Feb 23, 2024 | Forsyth, Reconstruction
Researched and written by Kobe M. Brown and Cheri Todd Molter On June 11, 1862, Simon Green Atkins was born to Allen and Eliza Atkins and grew up on a farm in Chatham County. Even from a young age, Mr. Atkins took his education seriously and was known to be an astute...
Jul 28, 2021 | Forsyth, Not categorized
AUTHOR: Sam “Chip” Cook; edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter and Hallie Smith David Hickson Huff, born in Forsyth County in 1834, was a farmer and waggoner who resided between present-day Winston-Salem and Kernersville, North Carolina. North Carolina marriage...
Nov 24, 2020 | Confederate affiliation, Forsyth
SUBMITTED BY: Terri Correll (edited and transcribed by Cheri Todd Molter) My great-grandfather, John Edwin Fultz, fought during the Civil War. After the war, he married Mary Laura Lee “Laura Lee” Dalton. Attached is a picture of them. (Click on image to enlarge.) I...
Oct 14, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Forsyth
AUTHOR: Roy Ledbetter Out of my 8 great great Grandfathers, 7 of them fought under the Bonnie Blue Flag, they were all from Western NC. One of my maternal Great Great Grandfathers fought in the Shenandoah Valley with Jackson. He was wounded at the Battle of Port...
Feb 7, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Forsyth, Union affiliation
Submitted by Sid Stroupe and Mike Stroupe; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter Born in Forsyth County, Eugene and Levin J. Stroupe both served in the Confederate Army. Eugene Stroupe was 27 years old when he was conscripted into the CSA on July 8, 1862 in Forsyth...
Jan 7, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Forsyth
AUTHOR: Henry L. Yarbrough (Click photo to enlarge) Sylvanus David Davis was born in Surry County, North Carolina on September 08, 1832. Before the Civil War, he came to Pfafftown, N.C. around 1857 and lived in the home of A.C. [Adalaid Cooper] Transou. After that...
