Sep 29, 2020 | Cleveland, Confederate affiliation
AUTHOR: Althea Womack (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) My great-great-great-grandfather was Ransom McIntyre. Ransom was on my mother’s side of the family and was originally from the Duncans Creek area of Rutherford County, North Carolina. During the...
Aug 5, 2020 | Cleveland, Confederate affiliation, Lincoln, Reconstruction
Submitted by Mike Stroupe; written by Cheri Todd Molter Frederick Washington Dellinger, commonly called “Wash,” was born on Oct. 28, 1834, in the Cherryville area of Gaston County [His name is also spelled “Fredrick” in some records]. Wash was the son of Frederick...
Aug 5, 2020 | Cleveland, Confederate affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Michael Stroupe (written by Cheri Todd Molter) Minnie Evaline Cobb Dellinger, affectionately known as “Granny” during her later years, had many stories to tell and was interviewed for articles that were published in several local newspapers, such as...
Dec 16, 2019 | Cleveland, Confederate affiliation
AUTHOR: Jim Dugan (vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) (Click on images to enlarge) Anonymous William Quinn, LDS ID LC32-RXV, #8845442, (family tradition states he was named Aaron at birth, but he didn’t like the name and changed it to Anonymous; another reference...
Oct 4, 2019 | Cleveland, Confederate affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Eddie Hinson WRITTEN AND TRANSCRIBED BY: Cheri Todd Molter A note from Eddie Hinson: Philip S. Baity was my 2nd Great-grandfather. So far, this letter is the only physical evidence of him. I know he could read and write and seemed to be a religious...
Oct 4, 2019 | Cleveland, Confederate affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Eddie Hinson I found this obituary for Clark Allen in the personal effects of my Aunt Ethel Hinson. It was passed down from Larkin Allen, a brother of Clark’s and my 2nd Great-grandfather. Clark’s Civil War headstone is in Pleasant Hill Baptist Church...
