Pleasant Daniel Gold (March 25, 1833 – June 7, 1920) was an American publisher, lawyer, and Baptist minister.
He served as a minister in Rocky Mount, Goldsboro, Wilson, Tarboro, and Durham.
[1] He worked on his family's farm until he was twenty, when he borrowed money to attend college.
[1] Gold worked as an attorney at a law firm in Shelby and was a partner with future North Carolina Governor John W.
[1] He left school to enlist in the Confederate States Army, serving as a chaplain and nurse until a fever ended his military service.
[2] He served as a Baptist minister in Wilson, Rocky Mount, Tarboro, and in Durham.
[1] He was a leading figure in the Primitive Baptist community of North Carolina for over half a century.