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...
Sep 23, 2017 | Confederate affiliation, Wilson
Sherrod Family Celebrates Home of Patriarch, a Former Slave (Source: The Wilson Times, July 16,2017, written by Drew Wilson, contributed by Morgan Dickerman) STANTONSBURG — The house that Jack Sherrod built is a hidden history. Built as a wood structure in 1886, the...
