Sep 3, 2020 | Antebellum era, Reconstruction, Warren
AUTHOR: Judy Stainback; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter; Interview transcribed by Carolina Echeverri Editor’s Note: The following interviews are documented conversations of two white women of two different generations, Lucille Ellington McManaway and her...
Sep 3, 2020 | Buncombe, Confederate affiliation, Reconstruction
Submitted by Joe Young; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter My ancestor, James Madison Young, was Captain of Company K, 11th N.C. Troops. On April 24, 1861, at the Smith-McDowell House in Buncombe County, twenty-five-year-old James Madison Young mustered into...
Aug 5, 2020 | Cleveland, Confederate affiliation, Lincoln, Reconstruction
Submitted by Mike Stroupe; written by Cheri Todd Molter Frederick Washington Dellinger, commonly called “Wash,” was born on Oct. 28, 1834, in the Cherryville area of Gaston County [His name is also spelled “Fredrick” in some records]. Wash was the son of Frederick...
Aug 5, 2020 | Durham, Reconstruction
SUBMITTED BY: JC Knowles (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) In my personal library, I have a book titled Public School Education in North Carolina, which was originally published in 1916. The book was written by Edgar W. Knight, and in it, he discusses the...
Aug 5, 2020 | Halifax, Reconstruction
We would like to highlight the life of Andrew Joshua Jackson (1830 -1924), who is one of the most interesting and notable African Americans to live in Halifax, North Carolina. Jackson was born enslaved on Christmas day in Amherst County, Virginia. When he was 4 years...
Apr 10, 2020 | Antebellum era, Confederate affiliation, Reconstruction, Robeson
SUBMITTED BY: Elizabeth Smith (researched and written by Cheri Todd Molter) Note from Elizabeth Smith: My great-grandfather was Dr. Francis Hamilton Conoly, and Cheri found the records that brought him and his family members to life for me. She gave me knowledge of my...
