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...
Jul 31, 2021 | New Hanover, Reconstruction
SUBMITTED BY: Anne Russell (edited by Cheri Todd Molter) The following is the transcription of the letter that was published in the Lower Cape Fear Historical Society, Inc. Bulletin (Vol. XLVI No. 3, November 2002) (Photographs of the original letters are below;...
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...
Apr 6, 2021 | Davie, Reconstruction
AUTHOR: Linda H. Barnette (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) As people came from Europe to America, traveling down South in the 1700s, they found a vast network of rivers and streams. They discovered places where the water was shallow enough to cross, which...
Dec 28, 2020 | Reconstruction, Wilson
Submitted by Lisa Y. Henderson; Transcribed by Cheri Todd Molter Transcription of Original Letter: Wilson July the 16th 1865 Dear Sir I take the opportunity of writeing you these few lines because I under stand you to be the head ruler ov[e]r this Steate in Millitary...
Dec 28, 2020 | Chatham, Reconstruction
AUTHOR: JC Knowles (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) Farming was so bad in North Carolina in 1889 that many farmers considered leaving their farms to seek their livelihoods elsewhere. The Chatham County Alliance, a local organization of the Farmers’ Alliance,...
