Aug 15, 2023 | Anson, Antebellum era, Cumberland, Reconstruction, Rowan
Submitted by James E. Buxton Jr.; Researched & written by Leisa Greathouse; edited by Cheri Todd Molter Research to this point has uncovered a few primary documents about Daniel “Dan” Buxton. Census records for the years 1870, 1880, 1900, and 1910 lists...
Jan 15, 2022 | Anson, Confederate affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Harold Clark Davis; edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter Towards the end of the war, according to a story I read on the internet, my great-great-grandfather, Henderson Davis, had a childhood friend, Alexander Griffin, who fought for the Union and rode...
Nov 15, 2021 | Anson, Confederate affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Steve Bailey (transcribed by Laurie Jones; edited by Cheri Todd Molter) Editor’s Notes: The following is a transcription of an article published on page 3 of the Anson Times on Thursday, July 30, 1885. I’ve taken the liberty of providing some...
Nov 4, 2021 | Anson, Reconstruction
SUBMITTED BY: Steve Bailey (edited by Cheri Todd Molter) This article is about an engraved watch that had been taken from its original owner by one of Sherman’s men. It was published on Thursday, Jan. 12, 1893, in Wadesboro’s newspaper, the Messenger-Intelligencer....
Mar 24, 2021 | Anson, Confederate affiliation
AUTHOR: Steve Bailey (vetted and edited by Cheri Todd Molter) An Excerpt from the Thursday, July 10, 1862 issue of the N.C. ARGUS (Wadesborough [sic], Anson County, N.C.): “List—Of killed and wounded in Co. C, 14th Regiment, as far as known: Killed – Daniel McKAY,...
Sep 3, 2020 | Anson, Confederate affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Steve Bailey (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) John R. Richardson was a native of Ansonville, North Carolina. On May 22, 1861, when he was eighteen years old, Richardson volunteered to fight, enlisting as an Anson Ellis Rifleman in Company A of...
