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...
Jul 12, 2024 | Confederate affiliation, Rockingham
Written by James Whitesell; Edited by Cheri Todd Molter An Oral History Told to me by my Great Uncle Louie Martin: My Great-great-grandfather, John Tyler Martin, signed up with the 21st NC, Company L. J. T. Martin was a 2nd Lieutenant at the time of Gettysburg, and on...
Jul 8, 2024 | Confederate affiliation, Surry
Written by Larry Alderman; edited by Cheri Todd Molter An Oral History In 1965, when I was thirteen years old, my great-grandfather, Friel Combs, told front porch stories from his home on Rockford Street in Mt. Airy, North Carolina, and I listened to them intently....
