Sep 3, 2020 | Confederate affiliation, Cumberland, Featured, Union affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Megan Dulaney Molter (article Written by Pat Reese, Fayetteville Observer Staff writer; submission edited by Cheri Todd Molter) None of the people named in this article are my ancestors, but I graduated from the Cumberland County School system and did...
Sep 3, 2020 | Confederate affiliation, Pitt
SUBMITTED BY: Anne Russell (written by Cheri Todd Molter; transcriptions of a Photograph’s Contents by Caitlyn Keplinger and Cheri Todd Molter) One of the attached photographs depicts an artistic portrait of the canteen that belonged to Edward Wooten/Wootten during...
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 | Confederate affiliation, Randolph
SUBMITTED BY: Lisa Kelly (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) Troy Kivett was the youngest of the children born to John A. and Mary Wellborn Kivett of Randolph County, North Carolina. On June 10, 1861, Troy enlisted in the Confederate Army as a Private. He...
Aug 5, 2020 | Alamance, Confederate affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Jan King (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) Thomas Fonville was my great-great-grandmother’s brother, and he was killed on July 1, 1863 at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. According to his compiled military record, Thomas G. Fonville was a...
Aug 5, 2020 | Alamance, Confederate affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Jan King (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) My great-great-grandfather was Robert McAdams; his brother, Calvin, died in 1862 at Richmond but from disease rather than from being killed in action. According to his compiled military record, Calvin...
