May 6, 2020 | Anson, Confederate affiliation, Union affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Steve Bailey (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) Editor’s Note: Born on Dec. 4, 1833 in Anson County, Dr. Parks Turner Beeman was a pacifist who was opposed to the Civil War. During the war years, Beeman was arrested for making a derogatory remark...
May 6, 2020 | Chowan, Union affiliation
AUTHOR: Dr. Juanita Patience Moss (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) (Click on photos below to enlarge.) Thomas D. Lawrence Jr., born enslaved in Edenton, North Carolina, circa 1836 and dying there in 1929, was the son of Thomas D. Lawrence Sr. and his wife...
May 6, 2020 | Henderson, Union affiliation
AUTHOR: Beverly Levi-Parker (edited by Cheri Todd Molter) I’ve been chasing my Western North Carolina ancestors for over 40 years, and thankfully, I’ve “met” most of them. I know stories of some of their hardships and their victories. I know most of their descendants...
May 6, 2020 | Antebellum era, Confederate affiliation, Cumberland, New Hanover
SUBMITTED BY: Frances Cullom Morgan (edited by Cheri Todd Molter) Note from Frances Cullom Morgan: Cornelia Murphey Worth French was the daughter of Barzillai Gardner Worth and Mary Elizabeth Jessie Carter. (Editor’s Note: The author of the following story, Cornelia...
May 6, 2020 | Confederate affiliation, New Hanover
SUBMITTED BY: Frances Cullom Morgan (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) Note from Frances Cullom Morgan: This letter was published in A Goodly Heritage by Emma Woodward MacMillan, a niece of Cornelia Murphey Worth and my great-aunt. Although many of Emma’s...
