Dec 15, 2015 | Burke, Confederate affiliation
50-year-old soldier served with three of his sons John Duckworth Morrison (1813-1892) was my great-great-great-grandfather. He married Fannie Epley (1813-1914) and they had eight children, all born before the beginning of the Civil War and his enlistment. He had four...
Dec 8, 2015 | Burke, Confederate affiliation
Iredell Cavalry Officer Saw Action My great-great-grandfather, Hugh Caldwell Bennett (14 Dec. 1832 – 3 March 1907), was the son of George Stepto Bennett and Elizabeth Newland Bennett of Iredell County, N.C. He enlisted in Company F, North Carolina 3rd...
Oct 16, 2015 | Burke, Confederate affiliation
Written by Joe W. Avery; Vetted & edited by Cheri Todd Molter On Sept. 15, 1862, Thomas L. Morrison, my great-great-grandfather, was conscripted into the Confederate army. He mustered into Company A of the 6th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, as a private on...
Oct 15, 2015 | Burke, Confederate affiliation
The Soldier’s Choice A Confederate soldier is given an assignment to lie in wait for a Union courier who is carrying important papers. The Confederate is, “at all costs,” to bring those documents back with him. The Union courier is singing a beloved...
Aug 31, 2015 | Antebellum era, Burke, Confederate affiliation
Submitted by Louisa Emmons; Edited by Cheri Todd Molter (Contains both the family’s oral traditions and results of research) John Murphy Walton, son of Col. Thomas George Walton and Eliza Murphy Walton, was born at the family’s home, “Creekside,” in...
Jul 12, 2015 | Burke, Confederate affiliation
Confederate veteran testifies to help Unionist neighbors My great-great-grandfather, Samuel Bowman, was a farmer from Burke County. On October 7, 1861, he joined Captain Thomas G. Walton’s company of volunteers, the Davis Dragoons, a cavalry unit...
