Nov 6, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Johnston
SUBMITTED BY: Warren Grimes AUTHOR: Thad G. Stem, Jr. Click on the link to the right for the story >> Bentonville Civil War- Dora Hood Kirkman Memories – Durham Herald 1940
Nov 1, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Johnston
SUBMITTED BY: Warren Grimes John Bowden Hood, second son of Robert T. and Dicy Hood, was born in Wayne County, North Carolina, on April 1, 1843. At an early age he moved with the family into Bentonville Township, Johnston County, and here grew to manhood. Scarcely...
Nov 1, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Johnston
SUBMITTED BY: Warren Grimes The link below is a reprint of story from 1927 Smithfield Herald. Dora Hood Kirkman was my great-great-aunt. There is also a reprint from a 1945 Durham Herald Sun – will send that in a separate upload. Click on the link to the right...
Oct 2, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Johnston
SUBMITTED BY: Candace Snead Atwood Four of the sons of Robert William Snead and Mary “Polly” Williams Snead of Johnston County, NC served in the Confederate Army: Edward Dudley Snead, MD, Captain; born Jan. 1837; died in July of 1914; buried at Antioch...
Sep 17, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Johnston
AUTHOR: Unknown I am the descendant of four Confederate privates on my mother’s side. I haven’t researched my father’s side yet. Amos Dunn, Nasrow Creech and Noah Parker were conscripted into the 5th NC State Troops on the same day in July, 1862....
Jul 23, 2016 | Confederate affiliation, Johnston
Memoir of Thomas B. Sanders of Kinston Written by Thomas B. Sanders (Submitted by James L. Gaddis) My parents’ farm was in Bentonville Township, Johnston County, N.C. A short distance from our home was the little village of Bentonville. It was in this area that...
