Wendy, Thank you very much for sharing Golden Valley information. Betty Knight >I hope this helps. If I had a scanner I would scan the two > > LONG pages of this document about the history of the Golden Valley >community > > Golden Valley is in Rutherford County, N. C. Until the end of thr >French > > and Indian War (called the Cherokee war in the South) the present >Golden > > Valley community of Rutherford County technically lay within the >predecessor > > counties. Rowan and Anson. The boundary between them was the Granville > > Line., an east-west bearing which passed through Golden Valley a short > > distance north of Fairview Baptist Church. First permanent residents >were >in > > about 1750 . In the later 1700's WIlliam Whitesidend Samuel Stockton >moved > > their families from Virginia to the surrounding areas of the Golden >Valley > > and their community was called the Whitesides Settlement. Around the >turn > > of the 19th century most mem bers of the Whiteside family sold their >many > > tracts of land on First Broad River to many new settlers.. Among these >were > > John Queen and William Hunt. The Golden Valley was in 1800 a settled > > community of rather large farms nestled along the valleys between low > > mountain ridges. Most of the farmers were prosperous and serveral owned > > numbers of slaves. Most of the valuable land had been claimed. But >soon > > there came a new land rush, this time for gold! Prior to 1850, North > > Carolina was the primary gold-producing area of the nation, and Golden >Valley > > was in the heart of the gold belt. The old name of "Whitesides" fell in >to > > disuse as two post offices were established in the flourishing community >, >an > > upper one called Golden, and a lower one located at Gamble' s store. > > Ultimately the name of the Golden Post Office was adopted and the entire >area > > at the head of First Broad River became known as "Golden Valley" > > According to Clarence Griffiiin in his History of Rutherford County, > > 1937-1951. the 1950 census showed 705 as the population of Golden Valley > > Township, a figure that apparently has increased a lot up to the >present. >In > > the decade of the fifties Highway 226 was built and for the first time >Golden > > Valley was opened to east-west cross-country traffic. > > > > Hope this helps a little. I can't remember what book this is from ,but >I > > photcopied two pages on this whole history. If you need more holler. > > > > Wendy > > >==== QUEEN Mailing List ==== >Queen Researchers Pg: >http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/5932/list.html > >============================== >Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 >Source for Family History Online. Go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com