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...
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...
