Jan 5, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Randolph
AUTHOR: Joseph R. Suggs; edited by Cheri Todd Molter [Written for The State, vol. 36, May 1, 1969 by Joseph R. Suggs] The battle flag of the Randolph Hornets—Company M, 22nd North Carolina Militia, CSA—has come home again to Randolph County from whence it departed...
Jan 1, 2019 | Anson, Confederate affiliation
AUTHOR: Steve Bailey I surveyed this church cemetery in 1997 and discovered this lonely grave and have always wondered about the soldier. Some of my questions being who erected the headstone? Was it one soldier by the name of Maurice Spradling or was it two soldiers...
Dec 26, 2018 | Cleveland, Confederate affiliation
AUTHOR: Jason Pearson Andrew Jackson Sisk is my 4th great grandfather, son of Henry Hawkins and Rachel Sisk. I was shocked when I found a distant cousin who had his portrait hanging in her house. The photograph was created c.1905. Not many people can say they can see...
Dec 26, 2018 | Ashe, Confederate affiliation
AUTHOR: Dixie Kamplain I am of the direct line from Elijah Pless of Haywood who moved to Ashe County around the time of the Civil War. Although he can’t be found on the war records, all four of his brothers fought for the Confederacy. Including Asbury Glenn...
Dec 14, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Union affiliation, Washington
AUTHOR: Robert Jones This is a crude wooden mallet and tent stake, still having a piece of the original rope. It was left behind by Confederate forces when moving between Washington, NC and Plymouth, NC. It was picked up and put in an antebellum barn, where it...
Dec 14, 2018 | Buncombe, Confederate affiliation
Submitted by Sid Stroupe and Mike Stroupe; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter William Stroup left Lincoln County in the early 1800s and settled in Buncombe County. He married Sarah “Sallie” Earwood and raised a family. They had four sons—Michael, Matthew, William,...
