Mar 21, 2025 | Antebellum era, Durham, Emancipation
Mary Eliza Walker, born in 1818, was enslaved by Duncan Cameron at Stagville, a plantation in Durham, North Carolina. Walker was required to join Cameron on several of his trips to Philadelphia, and, in 1848, she escaped while they were there. She was protected under...
Feb 27, 2025 | Confederate affiliation, Pitt, This Month's Featured Story
Transcribed by Cheri Todd Molter Original Transcription: Camp of Starr’s Light Battery Greenville NC Apr 21st 1862 Hon J. Davis Pres C.S. I see by a...
Feb 17, 2025 | Confederate affiliation, Cumberland, This Month's Featured Story
Submitted by Matthew Howell; Vetted by Cheri Todd Molter and Kobe M. Brown; Edited by Cheri Todd Molter In Fayetteville, known as Cross Creek until 1778, there are many old cemeteries.[1] The oldest is the first Cross Creek Cemetery, which was established in 1785.[2]...
Feb 13, 2025 | Confederate affiliation, Rockingham
Submitted by Don Thomas Simmons; Vetted & edited by Cheri Todd Molter & Kobe M. Brown In the Spring of 1862, the soldiers of the 45th North Carolina Infantry were recruited from several different counties in the state. Among those who enlisted was a...
Jan 8, 2025 | Antebellum era, Ashe, Confederate affiliation, Union affiliation
Submitted by Nancy Finney Cornish; Vetted and edited by Cheri Todd Molter & Kobe M. Brown Based on Oral Tradition and Genealogical Research This story is about my third great-grandmother, Phoebe Graybeal Eastridge. Phoebe Graybeal was born and raised in Ashe...
