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...
Oct 4, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Cumberland
SUBMITTED BY: Caitlin Crenshaw Elizabeth Gaylord, the daughter of Samuel Gaylord and Azubah Atkins, was born in Middletown, Connecticut on January 6, 1791 (Middletown Upper Houses Genealogical Book). In April 1809, Elizabeth married William Nott; William Nott was...
Oct 4, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Sampson, Union affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Sandra White Hinton Lyman Abbott White, my grandfather, was well known around Salemburg and Roseboro as a great storyteller. When I was a little girl, he would set me on his knee and tell me about Br’er Rabbit and Br’er Fox. I loved my...
