Sep 29, 2020 | Confederate affiliation, Onslow
AUTHOR: Clarnita A. Smith (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) Jeremiah “Jere” Aman was the son of William Aman and Elizabeth Garrett of Onslow County, North Carolina. According to the 1830 Census, William Aman’s household included one male and one female “of 20...
Sep 29, 2020 | Antebellum era, Confederate affiliation, New Hanover, Reconstruction
SUBMITTED BY: Susan Quinn Sand (written by Benjamin Franklin Hall [1924]; edited by Cheri Todd Molter) Note from Susan Quinn Sand: According to my Family Tree Maker Software, Benjamin Franklin Hall was my 1st cousin 5 times removed. Our common ancestor is William...
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...
Sep 29, 2020 | Bladen, Confederate affiliation, Reconstruction
SUBMITTED BY: David W. Dowless, Jr.; Edited by Cheri Todd Molter I have additional information about my ancestor, Samuel Dowless, pertaining to his life after the Civil War (The other submission was entitled “Samuel Anders Dowless’ Civil War Story” and can be...
Sep 29, 2020 | Confederate affiliation, Sampson
SUBMITTED BY: Eddie White (transcribed by Cheri Todd Molter and Carolina Echeverri) These pictures are of an order granting permission for John N. Jackson to sell Harriet and her son, Thomas, who were two individuals who were enslaved by Jackson’s ward, Mary J....
Sep 29, 2020 | Confederate affiliation, Granville
SUBMITTED BY: Cynthia West Abbott (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) My grandfather, Sidney Fleming West, and his brother remembered sitting at the feet of their grandfather, Charles Fleming West, while he entertained them with detailed stories of the battles...
