Jun 23, 2020 | Confederate affiliation, Davidson
AUTHOR: Linda H. Barnette (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) Hiram Hamilton Hartley, known as H. H. or “Hi” to friends and family, was my great-great-grandfather. Born in Davidson County, N. C. in 1839, Hartley was a plantation owner who had inherited his...
Jun 23, 2020 | Confederate affiliation, Cumberland
SUBMITTED BY: George L. Moore (transcribed by Cheri Todd Molter) [To learn Dr. Robert Mijamin Patterson’s full story, read “The War-Time History of my Great-Grandfather, Robert Mijamin Patterson, M.D.”] Introduction: Born in 1837, Dr. Robert Mijamin Patterson got his...
Jun 23, 2020 | Confederate affiliation, Guilford
AUTHOR: George L. Moore (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) What follows is a condensed history of my Great-Grandfather, Robert Mijamin Patterson, who served the Confederacy as an Assistant Surgeon throughout the Civil War. (Click image to enlarge.) Robert...
Jun 9, 2020 | Confederate affiliation, Wilkes
AUTHOR: Glenn Land (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) In the past, I submitted a poem written by my 1st cousin 4 times removed, Confederate Lieutenant Thomas Charles Land, who served in the 1st & 53rd N.C. Infantry Regiments. [That story is titled “Return...
Jun 9, 2020 | Confederate affiliation, Union affiliation, Wilkes
RESEARCHED AND WRITTEN BY: K. Jeffery Torgler and Cheri Todd Molter Elias E. Day was born in 1831 in Surry County, North Carolina, and his parents were William and Nancy (Triplett) Day. Before 1850, William and Nancy had relocated their family to Wilkes County, North...
Jun 9, 2020 | Confederate affiliation, Sampson
SUBMITTED BY: Sandra White Hinton (researched and written by Cheri Todd Molter; letter transcribed by Cheri Todd Molter & Caitlin Crenshaw) Note from Sandra: Here are Lal’s letters. Please do upload them. His handwriting is so neat! All the Whites were...
