Sep 6, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Union affiliation, Watauga
AUTHOR: Mary Caroline Greene Robbins My grandfather Benjamin Greene was born in Blowing Rock, North Carolina on August 1, 1844. He had a twin brother named Joseph. Benjamin Greene fought in the Civil War for the Confederate Army. I do not know rank or where he...
Sep 5, 2018 | Anson, Union affiliation
AUTHOR: Steve Bailey Griffin Family History by Fred M. Griffin, Raymond C. Griffin, & Lee Griffin – Published in 1949 – Alexander Griffin, son of William Griffin & grandson of Thomas Griffin, joined the Union Army in Mississippi when Sherman’s Army marched...
Sep 5, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Madison, Union affiliation
AUTHOR: Joe Mode Joseph Minzy Davis was born in Madison County, North Carolina (then Buncombe County) circa 1825 and is my fourth great grandfather like his brother John R. Davis. He died of “Chronic Diarrhea” on 20 August 1864 at the Post Hospital at Cumberland Gap,...
Sep 5, 2018 | Stanly, Union affiliation
AUTHOR: Tony L. Crumbley Benjamin and Jane Pinion had eight children, all born between 1839 and 1867. The Pinion family resided in Stanly County, North Carolina. On August 8, 1862, two of their sons, Thomas W. and Joe Darling Pinion, joined Company B of the 5th N.C....
Sep 2, 2018 | Craven, Union affiliation
AUTHOR: Kenneth Whitehurst (originally posted 9/2/2018; edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter 7/22/20) My great-great-grandfather, Toney Boyd, was enslaved by Frederick Boyd at a place called Long Acre, near Bath, in Beaufort County, North Carolina. Around 1850, with...
Aug 5, 2016 | Cumberland, Union affiliation
‘Aunt’ Martha Graham: Born Enslaved in Cumberland County According to an undated article from The Fayetteville Observer, at the time of its publication (circa mid to late 1970s), 117-year-old ‘Aunt’ Martha Graham was Cumberland County’s oldest resident. ‘Aunt’ Martha...
