Jan 3, 2020 | Confederate affiliation, Halifax
Submitted by William R. “Bill” Beavans; edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter William “Billy” Beavans, a Confederate soldier from Halifax County, N.C., served in Company I of the 1st North Carolina Infantry Regiment and with the 43rd North Carolina...
Dec 30, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Cumberland
SUBMITTED BY: Linda S. Anderson and Julie Dulaney Elliot Daingerfield was born on March 26, 1859 in Harper’s Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia). His parents were Captain John Elliot Parker Daingerfield and Mathilda Wickham De Brua Daingerfield. The family relocated...
Dec 16, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Union County
SUBMITTED BY: Lakeysha Medlin (vetted and edited by Cheri Todd Molter) (Click images to enlarge) My name is Lakeysha Medlin, and this story is about my 3rd Great Grandfather Jefferson “Jeff” Sanders. Jefferson “Jeff” Sanders was my 3rd Great Grandfather....
Dec 16, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Gaston, Lincoln, Reconstruction
SUBMITTED BY Mike Stroupe; Written by Cheri Todd Molter Samuel Spake was born June 23, 1821 in Lincoln County, North Carolina. He married Harriet R. Dellinger, daughter of Peter Dellinger and Margaret Haines Dellinger, around 1842. According to the 1850 Census, Samuel...
Dec 16, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, New Hanover
SUBMITTED BY: Hugh MacRae II (written by Susan Block, edited by Cheri Todd Molter) (Click image to enlarge) William MacRae was born in Wilmington, North Carolina on the ninth of September, 1834. He was the…son of Alexander MacRae, president of the Wilmington and...
