Aug 31, 2015 | Antebellum era, Burke, Confederate affiliation
Submitted by Louisa Emmons; Edited by Cheri Todd Molter (Contains both the family’s oral traditions and results of research) John Murphy Walton, son of Col. Thomas George Walton and Eliza Murphy Walton, was born at the family’s home, “Creekside,” in...
Jun 28, 2015 | Antebellum era, News
The South before the war: an island in time The first thing a modern time-traveler would notice, on arrival in the antebellum South, would most likely be the silence. There might be movement among dry leaves, or the snort of a horse. Bird songs, surely, and,...
