by CCW | Jan 15, 2022 | Cumberland, Reconstruction
SUBMITTED BY: Sarah Foster (edited by Cheri Todd Molter) Editor’s Notes: According to the information shared during T. Pat Matthew’s interview with John C. Becton [his name was misspelled “Bectom” on that record], Mr. Becton was born on October 7, 1862, near...
by CCW | Nov 4, 2021 | Reconstruction, Wake
SUBMITTED BY: Dr. Peter Murray (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) The call for the convention came from New Bern, N.C., and the assembly included delegations from New Bern, Beaufort, Wilmington, and other parts of the state. The African Americans who lived in...
by CCW | Nov 4, 2021 | Hyde, Reconstruction
SUBMITTED BY: JD Mayo (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) I’ve done some digging for information about my North Carolinian ancestors on my father’s side. This story is about my 4th-great-grandfather, John William Mayo, and his father, John Mayo, and...
by CCW | Nov 4, 2021 | Anson, Reconstruction
SUBMITTED BY: Steve Bailey (edited by Cheri Todd Molter) This article is about an engraved watch that had been taken from its original owner by one of Sherman’s men. It was published on Thursday, Jan. 12, 1893, in Wadesboro’s newspaper, the Messenger-Intelligencer....
by CCW | Oct 6, 2021 | Cumberland, Reconstruction
AUTHOR: Leisa Greathouse; edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter Archibald Beebe, known as Archie by relatives (even today), was born enslaved. When and where he was born is unknown. A wealthy plantation owner, Asa Beebe, bequeathed “Archy” to his young daughter...
by CCW | Jul 19, 2021 | Cumberland, Reconstruction
SUBMITTED BY: Sharon Drake; researched and vetted by Phyllis Hughes The Levy family were Free People of Color located in Cumberland County (Fayetteville, Rockfish, Pearce Mills). They were listed as Mulatto in most census documents. However, in the early 1900s (1910...
