Sep 1, 2017 | Confederate affiliation, Lenoir
William Allen Croom and wife Ann Maria Jackson Croom During the Civil War, Ann Maria (pronounced Mariah) and her husband lived at “the Margaret Croom Place” at Moss Hill in Lenoir County. Once, when the Yankees came through the area, Ann Maria was fixing...
Aug 2, 2017 | Confederate affiliation, Randolph
Peter Garner: The Hunter Peter Garner, a native of southeastern Randolph County, was born about 1831. He was a son of Peter Garner Sr. and Elizabeth Morgan. Garner married Susannah Latham on February 26, 1857. She was a daughter of James Latham and Lucretia Garner....
Aug 2, 2017 | Confederate affiliation, Harnett
A Tale of Two Men Corporal John Campell Bass was an ancestor on my mother’s side. He joined the war effort in 1864. On March 16, 1865, he fought at Averasboro, North Carolina. A few days later, in the battle of Bentonville, he was killed. In March 1865, Private Troy...
Aug 2, 2017 | Confederate affiliation, Lenoir
Six Sons Served and Six Survived Blackledge Harper, my great-great-grandfather, was born on April 20, 1813. He was a farmer from Deep Run, North Carolina. His farm, in excess of a thousand acres, was worked primarily by family members, but when additional help was...
May 18, 2017 | Confederate affiliation, Harnett
Some Lived to Tell the Tale (Source: Contributed by E.W. Smith) Of fifteen children who spent their childhood at the Harnett County house called Lebanon, eight soldier brothers served the Confederacy at one time or another while four surviving sisters did their best...
Apr 24, 2017 | Confederate affiliation, Harnett
Far From Home, at Home (Source: Contributed by Gene Smith) “You would not feel at home tonight if you could step in and see our family circle so small, no one at home except Pa, Sarah, Janie, little Mary and myself,” Bettie Smith wistfully wrote to brother Curtis as...
