Feb 8, 2017 | Cherokee, Confederate affiliation
Andrew, Joseph, and Howell Curtis: Three Brothers Who Fought for Southern Independence Submitted by: Willis Whichard, Jerry Padgett, James Padgett, Obie Whichard, and Bud Padg The 1840 Census lists Madison and Sara Curtis as Cherokee County residents. They were among...
Feb 8, 2017 | Antebellum era, Clay, Confederate affiliation
Submitted by: Willis Whichard, Jerry Padgett, Bud Padgett, Obie Whichard, and James Padgett; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter James and Julia Coleman moved to Cherokee County, North Carolina before 1850 along with seven children: William, Frances, Joe, Hugh,...
Feb 8, 2017 | Confederate affiliation, Jackson
Captured at Deep Creek Asaph Wilson Sherrill of Jackson County was a private in Thomas’ Legion. He was captured by Union soldiers at the Battle of Deep Creek. He was taken to Knoxville, Tennessee, then to Nashville, and finally, to a prison camp in Delaware. He...
Feb 8, 2017 | Clay, Confederate affiliation
A Glimpse into the Life of a Confederate Soldier Based on his Letters Home William Chamberlain Penland was the son of Harvey Monroe Penland and Patience Mahalia Moore Penland of Shooting Creek in Clay County, North Carolina. He joined the Confederate army when he was...
Jan 2, 2017 | Clay, Confederate affiliation
Submitted by Willis P. Whichard, Jerry H. Padgett, James L. Padgett, and Obie G. Whichard; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter In the 1850s, Sidney and Elijah Padgett migrated to Cherokee County from Rutherford County, North Carolina with their parents, John and...
Jan 2, 2017 | Confederate affiliation, Cumberland
Lieutenant D. A. Black Lieutenant D.A. Black was one of the “Carolina Boys” of Company K, 38th Regiment of the North Carolina Troops, under the command of Captain M. McR. McLauchlin. On May 3, 1862, Lieutenant D.A. Black wrote to a friend in North Carolina...
