Sep 17, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Craven
AUTHOR: Unknown William Willis Roberts Born 1822 in Craven County, North Carolina. He was the son of John M. and Mary Jones Roberts. He was married to Elizabeth Daves in New York on August 6, 1850. Original entry into the Confederate States Navy, August 26, 1863;...
Sep 17, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Johnston
AUTHOR: Unknown I am the descendant of four Confederate privates on my mother’s side. I haven’t researched my father’s side yet. Amos Dunn, Nasrow Creech and Noah Parker were conscripted into the 5th NC State Troops on the same day in July, 1862....
Sep 17, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Rowan
AUTHOR: Unknown Born in Rowan County in 1824, Andrew Bostian farmed until his conscription to Company K, 5th NCST on August 8, 1862 in Statesville. He would see a fair amount of action with the 5th and would be wounded in the hand at Brandy Station, Virginia. He was...
Sep 17, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Iredell
SUBMITTED BY: Joe Avery Hugh Caldwell Bennett (14 Dec. 1832 – 3 March 1907) was the son of George Stepto Bennett and Elizabeth Newland Bennett of Iredell County, NC. He enlisted in Company F, North Carolina 3rd Cavalry Regiment on 07 Oct. 1861 as a Corporal and...
Sep 17, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Person
AUTHOR: Unknown Merrell Rimmer was born to Samuel Richard Rimmer and Elizabeth Blalock Rimmer, of Hurdle Mills, Person County, North Carolina. Merrell enlisted in the 24th Regiment, Co. H, on 1 March 1, 1862 in Person County, North Carolina. Elijah Hasten Rimmer, his...
Sep 17, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Rockingham
AUTHOR: Unknown Samuel Thomas Gann was born in Rockingham County, North Carolina in 1824. He grew up running his own farm and had acquired the trade of shoemaker along the way. As the war approached, his age and family kept him at home when many of the young men...
