Aug 5, 2020 | Emancipation, Halifax, Reconstruction
We would like to highlight the life of Andrew Joshua Jackson (1830 -1924), who is one of the most interesting and notable African Americans to live in Halifax, North Carolina. Jackson was born enslaved on Christmas day in Amherst County, Virginia. When he was 4 years...
![“[T]ell me what we poore soldiers wifes is to do”: Mrs. Susan Shearin, Mrs. L. Reid, Mrs. M. Neal, Mrs. C. Aycock, Mrs. Thomson, and Mrs. Elbeth Write a Letter to Gov. Vance](https://nccivilwarcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Tell-me-what-we-poore-soldiers-wifes-is-to-do_thumbnail-1080x675.png)
May 6, 2020 | Confederate affiliation, Halifax
Submitted by Jean Finch Inscoe; Written and transcribed by Cheri Todd Molter Life was difficult for women, too, during the Civil War. After able-bodied, young men went off to fight, older men, women and children were left behind to survive as best as they could...
May 6, 2020 | Confederate affiliation, Halifax
SUBMITTED BY: Jean Finch Inscoe (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) Thomas Warren Shearin was born on April 24, 1832 to his parents Seth and Mary “Polly” Pike Shearin of Warren County, North Carolina. As an adult, Thomas married Susan D. Myrick and the couple...
Jan 3, 2020 | Confederate affiliation, Halifax
Submitted by William R. “Bill” Beavans; edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter William “Billy” Beavans, a Confederate soldier from Halifax County, N.C., served in Company I of the 1st North Carolina Infantry Regiment and with the 43rd North Carolina...
Feb 7, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Halifax
Submitted by Teresa Saville Matern; Transcriptions by Cheri Todd Molter (Note from submitter: I have several others and when I get the time I will send the information. It’s good history.) Andrew J. Dooling was from Macon County, GA, and he enlisted in the...
Sep 17, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Halifax
AUTHOR: Unknown Alpheus Branch was born 1843 in Halifax County. He was the son of Samuel and Mary Branch. He enlisted in Company I, North Carolina 1st Infantry Regiment on 11 Jul 1861. He was mustered out on 12 Nov 1861. He then enlisted in Company G, North...
