North Carolina was likely the poorest state in the south. It had no great rivers that ships could navigate. The state had a few minor port cities, but none of those had a good harbor. Compared to all … [Read more...]
Captain Edmund Sams, Part 2
September 29, 2011 By
Captain Edmund Sams settled on North Hominy Creek when he first moved to what is now Buncombe County. He lived near his brother-in-law John Webb (1765–1825). John Webb had married Stacy Young … [Read more...]
Captain Edmund Sams, Part 1
August 31, 2011 By
Captain Edmund William Sams was born in 1750 in what was then Lundenberg County, VA. The section his parents lived in became Halifax County in 1752, Pittsylvania County in 1767 and Henry County in … [Read more...]
Cane Creek Cemetery Needs Your Help
July 27, 2011 By
Cane Creek Cemetery was started May 10, 1795. The cemetery was 216 years old this spring. To the best of my knowledge it is the oldest cemetery in Buncombe County. I am sure quite a few people died … [Read more...]
Days Gone By: Ray Hathaway, Baseball and the 1961 Asheville Tourists
June 30, 2011 By
Several weeks ago I was visiting my mother on a Sunday afternoon. She gets the Asheville Citizen Times and I happened to glance down at the sports section of the paper lying on the floor. Mother never … [Read more...]
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