Nov 24, 2020 | Confederate affiliation, Davidson, Reconstruction
Written by Jeffrey W. Long (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) Charles Wesley Cecil (1827-1911), my great-great-great grandfather, lived out a mostly ordinary life as a farmer and laborer in Davidson County, North Carolina. He was descended from a long line of...
Nov 24, 2020 | Antebellum era, Duplin, Harnett, Not categorized, Reconstruction, Sampson
SUBMITTED BY: Gerri R. Lugs; written by Elizabeth Catherine Draughon Godwin (transcribed and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) The following is a transcription of the original submission (click on this link: Incidents in the Life of John Robert Draughon) Incidents in the...
Nov 24, 2020 | Catawba, Confederate affiliation, Reconstruction, Union County
STORY AND SUBMITTED TRANSCRIPTIONS BY: April Price Havens (edited by Cheri Todd Molter; modern transcriptions written by Cheri Todd Molter) Andrew Joseph “Joe” Price, my great-great-grandfather, was born August 1, 1837 in Union County, North Carolina. In 1862, Price...
Nov 24, 2020 | Antebellum era, Confederate affiliation, Randolph, Reconstruction, Robeson
SUBMITTED BY: Peggy Doesburg (edited by Cheri Todd Molter) I have enclosed information pertaining to my great-great-grandfather, John Wesley Howell. I hope you find it of interest. See the photo and articles at this link: ...
Sep 29, 2020 | Antebellum era, Confederate affiliation, New Hanover, Reconstruction
SUBMITTED BY: Susan Quinn Sand (written by Benjamin Franklin Hall [1924]; edited by Cheri Todd Molter) Note from Susan Quinn Sand: According to my Family Tree Maker Software, Benjamin Franklin Hall was my 1st cousin 5 times removed. Our common ancestor is William...
Sep 29, 2020 | Bladen, Confederate affiliation, Reconstruction
SUBMITTED BY: David W. Dowless, Jr.; Edited by Cheri Todd Molter I have additional information about my ancestor, Samuel Dowless, pertaining to his life after the Civil War (The other submission was entitled “Samuel Anders Dowless’ Civil War Story” and can be...
