Apr 9, 2019 | Martin, Union affiliation
AUTHOR: Nia Jai I still find it amazing that I had an ancestor who fought in the Civil War. But it’s mind-blowing to know that I had not one, but two (and maybe more)! The information surrounding my great-great-great grandfather Isaac Bain(s) was intriguing to...
Apr 9, 2019 | Martin, Union affiliation
Enlisted: 11 March 1864 (Norfolk, VA/Washington, NC) Mustered Out: 11 February 1867 (Raleigh, NC) AUTHOR: Nia Jai Originally, this story was supposed to be about the things I’d already learned about the Griffins, but as I pulled together information for the...
Apr 8, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Haywood
SUBMITTED BY: Judith O’Connor Excerpt from a book written by the late Hattie Caldwell Davis, titled “Civil War Letters and Memories from the Great Smokey Mountains.” Copyright 1999 Hattie C. Davis, Second Edition. In the late spring and summer of...
Apr 2, 2019 | Madison, Union affiliation
Submitted by: Jeanie Lewis Parker My grandmother, Lizzie Franklin, told me lots of stories when I was growing up in Madison County, N.C., one of which was of her grandfather, William “Bill” Gentry. Now, we all know that N.C. was divided in their loyalties during...
Mar 19, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Wilson
AUTHOR: James Marshall Joyner (Click image to enlarge) In 1838, Hilliard and Penninah (spelled “Penina” in some records) Johnston Joyner had a son, William Burton “Burt” Joyner. Burt and his parents resided in the eastern portion of Nash County, which became Wilson...
