Dec 26, 2018 | Cleveland, Confederate affiliation
AUTHOR: Jason Pearson Andrew Jackson Sisk is my 4th great grandfather, son of Henry Hawkins and Rachel Sisk. I was shocked when I found a distant cousin who had his portrait hanging in her house. The photograph was created c.1905. Not many people can say they can see...
Oct 28, 2018 | Cleveland, Confederate affiliation
Submitted by Sid Stroupe and Mike Stroupe; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter Miles Abernathy Stroup, the eldest son of Christopher “Christy” Stroup and older brother of Daniel Matthew Stroup (to read Daniel’s story, see “Daniel Matthew Stroup and the Claim...
Oct 25, 2018 | Cleveland, Confederate affiliation
Submitted by Sid Stroupe and Mike Stroupe; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter Daniel Matthew Stroup, the youngest son of Christopher “Christy” Stroup, was born in 1844. He lived in White Pine (now Cherryville) in Cleveland County (now Gaston Co.) North Carolina....
Sep 7, 2018 | Cleveland, Confederate affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Lisa Jillani My aunt, Esta Davis Serber, was born in 1900 and alive when her grandfather, Simon D. Davis,talked to her about his time in the Sandy Run Yellow Jackets out of Cleveland Co. She passed the statement on to me that Simon told her. He said,...
Sep 6, 2018 | Cleveland, Confederate affiliation
AUTHOR: William Lea Palmer, Colonel, Infantry, US Army, Retired 19 April 1991 Great-Grandson of First Lieutenant / Captain David Ramsour Hoyle, C.S.A. David Ramsour Hoyle of Lawndale, Cleveland County, North Carolina, joined the Army of the Confederate States of...