Jul 16, 2024 | Confederate affiliation, Nash, Union affiliation
Written by Attorney David Warren Boone and Judge James F. Ammons, Jr. (Grandsons of Gilbert Wayner Boone); Vetted by Kobe M. Brown and Edited by Cheri Todd Molter Based on Oral Tradition and Research William Boon’s role in the Civil War has been something of a family...
Jul 16, 2024 | Antebellum era, Confederate affiliation, Davie, Orange
Submitted by Linda Barnette; Vetted and edited by Cheri Todd Molter; Transcriptions copied by Alisone Warlick Carr and Kobe M. Brown William H. Call was born in Davie County in 1842. His parents were Henry R. Call and Martha Frost Call. In 1861, William was a student...
Jul 16, 2024 | Gaston, Reconstruction
Submitted by Ken Winston; edited by Kobe M. Brown and Cheri Todd Molter An Oral History My grandmother, Nancy Effie Stroup, was a daughter of Jasper Stoe Stroup, a North Carolina native and Civil War veteran, who grew up in the community of Cuba, Kentucky. I remember...
Jul 12, 2024 | Hertford, Union affiliation
Written by Mary E.C. Drew; Edited by Kobe M. Brown and Cheri Todd Molter An Oral Tradition On July 19, 2017, Georgianna Drew-McKnight, also known as “Cousin Galley,” provided information to me, Mary E.C. Drew, about her great-grandmother, Marge Jones. At the time of...
Jul 12, 2024 | Reconstruction, Robeson
Submitted by Amy Sinclair Dahm; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter and Kobe M. Brown On January 29, 1866, less than a year after the war ended, Rev. James Sinclair spoke before a Congressional committee. Rev. Sinclair was a Scottish minister who had been living in...
