Category: North Carolina

John “Jack” Waters Goode born on December 29, 1818, died December 7 1900 in Rutherford County, NC. He was the son of George and Nancy Waters Goode. He married He founded Goode’s Creek Baptist Church in Cliffside, NC. He married Mary Hopper and had 11 children. He was a farmer and Blacksmith in Rutherford County, […]

Thomas Jefferson  “Jeff” Downey. Born was born around July 1834 in Rutherford County, NC, and died on December 26, 1911. He is buried in Cool Springs Cemetery located in Forest City, NC.  His parents were Thomas Downey and Milley Hearing Downey.  Thomas “Jeff” Downey married Martha Padgett on 9/24/1854 in Rutherford County, NC. She died […]

In her compilation “Granddaddy’s Turbyfills – Being the Lineage of John Turbyfill”, Julia Henson Perry writes: “Elkanah fought in the Civil War. He was first left in the county as a home guard, but when his neighbor deserted Elkanah joined the army rather than turn in a good friend. He was taken prisoner and also […]

The 28 year old school teacher from Pasquotank County, NC enlisted on 14 Sept 1861. Commanding Officer of Co. A  8th NCST. Captured at the Battle of Roanoke Island, NC 0n 8 Feb 1862. POW for two weeks, paroled and later exchanged. 1st Lt JT Spence was captured at Gaines Farm, Virginia on 1 June […]

Enlisted as a private on 28 July 1861, age 28,  5 ‘6″ tall, was a farmer. Captured at Battle of Roanoke Island, NC on 8 February 1862. POW for two weeks, paroled and later exchanged. Enlisted in Co. A  8th NC State Troops as a private and camp cook. No further records. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41151140/rencher-spence

Private Simon Matthews Company C (Braddy’s Battery) – 2 nd North Carolina Artillery Simon was born January 15, 1833, in North Carolina to Alsey and Charity Thomas Matthews. He is shown in the 1850 census as a farm laborer. In 1860 he and his wife Emily are shown with no land or personal property. They […]

Amos Owens is one of the most famous moonshiners in North Carolina history, however, he could have faded from memory if it weren’t for a biographical paper by M.L. White in 1901 that chronicled the life of Owens. Owens began his career as a distiller prior to the Civil War, in which he served two […]

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Jesse Calton Coffey was born 21 Apr 1827 In Burke County, North Carolina To Rev. Reuben and Rachel Hayes Coffey.  By The outbreak of the Civil war he was married with seven children and living in Haywood County, North Carolina.  On 17 Aug 1861 At the age of 34 he enlisted in Company E of […]

Joseph N. Spence was a farmer from Pasquotank County, NC. He was 20 years old and stood at 5′ 7″. Spence enlisted in Elizabeth City, NC on 4 May 1861. He was a private in Co. L  17th North Carolina State Troops. Sent to Roanoke Island he was captured there after the battle on 8 […]