by CCW | Aug 5, 2020 | 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...
by CCW | May 6, 2020 | Confederate affiliation, Halifax
SUBMITTED BY: Jean Finch Inscoe (introduction written by Cheri T. Molter; original document transcribed by Jean Finch Inscoe; submission transcription by Cheri T. Molter) Life was difficult for women, too, during the Civil War. After able-bodied men went off to...
by CCW | 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...
by CCW | Jan 3, 2020 | Confederate affiliation, Halifax
SUBMITTED BY: William R. “Bill” Beavans 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 Infantry Regiment, Company D. He was wounded...
by CCW | Feb 7, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Halifax
SUBMITTED BY: Teresa Saville Matern Written while Andrew J. Dooling was in Weldon, N.C. on December 30, 1862: (click letter to enlarge) “Dear Mother I take my pen in hand to let you now that I am well at this time hoping the few lines may find you all well and...
by CCW | 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...
