Green Golding / Golden Appointed Commissioner of Roads, Bridges & Ferries, 1821, South Carolina
Green Golding / Golden appointed in 1821 as a Commissioner of Roads, Bridges and Ferries in the Parish of Saint Bartholomew, South Carolina.
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Jacob Goulden arrives Charles Town, South Carolina, 1679
Jacob Goulden arrived in South Carolina at some time before 14 Feb 1679 at Charles Towne (Charleston). From where he came is unknown. Jacob is allocated 100 acres of land along a navigable river. Where and when he settled after 1679 is unknown.
Arriving in America – 1607 to 1699
GFolks that arrived in America before 1700 … Family history and genealogy for surnames of Golden, Golding, Goulding, Goldman, Gouldman, Goleman, Golman, Golmon and other similar families arriving in America and the Carribean.
An Approximate History of our Golden Family
Collected notes on the family of Thomas Golden who settled at Newberry, South Carolina by 1761, if not a year or two earlier. Wife’s and children’s names are unknown … but DNA creates a path back in time as to Thomas’s origins and family associations. Multiple males branches descending from Thomas Golden are yDNA Y700 tested.
Notes – Godden
Several of our Golden lines that branched between 1770-1790 have DNA matches with descendants of the Godden family of southeastern England in the Kent area.
Notes – Godwin / Goodwin
Thomas Godwin (Bridger), born c1640 at New Kent, New Kent, Virginia; Death 27 May 1713-1714 at Suffolk, Nansemond, Virginia. Multiple DNA matches link two lines of our Goldens with Thomas Godwin’s descendants, which are themselves named Godwin. DNA matches exist with male descendants of Nathanael Greene Golden (b1783) and Samuel Golden (b1770 SC).
Ship ‘Seven Sisters’, a regular visitor to Virginia in mid-1600s
A Christopher Goold supposedly sailed on the Seven Sisters in the 1650s. Am in search of this ship, its travels, and passenger lists in the hope to confirm if Christopher Goold could be Christopher Goulding.
Christopher and Thomas Goulding / Golden / Goalden of Christchurch, Middlesex, Virginia before 1670
Christopher Goulding is documented in 1656 Virginia Archive record as being the first cousin of the recently deceased Henry Edwards who travelled from Barbados above the ship Dove … and arrived dead. This page also documents my experience using artificial intelligence (A.I.) as a genealogy tool.
Green Golden and F.W. Golden charged for conspiracy in the killing of the Governor of Kentucky
The governor-elect of the Commonwealth of Kentucky was gunned down on January 30th, 1900 while walking to his inauguration. Governor-elect William Goebel lived to take the oath of office but died four days later on February 3nd. Goebel is the only governor in American history to have been killed while in office. Two Goldens were charged among many others with conspiracy to kill the Democrat governor-elect.
William Moody Golden, born before 1792 SC, death 1831 Bibb, Alabama
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.