Jul 9, 2020 | Antebellum era, Carteret, Confederate affiliation, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey
Written by Melanie Forbes Cook; edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter The following is an excerpt from a blog entry, which was originally published at https://familyhistory4u.blogspot.com/2013/02/alexander-lowery-1831-1862.html?m=1: My Family History: Alexander...
May 6, 2020 | Antebellum era, Confederate affiliation, Orange
Written by Ruth C. Couch; edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter Both my husband and I have Orange County, North Carolina, Couch family roots. I had always heard that my great-great-grandfather had fought in the Civil War and died without seeing his twin sons—my...
May 6, 2020 | Antebellum era, Confederate affiliation, Cumberland, New Hanover
SUBMITTED BY: Frances Cullom Morgan (edited by Cheri Todd Molter) Note from Frances Cullom Morgan: Cornelia Murphey Worth French was the daughter of Barzillai Gardner Worth and Mary Elizabeth Jessie Carter. (Editor’s Note: The author of the following story, Cornelia...
Apr 10, 2020 | Antebellum era, Confederate affiliation, Reconstruction, Robeson
SUBMITTED BY: Elizabeth Smith (researched and written by Cheri Todd Molter) Note from Elizabeth Smith: My great-grandfather was Dr. Francis Hamilton Conoly, and Cheri found the records that brought him and his family members to life for me. She gave me knowledge of my...
Feb 26, 2020 | Antebellum era, Hertford, Reconstruction, Union affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Elizabeth Jones (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) The following is an excerpt from The Secession Movement in North Carolina, which was written by Dr. Joseph Carlyle Sitterson and published by the University of North Carolina Press in 1939: “The...
Sep 6, 2019 | Antebellum era, Hertford, Reconstruction, Union County
Submitted by Marvin T. Jones; vetted by Cheri Todd Molter (Reprinted from the Fall 2011 newsletter of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, Inc.) “Seventeen members of the U.S. Colored Troops (USCT) in my family, our own stores, a fairground and...
