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...
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
Submitted by Charles Jeffery Haithcock; edited by Cheri Todd Molter Peter Garner, Jr. 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...
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...
