Feb 22, 2016 | Burke, Confederate affiliation
Blood and Water and Mercy Levi Herman, my great-grandfather, appears in the Civil War Roster books as Levi Harmon. He also appears on the Federal census with the same name. But when you look at the locations in Catawba County, North Carolina, where he lived, his...
Jan 26, 2016 | Burke, Confederate affiliation
Soldier wanted clean water for all Levi Herman, my great-grandfather, appears in the Civil War Roster books as Levi Harmon. He also appears on the federal census with the same name. But when you look at the places he lived in Catawba County, his family’s names, etc....
Jan 26, 2016 | Burke, Confederate affiliation
Ancestor’s story ends at a POW camp after the war’s close Daniel J. Herman, my great-great-grandfather, married Sarah (Sally) Tritt on Jan. 14, 1830 in Lincoln County, North Carolina. They had three children, one of these being my great-grandfather Levi...
Jan 22, 2016 | Burke, Confederate affiliation
Wilkes County native fought, then made it home My paternal great-grandmother, Eliza Jane Lail, had a brother named Liler Monroe Lail. Monroe was born about 1843 in Wilkes County, North Carolina to Cynthia and Daniel Lail. At age 18, Monroe was working as a farmer in...
Jan 21, 2016 | Burke, Confederate affiliation
Benjamin Franklin as a “Doc” On March 1, 1863, at age 36, my great-great-great-uncle, Benjamin Franklin Earney (Arney) enlisted in Burke County, North Carolina as a private in Company K, N.C. 35th Infantry Regiment. This company was known as the “Burke...
