Sep 3, 2023 | Mecklenburg, Reconstruction, Wilkes
Submitted by J.C. Knowles; vetted and edited by Cheri Todd Molter and Kobe Brown Percy W. Foote was born on August 13, 1879, in Wilkes County. He was the son of Confederate veteran John Henry Foote (a founder of Wake Forest College) and Susan Hunt Foote....
May 12, 2021 | Confederate affiliation, Wilkes
AUTHOR: Glenn Land (edited by Linda Barnette and Cheri Todd Molter; vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) My 3x-removed-1st-cousin, John Land, was born about 1846 in Wilkes County, North Carolina. He was the third child and oldest son of James Land, Jr. and Jane Murphy. He...
Jun 9, 2020 | Confederate affiliation, Wilkes
AUTHOR: Glenn Land (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) In the past, I submitted a poem written by my 1st cousin 4 times removed, Confederate Lieutenant Thomas Charles Land, who served in the 1st & 53rd N.C. Infantry Regiments. [That story is titled “Return...
Jun 9, 2020 | Confederate affiliation, Union affiliation, Wilkes
RESEARCHED AND WRITTEN BY: K. Jeffery Torgler and Cheri Todd Molter Elias E. Day was born in 1831 in Surry County, North Carolina, and his parents were William and Nancy (Triplett) Day. Before 1850, William and Nancy had relocated their family to Wilkes County, North...
Feb 10, 2020 | Confederate affiliation, Wilkes
SUBMITTED BY: Glenn Land (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) (click photo to enlarge) A family connected to my ancestors in Wilkes County, N.C., by marriage, was that of William Proffit (Proffitt, Prophet) and Mary Walsh Proffit. Their daughter, Rhoda, was...
Dec 15, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Wilkes
SUBMITTED BY: Lee Keyes VETTED BY: Cheri Todd Molter Solomon Keyes (also spelled Kees and Keys) (b. 8/31/1836 on Stony Fork, Wilkes County, d. 1/02/1929 in Caldwell County) enlisted on 9/15/1862 at Camp Holmes, near Raleigh, NC. He became part of Company C 26th North...
