Dec 28, 2020 | Confederate affiliation, Madison
AUTHOR: Andrew Adams Jr. (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) The following story is based on family oral history: Two of my great-grandfathers were in the Civil War, Hugh Wallin and John Chandler. John was a Confederate soldier who was captured and imprisoned....
Nov 24, 2020 | Antebellum era, Madison, Not categorized
AUTHOR: Gloria Lackey Stokely (edited & vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) On May 5, 1813, Elizabeth “Betsy” Massey & Thomas Revis had a daughter named Hester “Hettie” Massey who was born without any limbs (no arms or legs). She was Betsy’s second...
Apr 2, 2019 | Madison, Union affiliation
Submitted by: Jeanie Lewis Parker My grandmother, Lizzie Franklin, told me lots of stories when I was growing up in Madison County, N.C., one of which was of her grandfather, William “Bill” Gentry. Now, we all know that N.C. was divided in their loyalties during...
Sep 17, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Madison
SUBMITTED BY: James R. Phillips, SCV Post 2093 Josiah Blackwell Sams Josiah is my Great-Great-Grandfather. Born 1/27/1829, Died 8/13/1908 Father – James Brown Sams, Mother – Mary Hickman 11 children – 6 boys, 5 girls Married – Rebecca Emaline Murray Sams Gap (where...
Sep 7, 2018 | Madison, Union affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Stokely Caldwell There is an interesting Civil War story regarding a young man from New Hampshire named Timothy McKean who, after many adventures, ended up in North Carolina and changed his name to Charles Hawkins. Timothy R. McKean was born in 1839 in...
Sep 5, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Madison, Union affiliation
AUTHOR: Joe Mode Joseph Minzy Davis was born in Madison County, North Carolina (then Buncombe County) circa 1825 and is my fourth great grandfather like his brother John R. Davis. He died of “Chronic Diarrhea” on 20 August 1864 at the Post Hospital at Cumberland Gap,...
