Sep 6, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Reconstruction, Rowan, Union County
Written by Joel Ringgold Stegall; edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter By the time the Civil War began in 1861, Great-Granddaddy Thomas Bottom Stegall was already 47 or 48 years old, too old for combat duty. As the war dragged on, and North Carolina began to run out...
Sep 6, 2018 | Anson, Confederate affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Steve Bailey I was told by my cousin Emma Gathings Goodwin years ago that our ancestor Charles Gathings died in the early 1860’s when he was about 70 years old. When Sherman’s Army marched through Anson County during the time period of March 3rd through...
Sep 6, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Granville
AUTHOR OF THE PDF AT THE LINK BELOW: Albert Ross Hogue (1873-1978), The History of Fentress County, Tennessee SUBMITTED BY: Mona Vorhees Mehas My Civil War Connection (one of many): I am an amateur genealogist. I retired from teaching in the public schools in 2010,...
Sep 6, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Reconstruction, Robeson
Submitted by Phyllis Bryant Lowry; edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter Here is a story about my Native American ancestor Jacob Bryant, based on the contents of an article that was published in The Robesonian on May 29, 2009: In Red Springs, Cannon fire echoed...
Sep 6, 2018 | Bladen, Confederate affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Shannon Walters Jacobson This is my 4th great uncle who wrote letters to his sisters and wife, Nancy. He also mentions my 3x great grandfather, Paris Guyton, and my 4th great Uncle Joseph Guyton. All lived in Bladen County. His last letter was December...
Sep 6, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Rutherford
AUTHOR: W. Edgar Flack (sent by LuVerne Haydock) This appears in Ivarea Flack’s “Flack Family Heritage” and was written by W. Edgar Flack.
