Jul 19, 2024 | Confederate affiliation, Sampson
Submitted by Ted Warren; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter and Kobe M. Brown On September 1, 1861, twenty-seven-year-old Joseph Butler of Sampson County, NC, enlisted in the Confederate army as a private. About a month later, Butler left his wife, Isabella, and...
Oct 27, 2023 | Antebellum era, Cumberland, Sampson
Article submitted by Nicholle Young; Summary written by Cheri Todd Molter This newspaper clipping from Sept. 29, 1859, includes several advertisements that show that there was a demand for more enslaved Black people in Sampson County. All four men—Charles T. Stevens,...
Oct 26, 2023 | Antebellum era, Duplin, Greene, Sampson
Advertisement submitted by Nicholle Young; Summary written by Cheri Todd Molter In January 1835, Esther and her husband, Jack, ran away from their latest enslaver, Herold Blackmore of Duplin County. Esther was “about 30 years old…and of an Indian complection [sic],...
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Jun 20, 2023 | Confederate affiliation, Sampson
Submitted by Sandra White Hinton: Letter Transcribed by Sandra White Hinton and Cheri Todd Molter; Content notes written by Cheri Todd Molter Original Transcription Northern Virginia Oct. 13, 1862 M. White Bro. it has been some time since I wrote to you, or heard from...
Jun 9, 2023 | Confederate affiliation, Sampson
Submitted by Sandra White Hinton: Letter Transcribed by Cheri Todd Molter & Sandra White Hinton; Edited by Cheri Todd Molter Original Transcription: Near Brandy Station So. side Rappahannock Riv[er] Oct. 22nd, 1863. Murdock White. Dear Bro, I Reckon you think...
May 12, 2023 | Confederate affiliation, Sampson
Submitted by Sandra White Hinton: Letter Transcribed by Sandra White Hinton & Cheri Todd Molter; Edited by Cheri Todd Molter A.N.V. Co. ‘A’ 30th NC Troops February the 10th 1864 Murdock: Dear brother: I am very happy indeed to be able to write you on the...
