Mar 29, 2024 | Confederate affiliation, McDowell
Written & transcribed by Charles E. Rich; edited by Cheri Todd Molter On October 2, 1863, Francis Marion Poteet was conscripted into the Confederate army for “three years or the duration of the war.” At that time, he and his wife, Martha Henley Poteet, had nine...
Dec 28, 2020 | Confederate affiliation, McDowell, Union affiliation, Yancey
SUBMITTED BY: Wayne Haynie (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) William Haney [Brooks] and my 3rd-Great-Grandfather, Charles Haney, were brothers. Their father was James Haney (1794 – 1866). William was born in McDowell County, North Carolina, in 1844. I’ve...
Nov 24, 2020 | Confederate affiliation, Henderson, McDowell, Union County, Yancey
AUTHOR: Amelia R. Phillips (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) I am happy to share these stories and appreciate your willingness to help ensure that they aren’t lost to time and poor memory. I am not accustomed to writing these stories down: They have...
Nov 24, 2020 | Confederate affiliation, McDowell
AUTHOR: Amelia R. Phillips (edited by Cheri Todd Molter) My great-great-great-grandfather was William “Wesley” Wakester [also spelled Wacaster in records]. I was a small child when the following story was recited to me: Wesley was musically inclined, so...
Jul 9, 2020 | Antebellum era, Carteret, Confederate affiliation, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey
Written by Melanie Forbes Cook; edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter The following is an excerpt from a blog entry, which was originally published at https://familyhistory4u.blogspot.com/2013/02/alexander-lowery-1831-1862.html?m=1: My Family History: Alexander...
Feb 18, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, McDowell
Submitted by: Sid Stroupe & Mike Stroupe; Written and vetted by: Cheri Todd Molter On June 5, 1861, Moses S. Stroup was a twenty-one-year-old farmer living in Marion, McDowell County, North Carolina, who decided to enlist in the same county he was living in. He...
