by mcncdmin | May 6, 2019 | History, People
Stephen Morgan Greene was born March 22, 1838, to Joseph S. and Mary “Polly” Collis Greene in the Greene Cove area on Cane Creek, Yancey County at the time and now Mitchell. He was named Stephen Morgan after his uncle Rev. Stephen Morgan Collis, his mother’s brother....
by mcncdmin | May 6, 2019 | Communities, History, People
David Crockett described the flood of the Nolichucky in 1791 as “the second epistle to Noah’s fresh.” Most likely, since the Toe River feeds the Nolichucky and Cane Creek feeds the Toe River, the folks in what’s now Mitchell County also had to deal with high water....
by mcncdmin | Apr 26, 2019 | People
By Pat Turner Mitchell I will start by introducing myself. I was born April 2, 1936, to Edith McKinney and David Turner. According to letters written by Mother’s sister, Missouri McKinney, to her boyfriend, Paul Whitener, she was with Mother at the hospital when I was...
by mcncdmin | Apr 26, 2019 | People
Ernest McKinney was born April 6, 1903, in the McKinney Cove. He was the son of William Alfonso “Fonzer” McKinney (1877-1963) and Maggie Wilson McKinney (1881-1916.) In one of these photos he is with his parents, while the other pic shows him about age 8. You may...
by mcncdmin | Apr 15, 2019 | History, People
The Church of the Brethren traces its roots back over 300 years to 1708 in Germany. The first congregation in America was at Germantown, PA, in 1723, but the denomination’s missionaries soon spread its beliefs elsewhere. The Brethren “mother church” on Lower...
by mcncdmin | Apr 3, 2019 | People
Zeb’s WWI service record card gives his name as Zeb McCurry with an address of Relief in Yancey County and age of 22 6/12. He reported to the Mitchell County Draft Board on September 19, 1917 and was listed as Zeb McCourry. His military service record card with the...
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