Mar 30, 2022 | Cherokee, Clay, Confederate affiliation, Reconstruction, Union affiliation
Submitted by Melessia Croker; edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter I have written everything I know about my ancestors on a webpage on my family site. These stories are pretty well known locally, so someone else may have already sent in the story about David Ledford...
Feb 8, 2017 | Clay, Confederate affiliation
Submitted by: Jerry H. Padgett and Willis P. Whichard Andrew Jackson Curtis was the first son of Madison and Sarah Curtis and the brother of our great-grandmother, Julia. He was the second child in a family of nine surviving children when the war started. In the fall...
Feb 8, 2017 | Clay, Confederate affiliation
The Story of the Colemans: “I Can’t Think of You All but What I Am Most Ready to Cry” Submitted by: Willis Whichard, Jerry Padgett, Bud Padgett, Obie Whichard, and James Padg James and Julia Coleman moved to Cherokee County, North Carolina before 1850 along with...
Feb 8, 2017 | Clay, Confederate affiliation
A Glimpse into the Life of a Confederate Soldier Based on his Letters Home William Chamberlain Penland was the son of Harvey Monroe Penland and Patience Mahalia Moore Penland of Shooting Creek in Clay County, North Carolina. He joined the Confederate army when he was...
Jan 2, 2017 | Clay, Confederate affiliation
The Padgett Brothers: Only One Came Home Submitted by: Willis P. Whichard, Jerry H. Padgett, James L. Padgett, and Obie G. Whicha In the 1850s, Sidney and Elijah Padgett migrated to Cherokee County from Rutherford County, North Carolina with their parents, John and...
Jan 6, 2016 | Clay, Confederate affiliation
Five Brothers in the Civil War Submitted by: Brenda Kay Ledford and Barbara Ledford Wright The shadow of the Civil War loomed over Clay County, North Carolina. Thomas and Eliza Ledford worried that their five sons would enlist and get killed fighting for the...
