Belair Farm

10/14/2024

12/26/2023

Music for your soul - new release.

14 track album

12/13/2022

Don't regret missing The Blues.

09/30/2022

Only 2 weeks to go, Wilson cousins - Descendants of Daniel Starnes and Sallie (Sarah) Collins Wilson!!! The 2022 Wilson Reunion will be held on Saturday, October 15th, 2022 at the Belair Family Life Center, in Indian Land, SC. Bring your favorite dishes and family pictures to share. Please spread the word. Lunch will be served at 12:00, but come early. The door will be open at 10:30.

02/18/2022

A. direct connection here.

The Battle at Wilson's Store, 1865

The Waxhaw Civil War skirmish that saved Monroe from being burned to the ground.

Intersection of Brady and Bigham Road, Waxhaw at the current sight of Walkersvile Church

General Joseph Wheeler, commanding the Confederate Cavalry Corps of the Army of Tennessee arrived in Union County, NC. He established his field headquarters at Wilson’s Store in Waxhaw. The store was located at the site of Walkersville Presbyterian church. The store gave a advantage since it had the view of the road leading up from Lancaster, SC so Wheeler used the hill as a Confederate artillery position.

On March 1, 1865, Sherman ordered his cavalry to advance on several roads leading out of Lancaster, SC in an attempt to make the Confederates believe that the Union army was marching on Charlotte (he really was planning on traveling in another direction).

As Union Cavalry galloped up the roads to make their demonstration, they eventually ran into Wheeler’s men entrenched along Cane Creek and at Wilson’s store.

While the skirmish was happening, around 40 Union troops rushed into Monroe, captured two couriers, stole some property and fled when Wheeler’s men arrived, just in time to prevent the town from being torched. Also during this time, two Union soldiers were captured then executed down by the creek that runs near Wilson’s Store. The Union men were some of Sherman’s men who had been pillaging Southern homes, destroying without remorse.

Wheeler camped at Wilson’s Store from February 26 to March 2, 1865. When it became known that Sherman’s army was going east, Wheeler and his troops left Waxhaw.

10/24/2021

http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~helmsnc/history/osborndiary/OSBORN1800/index.html

A family oriented, genealogy-focused website; this portion consists of a

06/03/2021

Looking for relatives or friends of Blue Angel Solo Pilot #5 Lcdr Dick Oliver of Fort Mill circa 1956. I would like them to know of a recognition of his death during an airshow in Montreal 9/2/66 . The Hickory NC Aviation Museum displays a Blue Angel #5 aircraft with his name. I knew him briefly in Pensacola Pre-flight and gave him a ride home once. I think he had family in Fort Mill at that time. I believe he married a Corpus Christi girl as I did. He was commissioned as Ensign by Duke Univ' - I was an Aviation Cadet commissioned upon completion of flight training. Hickory AM is collecting unique aircraft. Leonard O. "Zeke" Wilson