Oct 26, 2023 | Antebellum era, Duplin, Greene, Sampson
Advertisement submitted by Nicholle Young; Summary written by Cheri Todd Molter In January 1835, Esther and her husband, Jack, ran away from their latest enslaver, Herold Blackmore of Duplin County. Esther was “about 30 years old…and of an Indian complection [sic],...
Nov 24, 2020 | Antebellum era, Duplin, Harnett, Not categorized, Reconstruction, Sampson
SUBMITTED BY: Gerri R. Lugs; written by Elizabeth Catherine Draughon Godwin (transcribed and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) The following is a transcription of the original submission (click on this link: Incidents in the Life of John Robert Draughon) Incidents in the...
Oct 23, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Duplin
AUTHOR: Donald Reaves Robert Reaves was my 3rd great uncle, the older brother to my 2nd great-grandfather, David Reaves of the Wolfscrape District of Duplin County. David Reaves served as a 1st Lieutenant in the Duplin County Home Guard. Their youngest brother and my...
Oct 8, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Duplin
SUBMITTED BY: Leon (Sonny) Sikes COMPILED AND EDITED BY: Robert and Elsie J. Aycock Note from the History Center: The letters at the link below were photocopied and put into PDF form from the booklet, “The Civil War Letters of W. D. Carr of Duplin County,...
Sep 6, 2018 | Duplin, Union affiliation
AUTHOR: Charles Brown My wife’s great grandfather, Jordan Bennett, was from Duplin County, North Carolina. He is listed in Family Search as being a member of the 8th US Colored Heavy Artillery. He enlisted on Jun 25, 1864 at Paducah, KY as Corporal; he was 20...
Feb 3, 2016 | Confederate affiliation, Duplin
Isaac Deal, Confederate soldier Isaac Deal, the son of William Deal and Malinda (Linda) Pickett, was born on June 12, 1840 in Duplin County, where he resided as a farmer. Isaac married Hannah Susan Henderson in New Hanover County on Sept. 16, 1860. On July 8, 1862, at...
