Jan 3, 2020 | Confederate affiliation, Richmond
SUBMITTED BY: Alan Ashworth (vetted by Cheri Molter) My Great-grandfather John Calvin McFadyen served the Confederate Army in Co E, 38th NCT—the Richmond County Boys. A copy of their unit song is in Rankin Museum in Ellerbe, NC. John’s unit was guarding the...
Jan 3, 2020 | Confederate affiliation, Warren
SUBMITTED BY: Judy Ellington Stainback; Letters Transcribed by Cheri Todd Molter, Caitlin Crenshaw, Carolina Echeverri, and Daniel Whiting A note from Judy Ellington Stainback: I grew up on a 300-plus-acre tobacco farm in Drewry, Warren County, North Carolina. Part of...
Jan 3, 2020 | Confederate affiliation, Halifax
Submitted by William R. “Bill” Beavans; edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter William “Billy” Beavans, a Confederate soldier from Halifax County, N.C., served in Company I of the 1st North Carolina Infantry Regiment and with the 43rd North Carolina...
Dec 30, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Cumberland
SUBMITTED BY: Linda S. Anderson and Julie Dulaney Elliot Daingerfield was born on March 26, 1859 in Harper’s Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia). His parents were Captain John Elliot Parker Daingerfield and Mathilda Wickham De Brua Daingerfield. The family relocated...
Dec 16, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Union County
SUBMITTED BY: Lakeysha Medlin (vetted and edited by Cheri Todd Molter) (Click images to enlarge) My name is Lakeysha Medlin, and this story is about my 3rd Great Grandfather Jefferson “Jeff” Sanders. Jefferson “Jeff” Sanders was my 3rd Great Grandfather....
Dec 16, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Gaston, Lincoln, Reconstruction
SUBMITTED BY Mike Stroupe; Written by Cheri Todd Molter Samuel Spake was born June 23, 1821 in Lincoln County, North Carolina. He married Harriet R. Dellinger, daughter of Peter Dellinger and Margaret Haines Dellinger, around 1842. According to the 1850 Census, Samuel...
