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...
Sep 6, 2018 | Antebellum era, Reconstruction, Tyrrell
Submitted by Barbara Krebs; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter [This is in response to a] post of June 13 on the Tyrrell County Genealogy page [on Facebook] asking for Civil War era stories. The following is from a story that my grandmother used to tell me when I...
Jun 28, 2017 | News, Reconstruction
Where did all the treason trials go? Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to...
Jun 28, 2017 | News, Reconstruction
A summer of change, a long winter of resistance As hopes and honeysuckle bloomed, a century and a half ago, forces were massing to ensure that the dreams of newly liberated slaves and their white supporters would never take root. At the federal level, slavery had been...
Feb 14, 2017 | Confederate affiliation, Randolph, Reconstruction
From Warrior to Renowned Artisan (Source: Contributed by Roger H. Futrell) William Henry Hancock (1844-1923)[1] of Randolph County, North Carolina, was a Confederate veteran who worked as a potter in the eastern Piedmont between 1865 and 1900. Examples of his...
