Oct 27, 2023 | Antebellum era, Pasquotank
Advertisement submitted by Nicholle Young; summary written by Cheri Todd Molter After being sold at an auction in Richmond, Virginia, on April 30, 1857, two Pasquotank County men—Davy and Luke—ran away from their new enslavers several days later, on May 4th. Davy and...
Sep 13, 2018 | Chowan, Confederate affiliation, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans
AUTHOR: Chip Stokes (from his blog) http://blueandgrayancestors.blogspot.com/2013/08/three-cousins-murdered-by-yankees-in.html
Jan 26, 2016 | Confederate affiliation, Pasquotank
Gettysburg bullet and its victim shared a postwar history My great-grandfather, George W. Harrell, fought with the North Carolina troops at Gettysburg. He was shot in the upper part of his torso (maybe his back), and walked back to Elizabeth City. The bullet could not...
Jan 19, 2016 | Confederate affiliation, Pasquotank
Yankee Raider learned a lesson “When the Union cavalry’s supplies ran short, Captain William Kent and his command foraged the plantations of Major … Bell and James Scott: both of the plantations were on Body Road (southwest of Elizabeth City).”...
Jan 18, 2016 | Confederate affiliation, Pasquotank
Buffalo soldiers’ raid had incidental casualties When a party of Buffalo soldiers raided the family farm in 1863, my mother’s two great-uncles were sent into the swamp to hide. Both of the teenage boys died soon after as a result of exposure. This story...
Jan 14, 2016 | Confederate affiliation, Pasquotank
The Jennings Brothers in “The Pasquotank Boys” My husband’s great grandfather was one of three brothers who joined the Pasquotank Boys to serve in the Civil War. He was James Monroe Jennings (1830-1900), who served along with his brothers, William...
