May 12, 2023 | Confederate affiliation, Sampson
Submitted by Sandra White Hinton: Letter Transcribed by Sandra White Hinton & Cheri Todd Molter; Edited by Cheri Todd Molter A.N.V. Co. ‘A’ 30th NC Troops February the 10th 1864 Murdock: Dear brother: I am very happy indeed to be able to write you on the...
Apr 25, 2023 | Cumberland, Reconstruction
Submitted by Nicholle Young “Ezekiel Ezra Smith: Minister Resident and Consul-General, Monrovia,” published on the front page of the Scranton Weekly Republican on Wed., May 2,...
Apr 3, 2023 | Confederate affiliation, Sampson
Submitted by Sandra White Hinton: Letter Transcribed by Sandra White Hinton and Cheri Todd Molter Original Transcription: Pocotaligo Pocotaligo So. Ca. March 20th 1863 James White Jr. Dear Bro, I Recd. your...
Jan 28, 2023 | Cumberland, Uncategorized
Submitted by J. Michael Ruff DDS The following is a story that was told to me by Mrs.Phillips around 1982 or 1983, and it had been shared with Mrs. Phillips by her grandmother. She said her grandmother was nine years old when General Sherman and his Army came to...
Dec 8, 2022 | Antebellum era, Cherokee, Haywood
Written by B. Lynne Harlan; Edited by Cheri Todd Molter William Holland Thomas was born in 1805 in Haywood County, North Carolina. Around the age of 10, Thomas moved to Jackson to work with a merchant at a trading post along the Tuckaseegee River. By 1822, Thomas had...
