Aug 15, 2023 | Antebellum era, Edgecombe, Reconstruction
Submitted by James E. Buxton Jr.; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter Born into slavery in 1849, Dred Wimberly served in the State House of Representatives in 1879 and 1887 and in the State Senate in 1889. His family lived on the Battle plantation in Edgecombe...
Mar 12, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Edgecombe
SUBMITTED BY: Jack Travis William Dorsey Pender was born on February 6, 1834, to James and Sarah Routh Pender, on the family’s plantation near Tarboro, NC. On July 1, 1850, at the age of sixteen, he went to the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY. Pender...
Oct 16, 2018 | Edgecombe, Reconstruction
AUTHOR: Patrika Cos My grandfather, Joe Cosby, was born into enslavement in 1852 in North Carolina. He was born to Joe Cosby. [The name of his mother is unknown.] Joe Cosby was only 13 years old when the Civil War was over. He was eventually appointed as one of...
Sep 11, 2018 | Anson, Beaufort, Columbus, Confederate affiliation, Currituck, Edgecombe, Nash, Rowan, Union County, Wilkes
SUBMITTED BY: Tom Fagart True to the Tar Heel Confederate Solider Motto: “First, Farthest, Foremost, and Last” Board Member Friends of Elmira Civil War Prison Camp, Elmira, NY. www.elmiraprisoncamp.com, Member Friends of Fort Fisher, Kure Beach, NC,...
Sep 15, 2017 | Confederate affiliation, Edgecombe, Featured on The About Page
Grey Little Brown (1831-1907) (Source: Contributed by Paula F. Kermon) Before he enlisted in the Civil War, Grey Little Brown was a farmer and teacher in Edgecombe County. After the war, he returned to farming and teaching. He became a “certified teacher”...
Sep 15, 2017 | Confederate affiliation, Edgecombe
Almon Leonidas Fountain (1842-1907) (Source: Contributed by Paula F. Kermon) When Almon was 18 and attending the Dow Eagles School in Edgecombe County, his 24 year old teacher Lorenzo Dow Eagles, closed the school and enlisted in the Civil War. On 8/31/1861, Eagles...
