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...
Sep 3, 2020 | Confederate affiliation, Granville
SUBMITTED BY: Sam Cook (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) My name is Sam Cook. My mother is a Ragland, and James Madison Ragland was my great-great-grandfather. The following story is based on the research and writings of my cousin, Charles J. Ragland, Jr. He...
Sep 3, 2020 | Anson, Confederate affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Steve Bailey (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) John R. Richardson was a native of Ansonville, North Carolina. On May 22, 1861, when he was eighteen years old, Richardson volunteered to fight, enlisting as an Anson Ellis Rifleman in Company A of...
Sep 3, 2020 | Brunswick, Confederate affiliation
AUTHOR: Lewis Hardee, Jr. (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) Editor’s Note: John Wescott was born on Aug. 28, 1845 to Samuel and Eliza Wescott [also spelled “Wescoat” in some records] of Brunswick County, North Carolina. After the war started, he served the...
Sep 3, 2020 | Caldwell, Confederate affiliation, Union affiliation
AUTHOR: Glenn Land (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) Eliza Ann Triplet of Caldwell County, North Carolina, was married to a 3-times-removed-2nd-cousin of mine, William Taylor Land, the only son of Wilson Land and Rebecca Miller Land. While it seems most of my...
Sep 3, 2020 | Buncombe, Confederate affiliation, Reconstruction
Submitted by Joe Young; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter My ancestor, James Madison Young, was Captain of Company K, 11th N.C. Troops. On April 24, 1861, at the Smith-McDowell House in Buncombe County, twenty-five-year-old James Madison Young mustered into...
