Sep 17, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Granville
AUTHOR: Unknown The fourth of five sons of Ephraim and Elizabeth Blackwell Frazier of Sassafras Fork, Granville County, North Carolina. Thomas B. Frazier enlisted in Company I, North Carolina 23rd Infantry Regiment at age 27 on July 8, 1862 or for the war. He...
Sep 17, 2018 | Cabarrus, Confederate affiliation, Rowan
AUTHOR: Unknown Charles Dry was born 1832 in Cabarrus County, NC. He was the son of John and Elizabeth Dry. He resided in Rowan County when he enlisted in the 42nd North Carolina Regiment, Company 2nd B on the 5 February 1862. He was present and accounted for...
Sep 17, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Granville
AUTHOR: Unknown Elizabeth Blackwell was born on Blackwell’s Mountain. She was 17 when she married 27 year old Epherium Frazier, 1820. Epherium and Elizabeth lived at Sassafrass Fork, Granville County, North Carolina. They had eight children William, Stephen, Harriet,...
Sep 17, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Dare
AUTHOR: Unknown Orphaned as a young boy, John Thomas Daniels grew up on Roanoke Island where he was born in 1846. Born of salt as his ancestor before him, he took the sea as a small boy and remained there the rest of his life. At the very young age of 15, John...
Sep 17, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Cumberland, New Hanover, Reconstruction
SUBMITTED BY: Robert Maffitt; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter and Kobe M. Brown At Wilmington, there were many Southern merchant ships that ran the Northern blockade during the Civil War. One of the most successful Captains was John Newland Maffitt, who was...
Sep 17, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Madison
SUBMITTED BY: James R. Phillips, SCV Post 2093 Josiah Blackwell Sams Josiah is my Great-Great-Grandfather. Born 1/27/1829, Died 8/13/1908 Father – James Brown Sams, Mother – Mary Hickman 11 children – 6 boys, 5 girls Married – Rebecca Emaline Murray Sams Gap (where...
