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...
Jun 8, 2020 | Confederate affiliation, Yancey
AUTHOR: Daniel E. Johnson IV (edited by Cheri T. Molter; vetted by Carolina Echeverri and Cheri T. Molter) Click to enlarge the picture above. Please see the full story of Dr. Pyatt at this link: Dr. Eleazor Aaron Pyatt
Jun 8, 2020 | Confederate affiliation, Guilford
SUBMITTED BY: Emily Whitaker Poetz (Introduction vetted and edited by Cheri Todd Molter; Manuscript written by Henry Richard McFadyen) My name is Emily Whitaker Poetz and my aunt, Claudia Whitaker, sent me a link to your story submission page and said the History...
Jun 8, 2020 | Confederate affiliation, Pitt
AUTHOR: Linda Branch (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) Caleb Smith was my great-great-grandfather. He married Elizabeth Braxton (the daughter of Jesse Braxton), and she was the mother of my great-grandfather, Caleb Putnell Smith (called “Put”). Caleb Putnell...
Jun 8, 2020 | Confederate affiliation, Sampson
SUBMITTED BY: Sandra White Hinton (Introduction 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...
