Dec 6, 2023 | Antebellum era, Mecklenburg, Northampton, Reconstruction, Wake
Researched and Written by Cheri Todd Molter and Kobe M. Brown Manassa Thomas Pope was a free person of color born near Rich Square in Northampton County, North Carolina in 1858. Both of his parents, Jonas Elias Pope and Permelia Pheobe Hall Pope, were free persons of...
Nov 27, 2023 | Chatham, Confederate affiliation, This Month's Featured Story, Wake
Researched and written by Cheri Todd Molter and Kobe M. Brown George W. Walters was a farmer who lived in Chatham County, North Carolina, when the war started. In 1862, thirty-three-year-old Walters was conscripted into the Confederate army as a private. He was...
Aug 9, 2023 | Reconstruction, Wake
Submitted by Stephanie Johnson; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter and Kobe M. Brown General Nelson Appleton Miles was born in Massachusetts in 1839. He worked as a store clerk, but when the Civil War started in 1861, he joined the 22nd Massachusetts as a...
Nov 4, 2021 | Reconstruction, Wake
SUBMITTED BY: Dr. Peter Murray (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) The call for the convention came from New Bern, N.C., and the assembly included delegations from New Bern, Beaufort, Wilmington, and other parts of the state. The African Americans who lived in...
May 27, 2021 | Confederate affiliation, Wake
SUBMITTED BY: JC Knowles (edited by Cheri Todd Molter, vetted by Hallie Smith) The first state hospital was established at the old State Fairgrounds off of New Bern Avenue and was headed by Raleigh surgeon E. Burke Haywood. It was called the Fairground Hospital until...
Apr 6, 2021 | Confederate affiliation, Wake
SUBMITTED BY: Tom Henderson; Original transcription by Jane Taylor Henderson (1959) (submission edited by Cheri Todd Molter) This letter was written by Edwin Bevers, I deduce. It is a most poignant account of the death of his younger brother, Woodley Beavers, who was...
