by Cheri D. Molter | Sep 26, 2023 | Antebellum era, Bertie, Chowan, Perquimans
Submitted by Dr. Harry Watson; edited by Cheri Todd Molter Note from submitter: Penny Howcott, a forty-year-old enslaved woman, had escaped from her enslaver, Charles W. Mixon, who then offered as much information as he could about her to expedite her return to him....
by Cheri D. Molter | Sep 26, 2023 | Antebellum era, Cumberland
Article submitted by Nicholle Young; Summary written by Kobe Brown and Cheri Todd Molter from The North-Carolinian of Fayetteville, North Carolina, Dec. 7, 1850, Page 3 On Nov. 30, 1850, the Mechanics of Fayetteville met to take measures against the “growing evil of...
by Cheri D. Molter | Aug 29, 2023 | Antebellum era, New Hanover, Onslow, Pender, Reconstruction
Submitted by Craig James; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter Please allow me to introduce to you a phenomenal woman who was born around 1847 in Eastern North Carolina. At a very early age she became the property of John James, the owner of Sycamore Springs...
by Cheri D. Molter | Aug 15, 2023 | Anson, Antebellum era, Cumberland, Reconstruction, Rowan
Submitted by James E. Buxton Jr.; Researched & written by Leisa Greathouse; edited by Cheri Todd Molter Research to this point has uncovered a few primary documents about Daniel “Dan” Buxton. Census records for the years 1870, 1880, 1900, and 1910 lists...
by Cheri D. Molter | Aug 15, 2023 | Antebellum era, Edgecombe, Reconstruction
Submitted by James E. Buxton Jr.; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter Born into slavery in 1849, Dred Wimberly served in the State House of Representatives in 1879 and 1887 and in the State Senate in 1889. His family lived on the Battle plantation in Edgecombe...
by Cheri D. Molter | Jun 21, 2023 | Antebellum era, Columbus, Confederate affiliation, Lenoir, Reconstruction
Submitted by Patricia Wooten Loyer; vetted and edited by Cheri Todd Molter and Kobe Brown Edward W. Wooten was born on August 19, 1838, in Columbus County, North Carolina, to Richard Lafayette Wooten and Eliza Jane Wooten. Edward was a twin, and his brother ‘s name...
