Sep 23, 2017 | Confederate affiliation, Wilson
Sherrod Family Celebrates Home of Patriarch, a Former Slave (Source: The Wilson Times, July 16,2017, written by Drew Wilson, contributed by Morgan Dickerman) STANTONSBURG — The house that Jack Sherrod built is a hidden history. Built as a wood structure in 1886, the...
Sep 15, 2017 | Confederate affiliation, Edgecombe, Featured on The About Page
Grey Little Brown (1831-1907) (Source: Contributed by Paula F. Kermon) Before he enlisted in the Civil War, Grey Little Brown was a farmer and teacher in Edgecombe County. After the war, he returned to farming and teaching. He became a “certified teacher”...
Sep 15, 2017 | Brunswick, Confederate affiliation
Robert Andrews Sellers (1847-1905) (Source: Contributed by Paula F. Kermon) Robert Sellers’ childhood is very sketchy, but according to his widow, his father died when Robert was a young child. When his mother remarried, his stepfather bonded him to a farmer....
Sep 15, 2017 | Confederate affiliation, Edgecombe
Almon Leonidas Fountain (1842-1907) (Source: Contributed by Paula F. Kermon) When Almon was 18 and attending the Dow Eagles School in Edgecombe County, his 24 year old teacher Lorenzo Dow Eagles, closed the school and enlisted in the Civil War. On 8/31/1861, Eagles...
Sep 15, 2017 | Confederate affiliation, Rowan
Thomas Davis Rice (Source: contributed by William D. Kenerly) Thomas Davis Rice was my great grandfather. He enlisted and was a private in the Civil War. After the War, he signed the Oath of Allegiance to the United States in Salisbury. He became a farmer and...
Sep 1, 2017 | Confederate affiliation, Featured, Lenoir
Brothers Bill and Daniel Cole, Confederate soldiers William Richard “Bill” Cole and Daniel Francis Cole were uncles of my grandmother, Gertrude Elizabeth Thompson Croom (Mrs. William Cyrus Croom), of Sandy Bottom in Lenoir County. Both Bill and Daniel...
