by CCW | Dec 8, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Wilkes
AUTHOR: Christine Wyatt Stockman Nathan Wyatt, a prosperous agriculturist and stock raiser of Latty Township, and one of its leading citizens, was born November 10, 1844 in Wilkes County, NC. He is a son of David and Amelia (Wingler) Wyatt, the former of whom is a...
by CCW | Dec 5, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Wilkes
SUBMITTED BY: Glenn Land Written by my 4 x 1st cousin Thomas Charles Land of Wilkes County, NC. Thomas began the war a Private in Company B 1st NC Infantry (The Wilkes Valley Guards). He was seriously wounded at Malvern Hill July 1,1862. While furloughed home he was...
by CCW | Dec 3, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Wilkes
AUTHOR: Glenn Land I trace my paternal roots to my 5 x great-grandparents, Thomas Land and Ann Sumter of Wilkes County, NC. One of their several great-grandsons and Civil War Veterans was my 2 x great-grandfather, David Land. David was last counted in the 1900 census...
by CCW | Sep 17, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Wilkes
AUTHOR: Unknown Corporal Finley Thomas Sale was born in 1836 in Wilkes County, NC. Marrying at 21, he would father 4 children before entering into Confederate service. He enlisted July 7, 1862 in Guilford County as a Private in Company D of the 5th NC Cavalry (63rd...
by CCW | Sep 11, 2018 | Anson, Beaufort, Columbus, Confederate affiliation, Currituck, Edgecombe, Nash, Rowan, Union County, Wilkes
SUBMITTED BY: Tom Fagart True to the Tar Heel Confederate Solider Motto: “First, Farthest, Foremost, and Last” Board Member Friends of Elmira Civil War Prison Camp, Elmira, NY. www.elmiraprisoncamp.com, Member Friends of Fort Fisher, Kure Beach, NC,...
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...
