Jan 26, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Wayne
AUTHOR: Linda Lancaster Harmon Parrot Hill was a member of a local militia called Griswold’s Company and he was a private in the 66th NC regiment Company I. He was captured in March of 1865 perhaps at Bentonville where he shows up as a prisoner of war. No other...
Jan 26, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Greene
AUTHOR: Linda Lancaster Harmon Joshua was a Civil War Veteran. He was in the 40th Regiment Artillery. He served as a Deacon of Mewborn Church for 40 years (on gravestone). He was called, “The Fireside Preacher”. He had three brothers who were preachers:...
Jan 26, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Greene
AUTHOR: Linda Lancaster Harmon Mary had blonde hair and is described as being “very queenly” and “an unusual woman who could make more money than nine-tenths of the men.” (Heritage Book of Wayne County) This was an incredible woman of courage...
Jan 26, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Lenoir
AUTHOR: Linda Lancaster Harmon John Suggs’ elder brother Joshua Franklin Suggs belonged to the North Carolina Volunteer Troops. Before Confederate Volunteers were called for, these troops were ordered below New Bern to safeguard the coast. Joshua had just been...
Jan 9, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Pitt
AUTHOR: Marc Francis Roddin Lockett resided in Pitt County, North Carolina, and engaged in farming. His older son James was a teenager at the time that the Civil War broke out, so James enlisted. After ten months of service, James was discharged. With the son safely...