Dec 6, 2022 | Antebellum era, Confederate affiliation, Cumberland
Submitted by Demetrius Haddock; Transcribed by Cheri Todd Molter The letter pictured was written by Mrs. Josephine Bryan Worth, who, according to her obituary (Josephine_Bryan_Worth_s_Obituary_1917), was the daughter of Josiah and Sarah Hodges Bryan of Fayetteville,...
Dec 5, 2022 | Confederate affiliation, Stanly, This Month's Featured Story
According to an article written by Elizabeth Cook in 2011, Emma Green[e] of East Spencer had shared a letter that was written in March 1865 by a Stanly County man named Joseph Huneycutt, who was anticipating his execution for desertion with the Salisbury Post. In that...
Nov 30, 2022 | Montgomery, Reconstruction
Author: David Hastedt; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter & Kobe M. Brown My great-great-uncle, Reverend William Harmon Ellis was born in New Marlborough, Massachusetts, in 1852. He graduated from Williams College in 1874 and, in 1881, was posted by the...
Nov 17, 2022 | Antebellum era, Confederate affiliation, Sampson
Submitted by Sandra White Hinton: Letter Transcribed by Sandra White Hinton, Cheri Todd Molter & Kobe M. Brown; Content notes written and edited by Cheri Todd Molter and Kobe M. Brown Note from Sandra: Here are my ancestors’ letters. Please do upload them. All the...
Nov 14, 2022 | Antebellum era, Confederate affiliation, Hoke, Robeson
Author: William S. McLean; edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter and Leisa Greathouse Before and during the Civil War, Alexander Graham (1800-1865) and Elizabeth Purcell Graham (1806-1888) lived in a Greek Revival cottage on the east side of the Cheraw to...
