Oliver Perry Golden (1833 - 1863)

Born 18 Dec 1833 in Barnwell, South Carolina, United States

Husband of Vilane Margaret (Warren) Golden — married about 1853 in South Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died 12 Oct 1863 at age 29 in Fulton, Georgia, United States

Biography

Oliver Perry Golden was born in 1833 in Barnwell County, South Carolina to John Golden and Eliza (maiden name unknown).^[1] He married Vilane Margaret Warren about 1853 in South Carolina.^[2] Perry served as a private in Company G of the South Carolina 1st Infantry Regiment for the Confederacy during the Civil War. He was severed injured in the Battle of Chattanooga [Tennessee] and taken to a hospital in Atlanta, Georgia where he died.^[3] Perry passed away in 1863 in Fulton County, Georgia and is buried in the Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta, Georgia.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8Q8-R88 : 4 April 2020), A P Golding in household of John Golding, Barnwell county, Barnwell, South Carolina, United States; citing family 233, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZT4-CLD : 18 March 2020), O P Golding, 1860.
3. ↑ "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F9VC-TN5 : 4 December 2014), O.P. Golden, Private, Company G, 1st Regiment, South Carolina Infantry (Hagood's), Confederate; citing NARA microfilm publication M381 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 13; FHL microfilm 881,979.
4. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #65339707 Oliver Perry Golden.