Jul 19, 2021 | New Hanover, Union affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Baylor Hicks; article written by Melissa De Witte; excerpt edited by Cheri Todd Molter A Note from Baylor Hicks: Bill Gould (William Gould IV) was one of my professors at Stanford Law School. I knew that his great-grandfather was a contraband in the...
Jul 19, 2021 | Confederate affiliation, New Hanover
AUTHOR: JC Knowles; edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter and Hallie Smith One of the most successful vessels to run the blockade off the coast of North Carolina during the American Civil War was the Giraffe, later called the Robert E. Lee, owned by the Confederate...
Jul 19, 2021 | Davie, Not categorized
SUBMITTED BY: Stacey Holman Pollio; written by Flossie Martin (1962); edited by Cheri Todd Molter; vetted by Hallie Smith Isaac Holman, born June 16, 1800, died May 28, 1868, was considered to be the founder of a small settlement about five miles northwest of...
Jul 19, 2021 | Confederate affiliation, Cumberland, Union affiliation
AUTHOR: Joel W. Rose; edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter The Battle of Monroe’s Crossroads (also known as Kilpatrick’s Shirttail Skedaddle) took place in Cumberland County on the grounds of the present-day Fort Bragg Military Reservation. [Click on...
Jul 19, 2021 | Cumberland, Reconstruction
SUBMITTED BY: Sharon Drake; researched and vetted by Phyllis Hughes The Levy family were Free People of Color located in Cumberland County (Fayetteville, Rockfish, Pearce Mills). They were listed as Mulatto in most census documents. However, in the early 1900s (1910...
