Seaborn J. GOLDEN Sr.

Seaborn Golden Sr. was born on 22 January 1799 in Georgia, probably Lincoln County. He was the son of Mark Golden, born 1762. He is thought to have married Elizabeth Johnson. He later married Levina Johnston Hudgens on 15 June 1828 in Lincoln County, Georgia. Levina was born 13 November 1805 in Lincoln County and died on 10 April 1885. She is buried in the Liberty City Cemetery (Salem Baptist Church), Tallapoosa County, Alabama. She was first married to Stephen Hudgins on 24 September 1819 in Wilkes County, Georgia. Seaborn died on 07 April 1859, at the age of 60 years.

Levinia was the sister of John Johnston, another prominent Tallapoosa County Johnston.

Children with first wife:

• Joseph GOLDEN, married Palisa Paralee Webster

Children with Lavinia Johnston Hudgins:

• Sarah Ann GOLDEN, born abt 1830, married John Warren Gresham
• Andrew Jackson GOLDEN (Red Jack), born 1832, married Mary A. Polly Cadenhead
• William Moses GOLDEN, born 1834, married Ellen M. Hornsby
• Newman GOLDEN, born 01 Nov 1835, died 12 Apr 1859
• Seaborn J. GOLDEN, born 1837, married Izouri Hornsby
• Marcus C. (Mark) GOLDEN, born 1839, married Saphronia Zebe Clemantine Richards
• John A. GOLDEN, born 1841, married Rebecca Webster
• Benjamin Franklin GOLDEN, born 1843, married America Jane (Dink) Webster
• Mary Ann (Lydia?)GOLDEN, born about 1844, married Andrew W. Reeves:
  Andrew served in 3rd Battalion Alabama Reserves, Company A
• James Marion (Jimmie) GOLDEN, born 1846, married Frances C. Hornsby

The GOLDEN family information comes from Anita Kellum. She can be reached at [email protected]. Some of Anita's information comes from "Golden Chains of Love" by Martha Grant Cherry.

Other researchers who supplied info on the Golden family are:

David Pope ([email protected])

William Golden ([email protected])

Page updated April 12, 2002