by CCW | Jul 28, 2021 | Not categorized, Surry
AUTHOR: Larry Alderman; edited by Cheri Todd Molter AN ORAL TRADITION During the War Between the States, 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...
by CCW | 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...
by CCW | 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...
by CCW | 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...
by CCW | Jan 9, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Surry
AUTHOR: Joshua N. James My great-great-grandfather Abner Lee Snow was born to Richard Snow and Sally Tucker Snow in 1843 in Surry County, North Carolina. Surry County was then and is still very rural. The landscape is dominated by the looming presence of Pilot...
by CCW | Sep 11, 2018 | Alleghany, Confederate affiliation, Surry, Wilkes
SUBMITTED BY: Ruth Dutton Hill [Note: David Black was a teacher, farmer, and Major in the Civil War.] Sunday night, December 25th, 1864, Alex Black Dear Sir: Christmas night finds me home again all lonely and peacefully situated. We have had company today saw Betty...
