Dec 5, 2023 | Antebellum era, Bertie, Northampton, Reconstruction, This Month's Featured Story
Researched and written by Cheri Todd Molter and Kobe M. Brown Jonas Elias Pope was born on February 1, 1827, at Rich Square in Northampton County, NC. His father was Elias Pope, a free person of color with a mixed-race heritage who owned land and supported a sizable...
Sep 3, 2023 | Mecklenburg, Reconstruction, Wilkes
Submitted by J.C. Knowles; vetted and edited by Cheri Todd Molter and Kobe Brown Percy W. Foote was born on August 13, 1879, in Wilkes County. He was the son of Confederate veteran John Henry Foote (a founder of Wake Forest College) and Susan Hunt Foote....
Aug 29, 2023 | Antebellum era, New Hanover, Onslow, Pender, Reconstruction
Submitted by Craig James; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter Please allow me to introduce to you a phenomenal woman who was born around 1847 in Eastern North Carolina. At a very early age she became the property of John James, the owner of Sycamore Springs...
Aug 15, 2023 | Anson, Antebellum era, Cumberland, Reconstruction, Rowan
Submitted by James E. Buxton Jr.; Researched & written by Leisa Greathouse; edited by Cheri Todd Molter Research to this point has uncovered a few primary documents about Daniel “Dan” Buxton. Census records for the years 1870, 1880, 1900, and 1910 lists...
Aug 15, 2023 | Antebellum era, Edgecombe, Reconstruction
Submitted by James E. Buxton Jr.; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter Born into slavery in 1849, Dred Wimberly served in the State House of Representatives in 1879 and 1887 and in the State Senate in 1889. His family lived on the Battle plantation in Edgecombe...
Aug 9, 2023 | Reconstruction, Wake
Submitted by Stephanie Johnson; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter and Kobe M. Brown General Nelson Appleton Miles was born in Massachusetts in 1839. He worked as a store clerk, but when the Civil War started in 1861, he joined the 22nd Massachusetts as a...
