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Major Ernst Ludwig "Lewis" Golson

Major Ernst Ludwig "Lewis" Golson[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17]

Male 1730 - 1793  (63 years)


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  • Name Ernst Ludwig "Lewis" Golson  [2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17] 
    Title Major 
    Birth Bef. 1730  Europe Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 1793  Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 7, 9, 16] 
    Burial Bet. 1793–1800  Golson Family Graveyard, Calhoun, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 9] 
    Person ID I312684220984  Oswald Genealogy
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

    Family Elizabeth Stehely,   b. Abt. 1731, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt. 1795, Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years) 
    Marriage 19 Dec 1752  Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3338  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

  • Notes 
    • INFO: THIS PERSON ADDED TO FGRA BY MARGI
      INFO: THIS PERSON ADDED TO FGRA BY MARGIE F. KROTH, 924 SAGE AVE, GRANTS, NEW MEXICO, JUL 1960 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Conflicting information exists on Lewis Gholson....Another death date given is 1779; another marriage date given is 19th of Dec., 1771. (Info from Jan 96:) PAUL GILBERT 6304 CENTRAL DR. MUKILTEO, WA Phone: 353-0534INFO: THIS PERSON ADDED TO FGRA BY MARGIE F. KROTH, 924 SAGE AVE, GRANTS, NEW MEXICO, JUL 1960 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Conflicting information exists on Lewis Gholson....Another death date given is 1779; another marriage date given is 19th of Dec., 1771. (Info from Jan 96:) PAUL GILBERT 6304 CENTRAL DR. MUKILTEO, WA Phone: 353-0534 Searched the following but found nothing: 6125452 - VA Marriage Bonds

      Renaissance European Child-Naming Customs
      Traditional European culture included child-naming customs (which persisted among Germanic immigrants to Pennsylvania until the late 19th century). As part of these customs, parents would give their children a first given name that was the spiritual name of a saint (which was often shared by all children in a family of the same gender), and a second given name that was used for secular purposes called a "rufnamen," which is what that person would be commonly called by everyone. This rufanem sometimes was chosen according to a traditional pattern, in which the first son would share the rufanem of his paternal grandfather, the second son would share the rufanem of his maternal grandfather, the third son would share the rufanem of his father, and so forth, with any duplicate combinations being skipped; and similarly for daughters---and, whenever a son died in infancy, his name would perhaps be passed along to the next surviving son; ditto with daughters. This pattern was sometimes reset after remarriage. Sometimes, in place of this pattern, children would share the rufanem of one of their respective christening/baptismal sponsors. To the extent that people strictly followed this pattern, their children's names provide excellent clues about their family history. By the way, a Germanic surname suffixed with "er" (or "ner") denoted either an origin or an occupation, while women's surnames were traditionally appended with "in." Here's a webpage that presents more detailed information about such customs.

      http://www.kerchner.com/germname.htm

      Disproven excerpt from the "Golson/Gholson/Gholston Families in America"
      "FAMILY OF (MAJOR) LEWIS GOLSAN AND ELIZABETH STEHLEY (STALEY). Those who are descended from the Golsan (Golson) family of South Carolina will trace back to (Major) Lewis Golsan, who resided in Orangeburg District, South Carolina, where he is found by 1752 and where he passed his life away as a prominent citizen and planter. &ltThe following is unsupported. MAJOR LEWIS GOLSAN, was born (according to descendants) in 1730. &ltAll the following is disproven&gt He was likely born in America and was probably born in Virginia, though no proof has been found. It seems very likely that he could have been the eldest son of WILLIAM GHOLSON AND SUSANNA COLLINS of Spotsylvania and Orange Counties in Virginia... The pronunciation of the names, whether "GHOLSON" or "GOLSAN", "GOLSON", is the same, and in many instances the South Carolina family has used the "Gholson" spelling and the Virginia family the "Golson" spelling.

      !Birth: Research records from Alecia Ti
      !Birth: Research records from Alecia Tipton, Peggy Chapman, and Jeffrey Martin !Death: Ditto !Marriage: Ditto

  • Sources 
    1. [S1173462465] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Ancestry Family Tree.

    2. [S1173462465] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Various libraries.

    3. [S1173462465] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Personal records.

    4. [S1173462465] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree.

    5. [S1173462465] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Family Tree DNA.

    6. [S1173462465] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, FTDNA Golson Y-DNA Project Page and Orangeburgh Swiss-German Genealogical Society.

    7. [S1173462465] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Much of the information on the Golson family is correct. However, the guess by the author that Maj. Golson was the son of William Gholson and Susannah Collins has been disproven.

    8. [S1173462465] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, GOLSAN BOOK page 203.

    9. [S1173462472] FamilySearch.org, Find a Grave Index, "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKH-MF88 : Thu Apr 03 07:11:34 UTC 2025), Entry for Lewis Golson.

    10. [S1173462601] FamilySearch.org, United States, Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1966, "United States, Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1966", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZJ-2G3P : Sun Mar 10 08:15:37 UTC 2024), Entry for Lewis Golsan, 7 May 1785.

    11. [S1173462601] FamilySearch.org, United States, Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1966, "United States, Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1966", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QYM4-22W2 : Sun Mar 10 08:15:38 UTC 2024), Entry for Lewis Golsan, 1781.

    12. [S1173462601] FamilySearch.org, United States, Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1966, "United States, Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1966", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZJ-2G35 : Sun Mar 10 08:15:38 UTC 2024), Entry for Lewis Golsan, 7 May 1785.

    13. [S1173462601] FamilySearch.org, United States, Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1966, "United States, Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1966", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7DMC-FXPZ : Sun Mar 10 08:15:37 UTC 2024), Entry for Lewis Golsan, 9 May 1785.

    14. [S1173462601] FamilySearch.org, United States, Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1966, "United States, Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1966", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZB-6DN9 : Sat Mar 09 10:29:53 UTC 2024), Entry for Lewis Golson, 17 Jun 1785.

    15. [S1173462601] FamilySearch.org, United States, Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1966, "United States, Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1966", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7V66-WKN2 : Sat Mar 09 10:29:53 UTC 2024), Entry for Lewis Golson, 17 June 1785.

    16. [S1173462601] FamilySearch.org, United States, Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1966, "United States, Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1966", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGBB-6CVP : Sun Mar 10 09:11:01 UTC 2024), Entry for Lewis Golson, 1775.

    17. [S1173462608] FamilySearch.org, United States, Census, 1790, "United States, Census, 1790", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKN-NZP : Tue Jan 21 10:55:39 UTC 2025), Entry for Lewis Golson, Senr, 1790.



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