Dec 7, 2023 | Confederate affiliation, Cumberland, Reconstruction
Researched and written by Kobe M. Brown; Edited by Cheri Todd Molter Edward Jackson Edwards was born to Hiram and Sara Jane Edwards of Cumberland County, North Carolina. In 1861, Edwards was an 18-year-old farmer who lived near Fayetteville. On June 17, 1861, Edwards...
Dec 6, 2023 | Currituck, Reconstruction, Union affiliation
Submitted by Richard Saunders; Researched and Written by Cheri Todd Molter Samuel Bright of Currituck County, North Carolina, was a farmer, husband, and father who served in the U.S. Colored Troops and made the greatest sacrifice possible to preserve the union and...
Dec 6, 2023 | Antebellum era, Mecklenburg, Northampton, Reconstruction, This Month's Featured Story, Wake
Researched and Written by Cheri Todd Molter and Kobe M. Brown Manassa Thomas Pope was a free person of color born near Rich Square in Northampton County, North Carolina in 1858. Both of his parents, Jonas Elias Pope and Permelia Pheobe Hall Pope, were free persons of...
Dec 5, 2023 | Antebellum era, Bertie, Northampton, Reconstruction
Researched and written by Cheri Todd Molter and Kobe M. Brown Jonas Elias Pope was born on February 1, 1827, at Rich Square in Northampton County, NC. His father was Elias Pope, a free person of color with a mixed-race heritage who owned land and supported a sizable...
Nov 27, 2023 | Chatham, Confederate affiliation, This Month's Featured Story, Wake
Researched and written by Cheri Todd Molter and Kobe M. Brown George W. Walters was a farmer who lived in Chatham County, North Carolina, when the war started. In 1862, thirty-three-year-old Walters was conscripted into the Confederate army as a private. He was...
