Sep 3, 2020 | Anson, Confederate affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Steve Bailey (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) John R. Richardson was a native of Ansonville, North Carolina. On May 22, 1861, when he was eighteen years old, Richardson volunteered to fight, enlisting as an Anson Ellis Rifleman in Company A of...
Sep 3, 2020 | Guilford, Union affiliation
AUTHOR: JC Knowles (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) On July 23, 1873, a local newspaper announced the opening of a “Normal College for the education of colored teachers” in Greensboro, North Carolina. The school was founded through the motivation...
Sep 3, 2020 | Brunswick, Confederate affiliation
AUTHOR: Lewis Hardee, Jr. (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) Editor’s Note: John Wescott was born on Aug. 28, 1845 to Samuel and Eliza Wescott [also spelled “Wescoat” in some records] of Brunswick County, North Carolina. After the war started, he served the...
Sep 3, 2020 | Union affiliation, Wayne
AUTHOR: Minnie Becton (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) Introduction: This story, and its accompanying photographs, were excerpts from a blog post entry entitled “52 Ancestors: #10 – Jack Sherrod – ‘A Man of First Class Standing,’” written by Minnie...
Sep 3, 2020 | Caldwell, Confederate affiliation, Union affiliation
AUTHOR: Glenn Land (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) Eliza Ann Triplet of Caldwell County, North Carolina, was married to a 3-times-removed-2nd-cousin of mine, William Taylor Land, the only son of Wilson Land and Rebecca Miller Land. While it seems most of my...
