Jan 26, 2016 | Confederate affiliation, Duplin, Pender
SUBMITTED By Mary Bowen Caputo; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter and Kobe M. Brown John Wright Bowen was born in rural Duplin Country in 1846. According to official military records, Bowen enlisted in March of 1864 as a private who served in Company I of the...
Jan 26, 2016 | Confederate affiliation, Duplin
An Oral Tradition: Amos Lee was the Neighborhood Tooth-puller Amos Lee lived in the town of Willard in Duplin County. He was a private in the 8th Senior Reserves during the Civil War. After the war, he was a farmer, bridge-builder, and tooth-puller. If anyone had a...
Nov 10, 2014 | Confederate affiliation, Duplin
Little Schoolhouse Wedding My great-grandfather was Needham Outlaw of Duplin and Wayne counties. He was a private in Company I, 66th Regiment of North Carolina Troops. He served as a Confederate nurse and courier between eastern North Carolina and Richmond. It is...
