The North Carolina Grays- Will their flag ever fly again?
Copyright (c) 2015, 2016, 2023 By Frederick Walton, 6th North Carolina State Troops Historian With the recent announcement of the achievement of their Conservation fund raising goal, let's take another look at the history of this interesting flag. North Carolina Company Flag , (State Seal Canton) artifact 19xx-330-174c, North Carolina Museum of History, Raleigh, N. C. Deep in the bowels of the North Carolina Museum of History , in a dark storage drawer, lies the once proud flag of the North Carolina Grays. Lovingly hand stitched out of fine silk by the young ladies of the Cedar Fork community in Wake County, North Carolina, the State Seal hand painted by accomplished artist, Sophia Partridge, the flag was presented with pride to the brothers, fathers, uncles and husbands about to go to war. Today the flag is not only forgotten, it is falling to pieces. Sofia Partridge of Raleigh, North Carolina (1817-1881) When the threat of war swept through North Carolina, a young school master