Frank Goldson was born in Carroll Co. LA, probably in what is now called East Carroll, near the Mississippi River. He joined the Louisiana Colored Infantry, sometime in 1863, and in 1864 was serving with Co. C, 47th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry. Frank Goldson's name is inscribed in the African-American Civil War Memorial in Washington DC.
An 1871 Freedman's Bank record from Bolivar Co. MS shows his parents were Basil and Polly Goldson.
Sometime before 1871 he married Martha Ann, who bore him a daughter named Martha. This wife died early in 1881. Later the same year he married Alice, with whom he had four children that are known: Corine, Mary, Roxie, and Daniel. He and Alice homesteaded in McKinley Township (north of Wellston), Lincoln Co., OK. The patent was proved in 1902 and the land was sold the next year. This suggests grinding poverty. They had a homestead but they needed cash.
The eldest child, Corine Goldson, married a man named White (first name unknown), and her children include Blanch, Hoyt, and Dorsey. It is thought that these children used their mother's maiden name.
The only incised, professionally made stone in this burial ground is Roxie's. Beside it are two field stones (sandstone), one quite large, one of medium size. The larger stone may be Frank's and the smaller one his wife's, but there's no way to know. It is known, however, that Frank received a Civil War memorial stone about 1940, but it wasn't found when a search was made of the graveyard in 2014.
[Addendum, 2020]. A great deal has recently been learned about Frank's life by Matt Hayes, who has found and posted all his pension records. The most important of these can be found on Ancestry.com in the "Goldson Tree" put up by Wayne Pounds. They include depositions by family and friends.
An 1871 Freedman's Bank record from Bolivar Co. MS shows his parents were Basil and Polly Goldson.
Sometime before 1871 he married Martha Ann, who bore him a daughter named Martha. This wife died early in 1881. Later the same year he married Alice, with whom he had four children that are known: Corine, Mary, Roxie, and Daniel. He and Alice homesteaded in McKinley Township (north of Wellston), Lincoln Co., OK. The patent was proved in 1902 and the land was sold the next year. This suggests grinding poverty. They had a homestead but they needed cash.
The eldest child, Corine Goldson, married a man named White (first name unknown), and her children include Blanch, Hoyt, and Dorsey. It is thought that these children used their mother's maiden name.
The only incised, professionally made stone in this burial ground is Roxie's. Beside it are two field stones (sandstone), one quite large, one of medium size. The larger stone may be Frank's and the smaller one his wife's, but there's no way to know. It is known, however, that Frank received a Civil War memorial stone about 1940, but it wasn't found when a search was made of the graveyard in 2014.
[Addendum, 2020]. A great deal has recently been learned about Frank's life by Matt Hayes, who has found and posted all his pension records. The most important of these can be found on Ancestry.com in the "Goldson Tree" put up by Wayne Pounds. They include depositions by family and friends.
Frank Goldson was born in Carroll Co. LA, probably in what is now called East Carroll, near the Mississippi River. He joined the Louisiana Colored Infantry, sometime in 1863, and in 1864 was serving with Co. C, 47th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry. Frank Goldson's name is inscribed in the African-American Civil War Memorial in Washington DC.
An 1871 Freedman's Bank record from Bolivar Co. MS shows his parents were Basil and Polly Goldson.
Sometime before 1871 he married Martha Ann, who bore him a daughter named Martha. This wife died early in 1881. Later the same year he married Alice, with whom he had four children that are known: Corine, Mary, Roxie, and Daniel. He and Alice homesteaded in McKinley Township (north of Wellston), Lincoln Co., OK. The patent was proved in 1902 and the land was sold the next year. This suggests grinding poverty. They had a homestead but they needed cash.
The eldest child, Corine Goldson, married a man named White (first name unknown), and her children include Blanch, Hoyt, and Dorsey. It is thought that these children used their mother's maiden name.
The only incised, professionally made stone in this burial ground is Roxie's. Beside it are two field stones (sandstone), one quite large, one of medium size. The larger stone may be Frank's and the smaller one his wife's, but there's no way to know. It is known, however, that Frank received a Civil War memorial stone about 1940, but it wasn't found when a search was made of the graveyard in 2014.
[Addendum, 2020]. A great deal has recently been learned about Frank's life by Matt Hayes, who has found and posted all his pension records. The most important of these can be found on Ancestry.com in the "Goldson Tree" put up by Wayne Pounds. They include depositions by family and friends.
An 1871 Freedman's Bank record from Bolivar Co. MS shows his parents were Basil and Polly Goldson.
Sometime before 1871 he married Martha Ann, who bore him a daughter named Martha. This wife died early in 1881. Later the same year he married Alice, with whom he had four children that are known: Corine, Mary, Roxie, and Daniel. He and Alice homesteaded in McKinley Township (north of Wellston), Lincoln Co., OK. The patent was proved in 1902 and the land was sold the next year. This suggests grinding poverty. They had a homestead but they needed cash.
The eldest child, Corine Goldson, married a man named White (first name unknown), and her children include Blanch, Hoyt, and Dorsey. It is thought that these children used their mother's maiden name.
The only incised, professionally made stone in this burial ground is Roxie's. Beside it are two field stones (sandstone), one quite large, one of medium size. The larger stone may be Frank's and the smaller one his wife's, but there's no way to know. It is known, however, that Frank received a Civil War memorial stone about 1940, but it wasn't found when a search was made of the graveyard in 2014.
[Addendum, 2020]. A great deal has recently been learned about Frank's life by Matt Hayes, who has found and posted all his pension records. The most important of these can be found on Ancestry.com in the "Goldson Tree" put up by Wayne Pounds. They include depositions by family and friends.
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