Aug 5, 2016 | Cumberland, Union affiliation
‘Aunt’ Martha Graham: Born Enslaved in Cumberland County According to an undated article from The Fayetteville Observer, at the time of its publication (circa mid to late 1970s), 117-year-old ‘Aunt’ Martha Graham was Cumberland County’s oldest resident. ‘Aunt’ Martha...
Jul 27, 2016 | Confederate affiliation, Randolph
On June 2, 1976, in an article titled “Civil War Hanging Recalled” from The Courier-Tribune, Ralph L. Bulla wrote about the death of Randolph County man, Alson G. Allred. Men who were already serving in the Civil War “were angered because Allred supposedly ‘hid out,’”...
Jul 27, 2016 | Confederate affiliation, Jackson
Finding His Way Home: A Soldier’s Move from Virginia to North Carolina Originally from Black Lick, Wythe County, Virginia, William Everett Miller found himself displaced and relocated to a new home in western North Carolina after the Civil War ended. His father—Jacob...
