by CCW | 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...
by CCW | Sep 17, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Robeson
AUTHOR: Tim A. Sellers, Lumberton, NC [Editor’s Note: This is an expanded version of “Death Reached Far Beyond the Battlefield,” by Billy Sellers.] Neill Stephen Kinlaw, my great-great-grandfather on my mother’s side, was 38 when he was captured at...
by CCW | Sep 6, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Robeson
SUBMITTED BY: Phyllis Bryant Lowry Here is a story about my Native American ancestor Jacob Bryant, based on the contents of an article that was published in The Robesonian on May 29, 2009: In Red Springs, Cannon fire echoed through the trees at the Long Swamp Indian...
by CCW | Sep 5, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Moore, Robeson
AUTHOR: Britt Pridgen I found information about my great-great-grandfather, Bryant Pridgen (spelled Pridgeon in his military records) on a website. He was born in Moore County, but lived in Robeson County as an adult, working as a laborer prior to joining the...
by CCW | Sep 5, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Robeson
AUTHOR: Leslie F. Cashwell His home: Black Ankle area of Eastern NC Enlisted at age 18 (Aug 27, 1861) Assigned to Third Artillery (40th State Troops) Captured at Fort Fisher NC on Jan 15, 1865 POW at Point Lookout, MD – Arrival on Jan 22, 1865 Released on June...
by Daniel V. Townsend | Dec 17, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, Robeson
Pvt. William Townsend of Robeson County William Townsend was born in 1842 in Robeson County. He was 6 feet, six inches tall and a private in the 18th North Carolina Regiment, 8th Volunteers, Branch and Lane Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. After the war he farmed,...
