Sep 21, 2018 | Caldwell, Confederate affiliation, Guilford, Reconstruction
AUTHOR: Marsha Head Goodwin My 3X-Great-Grandfather was Captain Wilson Austin White. He was born Jun 30, 1826 in Greensboro, Guilford Co., North Carolina. He was the son of William Austin White and Rebecca White (surnames were the same, no genealogical connection)....
Sep 17, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Cumberland, New Hanover, Reconstruction
SUBMITTED BY: Robert Maffitt; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter and Kobe M. Brown At Wilmington, there were many Southern merchant ships that ran the Northern blockade during the Civil War. One of the most successful Captains was John Newland Maffitt, who was...
Sep 8, 2018 | Antebellum era, Henderson, Jackson, Reconstruction
AUTHOR: Dan Johnson; edited by Cheri Todd Molter JOHN H. AlKEN, son of THOMAS (1825-ca 1900) and REBECCA (HOXIT) AlKEN (1831-1912), was born January 8, 1855 in Cherryfield, Henderson Co., NC, the fifth of eight children. His father left the family sometime between...
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, Reconstruction, Rowan, Union County
Written by Joel Ringgold Stegall; edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter By the time the Civil War began in 1861, Great-Granddaddy Thomas Bottom Stegall was already 47 or 48 years old, too old for combat duty. As the war dragged on, and North Carolina began to run out...
Sep 6, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Reconstruction, Robeson
Submitted by Phyllis Bryant Lowry; edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter Here is a story about my Native American ancestor Jacob Bryant, based on the contents of an article that was published in The Robesonian on May 29, 2009: In Red Springs, Cannon fire echoed...
