by Cheri D. Molter | Jul 7, 2022 | Cumberland, Reconstruction, This Month's Featured Story, Union affiliation
WRITTEN by Leisa Greathouse; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter and Kobe M. Brown Lewis Levy (1820-1899 pronounced Lee-vee) was an unwavering Unionist, property-owner, and businessman. Levy’s mother was considered a great cook: She prepared a meal for Lafayette...
by Cheri D. Molter | Mar 30, 2022 | Cherokee, Clay, Confederate affiliation, Reconstruction, This Month's Featured Story, Union affiliation
Submitted by Melessia Croker; edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter I have written everything I know about my ancestors on a webpage on my family site. These stories are pretty well known locally, so someone else may have already sent in the story about David Ledford...
by Cheri D. Molter | Mar 25, 2022 | Confederate affiliation, Northampton, This Month's Featured Story
Written by Leisa Greathouse; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter An enslaved African American man named Kinchen resided on the Thornbury plantation in Northampton County, North Carolina. That plantation owner’s son, Henry Burgwyn, Jr., graduated from UNC and the...
by CCW | Aug 17, 2021 | Confederate affiliation, Lincoln, This Month's Featured Story
SUBMITTED BY: Michael Stroupe; transcribed by Cheri Todd Molter & Hallie Smith Frederick Washington Dellinger, commonly called “Wash,” was born on Oct. 28, 1834, in the Cherryville area of Gaston County. His name was also spelled “Fredrick” and “Fred” in some...
by CCW | Jul 19, 2021 | New Hanover, This Month's Featured Story, Union affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Baylor Hicks; article written by Melissa De Witte; excerpt edited by Cheri Todd Molter A Note from Baylor Hicks: Bill Gould (William Gould IV) was one of my professors at Stanford Law School. I knew that his great-grandfather was a contraband in the...
by CCW | Nov 24, 2020 | Confederate affiliation, Jackson, This Month's Featured Story
AUTHOR: Dallas R Reese Jr. (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth. He will not allow your foot to slip; your Protector will not slumber. (Psalms...
