Golding/Golden/Goulding Family History on Facebook 1776-1786 Revolutionary War | Loyalists in Southern Campaign This is but a partial list of those Golden’s that served. Names were not reliably spelt the same way on all military records for the period. For example, the records were standardized for ‘Richard Golden’ (son of William Golding and Elizabeth Foster), even … Read more
Golding/Golden/Goulding Family History on Facebook 1776-1786 Revolutionary War | Loyalists in Southern Campaign This is but a partial list of those Golden’s that served. Names were not reliably spelt the same way on all military records for the period. For example, the records were standardized for ‘Richard Golden’ (son of William Golding and Elizabeth Foster), even … Read more
1695, Accomack Virginia: … William Goulden owes Thomas Middleton 423 pounds of tobacco … he fails to show in court so the court orders the Sheriff to go get the tobacco and deliver it to Middleton
In 1757, a man named John Sheart was appointed as the guardian of the orphaned children of Alexander Gaulding. Alexander Gaulding lived in New Kent and Prince Edward counties before his death in 1752. The appointment of a guardian was typically given to a close relative, often a maternal uncle or a brother-in-law, which suggests that a marriage likely occurred between a Gaulding and a Sheart, or that Alexander’s wife, often identified in genealogies as Mary, may have been a Sheart by birth.
John James Golden
Birth 20 OCT 1797 • South Carolina
Death 04 NOV 1857 • Shelby, Texas
Current relationship: 2nd great-grandfather of 7th cousin
DNA matches with Mullinax surname descendants, and with descendants with Mullinax in their tree exists across all branches of our Goldens that branched between 1770-1790.
A Probable History of the Golden Family of Newberry, South Carolina Since 1761 Updated 2025.12.08 The individuals below may appear in your DNA matches. ~~~~~~ Origin of our Golden family immediately pre-1760 settlement in Newberry, South Carolina was probably in the Albemarle and Goochland area outside of Richmond, Virginia by 1720 at the latest. … Read more
Our William and Nellie Golden descendant branches from 1770-1790 all share DNA matches with Goare, aka Gore, family of Middlesex County, Virginia, and Prince Georges County, Maryland. These DNA matches can include living Gores — the Goare name appears to have disappeared from use by the Revolutionary War.There are several Kentucky lines of 1820s and 1830s that annotate Gore as being Goar.
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).
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.