Apr 10, 2020 | Richmond, Union affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Steve Bailey (vetted and edited by Cheri Todd Molter) Hello, my friends! While searching on the Richmond County, N.C. Genealogy Website, I stumbled upon this interesting history article & hope you can include it on your website. (Click photo to...
Jan 3, 2020 | Confederate affiliation, Richmond
SUBMITTED BY: Alan Ashworth (vetted by Cheri Molter) My Great-grandfather John Calvin McFadyen served the Confederate Army in Co E, 38th NCT—the Richmond County Boys. A copy of their unit song is in Rankin Museum in Ellerbe, NC. John’s unit was guarding the...
Jan 26, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Richmond
SUBMITTED BY: Steve Bailey Civil War skirmish: Union troops overrun Confederates in Rockingham July 29, 2015 Richmond County Daily Journal First Posted: 2/28/2015 It was 150 years ago on March 7, 1865, that Union Army troops came charging down Sandhill Road (which is...
Oct 3, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Richmond, Robeson
AUTHOR: James Utley My great-grandmother, Almena McCormick Jernigan, had three brothers–John, Murphy, and Duncan McCormick–who fought in the Civil War. John McCormick, the eldest brother, enlisted in Uvalde, Texas where he was a school teacher (according...
Sep 25, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Richmond
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Sep 24, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Richmond
Written by James Utley; edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter My maternal great-great-grandfather, Travis Christenberry Jernigan, was brought up as a Quaker. When the Civil War started Travis lived in Richmond County, NC (now an area known as Scotland Co), was...
