Dec 6, 2023 | Antebellum era, Mecklenburg, Northampton, Reconstruction, This Month's Featured Story, Wake
Researched and Written by Cheri Todd Molter and Kobe M. Brown Manassa Thomas Pope was a free person of color born near Rich Square in Northampton County, North Carolina in 1858. Both of his parents, Jonas Elias Pope and Permelia Pheobe Hall Pope, were free persons of...
Sep 14, 2023 | Mecklenburg
Transcribed by Cheri Todd Molter and Ann Ashford This letter was written by Rev. Francis Milton Kennedy on Jan. 24, 1862. He enlisted in the Confederate army as a chaplain in December 1862. He served in the 28th Regiment NC Troops and survived his war experiences. He...
Sep 3, 2023 | Mecklenburg, Reconstruction, Wilkes
Submitted by J.C. Knowles; vetted and edited by Cheri Todd Molter and Kobe Brown Percy W. Foote was born on August 13, 1879, in Wilkes County. He was the son of Confederate veteran John Henry Foote (a founder of Wake Forest College) and Susan Hunt Foote....
Aug 3, 2021 | Antebellum era, Mecklenburg
SUBMITTED BY: Cornelia Fenenga Moore; transcribed by Cornelia Fenenga Moore & Cheri Todd Molter Transcribed Will of Ezekiel Black of Mecklenburg County N.C. State of North Carolina Mecklenburg County I Ezekiel Black of the county of Mecklenburg, Do make the...
Feb 10, 2020 | Confederate affiliation, Mecklenburg, Union affiliation
AUTHOR: JC Knowles (edited by Cheri Todd Molter; vetted by Daniel Whiting and Cheri Todd Molter) In 1873, a sixteen-year-old lad entered Davidson College, a Presbyterian liberal arts college in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. At Davidson he was known as Thomas...
Oct 4, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Mecklenburg
Submitted by JC Knowles; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter In 1837, Hamilton Chamberlain Jones Jr. was born to Ann Eliza Henderson and Hamilton Jones near Salisbury, North Carolina. He received his education at the Ben Sumner School in Rowan County. He studied...
