Sep 8, 2018 | Pitt, Reconstruction, Union affiliation
AUTHOR: Shelton Tucker; Vetted and edited by Cheri Todd Molter and Kobe M. Brown My sister, Dee, the genealogist of the family, told me that a respected historian in Greenville, N.C. said that my great-great-grandfather, Reverend Austin Flood, was the MLK of his day....
Sep 7, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Haywood
SUBMITTED BY: Phyllis Gordon Womble In June 1861, Alson Gordon of Haywood county left his wife and three children behind to join Company F of the 25th NC Infantry Regiment: a company that enlisted three of my other ancestors on the same day. Gordon’s time in the 25th...
Sep 7, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Haywood
SUBMITTED BY: Phyllis Gordon Womble The story of Haywood County’s Inman family has reached far beyond the Carolinas, thanks to the star-studded cast of 2003’s Cold Mountain. While the film was inspired by the true story of William Pinkney Inman and two of his brothers...
Sep 7, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Haywood
SUBMITTED BY: Phyllis Gordon Womble The Inman family of Haywood County, NC possesses strong ties to the American Civil War having committed all six sons to the Haywood Highlanders Company in 1861 as a part of the Confederate Army. Most famously, William Pinkney...
Sep 7, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Surry, Wilkes
SUBMITTED BY: Shirley Corn Reagan My husband’s great grandmother was a daughter of Confederacy. She was a Franklin from Elkin, NC. My husband passed this past May 15, 2018. I have to research her story. Her name could have Ann or Elizabeth Franklin. I’m...
