Oct 27, 2019 | Catawba, Confederate affiliation
Submitted by Louis Stewart; Vetted and edited by Cheri Todd Molter These letters were written by my Great-Great-Grandfather, Jacob Laban Hartsoe, who served in the Catawba Braves, Company K of the 46th Infantry, NC. Jacob was born on July 29, 1833 and was a native of...
Oct 27, 2019 | Ashe, Confederate affiliation, Union affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Christopher Robinson Edited and Vetted by Cheri Molter (Note from Christopher Robinson: There is much information contained in the journal of Francis Marion Wilcox (written in ca 1893) regarding the Civil War period in Ashe County, NC. The author,...
Oct 14, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Forsyth
AUTHOR: Roy Ledbetter Out of my 8 great great Grandfathers, 7 of them fought under the Bonnie Blue Flag, they were all from Western NC. One of my maternal Great Great Grandfathers fought in the Shenandoah Valley with Jackson. He was wounded at the Battle of Port...
Oct 14, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Lenoir
AUTHOR: William Everett Elmore Joel Elmore (9/15/1831 – 4/8/1919) was born north of Whitehall in Wayne County but married and moved to Lenoir County in 1855. Early in 1862, Joel joined Company A of the 40th NC Troops (3rd Battalion of Heavy Artillery) and was sent to...
Oct 4, 2019 | Cleveland, Confederate affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Eddie Hinson WRITTEN AND TRANSCRIBED BY: Cheri Todd Molter A note from Eddie Hinson: Philip S. Baity was my 2nd Great-grandfather. So far, this letter is the only physical evidence of him. I know he could read and write and seemed to be a religious...
Oct 4, 2019 | Cleveland, Confederate affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Eddie Hinson I found this obituary for Clark Allen in the personal effects of my Aunt Ethel Hinson. It was passed down from Larkin Allen, a brother of Clark’s and my 2nd Great-grandfather. Clark’s Civil War headstone is in Pleasant Hill Baptist Church...
