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...
Dec 16, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Haywood
SUBMITTED BY: Glenn L. Taylor (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) Two brothers from Haywood County, William and Lawson Messer, decided to join the Confederate Army together. They served in Co E, 29th Infantry, N.C. Troops. William, or Bill, was thirteen years...
Apr 8, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Haywood
SUBMITTED BY: Judith O’Connor Excerpt from a book written by the late Hattie Caldwell Davis, titled “Civil War Letters and Memories from the Great Smokey Mountains.” Copyright 1999 Hattie C. Davis, Second Edition. In the late spring and summer of...
Dec 5, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Haywood
AUTHOR: Dean Rathbone The warm sunshine and the serene view beckoned me to my mother’s front porch this afternoon. As I rocked gently in a rocker, she slowly made her way, shuffling behind her walker, to join me. We sat there silently, enjoying the warmth and...
Dec 3, 2018 | Haywood, Union affiliation
AUTHOR: Tim Pruitt Isaac Burleson “Ike” McGaha ca. 1833-1919 A longtime resident of the “lawless” Big Bend region of Cataloochee, Haywood County (Hicks Cove area), Ike was a farmer and sometime moonshine maker like most. He was noted for his long red chin beard and...
Dec 3, 2018 | Haywood, Union affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Dean Rathbone A message of hope and peace. I never knew my great grandparents, Anderson and Bette Kirkpatrick Ledford, but I feel like I did. They lived with my Granny Hattie and Grandpa Charlie after Granny Bette had her stroke. My Mom still talks...
