Feb 17, 2025 | Confederate affiliation, Cumberland
Submitted by Matthew Howell; Vetted by Cheri Todd Molter and Kobe M. Brown; Edited by Cheri Todd Molter In Fayetteville, known as Cross Creek until 1778, there are many old cemeteries.[1] The oldest is the first Cross Creek Cemetery, which was established in 1785.[2]...
Feb 13, 2025 | Confederate affiliation, Rockingham
Submitted by Don Thomas Simmons; Vetted & edited by Cheri Todd Molter & Kobe M. Brown In the Spring of 1862, the soldiers of the 45th North Carolina Infantry were recruited from several different counties in the state. Among those who enlisted was a...
Jan 8, 2025 | Antebellum era, Ashe, Confederate affiliation, Union affiliation
Submitted by Nancy Finney Cornish; Vetted and edited by Cheri Todd Molter & Kobe M. Brown Based on Oral Tradition and Genealogical Research This story is about my third great-grandmother, Phoebe Graybeal Eastridge. Phoebe Graybeal was born and raised in Ashe...
Jul 26, 2024 | Columbus, Confederate affiliation
Submitted by Rebecca Allen Bruce, Tonya C. Tyler and Judge James Floyd Ammons, Jr. (Great-Great-Grandchildren of Elisha Jackson Tyler); Researched and written by Cheri Todd Molter and Kobe M. Brown Elisha Jackson Tyler was born on March 14, 1841, in Columbus County,...
Jul 24, 2024 | Columbus, Confederate affiliation
Written by Carolyn Ann Tyler; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter and Kobe M. Brown During the Civil War, my Great-great-grandfather, John Jackson “J. J.” Tyler, Sr. served in the Confederate army, along with his sons, including Elisha Jackson Tyler (Here is the...
Jul 19, 2024 | Confederate affiliation, Sampson
Submitted by Ted Warren; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter and Kobe M. Brown On September 1, 1861, twenty-seven-year-old Joseph Butler of Sampson County, NC, enlisted in the Confederate army as a private. About a month later, Butler left his wife, Isabella, and...
