by ccwinslow394 | Dec 28, 2020 | Alexander, Confederate affiliation
AUTHOR: Herb L. Poole (edited and vetted by Cheri Molter) (Publisher’s note: Click on this link — Pictures and Records of J B Pool and Family — for more information) Prologue “As they left that morning and took a last look back and saw a golden haze...
by ccwinslow394 | Dec 28, 2020 | Confederate affiliation, Wilson
SUBMITTED BY: Lisa Y. Henderson (edited by Cheri Todd Molter) On February 28, 1863, Edmund Moore of Wilson advertised in the Tarborough Southerner for the return of Jerry, a thirty-year-old man who formerly belonged to Howell G. Whitehead of Pactolus township in...
by ccwinslow394 | Dec 28, 2020 | Confederate affiliation, Union affiliation, Yancey
SUBMITTED BY: Wayne Haynie (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) William Haney [Brooks] and my 3rd-Great-Grandfather, Charles Haney, were brothers. Their father was James Haney (1794 – 1866). William was born in McDowell County, North Carolina, in 1844. I’ve...
by ccwinslow394 | Dec 28, 2020 | Wilson
AUTHOR: Lisa Y. Henderson The photographs of a letter written by A. F. Flood, plus my transcription of his letter, annotations, and references, are available here. Click here: LINK [The author] is solely responsible for all posts to Black Wide-Awake,...
by ccwinslow394 | Dec 28, 2020 | Chatham
AUTHOR: JC Knowles (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) Farming was so bad in North Carolina in 1889 that many farmers considered leaving their farms to seek their livelihoods elsewhere. The Chatham County Alliance, a local organization of the Farmers’ Alliance,...
