Oct 16, 2018 | Ashe, Avery, Confederate affiliation
AUTHOR: Vickie Kutscher My Great-Grandfather is Barnabas (“Barney” or “BB”) Calhoun. Barnabas Calhoun was probably born in Ashe County, North Carolina. He is buried in the Fork Mountain Cemetery just outside of Newland, North Carolina. Here...
Oct 16, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Onslow, Reconstruction
SUBMITTED BY: Gary White; Edited by Cheri Todd Molter The words of David Franklin Aman: “Many years ago, after a great storm on the coast, beachcombers found a little boy among the wreckage washed ashore. One exclaimed ‘It’s a man!’ He was cared for and...
Oct 16, 2018 | Edgecombe, Reconstruction
AUTHOR: Patrika Cos My grandfather, Joe Cosby, was born into enslavement in 1852 in North Carolina. He was born to Joe Cosby. [The name of his mother is unknown.] Joe Cosby was only 13 years old when the Civil War was over. He was eventually appointed as one of...
Oct 12, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Scotland
SUBMITTED BY: Alan M. Stubbs: “This is an article published in a Wilmington, NC newspaper around 1900 by my great grandmother’s cousin.” [History Center cannot locate the newspaper name or date. Her remembrance can be found as a historical essay on the...
Oct 11, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, McDowell, Union affiliation
Submitted by: Sid Stroupe & Mike Stroupe; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter At the age of twenty-five, Alfred J. Stroup was conscripted into the Confederate States Army at McDowell County, N.C.. Serving as a private, Stroup was mustered into Company K of the...
