by CCW | Sep 11, 2018 | Alleghany, Confederate affiliation, Surry, Wilkes
SUBMITTED BY: Ruth Dutton Hill [Note: David Black was a teacher, farmer, and Major in the Civil War.] Sunday night, December 25th, 1864, Alex Black Dear Sir: Christmas night finds me home again all lonely and peacefully situated. We have had company today saw Betty...
by Darcy Cheek | Apr 12, 2015 | Alleghany, Confederate affiliation
Wartime Letter Raises Question My family left North Carolina for Alberta, Canada, in 1904, so little is known about my great-great-grandfather William Cheek’s Confederate service. Born in Ashe County Apr. 14, 1844, he enlisted in Co. I, 61st North Carolina...