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...
Nov 21, 2023 | Confederate affiliation, New Hanover, Union affiliation
Submitted by Dr. Harry Watson; Summary written by Kobe M. Brown; edited by Cheri Todd Molter Burkhead, History of the Difficulties In 1865, Rev. L. S. Burkhead’s kept a personal account of his experiences and perceptions of events that occurred after he was appointed...
Nov 15, 2023 | Antebellum era, Confederate affiliation, Moore
Submitted by Dr. Alvin Hunter Hartness; Researched and written by Cheri Todd Molter and Kobe Brown By the time the war began, John M. Hunter of Lee County, North Carolina, was a married man who made his living as a farmer and a blacksmith. On May 22, 1860, John...
Nov 1, 2023 | Antebellum era, Cumberland
Article submitted by Nicholle Young; Summary written by Cheri Todd Molter This clipping from Fayetteville Weekly Observer contains two advertisements, one regarding the sale of James, who had been employed as a spinner and carder from a local cotton factory, and the...
Oct 31, 2023 | Antebellum era, Cumberland
Article submitted by Nicholle Young; Summary written by Cheri Todd Molter This notice was submitted by William S. Mullins, the guardian of the children and heirs of John Mullins, deceased. The children had inherited their father’s property, which included several...
