Apr 23, 2024 | Antebellum era, Reconstruction, Surry
Researched and written by Kobe M. Brown and Cheri Todd Molter Orlean Hawks Puckett was an Appalachian midwife known for assisting with the safe deliveries of over 1,000 babies and for never losing a mother or child while in her care. However, determining the “real”...
Mar 8, 2024 | Antebellum era, Emancipation, Reconstruction, Washington
Edited by Cheri Todd Molter and Kobe M. Brown The following information was derived from the NC Historical Site marker entitled “Freedom Seekers of Somerset Place: Rebecca Hathaway Drew” at Washington County: During the antebellum years, many enslaved people in North...
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, Emancipation, Guilford, This Month's Featured Story
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, 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; Freedman’s Papers transcribed by Cheri Todd Molter 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...
