Jul 8, 2024 | Confederate affiliation, Surry
Written by Larry Alderman; edited by Cheri Todd Molter An Oral History In 1965, when I was thirteen years old, my great-grandfather, Friel Combs, told front porch stories from his home on Rockford Street in Mt. Airy, North Carolina, and I listened to them intently....
Apr 23, 2024 | Antebellum era, Reconstruction, Surry
Researched and written by Kobe M. Brown and Cheri Todd Molter Orlean Hawks Puckett was an Appalachian midwife known for assisting with the safe deliveries of over 1,000 babies and for never losing a mother or child while in her care. However, determining the “real”...
Jul 28, 2021 | Not categorized, Surry
AUTHOR: Larry Alderman; edited by Cheri Todd Molter AN ORAL TRADITION During the war, my family—the Combs family—lived near Pine Ridge, North Carolina. Granny Combs, of the Zadoc and Manoah Combs family, did something to show her dislike for the war. This story was...
May 21, 2021 | Confederate affiliation, Surry
SUBMITTED BY: Wilma Jarrell Hiatt (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) Ellis Franklin Jarrell (1836-1923) was of English descent. He was the son of Fountain and Fanny (Francis) Jarrell, grandson of William P. Jarrell, great-grandson of Alexander Jarrell, Sr., and...
Feb 23, 2021 | Confederate affiliation, Surry
AUTHOR: Keith Holyfield (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) John H. Holyfield of Surry County enlisted in the Confederate Army on Sept. 2, 1864. He mustered into Company H of the N.C. 1st Cavalry. He was wounded sometime before Nov. 30, 1864. Please see the...
Feb 23, 2021 | Confederate affiliation, Surry
AUTHOR: Keith Holyfield (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) Born in 1841, Watson Butcher Holyfield of Surry County, North Carolina, enlisted in the Confederate Army on May 4, 1861. He served in Company A of the 28th N.C. Infantry. Holyfield was wounded at the...
