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...
Aug 3, 2021 | Antebellum era, Mecklenburg
SUBMITTED BY: Cornelia Fenenga Moore; transcribed by Cornelia Fenenga Moore & Cheri Todd Molter Transcribed Will of Ezekiel Black of Mecklenburg County N.C. State of North Carolina Mecklenburg County I Ezekiel Black of the county of Mecklenburg, Do make the...
Apr 21, 2021 | Antebellum era, New Hanover
AUTHOR: JC Knowles (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) Nancy “Nance” Adams Martin, the daughter of businessman and ship owner Silas Martin and his wife, Margaret Crawford Martin, took ill and died while at sea with her father. In 1857, Silas took...
Dec 28, 2020 | Antebellum era, Pitt, Wilson
SUBMITTED BY: Lisa Y. Henderson (edited by Cheri Todd Molter) On February 28, 1863, Edmund Moore of Wilson advertised in the Tarborough Southerner for the return of Jerry, a thirty-year-old man who was formerly enslaved by Howell G. Whitehead of eastern Pitt County,...
Dec 2, 2020 | Antebellum era, Confederate affiliation, Sampson
AUTHOR: Durin Naylor The Year was 1840 when Ransom Naylor was born to Washington and Amy Naylor in the Mingo Township district of Sampson County, North Carolina. Ransom had 9 siblings, 4 brothers and 5 sisters. As a young boy Ransom worked the family farm. By 1850...
