My father was a Marine and my mother a Department of the Navy civilian. I was graduating high school during the Vietnam War years. I wanted to go to college. My father said NO to helping me pay for college. OK, so … the military offered college tuition if you joined. Being the son of … Read more
Per Wikipedia: The British “southern strategy” commenced in late 1778 with the capture of Savannah, Georgia, which was followed in 1780 by operations in South Carolina that included the defeat of two Continental Armies at Charleston and Camden. General Nathanael Greene, who took over as Continental Army commander after Camden, engaged in a strategy of … Read more
Golding / Golden / Goulding et al Family History on Facebook Updated 2014.04.26 / 10:00 William Golden, rumored to have been born in South Carolina about 1827. Family lore indicates that William was orphaned at an early age of between 7-9 in the Chambers County, Alabama area. William died on January 15, 1872 when he was resting … Read more
Golding / Golden / Goulding et al Family History on Facebook Who are William Cook Golden’s parents? He is from Surry County, North Carolina and married into a family (Snow) that has an extremely close relationship with Goldens and Goldings within the county. Yet I cannot find his parents. atDNA – Ancestry.com atDNA match with this … Read more
Golding / Golden / Goulding et al Family History on Facebook William M. GOLDEN Birth April 23, 1776 in Pittsylvania, Virginia Death October 20, 1852 in Hurricane Valley, Madison, Alabama Married May 12, 1797 at Lincoln County, Georgia to: Mary “Polly” Turner Birth 19 March 1776 in Pittsylvania, Virginia Death August 27, 1860 in New … Read more
Golding / Golden / Goulding et al Family History on Facebook William Pinckley (1846-1913) and Felix Grundy (1841-1920) were both born in Calhoun County, Alabama to Reuben Abraham Golden (1814 – 1870) and Nancy Griffin (1822 – 1905). Their siblings included David, Margaret A., Melody, Sarah, Frances Jane, Nancy E., Samuel Preston and Franklin Wilburn … Read more
Golding/Golden/Goulding et al Family History on Facebook Updated 2017.01.22 Below you will find the obituary for William Leftridge Golden, 1909-2001. +++++++++++++++++++++ Genealogy Misinformation Somehow in the 1980s and through about 2012, this family got warped back in time several hundred years and within many genealogies they became the founders of much of the modern American … Read more
Golding/Golden/Goulding Family History on Facebook The following are recorded Golden kin marriages in Tennessee before 1825: Anna Goldin married George Hinshaw on 16 Dec 1815 at Grainger County Anney Goulding married John Thompson on 14 Feb 1800 at Grainger County Elizabeth Golden married William Humbard on 5 Mar 1820 at Grainger County Milly Goulden married … Read more
Golding/Golden/Goulding Family History on Facebook Many of today’s Goldens, Gouldings and Gauldens that originated in southeastern England started out as Goldings. This area (Essex, Sussex, Kent counties) was the original home to at least three great Golding lines in modern America that have a common ancestor in Sir Thomas Golding, 1435-1505. These three great lines … Read more
Golding/Golden/Goulding Family History on Facebook Daniel Golden and Susan A. Arant Golding married in 1845 in Alabama. Their exact dates of death are unknown even though we have gravestones for them. They last appeared in the 1860 census at Western Division, Tallapoosa, Alabama. Both were in their mid-30s at the time. Daniel Golden (1824-aft 1860, probably … Read more