Nov 14, 2022 | Antebellum era, Confederate affiliation, Hoke, Robeson
Author: William S. McLean; edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter and Leisa Greathouse Before and during the Civil War, Alexander Graham (1800-1865) and Elizabeth Purcell Graham (1806-1888) lived in a Greek Revival cottage on the east side of the Cheraw to...
Nov 10, 2022 | Antebellum era, Cherokee, Confederate affiliation
Submitted by: Willis Whichard, Jerry Padgett, James Padgett, Obie Whichard, & Bud Padgett; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter and B. Lynne Harlan Robert, William, and John Rogers grew up in a part of Cherokee County known as Tomotla with their parents, John...
Aug 29, 2022 | Antebellum era, Confederate affiliation, Reconstruction, Swain
Written by Leisa Greathouse; Edited by Cheri Todd Molter Part of the Qualla Boundary of the Eastern Band of Cherokee is in Swain County, North Carolina. The reservation was formally established in 1876. In the 1840s and 1850s, after the Trail of Tears, a white man...
Aug 4, 2022 | Confederate affiliation, Sampson
Submitted by Sandra White Hinton; Letter Transcribed by Sandra White Hinton, Cheri Todd Molter & Kobe M. Brown; Content notes researched and written by Sandra White Hinton, Cheri Todd Molter and Kobe M. Brown Note from Sandra: Here are my ancestors’ letters....
Aug 3, 2022 | Cherokee, Confederate affiliation, Graham, Mitchell, Union affiliation, Watauga
Written by Leisa Greathouse; Edited by Cheri Todd Molter The area along the Tennessee and North Carolina boundary became a haven for bushwhackers, Civil War deserters, and others who found themselves on the wrong side of the law. Although desperate deserters could be...
Jul 19, 2022 | Chowan, Confederate affiliation, Reconstruction
Written by Darren Perry; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter and Kobe M. Brown My great-great-grandfather, Anderson S. Ward, was orphaned at a young age and was raised by his grandparents. At the age of twelve, he was deeded a small 69-acre farm located in northern...
