May 27, 2021 | Bladen, Confederate affiliation
AUTHOR: David Lennon (edited by Cheri Todd Molter; vetted by Hallie Smith) In 1862, Capt. Daniel Patterson, my great-grandfather, raised a company of troops from his native Bladen County and its surrounding counties after he served for a year in the militia. They...
Mar 2, 2021 | Bladen, Confederate affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Steve Sutton (vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) Editor’s Note: Sgt. Steve Sutton (Ret) has submitted a document that was researched and typed up in the 1970s and two photographs. One of the photographs is of William Ayers Davis, and the other is of John...
Sep 29, 2020 | Bladen, Confederate affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: David Dowless, Jr. (edited by Cheri Todd Molter) Samuel Anders Dowless’ Bible still exists. Samuel and his wife, Sarah, lived in Bladen County, North Carolina, and Samuel fought for the Confederacy, serving in “Batty I” Company, N.C. 2nd Light...
Sep 29, 2020 | Bladen, Confederate affiliation, Reconstruction
SUBMITTED BY: David W. Dowless, Jr.; Edited by Cheri Todd Molter I have additional information about my ancestor, Samuel Dowless, pertaining to his life after the Civil War (The other submission was entitled “Samuel Anders Dowless’ Civil War Story” and can be...
Jul 9, 2020 | Bladen, Confederate affiliation, New Hanover
SUBMITTED BY: David W. Dowless Jr.; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter; Letter transcribed by Cheri Todd Molter Samuel, Elisha, and John Dowless were brothers from Bladen County, North Carolina who all fought for the Confederacy. According to their military...
Apr 22, 2019 | Bladen, Confederate affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Mrs. Hoyt Randall The following is an excerpt from The Bladen Journal, written by Mrs. Carl Campbell and dated Thursday, December 7, 1961: “Evander N. Robeson volunteered under Captain Tate on April 26th, 1861 in Elizabethtown, when the “Bladen Guards”...
