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...
Oct 4, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Lincoln, Union affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Mike Stroupe WRITTEN AND TRANSCRIBED BY: Cheri Molter William B. Brown was born in Lincoln County, North Carolina in 1840. He was a farmer when the war started and twenty-one years old when he enlisted in the Confederate army. On October 25, 1861, he...
Oct 4, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Mecklenburg
Submitted by JC Knowles; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter In 1837, Hamilton Chamberlain Jones Jr. was born to Ann Eliza Henderson and Hamilton Jones near Salisbury, North Carolina. He received his education at the Ben Sumner School in Rowan County. He studied...
Oct 4, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Cumberland
SUBMITTED BY: Caitlin Crenshaw William J. Nott enlisted in the Confederate Army on May 9, 1862 when he was 21 years old. William lived in Cumberland County, North Carolina and served as a Private in Company I of the 51st Infantry (North Carolina). William was wounded...
