Jan 19, 2016 | Burke, Confederate affiliation
The Twin who went to war John Esley Arney, my great-grandfather, was a twin to Jonas Franklin Arney. The two of them, along with another brother, Phillip, all served in the Civil War. John and Jonas were born to R. Henry and Elizabeth Carpenter Arney on Oct. 29, 1845....
Jan 19, 2016 | Burke, Confederate affiliation
Soldier’s service ended in prison Abel Reid Pitts, my great-great-uncle, was born to John Henry and Sarah Lolly Rogers Pitts on August 30, 1826 in Lincoln County, North Carolina. Abel later lived in Burke County. He enlisted in Catawba County into Company K,...
Jan 19, 2016 | Burke, Confederate affiliation
From Catawba County, Another Sacrifice Conrad Pitts, a brother to Abel Reid Pitts, was born in 1832 to John Henry and Sarah Lolly Rogers. Conrad enlisted in Company C, 28th Regiment of North Carolina Infantry as a private on Aug. 13, 1861, in Catawba County. Conrad...
Jan 18, 2016 | Confederate affiliation, Pasquotank
Buffalo soldiers’ raid had incidental casualties When a party of Buffalo soldiers raided the family farm in 1863, my mother’s two great-uncles were sent into the swamp to hide. Both of the teenage boys died soon after as a result of exposure. This story...
Jan 14, 2016 | Confederate affiliation, Pasquotank
The Jennings Brothers in “The Pasquotank Boys” My husband’s great grandfather was one of three brothers who joined the Pasquotank Boys to serve in the Civil War. He was James Monroe Jennings (1830-1900), who served along with his brothers, William...
Jan 14, 2016 | Camden, Confederate affiliation
Civil War Letter Identified another Relative My husband’s great-grandfather, James Monroe Jennings, left behind a letter written during the Civil War to his mother, telling her of the death of his brother, William Harney Jennings. We discovered it in 2011 in an...
