Nov 24, 2020 | Antebellum era, Madison, Not categorized
AUTHOR: Gloria Lackey Stokely (edited & vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) On May 5, 1813, Elizabeth “Betsy” Massey & Thomas Revis had a daughter named Hester “Hettie” Massey who was born without any limbs (no arms or legs). She was Betsy’s second...
Nov 24, 2020 | Antebellum era, Confederate affiliation, Randolph, Reconstruction, Robeson
SUBMITTED BY: Peggy Doesburg (edited by Cheri Todd Molter) I have enclosed information pertaining to my great-great-grandfather, John Wesley Howell. I hope you find it of interest. See the photo and articles at this link: ...
Nov 24, 2020 | Cumberland, Union affiliation
AUTHOR: Paul Peeples (edited by Cheri Todd Molter) The U.S. Army Airborne and Special Operations Museum at Fayetteville, North Carolina, has many monuments and memorial paver stones on its grounds. Each one has a story behind it, and one is of a hometown hero named...
Nov 20, 2020 | Alamance, Confederate affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Lois McPherson (written by D.W.P.; edited & vetted by Cheri Todd Molter; transcription with modern spelling & punctuation by Cheri Todd Molter) I received this information from my cousin. I’ve attached a letter that my Great-Uncle Oliver...
Sep 29, 2020 | Ashe, Confederate affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Cynthia “C. C.” Howell Winslow John Wesley Houck [Note: His obituary states his name as “John William Houck.”] was the son of Jacob Houck and Temperance “Tempy” Greer Tatum. He was my great-great-uncle. Born in 1845, he enlisted...