Ancestor Photos and Biographies (Alphabetically)

  Jesse Heath Barrow was born Jan 3, 1834, Lenoir County, NC. He was the son of John Barrow (1805-1857) and Elizabeth "Betsy" Herring (1813-1883).

He enlisted as a private on 25 April 1861 at the age of 29 in Company C, 27th Infantry Regiment North Carolina. Wounded on 14 October 1863 at Bristoe Station, VA (gunshot wound to right elbow joint). Returned on 30 January 1865 (Estimated day). Retired to Invalid Corps, Goldsboro, Feb. 3, 1865.

  Jesse H. Barrow married Mary Ann Lindley Williams, 12/12/1867, Greene County, NC. Mary Ann Lindley Williams was born in Chatham County, NC and was left a widow with two children after her first husband, Levi Williams, was killed in the Civil War. She went to Bucklesberry area of Lenoir County after Levi Williams' death to teach in a field school where she met Jesse. Jesse Heath Barrow died, Oct. 25, 1905 in Craven Co. NC, and is buried at Arba in Hull Road Cemetery.

  John H. Nethercutt was born in 1824 in Duplin County, NC to parents Loftin Nethercutt (1770-1844) and Nancy Inman Barfield (1777-1853). He first married Zilpha Quinn of Duplin County, NC, and after her death he married Susan Dixon of Hookerton, NC.

  From 1858 until the beginning of the War Between the States, he was elected to multiple terms of Sheriff of Jones County, NC. He enlisted in Company I, 17th N.C. Volunteers (later designated the 27th Regiment N.C. State Troops) where he served as a lieutenant. In 1862, he was Captain of the 8th Battalion Partisan Rangers from Jones County, NC. This Battalion joined in 1863 with other local units to form the 66th Regiment with Nethercutt as lieutenant colonel. He remained with the 66th and ultimately attained the rank of colonel. He commanded the North Carolina Junior Reserves Brigade at the battle of Bentonville in 1865.

  After the war, December 8, 1867, he was murdered in his home in Trenton, NC in front of his family. There has been much speculation and debate over who the murderers were and their motives.

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