Legacies of Freedom:Tracing Descendants of African-American Civil War Veterans
1. Legacies of Freedom:
Legacies of Freedom:
Tracing Descendants of African-American
Tracing Descendants of
Civil War Veterans
African-American Civil War
Veterans
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11. One serious conflict involved both commissioned and
noncommissioned officers. In June 1864 (Lt. Col.)
Chamberlain chided Capt. George A. Bailey, who
commanded Co. H, for his inability to handle one of his
sergeants, Andrew Marshall. The evidence suggests that
the problem had less to do with racial tension and more to
do with Bailey’s incompetence. The Capt. wanted to
exchange Sgt. Marshall for another Sgt., but Chamberlain
told him either to manage Marshall or to jail him. The
episode was resolved only when Bailey resigned his
commission on 14 August 1864. Andrew Marshall would
then rise to the rank of Regimental Quartermaster
Sergeant.
Richard M. Reid, Freedom for Themselves: North Carolina’s
Black Soldiers in the Civil War Era (UNC: 2008), 165.
23. John D. Marshall
and
Peggy Banks
Lonella John Lee Bertha Pearlie Sidney James
Elizabeth
Sadie Evelyn Mary Charles Frank M.T. Katie
Peggy Elizabeth Dora Alice
24. Descendants of Andrew Marshall
• Frank Marshall’s 90th
birthday with his sister
Mary Marshall Roach,
age 92, in May 2013
29. From the union of two slaves
named Moses and Charlotte Everett
on the plantation of T.C. Everett in
Stump Sound Township
were born 4 sailors:
John, Aaron, Nathaniel, and Daniel
Everett
This is the story of John
30. Two Sons of John E. Everett
Born while still in slavery
35. • In 1910, John Everett
lived in New Bern, NC,
with his second wife
Charlotte. They had
been married for 7
years. The census
shows that John was a
minister, and he could
read and write. He
owned his own home,
and it was paid in full.
(under marital status
John has “M2” married
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39. John E. Everett and Catherine
Batson
Aaron Anderson & Almond Clifton
Lula, William, Thaddeus, Almond Jr. John, &
Stephen
Daisy, Mary, Austin, John, William, Katie, Stephen &
Melvin
Phyllis Olivia Hardison
40. • In approxiamtely
1885, John E.
Everett established
the first and only
black elementary
school in Sneads
Ferry, NC. He was
the first teacher.
When the school
closed in 1954,
Mary Everett, greatgranddaughter of
John Everett was the
school’s Principle.
41. Little Zion African Methodist Episcopal Zion
Church was founded in 1883. It was the
very first black church in Sneads Ferry.
Rev. John Everett was the first preacher in
1884. Several original members of Little
Zion, were John Everett, Aaron Everett,
Richard Everett, and Nathaniel Everett.
Across from the church is the Sneads Ferry
Community Cemetery the only black
cemetery in Sneads Ferry. It was the idea
of John Everett, grandson of our Civil War
veteran John and veteran of WWI. He was
the first interment in the community
cemetery.
42. • John also helped
to establish the
Jenkins Chapel
Missionary
Baptist Church
and the Trent
River Oakey
Grove
Missionary
Baptist
Association.
45. Spreading the Word:
Marketing Genealogy
Onslow County
ldiers & Sailors
Black Civil War So
Last Name
Adams
Ambers/Ambrose
Barber
Barnes
Bender
Boone
Bradley
Brock
Bryant
Columbus
Council
Cox
Cox
Craft
Cummings
Cummings
Davis
Demott
Dennis
Dixon/Dickson
Durve/Dove
Ennett
Everett
Everett
Everett
Everett
Everett
Everett
Fair
Foy
Foy
Foy
Foy
Franklin
Franklin
First Name
Richard
John
Norris
John W
David
Peter
George
Henry
Peter
Christopher
Elias
Burke
Oliver
Mingo
Bryant
Doctor
Nelson
David
Ceasar
Miles
Louis/Lewis
Randal
Aaron
Daniel
James
John
Nathaniel
Thomas
Luke
Daniel
Issom
Jackson
John
John
John
Unit
ops
37th US Colored Tro
vy Artillery
14th US Colored Hea
alry
2nd US Colored Cav
vy Artillery
14th US Colored Hea
vy Artillery
14th US Colored Hea
US Colored Troops
37th
vy Artillery
14th US Colored Hea
d Cavalry
1st US Colore
alry
2nd US Colored Cav
Artillery
US Colored Heavy
14th
US Colored Troops
37th
Badger
Navy/USS William
Badger
Navy/USS William
vy Artillery
14th US Colored Hea
Artillery
h US Colored Heavy
14t
SS Keystone State
Navy/U
ops
37th US Colored Tro
US Colored Troops
35th
alry
2nd US Colored Cav
alry
2nd US Colored Cav
vy Artillery
14th US Colored Hea
vy Artillery
14th US Colored Hea
ger & others
y/USS William Bad
Nav
Arletta
Navy/USS
ops
37th US Colored Tro
Navy/USS Arletta
Navy/USS Arletta
vy Artillery
14th US Colored Hea
ored Troops
35th US Col
Navy/USS Fahkee
Navy/USS Fahkee
Navy/USS Fahkee
Navy/USS Fahkee
vy Artillery
14th US Colored Hea
ops
37th US Colored Tro
c.gov/library
www.onslowcountyn
Norris Barber
2nd U.S. Col
ored Cavalry
46. Legacies of Freedom: African American
Civil War Veterans
http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/index.htm
www.ancestry.com
National Parks Service Civil War Site
Ancestry (paid subscription)
www.ancestrylibrary.com
Ancestry through your public library
www.fold3.com
Civil War Service Records (paid site) some libraries subscribe
www.nclive.com
Heritage Quest database includes Freedmen Bank Records and Census
www.findagrave.com
Find a Grave
http://gravelocator.cem.va.gov/
Gravesites in Veteran Cemeteries
(Dept.of Veterans Affairs)
http://digitalnc.org/collections/north-carolina-city-directories Old NC City Directories
http://archive.org/index.php
Internet Archives (digitized)
https://deeds.onslowcountync.gov/external/LandRecords/protected/v4/SrchNameAdvanced.aspx
Your local Register of Deeds website for information on current day and past descendants