May 10, 2024 | Antebellum era, Person
Copy of narrative submitted by Musette Steck; Story researched and written by Cheri Todd Molter According to the “Narrative of James Curry, A Fugitive Slave,” which was published in The Liberator on January 10, 1840, James Curry was born in 1815 in Person County,...
Nov 24, 2020 | Confederate affiliation, Person
AUTHOR: Cathy Adcock Yancey (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) My great-grandfather, David Crockett Lunsford, fought in the Civil War. On July 20, 1862, he enlisted in the Confederate Army as a Private, serving in Company E of the 35th Infantry (N.C. Troops)....
Jul 11, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Person
SUBMITTED BY: Garland Allen Bartlett Yancey Allen reported to Weldon, NC on June 6, 1861 and joined The Confederate States of America’s 24th Regiment (North Carolina), serving in Company H. Private Allen fought in seventeen battles of the Civil War. In one battle, he...
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...
Sep 17, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Person
AUTHOR: Unknown Merrell Rimmer was born to Samuel Richard Rimmer and Elizabeth Blalock Rimmer, of Hurdle Mills, Person County, North Carolina. Merrell enlisted in the 24th Regiment, Co. H, on 1 March 1, 1862 in Person County, North Carolina. Elijah Hasten Rimmer, his...
