Mar 4, 2024 | Alamance, Confederate affiliation, Orange
Edited by Cheri Todd Molter & Kobe M. Brown The following information was derived from a Civil War Trails historical marker entitled “Occaneechi in the Service: Piedmont Indians in the Civil War”: In 1833, in what is now Alamance County many Occaneechi Indians,...
Apr 21, 2021 | Confederate affiliation, Orange
SUBMITTED BY: Scott Dickson; written by Holly Dickson Hollingsworth (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) By: Holly Dickson Hollingsworth My grandfather, John W. Dickson, was born in the Dickson House in 1912 and lived there until 1925. His stories were shared...
May 6, 2020 | Antebellum era, Confederate affiliation, Orange
AUTHOR: Ruth C. Couch (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) Both my husband and I have Orange County, North Carolina, Couch family roots. I had always heard that my great-great-grandfather had fought in the Civil War and died without seeing his twin sons—my...
May 6, 2020 | Confederate affiliation, Orange
SUBMITTED BY: Ruth C. Couch (transcription of original document by Ruth C. Couch; vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) To read the petition, click on the link here:...
Mar 12, 2019 | Antebellum era, Confederate affiliation, Orange, Person, Reconstruction
SUBMITTED BY: Brenda Oakes; Vetted and edited by Cheri Todd Molter Much has been written about the elusive but intriguing mystery surrounding the parentage of Adnah Campbell Foushee, who was born March 5, 1801, presumably near Bushy Fork near the Double Creek in...
Sep 17, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Orange, Rockingham
AUTHOR: Unknown Labern Isley was born 1828 in Orange County, NC and moved with his family to Rockingham County. He was the son of William and Sally Isley. He was married to Frances Godsey on 25 September 1851. He was a private in the 45th North Carolina Regiment...