Michael Gold (1758 - 1814)

Born 12 Dec 1758 in Yorkshire, England

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Died 1814 at about age 55 in Gold Hill, Lincoln, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Michael Gold, born in about 1758, in northern England near Sheffield, Our record shows the father of Michael was John and the father of John was Johnathan Gold. The same records shows that John Gold married a lady by the name of Shaw, and Johnathan Gold married a lady by the name of Cutler, whose father was the maker of fine cutlery, knives,etc

This branch of Gold's appear to have migrated to northern England from Scotland, in about the time that Scotland became part of England in 1707. At this point in history, records are very sketchy and incomplete, therefore the picture is very dim and uncertain. For this reason our story begins with the three Gold brothers entering the British Army. The people of England have always migrated to other lands in large numbers. America was a possession of the British Empire, but much larger with natural resources that England herself did not have. Perhaps the three Gold brothers figured out a way to get to America by managing to be drafted into the British Army, or they may have simply volunteered. If so, they had to desert the British Army as soon as the opportunity presented itself, as their main objective was to get to America and become part of it. Upon their arrival in an American port (Charleston, SC..) under the cover of darkness, all three of the Gold brothers slipped overboard and swam ashore. They all went directly to the American Army Headquarters and signed up to fight for the cause of the Colonists, against great odds in order to gain their freedom here in America, yet that is what they chose to do.

In early 1776 Michael enlisted for two years as a private in Company "A" of the Third and Fourth Regiments of the Continental Line of Virginia. Later he enlisted for the duration of the war, and served under Major David Stephenson's Company of the 8th Regiment, Commanded by Abram Bowman. He also served in the 4th, 8th and 12th Regiments of the Virginia Line under William Croghan, Commanded by Col. James Woods. He spent May and June of 1777 in the hospital at Trenton, sick. He was at Camp Plains from August through December of that year. He was a prisoner of the British Army, and was kept on a ship anchored in the harbor for a short time. He received $6.66 per month for his services.

Sources

• TRACES OF GOLD

An Early American History Of Michael Gold And His Descendants

Third Edition Copyright 2002 All Rights Reserved By James Ray Gold