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Ben Cowan’s Lifetime Search Only Led to Disaster

By Dale Welch What would cause a young slave boy to go off wondering in the night when he could be at home, in his cabin? What would it...

Chasing Ole Champ

Yankee troops, based out of Sparta and headed by Col. William B. Stokes had a couple of skirmishes with Confederate guerrillas headed by...

Children Also Affected by Civil War

By Dale Welch Many books and articles have been written about those who fought on both sides in the Civil War. We don’t hear much about...

Gillem Was a Union General From Putnam County

By Dale Welch Alvan Cullom Gillem, named for an Overton County judge, slave owner and U.S. Congressman Alvin Cullom, was a Union general...

James Gills “Jines” the Cavalry

By Dale Welch James Thomas Gills was 32 years old when he joined the Union Cavalry. He left his wife, a daughter and a three-month-old...

Romines Dedicated Life to Educating Mountain Children

By Dale Welch The fourth of nine children and the second son born to Isaac and Martha Jane Ray Romines, his parents decided to give him a...

Pioneers of Standing Stone

JOHN WHITTAKER John Whittaker, born in Pitt County, came to Standing Stone with his wife, Vina and family around1806. The last home he...

A Coal Miner’s Son

By Dale Welch I am a proud son of a coal miner. I am also the brother, cousin, nephew, grandson and for about a week, the brother-in-law...

I Could Have Had a “Super” Name

By Dale Welch I almost had a “super” name. As I think about it now, I could have made it work for me. When I was born, my oldest brother...

Moscrip Made Mark on Upper Cumberland

By Dale Welch Maj. Robert John Moscrip made his mark on maps, plats and lives qll qcross America, winding up his last marks along the...