Sep 8, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Jackson
AUTHOR: Dan Johnson Billy Parker was the first born son of John A. Parker, and his second wife, Nancy Phillips.(1) John married Nancy on 18 November 1844(2) in (what was then, still) Haywood county. Billy followed less than 3 months later being born on 18...
Sep 8, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Jackson
AUTHOR: Dan Johnson Genealogical research often reveals some interesting, even contradictory characters and such is the case with “Granny Beck” Aiken. Nothing is known about her childhood or youth. Although the census taker for Jackson co. in 1880...
Sep 8, 2018 | Ashe, Confederate affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Larry Dale Wilson This anthology was printed in 2007 by the Center for Appalachian Studies, Appalachian State University, Boone NC 28608 edited by Sandra L. Bullard and Leila E. Weinstein. This publication chronicles the story of my GGG Grandfather, Lt....
Sep 8, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Stokes
AUTHOR: Howard J. Sparks, Sr. My great grandfather John H. Hopkins was from Patrick County, Virginia. John was the son of William Hopkins and Sarah/Sallie Snyder Hopkins. Between 1850 and 1860 it is believed the family moved just across the state line into Stokes...
Sep 7, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Haywood
SUBMITTED BY: Phyllis Gordon Womble In June 1861, Alson Gordon of Haywood county left his wife and three children behind to join Company F of the 25th NC Infantry Regiment: a company that enlisted three of my other ancestors on the same day. Gordon’s time in the 25th...
Sep 7, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Haywood
SUBMITTED BY: Phyllis Gordon Womble The story of Haywood County’s Inman family has reached far beyond the Carolinas, thanks to the star-studded cast of 2003’s Cold Mountain. While the film was inspired by the true story of William Pinkney Inman and two of his brothers...
