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, 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; Freedman’s Papers transcribed by Cheri Todd Molter 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...
Nov 27, 2023 | Chatham, Confederate affiliation, 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, Emancipation, 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...
