His daughter later married Cherokee leader Elias Boudinot.
He was first elected to the state legislature from the area in 1802 and served on and off until 1814.
[1] Gold was the father of 14 children and both a colonel in the local militia and a deacon in the local congregational church.
[2] He was also one of the founders of the Foreign Mission School, organized to educate non-Anglo American students in Christianity.
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