| United Daughters of the Confederacy James B. Gordon Chapter #211 Forsyth County, NC Chartered March 30, 1898 North Carolina Division |
The James B. Gordon Chapter of the UDC was formed in Winston-Salem on the 30th of March 1898, with twenty-four
charter members: Mesdames Lucy Graham Young, J.B. Whitaker, Jr.,Louisa Wilson Bitting, B.B. Owen, M.N. Williamson,
J.O. McGruder, Clement Manly, James Shepherd, J.H. Jefferson, Samuel Smith, W.J. Carter, J.P. Fearrington, S.R. Hay,
M.W. Norfleet, George Follin, Delos Thomas, Miss Carried Shepherd, Mesdames P.R. Casey, H.L. Riggins, Lucretia
Gorrell Farris, May Barber Follin, H. Montague, Bessie Smith Green, and Miss Bessie Blum.
The chapter was named for Gen. James B. Gordon of Wilkesboro, N.C., a famed and gallant cavalry leader, who formed
the Wilkes Valley Guards. He was fatally wounded in the Battle of the Wilderness and died May 16, 1864. He was buried
in the St. Pauls Episcopal Church Cemetery in Wilkesboro, N.C.
charter members: Mesdames Lucy Graham Young, J.B. Whitaker, Jr.,Louisa Wilson Bitting, B.B. Owen, M.N. Williamson,
J.O. McGruder, Clement Manly, James Shepherd, J.H. Jefferson, Samuel Smith, W.J. Carter, J.P. Fearrington, S.R. Hay,
M.W. Norfleet, George Follin, Delos Thomas, Miss Carried Shepherd, Mesdames P.R. Casey, H.L. Riggins, Lucretia
Gorrell Farris, May Barber Follin, H. Montague, Bessie Smith Green, and Miss Bessie Blum.
The chapter was named for Gen. James B. Gordon of Wilkesboro, N.C., a famed and gallant cavalry leader, who formed
the Wilkes Valley Guards. He was fatally wounded in the Battle of the Wilderness and died May 16, 1864. He was buried
in the St. Pauls Episcopal Church Cemetery in Wilkesboro, N.C.
| MEMBERS 1898-2008 |
The first moving picture ever shown in Winston-Salem was in the old Armory, under the
auspices of the James B. Gordon Chapter, to raise funds for the Confederate Monument
now standing on the Old Courthouse Square, and which was unveiled October 3, 1905
auspices of the James B. Gordon Chapter, to raise funds for the Confederate Monument
now standing on the Old Courthouse Square, and which was unveiled October 3, 1905
| CHAPTER MINUTES 1974-1996 |
| GEN. JAMES B. GORDON |
Apr. 7, 1906- The Twin-city Sentinel: The iron fence with granite base to
be put around the Confederate monument on the court house square will
add much to the beauty of the monument itself. The county commissioners
did well to authorize the erection of this fence.
be put around the Confederate monument on the court house square will
add much to the beauty of the monument itself. The county commissioners
did well to authorize the erection of this fence.