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...
Feb 20, 2024 | Antebellum era, Beaufort, Hyde
Submitted by JD Mayo; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter I’ve done some digging for information about my North Carolinian ancestors on my father’s side, and this information pertains to my 5th-great-grandfather, John Mayo, my 4th-great-grandfather,...
Feb 13, 2024 | Antebellum era, Guilford
Written by Cheri Todd Molter In his article entitled “Hidden Figure: How a Black Washerwoman Helped Free 15 Slaves,” Ross Howell, Jr. writes, “We don’t know where ‘Vina’ was born or how she died. We have no likeness of her—no etching or drawing. Yet a Guilford College...
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...
