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...
Feb 9, 2017 | Confederate affiliation, Wake
Annie Mae Adams Akins Shares her Mother’s Stories about The Aftermath of the War Between the States The following is a transcript of a taped interview, recorded in 1985, with my mother, Annie Mae Adams Akins. She shared an account of General Sherman’s troops...
Feb 8, 2017 | Clay, Confederate affiliation, Reconstruction
Submitted by Jerry H. Padgett and Willis P. Whichard; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter Andrew Jackson Curtis was the first son of Madison and Sarah Curtis and the brother of our great-grandmother, Julia. He was the second child in a family of nine surviving...