Dec 3, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Jones, Lenoir
AUTHOR: Donna J. Hart On February 10, 1864, William Hardy Daugherty was one of 13 men hanged in Kinston, North Carolina, having been convicted of treason against the Confederacy. Watching the executions were their wives, neighbors, friends, and even former comrades...
Dec 3, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Wilkes
AUTHOR: Glenn Land I trace my paternal roots to my 5 x great-grandparents, Thomas Land and Ann Sumter of Wilkes County, NC. One of their several great-grandsons and Civil War Veterans was my 2 x great-grandfather, David Land. David was last counted in the 1900 census...
Dec 3, 2018 | Haywood, Union affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Dean Rathbone A message of hope and peace. I never knew my great grandparents, Anderson and Bette Kirkpatrick Ledford, but I feel like I did. They lived with my Granny Hattie and Grandpa Charlie after Granny Bette had her stroke. My Mom still talks...
Dec 3, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Haywood
AUTHOR: Dean Rathbone Note: This story is by no means filthy or obscene, but it is a boisterous story that was shared by soldiers around the campfire during the Civil War. Granny’s cousin, Jim Kirkpatrick, told me this story about my great great grandpa, Jasper...
Dec 3, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Haywood
AUTHOR: Dean Rathbone I always wondered why everyone lowered their voices when they spoke of Will Rathbone, and whispered about what he did during that “bad ole war.” I’d try to get closer so that I could hear, but Granny would gently push me away...
