CHAPTER 1

    When you can stand and look at the rolling hills and deep flush valleys of North Carolina, I believe deep down in my heart you have reached a piece of heaven and in my opinion, there is no place more beautiful or a place so steeped in history. It is down in those flatlands that our story begins to take shape and what a story it is.

    I had just moved into the town of Ramseur, or should I say, moved back to Ramseur....