Jan 20, 2016 | Alamance, Confederate affiliation
Thomas Mitchell Evins, 38th Regiment, Georgia Evins was a 1st Lieutenant and served in Texas. He enlisted in 1862 at the age of 42 in the 33rd Texas Cavalry, Duff’s Partisan Rangers, 14th Battalion, Company H. His rank was 1st Lieutenant. When the war was over,...
Jan 6, 2016 | Alamance, Confederate affiliation
Jacob Dixon was True Blue Jacob Dixon was born near Snow Camp (now Alamance County) December 15, 1842. The son of Quakers Caleb and Mary Snotherly Dixon, he was opposed to the war, as were all members of the Society of Friends. The family story passed down from...
Dec 17, 2015 | Alamance, Confederate affiliation
Nelson and Ava Tift volunteered their shipbuilding services to the Confederate Navy Nelson Tift, my great-great-grandfather, was born in Groton, CT on July 23, 1810. In 1826 he moved to Key West, FL with his brother Asa for business exploration ventures. In 1830 he...
Sep 15, 2015 | Alamance, Confederate affiliation
Family stories of the Underground Railroad Excerpted from “Ramblings of a Country Boy,” by Stephen Arthur Cohagan (my grandfather), written 1953. (Private papers) “Grandfather (John Pugh Jay) and Grandmother (Rachel Commons Jay) maintained a...
