An Orange County Family during the Civil War

May 6, 2020 | Antebellum era, Confederate affiliation, Orange

Written by Ruth C. Couch; edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter Both my husband and I have Orange County, North Carolina, Couch family roots. I had always heard that my great-great-grandfather had fought in the Civil War and died without seeing his twin sons—my...

Dicey Couch’s Petition to the Commissioners of Claims: The Orange County Woman Sought Compensation for a Horse, a Mule, and Bacon

May 6, 2020 | Confederate affiliation, Orange

SUBMITTED BY:  Ruth C. Couch (transcription of original document by Ruth C. Couch; vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) To read the petition, click on the link here:...

Jane Dickinson Cowan DeRosset’s “Sherman’s Men Enter North Carolina”

May 6, 2020 | Bertie, Confederate affiliation, New Hanover, Scotland

SUBMITTED BY:  Beacham McDougald; AUTHOR: Jane Dickinson Cowan DeRosset (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) Col. Robert H. Cowan, Jr. was a grandson of Governor David Stone (1808-1810) of Bertie County, North Carolina. Col. Cowan was also president of the...

Nathan Bradshaw: A Soldier of the Overland Trail

May 6, 2020 | Caldwell, Confederate affiliation, Union affiliation

SUBMITTED BY:  K. Jeffery Torgler (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) This is an outline of research results—census records, military records, etc.—that tell the story of the life of Nathan Bradshaw. We were compiling this information to track down the grave...

“[T]ell me what we poore soldiers wifes is to do”: Mrs. Susan Shearin, Mrs. L. Reid, Mrs. M. Neal, Mrs. C. Aycock, Mrs. Thomson, and Mrs. Elbeth Write a Letter to Gov. Vance

May 6, 2020 | Confederate affiliation, Halifax, This Month's Featured Story

Submitted by Jean Finch Inscoe; Written and transcribed by Cheri Todd Molter   Life was difficult for women, too, during the Civil War. After able-bodied, young men went off to fight, older men, women and children were left behind to survive as best as they could...

Thomas Warren “Capt. Plunk” Shearin

May 6, 2020 | Confederate affiliation, Halifax

SUBMITTED BY:  Jean Finch Inscoe (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) Thomas Warren Shearin was born on April 24, 1832 to his parents Seth and Mary “Polly” Pike Shearin of Warren County, North Carolina. As an adult, Thomas married Susan D. Myrick and the couple...