Sep 17, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Iredell, Rowan
AUTHOR: Unknown Levi Adolphus Beaver was born in Rowan County in 1840, one of three brothers who would fight to defend the Southern Cause. Amazingly, all three returned home. “Dolph,” as he was called by friends and family, enlisted as a Private in...
Sep 17, 2018 | Burke, Catawba, Confederate affiliation, Lincoln
AUTHOR: Unknown Abel Reid Pitts was born to John Henry and Sarah Lolly Rogers Pitts on 30 August, 1826 in Lincoln Co., NC. Abel later lived in Burke Co and enlisted in Catawba Co into Co K, NC 35th Infantry Regiment as a private, age 36, on 15 October, 1861 for the...
Sep 17, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Granville
AUTHOR: Unknown Stephen Frazier was the second of eight children born to Epheriam and Elizabeth Blackwell Frazier of Granville County, North Carolina. Stephen’s father died in 1840 when he was fifteen. Stephen helped his mother manage the family’s large farm. In...
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...
