Apr 8, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Haywood
SUBMITTED BY: Judith O’Connor Excerpt from a book written by the late Hattie Caldwell Davis, titled “Civil War Letters and Memories from the Great Smokey Mountains.” Copyright 1999 Hattie C. Davis, Second Edition. In the late spring and summer of...
Mar 19, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Wilson
AUTHOR: James Marshall Joyner (Click image to enlarge) In 1838, Hilliard and Penninah (spelled “Penina” in some records) Johnston Joyner had a son, William Burton “Burt” Joyner. Burt and his parents resided in the eastern portion of Nash County, which became Wilson...
Mar 12, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Lincoln
Submitted by Sid Stroupe and Mike Stroupe; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter Joseph Franklin and Eliza Moore Stroup had nine children, including two sons—Robert M. Stroup and Peter Lafayette Stroup—who served in the Civil War. In November 1862, Joseph passed...
Mar 12, 2019 | Buncombe, Confederate affiliation
Submitted by Mike Stroupe; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter On September 11, 1861, nineteen-year-old Rufus Lott Stroup volunteered for the Confederate Army at Buncombe County, North Carolina. For unknown reasons, he enlisted again on May 13, 1862, in the same...
Mar 12, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Gaston
Submitted by Sid Stroupe and Mike Stroupe; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter At the age of 31, on July 4, 1862, Philip R. Stroup enlisted in the Confederate Army at Lincolnton, Lincoln County. He was a Private in Company G of the 57th Infantry Regiment (North...
Mar 12, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Gaston, Reconstruction
Submitted by Sid Stroupe and Mike Stroupe; Written and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter (Click photo to enlarge) On July 30, 1861, Moses Stroup Jr. was twenty-two and lived in Gaston County, southeast of White Pine, which is currently Cherryville, NC, when he enlisted with...
