Jan 9, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Pitt
AUTHOR: Marc Francis Roddin James was a teenage farmer when the Civil War broke out, and he enlisted into the North Carolina 27th Infantry (H Company) in Pitt County, where he lived. He served as a private in E Company for about ten months in 1861 and 1862, which...
Sep 8, 2018 | Pitt, Reconstruction, Union affiliation
AUTHOR: Shelton Tucker; Vetted and edited by Cheri Todd Molter and Kobe M. Brown My sister, Dee, the genealogist of the family, told me that a respected historian in Greenville, N.C. said that my great-great-grandfather, Reverend Austin Flood, was the MLK of his day....
Sep 6, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, New Hanover, Pitt, Sampson
SUBMITTED BY: Joel Ringgold Stegall My fourth great-grandfather, John Sampson “Samp” Page, was single, 24 years old, and living with his parents, John and Mary Autry Page of Sampson County, when the war broke out. He enlisted and was assigned on Nov. 4, 1861 to North...
Mar 23, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, Pitt
Confederate Prowled Carolina Coast Jesse Wilson, a private in the Confederate army, was born May 26, 1831, in Pitt County. In 1856 Jesse married Margaret Ann Lay, with whom he had nine children. By 1860 he was a Brunswick County resident. From 1861‐1864, Jesse served...
