Dec 5, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Wilkes
SUBMITTED BY: Glenn Land Written by my 4 x 1st cousin Thomas Charles Land of Wilkes County, NC. Thomas began the war a Private in Company B 1st NC Infantry (The Wilkes Valley Guards). He was seriously wounded at Malvern Hill July 1,1862. While furloughed home he was...
Dec 5, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Haywood
AUTHOR: Dean Rathbone The warm sunshine and the serene view beckoned me to my mother’s front porch this afternoon. As I rocked gently in a rocker, she slowly made her way, shuffling behind her walker, to join me. We sat there silently, enjoying the warmth and...
Dec 3, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Jackson
AUTHOR: Daniel E. Johnson, IV Click on this link to read Mr. Johnson’s book: Keep-the-Banner-Wavin-RIGHT-FORMAT Click on the images below to enlarge them:
Dec 3, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Johnston
AUTHOR: Gail Sasser Hopkins Emily Thornton-Rhodes was born in 1862. Her father Samuel I Thornton joined in the Southern cause while Ava Hestor Raynor his wife took care of 6 of the 10 children born before and during the war. They lived in Sampson County before and...
Dec 3, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Jones, Lenoir
AUTHOR: Donna J. Hart On February 10, 1864, William Hardy Daugherty was one of 13 men hanged in Kinston, North Carolina, having been convicted of treason against the Confederacy. Watching the executions were their wives, neighbors, friends, and even former comrades...
Dec 3, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Wilkes
AUTHOR: Glenn Land I trace my paternal roots to my 5 x great-grandparents, Thomas Land and Ann Sumter of Wilkes County, NC. One of their several great-grandsons and Civil War Veterans was my 2 x great-grandfather, David Land. David was last counted in the 1900 census...
