“Probably you have been thinking that I had gone to war, but I have not gone yet…but when I go it will be…by the consent of you and Pa.”: Transcriptions of Letters Written by William H. Call, a Chapel Hill Student from Davie County

Jul 16, 2024 | Antebellum era, Confederate affiliation, Davie, Orange

Submitted by Linda Barnette; Vetted and edited by Cheri Todd Molter; Transcriptions copied by Alisone Warlick Carr and Kobe M. Brown William H. Call was born in Davie County in 1842. His parents were Henry R. Call and Martha Frost Call. In 1861, William was a student...

Occaneechi Men Served during the War: William Haith, Marshall Jeffries, Bedford Jeffries, & Others

Mar 4, 2024 | Alamance, Confederate affiliation, Orange

Edited by Cheri Todd Molter & Kobe M. Brown The following information was derived from a Civil War Trails historical marker entitled “Occaneechi in the Service: Piedmont Indians in the Civil War”: In 1833, in what is now Alamance County many Occaneechi Indians,...

One of the Last Headquarters of the Confederacy: A Mixture of Oral History (as told by John W. Dickson) and Research

Apr 21, 2021 | Confederate affiliation, Orange

SUBMITTED BY:  Scott Dickson; written by Holly Dickson Hollingsworth (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) By: Holly Dickson Hollingsworth My grandfather, John W. Dickson, was born in the Dickson House in 1912 and lived there until 1925. His stories were shared...

An Orange County Family during the Civil War

May 6, 2020 | Antebellum era, Confederate affiliation, Orange

Written by Ruth C. Couch; edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter Both my husband and I have Orange County, North Carolina, Couch family roots. I had always heard that my great-great-grandfather had fought in the Civil War and died without seeing his twin sons—my...

Dicey Couch’s Petition to the Commissioners of Claims: The Orange County Woman Sought Compensation for a Horse, a Mule, and Bacon

May 6, 2020 | Confederate affiliation, Orange

SUBMITTED BY:  Ruth C. Couch (transcription of original document by Ruth C. Couch; vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) To read the petition, click on the link here:...

A Branch from the Foushee Family Tree

Mar 12, 2019 | Antebellum era, Confederate affiliation, Orange, Person, Reconstruction

SUBMITTED BY:  Brenda Oakes; Vetted and edited by Cheri Todd Molter Much has been written about the elusive but intriguing mystery surrounding the parentage of Adnah Campbell Foushee, who was born March 5, 1801, presumably near Bushy Fork near the Double Creek in...