Dec 28, 2020 | Alexander, Confederate affiliation
AUTHOR: Herb L. Poole (edited and vetted by Cheri Molter) (Publisher’s note: Click on this link — Pictures and Records of J B Pool and Family — for more information) Prologue “As they left that morning and took a last look back and saw a golden haze...
Dec 28, 2020 | Confederate affiliation, McDowell, Union affiliation, Yancey
SUBMITTED BY: Wayne Haynie (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) William Haney [Brooks] and my 3rd-Great-Grandfather, Charles Haney, were brothers. Their father was James Haney (1794 – 1866). William was born in McDowell County, North Carolina, in 1844. I’ve...
Dec 28, 2020 | Reconstruction, Wilson
Submitted by Lisa Y. Henderson; Transcribed by Cheri Todd Molter Transcription of Original Letter: Wilson July the 16th 1865 Dear Sir I take the opportunity of writeing you these few lines because I under stand you to be the head ruler ov[e]r this Steate in Millitary...
Dec 28, 2020 | Chatham, Reconstruction
AUTHOR: JC Knowles (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) Farming was so bad in North Carolina in 1889 that many farmers considered leaving their farms to seek their livelihoods elsewhere. The Chatham County Alliance, a local organization of the Farmers’ Alliance,...
Dec 28, 2020 | Confederate affiliation, Madison
AUTHOR: Andrew Adams Jr. (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) The following story is based on family oral history: Two of my great-grandfathers were in the Civil War, Hugh Wallin and John Chandler. John was a Confederate soldier who was captured and imprisoned....
