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...
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...
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...
Dec 8, 2022 | Antebellum era, Cherokee, Haywood
Written by B. Lynne Harlan; Edited by Cheri Todd Molter William Holland Thomas was born in 1805 in Haywood County, North Carolina. Around the age of 10, Thomas moved to Jackson to work with a merchant at a trading post along the Tuckaseegee River. By 1822, Thomas had...
Dec 6, 2022 | Antebellum era, Confederate affiliation, Cumberland
Submitted by Demetrius Haddock; Transcribed by Cheri Todd Molter The letter pictured was written by Mrs. Josephine Bryan Worth, who, according to her obituary (Josephine_Bryan_Worth_s_Obituary_1917), was the daughter of Josiah and Sarah Hodges Bryan of Fayetteville,...
Nov 17, 2022 | Antebellum era, Confederate affiliation, Sampson
Submitted by Sandra White Hinton: Letter Transcribed by Sandra White Hinton, Cheri Todd Molter & Kobe M. Brown; Content notes written and edited by Cheri Todd Molter and Kobe M. Brown Note from Sandra: Here are my ancestors’ letters. Please do upload them. All the...
