by Cheri D. Molter | Nov 17, 2022 | Antebellum era, Confederate affiliation, Sampson
Submitted by Sandra White Hinton: Letter Transcribed by Sandra White Hinton, Cheri Todd Molter & Kobe M. Brown; Content notes written and edited by Cheri Todd Molter and Kobe M. Brown Note from Sandra: Here are my ancestors’ letters. Please do upload them. All the...
by Cheri D. Molter | Aug 4, 2022 | Sampson
Submitted by Sandra White Hinton; Letter Transcribed by Sandra White Hinton, Cheri Todd Molter & Kobe M. Brown; Content notes researched and written by Sandra White Hinton, Cheri Todd Molter and Kobe M. Brown Note from Sandra: Here are my ancestors’ letters....
by CCW | Apr 6, 2021 | Sampson, Union affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Joel Rose for Richard G. Fowler (edited by Cheri Todd Molter) Note: One of my great grandfathers, Charles Sawyer, a forty-year-old father of four, volunteered as a musician and medical corpsman in the 141st New York Infantry, XXth Corps. He kept a daily...
by CCW | Dec 2, 2020 | Antebellum era, Confederate affiliation, Sampson
AUTHOR: Durin Naylor The Year was 1840 when Ransom Naylor was born to Washington and Amy Naylor in the Mingo Township district of Sampson County, North Carolina. Ransom had 9 siblings, 4 brothers and 5 sisters. As a young boy Ransom worked the family farm. By 1850...
by CCW | Nov 24, 2020 | Antebellum era, Not categorized, Reconstruction, Sampson
SUBMITTED BY: Gerri R. Lugs; written by Elizabeth Catherine Draughon Godwin (transcribed by Cheri Todd Molter) The following is a transcription of the original submission (click on this link: Incidents in the Life of John Robert Draughon) Incidents in the Life of...
by CCW | Sep 29, 2020 | Confederate affiliation, Sampson
SUBMITTED BY: Eddie White (transcribed by Cheri Todd Molter and Carolina Echeverri) These pictures are of an order granting permission for John N. Jackson to sell Harriet and her son, Thomas, who were two individuals who were enslaved by Jackson’s ward, Mary J....