Goldsmith Families of Fulton and DeKalb Counties
WILLIAM GOLDSMITH, brother of Turner Goldsmith, was b. 1796 S. C., Merchant, listed on 1850 DeKalb Co., Ga. Census, Stone Mountain, who died 1852 when B. F. Veal and Andrew J. Goldsmith were made admrs. Issue:
- Lucretia Goldsmith by 1820 S. C.
- Elizabeth Jane Goldsmith b. ca 1822 S. C. m. Benjamin F. Veal ,11/19/1844 DeKalb Co., Ga.
- George W. T. Goldsmith b. 1825 S. C. m. Temperance Loveless 6/6/1844 DeKalb Co., Ga., listed 1850 DeKalb Co. Census.
- Washington L. Goldsmith b. 1832 S. C., farmer. m. 5/31/1866 Mary T. Swift, DeKalb Co., Ga.
- Emily T. Goldsmith b. 1837 S. C.
- Mary L. Goldsmith b. 1838 S. C.
TURNER GOLDSMITH, brother of William (above), was b. 1802 in Greenville County, South Carolina, farmer, listed on 1850-1860 Cass Co., Ga. Census, d. Fulton Co., Ga., his Will dtd 5/12/1888, probated 8/25/1903, Fulton Co., WB O, P. 266, naming daughter, Maria Louisa Howard, grandson, William M. Goldsmith, and grandchildren: Cora Gray and her sister, Lula T. Lyon, and their brother, George H. Tumlin. He bequeaths "My interest in Land Lot 50, First District, Rabun Co., 490 acres; my 7/8 interest in a Gold Mine in Land Lot 265, 21st District, 2nd Section, Cherokee Co. (The other 1/8th belongs to estate of G. W. Garmon).
Turner Goldsmith m. Mariah b. 1812 S. C. and had issue:
- William L. (or T.) Goldsmith b. 1832 S. C., Medical Student, 1850 Cass Co. m. 10/4/1860 Cass Co., Ga., Sallie E. Martin. Returns filed on his estate 1868-1883, Fulton Co., mentioning his real estate - Peachtcee Street and Alexander Street.
- Elizabeth Goldsmith b. 1832 S. C.
- Maria Louisa Goldsmith b. 1833 S. C. m. 11/30/1853 Cass Co., Ga., George J. Howard.
- John H. Goldsmith b. 1835 S. C., died 1913 in Atlanta, was married on 11/26/1856 in Cass Co., Ga., to Sara E. Peers, who was
b. 1841 Virgloia, listed on 1880 Fulton Co., Ga. Census, resident of 205 Peachtree Street, Atlanta. Note that his son, Mark and daughter-in-law, Susie, were listed; also, his sister, Frances Goldsmith, b. 1860 Ga. The last will and testament of John Goldsmith is filed Fulton Co. Wills, Bk F, P. 450, bequeathing his daughter, M. B. DeLamater, the income from 30 Lombardy Way, Atlanta, Ga. Daughtsrs: Mrs. Charles Barnwell, Mrs. Thomas Cole, Mrs. Lawrence 4, James; daughter-in law, Mrs. Turner Goldsmith; Son. Turner Goldsmith and Lawrence A. James, exrs, dtd 10/28/1916, probated 6/6/1919. The grandchildren mentioned (probably children of Henry): Corra Lee Gray b. 1880 Ga. William M. Goldsmith b. 1880 Ga.
Issue:
- Mark Goldsmith b. 9/1858 Fulton Co., Ga. m. 11/11/1879 Fulton Co., Ga., Susie W. Williams b. 9/1855. The family were listed on the 1900 Fulton County Census, residing at 32 Alexander Street in Atlanta. Issue:
- Willie T. Goldsmith b. 9/1880 Fulton Co., Ga.
- John H. Goldsmith b. 10/1883 Fulton Co., Ga.
- Susie M. Goldsmith b. 7/1888 Fulton Co., Ga.
- Mark E. Goldsmith b. 2/1887 Fulton Co., Ga.
- Robert L. Goldsmith b. 9/1589 Fulton Co., Ga.
- Marie Goldsmith b. 9/1894 Fulton Co., Ga.
- Perlie C. Goldsmith b. 6/1897 Fulton Co., Ga.
- Lizzie Goldsmith b. 1861 Mississippi.
- Fanny Goldsmith b. 1863 Mississippi.
- Henry Goldsmith b. 1866 Ga. d. 1907 Fulton Co., Ga. An Annual Estate Return filed Fulton Co, in 1907, Returns Bk E, P. 208.
- Turner Goldsmith b. 1867 Ga.
- Eliza Goldsmith b. 1869 Ga.
- Lou Goldsmith b. 1870 Ga.
- Cora Goldsmith b. 1872 Ga.
- Hattie Goldsmith b. 1874 Ga.
- Mabell Goldsmith b. 1877 Ga.
- Washington Goldsmith b. 1837 S. C.
- James Madison Goldsmith b. 1839 S. C. m. 12/17/1875 Fulton Co., Ga., Lillie T. Asbury, his Will dtd 3/18/1918, probated 6/10/1920 Fulton Co., Ga., names wife, Lillie T.
- Jeremiah Goldsmith b. 1841 S. C.
- Paul Goldsmith b. 1844 S. C.
- Frances Goldsmith b. 1845 S. C., listed on 1880 Dekalb Co. Census with her brother, John.
- Theodore Goldsmith b. 1849 Cass Co., Ga.
Sources: Fulton Co. Marriages; DeKalb Co. Marriages; 1850 DeKalb Co. Census.