mary College Quarterly … 897 pages — Source: Virginia Land Records, excerpted and reprinted from The Virginia Magazine of History and Beiography, the William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine and Tyler’s Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine with notes by Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, 1982. … NOTE TO SELF: Reviewed entries for John Goddin (pg128, 1658), Edward Goulding (pg 658, 1654), Stanley and Francis Goar (pg 303, 1712)
Book — by Wilkinson; Marcellus McEwin Wilkinson, 1949 … 547 pages — well indexed.