Nov 14, 2022 | Antebellum era, Confederate affiliation, Hoke, Robeson
Author: William S. McLean; edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter and Leisa Greathouse Before and during the Civil War, Alexander Graham (1800-1865) and Elizabeth Purcell Graham (1806-1888) lived in a Greek Revival cottage on the east side of the Cheraw to...
Nov 10, 2022 | Antebellum era, Cherokee, Confederate affiliation
Submitted by: Willis Whichard, Jerry Padgett, James Padgett, Obie Whichard, & Bud Padgett; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter and B. Lynne Harlan Robert, William, and John Rogers grew up in a part of Cherokee County known as Tomotla with their parents, John...
Aug 29, 2022 | Antebellum era, Confederate affiliation, Reconstruction, Swain
Written by Leisa Greathouse; Edited by Cheri Todd Molter Part of the Qualla Boundary of the Eastern Band of Cherokee is in Swain County, North Carolina. The reservation was formally established in 1876. In the 1840s and 1850s, after the Trail of Tears, a white man...
May 17, 2022 | Antebellum era, Cumberland, Union affiliation
Written by Laurie Jones; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter Located at 1507 Morganton Rd. in Fayetteville, Fair Oaks is a large, two-story frame house with Greek Revival elements that was built in 1858. Its construction and design are attributed to brothers...
Mar 25, 2022 | Antebellum era, Confederate affiliation, Wilson
Submitted by Lisa Y. Henderson; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter On 2 September 1950, in the column “Looking Backward,” the Wilson Daily Times published Hugh B. Johnston’s transcriptions of war-time letters written by George W. Woodard, including the one below:...
Dec 10, 2021 | Antebellum era, Yancey
AUTHOR: JC Knowles; edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter and Laurie Jones Before 1857, despite Dr. Elisha Mitchell’s earlier research that claimed otherwise, North Carolina’s school children were taught that Mount Washington in New Hampshire was the highest...
