May 27, 2024 | Antebellum era, Confederate affiliation, Wilson
Researched and written by Cheri Todd Molter Jesse Sharpe Barnes Jesse Sharpe Barnes was born in 1838 to Elias and Mahala Emma Sharpe Barnes of Edgecombe County, North Carolina. When he was about twelve years old, Jesse and his family moved to a plantation in Wilson...
Mar 25, 2022 | Antebellum era, Confederate affiliation, Wilson
Submitted by Lisa Y. Henderson; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter On 2 September 1950, in the column “Looking Backward,” the Wilson Daily Times published Hugh B. Johnston’s transcriptions of war-time letters written by George W. Woodard, including the one below:...
Dec 28, 2020 | Antebellum era, Pitt, Wilson
SUBMITTED BY: Lisa Y. Henderson (edited by Cheri Todd Molter) On February 28, 1863, Edmund Moore of Wilson advertised in the Tarborough Southerner for the return of Jerry, a thirty-year-old man who was formerly enslaved by Howell G. Whitehead of eastern Pitt County,...
Dec 28, 2020 | Reconstruction, Wilson
Submitted by Lisa Y. Henderson The transcription of A. F. Flood’s letter, plus annotations, and references, are available online. Click here: LINK (Lisa Henderson is solely responsible for all posts to Black Wide-Awake, http://afamwilsonnc.com.) ...
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 ...
Mar 19, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Wilson
AUTHOR: James Marshall Joyner (Click image to enlarge) In 1838, Hilliard and Penninah (spelled “Penina” in some records) Johnston Joyner had a son, William Burton “Burt” Joyner. Burt and his parents resided in the eastern portion of Nash County, which became Wilson...
