Aug 15, 2023 | Anson, Antebellum era, Cumberland, Reconstruction, Rowan
Submitted by James E. Buxton Jr.; Researched & written by Leisa Greathouse; edited by Cheri Todd Molter Research to this point has uncovered a few primary documents about Daniel “Dan” Buxton. Census records for the years 1870, 1880, 1900, and 1910 lists...
Aug 15, 2023 | Antebellum era, Edgecombe, Reconstruction
Submitted by James E. Buxton Jr.; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter Born into slavery in 1849, Dred Wimberly served in the State House of Representatives in 1879 and 1887 and in the State Senate in 1889. His family lived on the Battle plantation in Edgecombe...
Aug 9, 2023 | Reconstruction, Wake
Submitted by Stephanie Johnson; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter and Kobe M. Brown General Nelson Appleton Miles was born in Massachusetts in 1839. He worked as a store clerk, but when the Civil War started in 1861, he joined the 22nd Massachusetts as a...
Aug 2, 2023 | Cumberland, Reconstruction
Submitted by Edwina Clarkson; written by Ruth Gillis; edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter & Kobe M. Brown Copies of photographs courtesy of Edwina Clarkson and taken by Dorien Caldwell Edward and Sallie Evans are remembered in Fayetteville, N.C. as educators,...
Jun 21, 2023 | Antebellum era, Columbus, Confederate affiliation, Lenoir, Reconstruction
Submitted by Patricia Wooten Loyer; vetted and edited by Cheri Todd Molter and Kobe Brown Edward W. Wooten was born on August 19, 1838, in Columbus County, North Carolina, to Richard Lafayette Wooten and Eliza Jane Wooten. Edward was a twin, and his brother ‘s name...
