by CCW | Sep 12, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Sampson
AS TOLD TO MATTHEW SLISIK BY ALAN ELDRIDGE III Audio file 3 minutes 55 seconds
by CCW | Sep 7, 2018 | 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 | Sep 6, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, New Hanover, Pitt, Sampson
SUBMITTED BY: Joel Ringgold Stegall My fourth great-grandfather, John Sampson “Samp” Page, was single, 24 years old, and living with his parents, John and Mary Autry Page of Sampson County, when the war broke out. He enlisted and was assigned on Nov. 4, 1861 to North...
by Maude P. Smith | Mar 16, 2017 | Confederate affiliation, Sampson
Barden [Bardin] Family Private Papers, 1822-1920 (Source: Contributed by Maude P. Smith) “The Barden [Bardin] family were planters who farmed in the Sampson and Duplin County area of Southeastern North Carolina before and after the Civil War. While this...
by Don P. Warren | Jul 4, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, Sampson
Ivey Lee’s Encounter with Yankee Bummers Mr. Ivey Lee’s Encounter With Yankee Bummers The time was the day before the last major battle of the War of Northern Aggression, the “Battle of Bentonville”. Major General William Tecumseh...
by Barbara A. ORourke | Apr 16, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, Sampson
John C. Fann Family Lost Four Sons John C. Fann and Bythenia Kelly married and raised a large family, including seven sons. Six of their sons were soldiers in the Civil War. Four of them did not come home. James, John, and Owen enlisted in June and August of 1861....
