Dec 14, 2018 | Buncombe, Confederate affiliation
Submitted by Sid Stroupe and Mike Stroupe; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter William Stroup left Lincoln County in the early 1800s and settled in Buncombe County. He married Sarah “Sallie” Earwood and raised a family. They had four sons—Michael, Matthew, William,...
Oct 2, 2018 | Buncombe, Confederate affiliation
AUTHOR: Sue Nash Cox Pinkney H. Warren resided in Buncombe County, North Carolina where he, at age nineteen, enlisted in the Confederate Army on July 22, 1861. He was mustered in as a Private, serving in Company I of the 25th Regiment, NC Troops. On April 28, 1862,...
Sep 6, 2018 | Buncombe, Confederate affiliation
AUTHOR: Jarrod Parker James Parker, the son of John and Balinda Parker, was born between 1827 and 1833 in Laurens County, South Carolina. He moved with his family to Buncombe County, North Carolina between 1845 and 1850. They settled in the Lower Hominy Valley, near...
Jan 25, 2016 | Buncombe, Confederate affiliation
Brigadier General William Henry Sebring William Henry Sebring was born December 25, 1840 in St. Louis, MO. His early years were spent on a farm before he enrolled in an academy in St. Louis. At 18 years of age he became a resident of Memphis, TN where he read law...
