Jul 28, 2021 | Not categorized, Surry
AUTHOR: Larry Alderman; edited by Cheri Todd Molter AN ORAL TRADITION During the war, my family—the Combs family—lived near Pine Ridge, North Carolina. Granny Combs, of the Zadoc and Manoah Combs family, did something to show her dislike for the war. This story was...
Jul 28, 2021 | Forsyth, Not categorized
AUTHOR: Sam “Chip” Cook; edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter and Hallie Smith David Hickson Huff, born in Forsyth County in 1834, was a farmer and waggoner who resided between present-day Winston-Salem and Kernersville, North Carolina. North Carolina marriage...
Jul 19, 2021 | Davie, Not categorized
SUBMITTED BY: Stacey Holman Pollio; written by Flossie Martin (1962); edited by Cheri Todd Molter; vetted by Hallie Smith Isaac Holman, born June 16, 1800, died May 28, 1868, was considered to be the founder of a small settlement about five miles northwest of...
Nov 24, 2020 | Durham, Not categorized
SUBMITTED BY: Jan King (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) I copied these documents from a McAdams file found in the Ray County Genealogy Library in Richmond, Missouri. These files were just in a manilla folder in the Genealogy Library. There is a note on page...
Nov 24, 2020 | Antebellum era, Duplin, Harnett, Not categorized, Reconstruction, Sampson
SUBMITTED BY: Gerri R. Lugs; written by Elizabeth Catherine Draughon Godwin (transcribed and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) The following is a transcription of the original submission (click on this link: Incidents in the Life of John Robert Draughon) Incidents in the...
Nov 24, 2020 | Cumberland, Not categorized
AUTHOR: Daniel Whiting (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) On January 24, 1810, George Lauder was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. While reliable records have not been discovered to confirm who Lauder’s parents were, it is believed he was born to John L. and...
