Dec 8, 2022 | Antebellum era, Cherokee, Haywood
Written by B. Lynne Harlan; Edited by Cheri Todd Molter William Holland Thomas was born in 1805 in Haywood County, North Carolina. Around the age of 10, Thomas moved to Jackson to work with a merchant at a trading post along the Tuckaseegee River. By 1822, Thomas had...
Nov 10, 2022 | Antebellum era, Cherokee, Confederate affiliation
Submitted by: Willis Whichard, Jerry Padgett, James Padgett, Obie Whichard, & Bud Padgett; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter and B. Lynne Harlan Robert, William, and John Rogers grew up in a part of Cherokee County known as Tomotla with their parents, John...
Aug 3, 2022 | Cherokee, Confederate affiliation, Graham, Mitchell, Union affiliation, Watauga
Written by Leisa Greathouse; Edited by Cheri Todd Molter The area along the Tennessee and North Carolina boundary became a haven for bushwhackers, Civil War deserters, and others who found themselves on the wrong side of the law. Although desperate deserters could be...
Mar 30, 2022 | Cherokee, Clay, Confederate affiliation, Reconstruction, Union affiliation
Submitted by Melessia Croker; edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter I have written everything I know about my ancestors on a webpage on my family site. These stories are pretty well known locally, so someone else may have already sent in the story about David Ledford...
Nov 25, 2018 | Cherokee, Confederate affiliation
AUTHOR: Joe Franklin Grandfather Hayes was originally in the Union Army & escorted the Cherokee tribe on the journey to Oklahoma (the Trail Of Tears) I read some of his letters & accounts which he said was a horrible experience. When the war began he served...
Feb 8, 2017 | Cherokee, Confederate affiliation
Andrew, Joseph, and Howell Curtis: Three Brothers Who Fought for Southern Independence Submitted by: Willis Whichard, Jerry Padgett, James Padgett, Obie Whichard, and Bud Padg The 1840 Census lists Madison and Sara Curtis as Cherokee County residents. They were among...
