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...
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...
