Aug 3, 2022 | Cherokee, Confederate affiliation, Graham, Mitchell, Union affiliation, Watauga
Written by Leisa Greathouse; Edited by Cheri Todd Molter The area along the Tennessee and North Carolina boundary became a haven for bushwhackers, Civil War deserters, and others who found themselves on the wrong side of the law. Although desperate deserters could be...
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...
Sep 8, 2018 | Avery, Mitchell, Yancey
AUTHOR: Dan Johnson Words like ‘colorful,’ ‘unique,’ ‘rugged individualist,’ etc. come to mind in trying to diplomatically describe my ancestor Warsaw Columbus ‘Wah’ Clark of Crossnore, NC but the honest truth of...
