Nov 2, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Lincoln
Submitted by Sid Stroupe and Mike Stroupe; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter In July 1860, David Stroup was 18 years old and was a “farm laborer” who was living with the Henry McClure family in the Spring Hill Forge Post Office District of Lincoln County, NC. He...
Nov 1, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Johnston
SUBMITTED BY: Warren Grimes John Bowden Hood, second son of Robert T. and Dicy Hood, was born in Wayne County, North Carolina, on April 1, 1843. At an early age he moved with the family into Bentonville Township, Johnston County, and here grew to manhood. Scarcely...
Nov 1, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Johnston
SUBMITTED BY: Warren Grimes The link below is a reprint of story from 1927 Smithfield Herald. Dora Hood Kirkman was my great-great-aunt. There is also a reprint from a 1945 Durham Herald Sun – will send that in a separate upload. Click on the link to the right...
Nov 1, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Gaston
Submitted by Sid Stroupe and Mike Stroupe; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter (click image to enlarge) The sons of Jacob Cephus Stroup, Daniel “Dane” and Jasper, both resided in White Pine [now Cherryville] in Gaston County, N.C, and they both fought for the...
Nov 1, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Tyrrell
AUTHOR: Kim West-Devlin Samuel Sawyer and his brother Charles were in the 32nd North Carolina regiment under Pettigrew. My line is Samuel. He and his brothers’ names are on the Confederate monument in Columbia. Charles was taken prisoner and put in Elmira...
Nov 1, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Reconstruction, Rowan
Written by Robin D. Holt; edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter James Archibald Holt, Company G, North Carolina 6th Infantry Regiment, enlisted in the service of the Confederate States of America on May 29, 1861 at Charlotte, NC. He was discharged on September 8,...
