Sep 5, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Washington
AUTHOR: Bobby R. Spruill Historians tell us that during the Civil War brother fought against brother and sometimes fathers and sons fought each other. That would not be the case of the three Foley brothers from the Skinnersville District of Washington County, North...
Sep 5, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Madison, Union affiliation
AUTHOR: Joe Mode Joseph Minzy Davis was born in Madison County, North Carolina (then Buncombe County) circa 1825 and is my fourth great grandfather like his brother John R. Davis. He died of “Chronic Diarrhea” on 20 August 1864 at the Post Hospital at Cumberland Gap,...
Sep 5, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Forsyth
AUTHOR: Jeanette Yarbrough (Click photo to enlarge.) Sylvanus David Davis was born in Surry County, North Carolina on September 8, 1832. Before the Civil War, around 1857, Davis came to Pfafftown, North Carolina and lived in the home of A. C. Transou. Afterward, he...
Sep 5, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Macon
AUTHOR: James Franklin Macon County resident Daniel J. Nichols was only 18 years old when he joined the Confederate army. He was enlisted on March 25, 1862 in Company I of the 39th NC Infantry. Family legend has it that Daniel was captured around the battle of...
Sep 5, 2018 | Burke, Confederate affiliation
AUTHOR: James Franklin According to the 1860 US Census, Lewis Franklin lived in Burke County, NC with his wife “Fanny” Perlina and their children: Sidney S. (5), Julia A. (2), and Alfred N. (9 months old). On September 22, 1862, at the age of 33, he...
