Dec 3, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Lincoln
Submitted by Sid Stroupe and Mike Stroupe; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter Israel Rufus Stroup, the son of John D. Stroup, enlisted on the 4th of July 1862 in Lincoln County, NC. At the time, he and his wife, Elizabeth Rudisill Stroup, lived in Stanley Creek...
Nov 25, 2018 | Cherokee, Confederate affiliation
AUTHOR: Joe Franklin Grandfather Hayes was originally in the Union Army & escorted the Cherokee tribe on the journey to Oklahoma (the Trail Of Tears) I read some of his letters & accounts which he said was a horrible experience. When the war began he served...
Nov 25, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, New Hanover, Stanly
AUTHOR: John Stevens Evin Smith was born in Smith’s District, Stanly County, North Carolina about 1836. In the 1860 Census, he was living with his father working on the family farm with personal property valued at $140. In March 1861, Evin married Lucy Page from...
Nov 14, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Moore, Union affiliation
AUTHOR: Tom Bailey I knew my dad and he knew his. It got a bit iffy when I started chasing the ‘Rest of The Story.’ I had problems locating documentation for my GF’s birth, among other things. Then, I located his birth record, Lafayette Burl Smith...
Nov 14, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Gaston
Submitted by Sid Stroupe and Mike Stroupe; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter On May 8, 1863, Hosea Holcombe Stroup, the thirty-five-year-old son of Moses Stroup (1796-1877) and husband of Nancy Crutchfield Stroup, was conscripted into service in Lincolnton, North...
