Sep 3, 2020 | Union affiliation, Wayne
AUTHOR: Minnie Becton (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) Introduction: This story, and its accompanying photographs, were excerpts from a blog post entry entitled “52 Ancestors: #10 – Jack Sherrod – ‘A Man of First Class Standing,’” written by Minnie...
Sep 3, 2020 | Caldwell, Confederate affiliation, Union affiliation
AUTHOR: Glenn Land (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) Eliza Ann Triplet of Caldwell County, North Carolina, was married to a 3-times-removed-2nd-cousin of mine, William Taylor Land, the only son of Wilson Land and Rebecca Miller Land. While it seems most of my...
Sep 3, 2020 | Confederate affiliation, Cumberland, Featured, Union affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Megan Dulaney Molter (article Written by Pat Reese, Fayetteville Observer Staff writer; submission edited by Cheri Todd Molter) None of the people named in this article are my ancestors, but I graduated from the Cumberland County School system and did...
Aug 5, 2020 | Caswell, Union affiliation
AUTHOR: Teresa Leake (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) The Civil War was a tragic time in our history, no matter what side you were on: Families were uprooted, children were orphaned, and stability—both family stability and economic stability—was lost. My...
Aug 5, 2020 | Union affiliation, Wilson
SUBMITTED BY: Hinson Peed Willie Daniel (click image to enlarge) Mr. Daniel’s obituary, clipped from The Wilson Advance (Wilson, North Carolina, Sept. 30, 1897) is at this link >> 1596122787-In_Memorium_to_Willie_Daniel ...
Aug 5, 2020 | Ashe, Confederate affiliation, Union affiliation
AUTHOR: Shannon Burton (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) My great-great-great-great-grandfather, George Lee Phillips, born on June 17, 1805, was swept off his horse while attempting to cross the Yadkin River while it was flooding. Phillips was the Sheriff of...