Apr 9, 2024 | Confederate affiliation, Cumberland, Reconstruction
Written by Cheri Todd Molter and Kobe M. Brown On October 22, 1898, Edward Joseph Hale described an event that took place in Fayetteville, NC, in an article he entitled “White Man’s Day,” which he published in his newspaper, The Observer. He estimated that “eight to...
Mar 29, 2024 | Confederate affiliation, McDowell
Written & transcribed by Charles E. Rich; edited by Cheri Todd Molter On October 2, 1863, Francis Marion Poteet was conscripted into the Confederate army for “three years or the duration of the war.” At that time, he and his wife, Martha Henley Poteet, had nine...
Mar 8, 2024 | Antebellum era, Reconstruction, Washington
Edited by Cheri Todd Molter and Kobe M. Brown The following information was derived from the NC Historical Site marker entitled “Freedom Seekers of Somerset Place: Rebecca Hathaway Drew” at Washington County: During the antebellum years, many enslaved people in North...
Mar 4, 2024 | Alamance, Confederate affiliation, Orange
Edited by Cheri Todd Molter & Kobe M. Brown The following information was derived from a Civil War Trails historical marker entitled “Occaneechi in the Service: Piedmont Indians in the Civil War”: In 1833, in what is now Alamance County many Occaneechi Indians,...
Feb 23, 2024 | Forsyth, Reconstruction, This Month's Featured Story
Researched and written by Kobe M. Brown and Cheri Todd Molter On June 11, 1862, Simon Green Atkins was born to Allen and Eliza Atkins and grew up on a farm in Chatham County. Even from a young age, Mr. Atkins took his education seriously and was known to be an astute...
