Martha Elizabeth Brotherton

First Name: Martha
Middle Name(s): Elizabeth
Last Name: Brotherton
Name Variant: 
Goes by Elizabeth, Betsy
Residence (County): 
Catawba County, NC
Biography: 

The Brothertons were a farm family from the Sherrill’s Ford section of Catawba County, North Carolina. At the time of the 1860 Federal Census, Thomas Brotherton (b. ca. 1802) and his wife, Nancy (b. ca. 1807), were living on their farm with three grown children, James (b. ca. 1840), William (b. ca. 1841), and Martha (b. ca. 1843). William H. Brotherton enlisted as a private in Co. K, 23rd North Carolina Infantry on August 8, 1862. He was captured at Winchester, Virginia on September 19, 1864, confined at Point Lookout, and paroled in March 1865. In addition to the letters written by William H. Brotherton, the collection also includes letters written by various relatives serving in the 23rd, 34th and 52nd North Carolina Infantry.

Authored Letters

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Received Letters

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ID Lettersort descending Date Author Recipient From To
10041 Brotherton1 September 7, 1862 William H. Brotherton Thomas Brotherton , Nancy Brotherton , Martha Elizabeth Brotherton , Polly Howard Salisbury, NC Catawba County, NC
10051 Brotherton11 February 16, 1863 William H. Brotherton Thomas Brotherton , Nancy Brotherton , Martha Elizabeth Brotherton , Polly Howard Fredericksburg, VA Catawba County, NC
10052 Brotherton12 February 20, 1863 William H. Brotherton Martha Elizabeth Brotherton , William H. Brotherton's Aunts Fredericksburg, VA Catawba County, NC
10053 Brotherton13 March 10, 1863 William H. Brotherton , Henry H. Allen , Jackson A. Howard Thomas Brotherton , Martha Elizabeth Brotherton , Nancy Brotherton Fredericksburg, VA Catawba County, NC
10054 Brotherton14 March 23, 1863 William H. Brotherton Nancy Brotherton , Thomas Brotherton , Martha Elizabeth Brotherton Fredericksburg, VA Catawba County, NC
10055 Brotherton15 April 7, 1863 William H. Brotherton , Joseph Allen Martha Elizabeth Brotherton , Thomas Brotherton , Nancy Brotherton Fredericksburg, VA Catawba County, NC
10056 Brotherton16 April 17, 1863 Henry Brotherton Martha Elizabeth Brotherton Washington, NC Catawba County, NC
10058 Brotherton18 April 28, 1863 William H. Brotherton Thomas Brotherton , Nancy Brotherton , Martha Elizabeth Brotherton Fredericksburg, VA Catawba County, NC
10059 Brotherton19 May 7, 1863 William H. Brotherton Thomas Brotherton , Nancy Brotherton , Martha Elizabeth Brotherton Fredericksburg, VA Catawba County, NC
10042 Brotherton2 September 11, 1862 William H. Brotherton Thomas Brotherton , Nancy Brotherton , Martha Elizabeth Brotherton Petersburg, VA Catawba County, NC
10061 Brotherton21 May 14, 1863 William H. Brotherton Martha Elizabeth Brotherton Fredericksburg, VA Catawba County, NC
10063 Brotherton23 June 3, 1863 William H. Brotherton Thomas Brotherton , Nancy Brotherton , Martha Elizabeth Brotherton , Polly Howard Fredericksburg, VA Catawba County, NC
10064 Brotherton24 June 4, 1863 Joel Howard Martha Elizabeth Brotherton , Thomas Brotherton Richmond, VA Catawba County, NC
10065 Brotherton25 June 8, 1863 William H. Brotherton Thomas Brotherton , Nancy Brotherton , Martha Elizabeth Brotherton VA Catawba County, NC
10068 Brotherton28 September 1, 1863 William H. Brotherton Thomas Brotherton , Nancy Brotherton , Martha Elizabeth Brotherton Orange Court House, VA Catawba County, NC
10069 Brotherton29 September 21, 1863 William H. Brotherton Thomas Brotherton , Nancy Brotherton , Martha Elizabeth Brotherton VA Catawba County, NC
10043 Brotherton3 September 14, 1862 William H. Brotherton Thomas Brotherton , Nancy Brotherton , Martha Elizabeth Brotherton , Polly Howard Richmond, VA Catawba County, NC
10070 Brotherton30 September 26, 1863 William H. Brotherton Thomas Brotherton , Nancy Brotherton , Martha Elizabeth Brotherton Catawba County, NC
10073 Brotherton33 March 6, 1864 William H. Brotherton Martha Elizabeth Brotherton , Thomas Brotherton , Nancy Brotherton Hanover Junction, VA Catawba County, NC
10074 Brotherton34 April 8, 1864 William H. Brotherton Nancy Brotherton , Martha Elizabeth Brotherton Salisbury, NC Catawba County, NC
10075 Brotherton35 April 24, 1864 William H. Brotherton Martha Elizabeth Brotherton , Thomas Brotherton , Nancy Brotherton Catawba County, NC
10076 Brotherton36 June 4, 1864 William H. Brotherton Thomas Brotherton , Nancy Brotherton , Martha Elizabeth Brotherton Catawba County, NC
10077 Brotherton37 April 5, 1864 William H. Brotherton Thomas Brotherton , Nancy Brotherton , Martha Elizabeth Brotherton VA Catawba County, NC
10078 Brotherton38 August 2, 1864 William H. Brotherton Thomas Brotherton , Nancy Brotherton , Martha Elizabeth Brotherton Catawba County, NC
10044 Brotherton4 October 3, 1862 William H. Brotherton Thomas Brotherton , Nancy Brotherton , Martha Elizabeth Brotherton Winchester, VA Catawba County, NC

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