Oct 26, 2023 | Antebellum era, Rowan
Article submitted by Nicholle Young; Summary written by Cheri Todd Molter Twenty-one-year-old Harriet had been enslaved by George Miller, and after his death, Henry Miller of Rowan County purchased her. However, in July 1845, Harriet ran away before she was delivered...
Aug 15, 2023 | Anson, Antebellum era, Cumberland, Reconstruction, Rowan
Submitted by James E. Buxton Jr.; Researched & written by Leisa Greathouse; edited by Cheri Todd Molter Research to this point has uncovered a few primary documents about Daniel “Dan” Buxton. Census records for the years 1870, 1880, 1900, and 1910 lists...
Jun 23, 2020 | Confederate affiliation, Rowan
Submitted by Geri Irwin; Written by Cheri Todd Molter The attachment is the scan of a page from The Mangums of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas, Utah, and Adjoining States, by John T. Palmer, PhD...
Nov 1, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Reconstruction, Rowan
Written by Robin D. Holt; edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter James Archibald Holt, Company G, North Carolina 6th Infantry Regiment, enlisted in the service of the Confederate States of America on May 29, 1861 at Charlotte, NC. He was discharged on September 8,...
Sep 17, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Iredell, Rowan
AUTHOR: Unknown My great-great-great grandfather, Michael Nathaniel Beaver, was born in Rowan County in 1842, a 4th generation American whose great-great grandfather had come from Germany in the 1730’s. Following in the tradition of his great-grandfather,...
Sep 17, 2018 | Cabarrus, Confederate affiliation, Rowan
AUTHOR: Unknown Charles Dry was born 1832 in Cabarrus County, NC. He was the son of John and Elizabeth Dry. He resided in Rowan County when he enlisted in the 42nd North Carolina Regiment, Company 2nd B on the 5 February 1862. He was present and accounted for...
