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...
Feb 7, 2019 | Antebellum era, Confederate affiliation, Pitt, Reconstruction
Submitted by Joel Stegall; edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter Benjamin Franklin Ringgold is the earliest Ringgold I can positively identify as an ancestor. Most of what I know about him is from his biography written by his daughter-in-law, my grandmother, Jemima...
Jan 26, 2019 | Caldwell, Confederate affiliation, Reconstruction
Submitted by Glenn Land; edited by Cheri Todd Molter On October 11, 1897, in an interview with The Morning Post (of Raleigh, NC.), James Daniel Moore spoke of his experience during the first day’s fighting at Gettysburg. Listed as only 15 years old in the 1860 census,...
Nov 1, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Reconstruction, Rowan
Written by Robin D. Holt; edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter James Archibald Holt, Company G, North Carolina 6th Infantry Regiment, enlisted in the service of the Confederate States of America on May 29, 1861 at Charlotte, NC. He was discharged on September 8,...
Oct 17, 2018 | Antebellum era, Confederate affiliation, Mecklenburg, Reconstruction, Union affiliation
AUTHORS: Phoebe Pollitt and Camille Reese Jane Renwick Smedburg Wilkes: North Carolina Nurse Pioneer Citation: Pollitt, PA & Reese, CN (Spring, 1999). Jane Renwick Smedburg Wilkes: North Carolina Nurse Pioneer. American Association for the History of Nursing...
Oct 17, 2018 | Antebellum era, Confederate affiliation, Nash, Reconstruction
Written by Randy Vester; edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter I have my Great-Great-Grandfather’s—George Washington Joyner’s—picture (attached). He was the youngest son of Nathan Thomas Joyner and Amy Land Joyner of Nash County, N.C. There were seven boys—Little...
