Dec 16, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Reconstruction, Robeson, Union affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Stephen Pope (transcribed by Cheri Told Molter) The following is an excerpt from the church history, as written on their web site [The full story can be read here: https://www.firstbaptistfairmontnorth.org/weve_come_this_far_by_faith]: “Pleasant...
Oct 27, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Lincoln, Union affiliation
Submitted by Mike Stroupe; written and transcribed by Cheri Todd Molter (Click photos to enlarge letter) Frederick Washington “Wash” Dellinger wrote this letter to Margaret Dellinger Brown, his sister and the wife of William B. Brown. Wash fought for the Confederacy,...
Oct 27, 2019 | Ashe, Confederate affiliation, Union affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Christopher Robinson Edited and Vetted by Cheri Molter (Note from Christopher Robinson: There is much information contained in the journal of Francis Marion Wilcox (written in ca 1893) regarding the Civil War period in Ashe County, NC. The author,...
Oct 4, 2019 | Cumberland, Reconstruction, Union affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Andrew Bryant, Jr. RESEARCHED AND WRITTEN BY: Cheri Molter Delilah G. Hughes Bryant was born on October 24, 1888 in Cumberland County, North Carolina. She was the daughter of Sallie McMillan Hughes and James Hughes. She had two siblings: Armetta and...
Oct 4, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Lincoln, Union affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Mike Stroupe WRITTEN AND TRANSCRIBED BY: Cheri Molter William B. Brown was born in Lincoln County, North Carolina in 1840. He was a farmer when the war started and twenty-one years old when he enlisted in the Confederate army. On October 25, 1861, he...
Oct 4, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Sampson, Union affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Sandra White Hinton Lyman Abbott White, my grandfather, was well known around Salemburg and Roseboro as a great storyteller. When I was a little girl, he would set me on his knee and tell me about Br’er Rabbit and Br’er Fox. I loved my...