Feb 20, 2024 | Antebellum era, Beaufort, Hyde
Submitted by JD Mayo; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter I’ve done some digging for information about my North Carolinian ancestors on my father’s side, and this information pertains to my 5th-great-grandfather, John Mayo, my 4th-great-grandfather,...
Feb 13, 2024 | Antebellum era, Guilford
Written by Cheri Todd Molter In his article entitled “Hidden Figure: How a Black Washerwoman Helped Free 15 Slaves,” Ross Howell, Jr. writes, “We don’t know where ‘Vina’ was born or how she died. We have no likeness of her—no etching or drawing. Yet a Guilford College...
Dec 6, 2023 | Antebellum era, Mecklenburg, Northampton, Reconstruction, This Month's Featured Story, Wake
Researched and Written by Cheri Todd Molter and Kobe M. Brown Manassa Thomas Pope was a free person of color born near Rich Square in Northampton County, North Carolina in 1858. Both of his parents, Jonas Elias Pope and Permelia Pheobe Hall Pope, were free persons of...
Dec 5, 2023 | Antebellum era, Bertie, Northampton, Reconstruction
Researched and written by Cheri Todd Molter and Kobe M. Brown Jonas Elias Pope was born on February 1, 1827, at Rich Square in Northampton County, NC. His father was Elias Pope, a free person of color with a mixed-race heritage who owned land and supported a sizable...
Nov 15, 2023 | Antebellum era, Confederate affiliation, Moore
Submitted by Dr. Alvin Hunter Hartness; Researched and written by Cheri Todd Molter and Kobe Brown By the time the war began, John M. Hunter of Lee County, North Carolina, was a married man who made his living as a farmer and a blacksmith. On May 22, 1860, John...
Nov 1, 2023 | Antebellum era, Cumberland
Article submitted by Nicholle Young; Summary written by Cheri Todd Molter This clipping from Fayetteville Weekly Observer contains two advertisements, one regarding the sale of James, who had been employed as a spinner and carder from a local cotton factory, and the...
