REMARKS: Margaret Rebecca Gold, "Margaret", was born on February 2,
1913, on
her father's farm in Cleveland County, North Carolina, the daughter of
Joseph
Christopher, "Joe", Gold and Julia Ann, "Julia", Elliott Gold. Her
father was
the son of William Milton Gold and Margaret Palmer Gold. Her mother was
the
daughter of Thomas Forbis, "Tommy", Elliott and Rebecca Belle, "Belle",
Hoyle.
Margaret was the third of nine children, six boys and three girls, who
were
born in the following order: Milton Elliott, "Milton"; Thomas Palmer,
"Palmer"; Margaret Rebecca, "Margaret"; Benjamin Bedford, "Ben"; Griffen
Bell,
"Griffin"; Mary Susan, "Mary"; Lemuel Hoyle, "Hoyle"; Joseph Christopher,
Junior, "Joe"; and Julia Ann, "Julia". Mary died when she was two years
old,
and Margaret died when she was thirty. The others lived to middle or old
age.
Margaret's parents were descended from John Crenshaw Elliott, who
purchased
1,300 acres on Hinton's Creek in 1809, in what was then Rutherford County.
Margaret's father was descended from Nancy Elliott, one of John
Crenshaw's four
daughters, while Margaret's mother was descended from John Paxton
Elliott, one
of John Crenshaw's six sons.
After John Crenshaw Elliott died, his wife deeded the community an acre
for the
school and an acre for the church. John Crenshaw and many of his
descendents,
including Nancy Elliott Bedford, Dr. Valentine J. Palmer, and John Paxton
Elliott, are buried in the Elliott family cemetery near Polkville.
Margaret and her siblings were raised on their father's farm near
Polkville,
and they attended public schools in Polkville. All six boys: Milton,
Palmer,
Ben, Griffin, Hoyle, and Joe drove trucks for Carolina Freight Carriers
Corporation of Cherryville, North Carolina, hauling general commodities
freight
in interstate commerce.
Margaret died in June 1943. She is buried in the Elliott family cemetery
near
Polkville, North Carolina.
Original data from Thomas Forbis Elliott family tree prepared by Mary
Gordon
Elliott. Additional data from Julia Ann Elliott entry (#13504) in
"Peiter Heyl
And His Descendents", by Elizabeth Hoyle Rucker; data supplied by Hoyle
Gold in
May 1993; an August 1993 listing from the computerized "Elliott History"
prepared by James Robert Palmer of Columbia, South Carolina; and
conversations
with descendents of John Crenshaw Elliott at Elliott family reunions.
Data compiled and edited by Charles Lattimore Elliott. Latest revision:
2/94.
MUCH OF THIS RESEARCH IS FROM MERGED RECORDS.
TO INSURE ACCURACY YOU WILL NEED TO VERIFY THE DATA BUT YOU WILL KNOW WHERE TO START. I HOPE IT IS OF SOME HELP.
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