Apr 12, 2015 | Alleghany, Confederate affiliation
Wartime Letter Raises Question My family left North Carolina for Alberta, Canada, in 1904, so little is known about my great-great-grandfather William Cheek’s Confederate service. Born in Ashe County Apr. 14, 1844, he enlisted in Co. I, 61st North Carolina...
Apr 12, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, Cumberland
Close Calls for Cumberland Trooper James Larkin Bedsole, of the Cedar Creek area in Cumberland County, was a private in the Confederate States Army, serving in the 36th North Carolina Regiment, 2nd company C. I have found his name on records that show him transported...
Apr 12, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, Johnston
Pull to Service Runs Deep William Bright Cole was born in Bentonville on the Cole plantation, the son of Willis Cole, who is buried on the farm. This farm is the site of the first day’s fighting in the Battle of Bentonville, March 19, 1865. It includes the main...
Mar 31, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, Warren
Thomas Jefferson Pitchford Jr. — 12th NC Troops T.J. (as he was known) was one of six sons of Dr. Thomas Jefferson Pitchford (North Carolina state legislator during the Civil War). All six sons served in the Confederacy: three in the 12th N.C. Troops, two in the...
Mar 28, 2015 | Bladen, Confederate affiliation
Great-Grandfather was soldier, POW Richard Smith, my great-grandfather, was born in Bladen County in December of 1833. His family were among the earliest settlers in North Carolina in the early 1700s. He enlisted in the Confederate army in Bladen County on Oct. 19,...
Mar 25, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, Forsyth
Back to the Farm – the Hard Way John Foster Landreth, my great-great-great-grandfather, was born Jan. 18, 1826 in Stokes County. He was the eldest documented son of Obadiah Landreth and Mahalia Branson Landreth. Like his father, he was a farmer. His family did not own...
