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...
Mar 16, 2017 | Confederate affiliation, Sampson
Barden [Bardin] Family Private Papers, 1822-1920 (Source: Contributed by Maude P. Smith) “The Barden [Bardin] family were planters who farmed in the Sampson and Duplin County area of Southeastern North Carolina before and after the Civil War. While this...
Feb 14, 2017 | Confederate affiliation, Macon
A Woman’s Perspective: While the Men Were Fighting (Source: Contributed by Ms. Julia Moody Britt) Mary Susan Morrow and David Vanhook died of typhoid fever within a week of each other, leaving four small children to be reared by the maternal grandparents,...
Feb 14, 2017 | Confederate affiliation, Randolph, Reconstruction
From Warrior to Renowned Artisan (Source: Contributed by Roger H. Futrell) William Henry Hancock (1844-1923)[1] of Randolph County, North Carolina, was a Confederate veteran who worked as a potter in the eastern Piedmont between 1865 and 1900. Examples of his...
