Sep 8, 2018 | Avery, Mitchell, Yancey
AUTHOR: Dan Johnson Words like ‘colorful,’ ‘unique,’ ‘rugged individualist,’ etc. come to mind in trying to diplomatically describe my ancestor Warsaw Columbus ‘Wah’ Clark of Crossnore, NC but the honest truth of...
Sep 8, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Jackson
AUTHOR: Dan Johnson Genealogical research often reveals some interesting, even contradictory characters and such is the case with “Granny Beck” Aiken. Nothing is known about her childhood or youth. Although the census taker for Jackson co. in 1880...
Sep 8, 2018 | Ashe, Confederate affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Larry Dale Wilson This anthology was printed in 2007 by the Center for Appalachian Studies, Appalachian State University, Boone NC 28608 edited by Sandra L. Bullard and Leila E. Weinstein. This publication chronicles the story of my GGG Grandfather, Lt....
Sep 8, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Stokes
AUTHOR: Howard J. Sparks, Sr. My great grandfather John H. Hopkins was from Patrick County, Virginia. John was the son of William Hopkins and Sarah/Sallie Snyder Hopkins. Between 1850 and 1860 it is believed the family moved just across the state line into Stokes...
Sep 8, 2018 | Richmond, Union affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: John Jacobs My ancestor William Jacobs was a mulatto farmer in Richmond County during the Civil War. He was known in the county to be a Union loyalist. His father, Zachariah Jacobs, was a patriot of the Revolutionary War, from Brunswick County, NC, and...