Jan 27, 2016 | Brunswick, Confederate affiliation
William Worthington, Confederate Cavalry Lieutenant from Mississippi William Worthington’s family were plantation owners in Washington County, MS, northeast of Vicksburg. William Worthington began his Civil War service as an officer in Company H, 1st Mississippi...
Jan 27, 2016 | Antebellum era, Confederate affiliation, New Hanover, Reconstruction
Written by Robert Maffitt; edited by Cheri Todd Molter John N. Maffitt was born at sea on February 22, 1819. His parents, Rev. Maffitt and Ann Carnicke Maffitt, were traveling across the Atlantic from Ireland to New York at that time. They eventually settled in...
Jan 27, 2016 | Confederate affiliation, Montgomery
William J. Chisholm, Confederate veteran William J. Chisholm was born Sept. 6, 1843 in Troy (Montgomery County) North Carolina, to John and Mary Chisholm, the descendants of Scottish immigrants. John’s occupation was listed as both a farmer and a mechanic. William...
Jan 27, 2016 | Confederate affiliation, Halifax
William King White William King White, CSA Here is the text on William King White from our old Civil War exhibit. (By the way, an image of him, his wife, and two children is in our newly opened chronological exhibit. The state Archives has the image if you have not...
Jan 26, 2016 | Alamance, Confederate affiliation
Major James Benjamin White, Superintendent of the Citadel Major J. B. White is my great-grandfather. He was in the second graduating class of the Citadel. He became a math professor there. When the war began, he became a Major and was the leader of the cadets during...
Jan 26, 2016 | Confederate affiliation, Onslow
Lott Gregory of Swansboro was a private in the Civil War Lott Gregory was a farmer and commercial fisherman. He moved to Marines, NC and married Martha Caroline Barber. Their children were Charles Leonard, Jason Ernest, Mary Elizabeth, Flora LaDonia, Melissa, and...
