Aug 3, 2016 | Confederate affiliation, Jackson
A Mother Takes a Stand against Col. George Washington Kirk In the 1920s, Annie Zachary Gazaway spoke at a United Daughters of the Confederacy meeting in South Carolina. Gazaway described an event that took place involving her mother, Anne Eliza Jones Zachary, who was...
Aug 3, 2016 | Confederate affiliation, Jackson
“Don’t Kill Him! He was My Commander in the Mexican War.” In 1814, John Haywood Alley, Jr. was born in Rutherford County. In 1837, as a First Lieutenant in the U. S. Cavalry, Alley was sent to Whiteside Cove, North Carolina, to enforce the government-ordered...
Aug 3, 2016 | Confederate affiliation, Jackson
Don’t Allow Any Republicans to Be Buried in My Burying Ground The two oldest cemeteries in Cashiers are called the Lower Zachary Cemetery and the Upper Zachary Cemetery. They are located on the same road, not very far apart. The oldest cemetery is the Lower Zachary...
Aug 3, 2016 | Confederate affiliation, Jackson
Martha Caroline Potts Pierson’s Experience with ‘Kirk’s Raiders’ Born in 1858, Martha Caroline, the daughter of Allen Potts and Susan Wade Potts, lived in the Yellow Mountain area of North Carolina. Martha was just about 5 years old when Yankee...
Aug 3, 2016 | Confederate affiliation, Jackson
Written by Jane Gibson Nardy; edited by Cheri Todd Molter From April 186l through the spring of 1865, the Civil War exacted a heavy toll on the citizens of Cashiers Valley. The first part of the war saw sons, husbands and fathers joining the Confederacy and marching...
Jul 29, 2016 | Confederate affiliation, Randolph, Reconstruction
My great-grandfather, Jeremiah Cox, lived close to Shiloh Church near Richland Creek in Randolph County. He served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. While a soldier, Jeremiah was wounded by a minié ball that could not be removed from his shoulder, so he...
