Feb 3, 2016 | Burke, Confederate affiliation
William Brown Avery enlisted after younger brother killed at Yorktown William Brown Avery, born Nov. 25, 1828, was one of nine children of James and Elizabeth Hollingsworth Brown Avery. He was a farmer by trade and very faithful to his church and family. William Brown...
Jan 26, 2016 | Burke, Confederate affiliation
Written by Joe W. Avery; edited by Cheri Todd Molter Twenty-one-year-old Henry Harrison Avery, son of James and Elizabeth Hollingsworth Brown Avery of Morganton, North Carolina, enlisted on April 25, 1861, as a private in Company G of the North Carolina 1st...
Dec 29, 2015 | Burke, Confederate affiliation
Confederate Veteran and Jack of Many Trades Drury Alston Putnam, my great-great-grandfather, was born Dec. 23, 1830, in Cleveland county, North Carolina, to Roberts Putnam and Lucinda Weaver. He was a “jack of many trades.” The various censuses from 1850...
Dec 15, 2015 | Burke, Confederate affiliation
50-year-old soldier served with three of his sons John Duckworth Morrison (1813-1892) was my great-great-great-grandfather. He married Fannie Epley (1813-1914) and they had eight children, all born before the beginning of the Civil War and his enlistment. He had four...
Dec 8, 2015 | Burke, Confederate affiliation
Iredell Cavalry Officer Saw Action My great-great-grandfather, Hugh Caldwell Bennett (14 Dec. 1832 – 3 March 1907), was the son of George Stepto Bennett and Elizabeth Newland Bennett of Iredell County, N.C. He enlisted in Company F, North Carolina 3rd...
