NASH COUNTY MEN IN WORLD WAR I: THOSE SERVING IN THE ARMED SERVICES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – PART I: Letters A through G
Submitted by: Margaret Strickland
Date: 2 March 2010
Copyright: Margaret Strickland
These records are held in the Nash County Register of Deeds Office, Nashville, NC. Each name is recorded on a separate page providing information on: [1] Name; [2] Home Address; [3] date of birth; [4] where born; [5] name and address of father and/or mother (or name of a relative); [6] occupation; [7] date entered service; and [8] remarks (usually telling where stationed). Also, these names are listed in the excellent newsletter, titled THE CONNECTOR, of the Tar River Connections Genealogical Society in the following issues: [1] Part I, Fall, 2000; [2] Part II, Winter, 2001; [3] Part III, Spring, 2001; and [4] Part IV, Summer, 2001.
Typed and Formatted by: Earl P. Bell, Jr.
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President Woodrow Wilson outlined the case for declaring war upon Germany in a speech to the joint houses of Congress on 2 April 1917. His speech concluded with:
“It is a distressing and oppressive duty, Gentlemen of the Congress, which I have performed in thus addressing you. There are, it may be, many months of fiery trial and sacrifice ahead of us. It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war, into the most terrible and disastrous of all wars, civilization itself seeming to be in the balance.
But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest our hearts – for democracy, for the right of those who submit to authority to have a voice in their own Governments, for the rights and liberties of small nations, for a universal dominion of right by such a concert of free peoples as shall bring peace and safety to all nations and make the world itself at last free.
To such a task we can dedicate our lives and our fortunes, everything that we are and everything that we have, with the pride of those who know that the day has come when America is privileged to spend her blood and her might for the principles that gave her birth and happiness and the peace which she has treasured. God helping her, she can do no other.”
Source: Source Records of the Great War, Vol. V, ed. Charles F. Horne, National Alumni 1923, as posted at: http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/usawardeclaration.htm (an excellent site for those readers wishing to know more about the war and the United States involvement in it.)
WHITE MEN FROM NASH COUNTY, NC IN THE ARMED SERVICES DURING WORLD WAR I, 1914 – 1919, WERE:
ABERNATHY, Richard Percy
ADAMS, Henry C.
ALLEN, Charles B.
ALSTON, Reginald W.
ANDERSON, Albert
ANDERSON, James W.
AVENT, James Frank
AVERA, Thomas A.
AYCOCK, Leslie B.
B
BAINES, John Arthur
BAKER, Charles Amber
BAKER, James Clinton
BAKER, Joseph Robert
BAKER, Luther
BAKER, William Otho
BARBER, James Willis
BARNES. Albert E.
BARNES, Henry G.
BARNES, Steven Robert
BASS, Ollie Adron
BASS, Patrick Henry
BASS, William Roy
BATCHELOR, G. W.
BATCHELOR, Lewis William
BATCHELOR, Luther Lane
BATCHELOR, Melvin Vance
BATCHELOR. Sam Jones
BATCHELOR, William Visison
BATTLE, Robert M.
BATTS, Jimmie McClellan
BATTS, John Henry
BELL, John L. [JOHN LINDSEY BELL, JR [1 January 1896 in Stony Creek Twp., Nash County, NC – 8 August 1961 in Stony Creek Twp., Nash County, NC], fifth son of JOHN LINDSEY BELL, SR. [1854 – 1915] and LULA ROSE [1873 – 1955], Stony Creek Township, Nash County, NC; survived the war]
BELL, W. E.
BERGERON, Alfred Leon
BERGERON, Hubert Bunn
BERGERON, Lonnie Privette
BISHOP, Wiley
BISSETTE, Adolphus
BISSETTE, Walter
BONE, Jack
BOONE, Teddy Moses
BOOTH, Grandy E.
BOOTH, William Haywood
BOOTH, Williard
BOSERNAN, James Robert
BOSERNAN, Luther Weston
BOSWELL, Isaac Dickerson
BOWDEN, John Ashley
BOWEN, Ed
BOWEN, John
BOWEN, Luther Henry
BOWEN, Abijah H.
BOYKIN, Thomas
BRADSHAW, Preson H.
BRAGG, Roy Clifton
BRANTLEY, Bernice M.
BRANTLEY, Coy
BRANTLEY, Edgar Lee
BRANTLEY, Edmond Lenwood
BRANTLEY, Handy Girod
BRANTLEY, Lester Gold
BRANTLEY, Sherwood
BRASWELL, Dave Ellsworth
BRASWELL, Hubert Morton
BRASWELL, James C., Jr.
BROWER, Walter C.
BROWN, Abbie
BROWN, Arthur
BROWN, John K.
BRYANT, Jefferson
BRYANT, Ollie
BRYANT, William Donie
BUNN, Bennie Goram
BUNN, Charles Litle
BUNN, Covey Herman
BUNN, Peter Hines
BUNN, Willie Ernest
BURGES, Willis
BUTLER, James Randolph
C
CANNON, Geroe W.
CHAMBLISS, Norman Yates
CLARK, Hugh E.
CLINTON, Roland S.
COGGEN, Dwight O.
COGGIN, Henry Keeter
COGGIN, Joe Mann
COGGIN, Neverson Wright
COGGIN, Otho Done
COLEMAN, William Richard
COOLEY, R. C.
COLEY, R. C.
COLLIE, Jackson S.
COLLIE, John Lucien
COLLINS, Frank Battle
COLLINS, Jack H.
CONE, Paul Burtice
CONE, Walton James
COOK, Julius Collins
COOLEY, Harold Dunbar
COOLEY, Hubert Gerhard
COOPER, Arthur Arrington
COOPER, Bud
COOPER, Carl Man
COOPER, Cecil Francis
COOPER, Ernest Edgar
COOPER, George William L.
COOPER, Lee Francis
COOPER, S. A.
COOPER, Sam Robert
COOPER, William A.
COOPER, Willis Edgar
COPPEDGE, Willie Clyde
CORNWELL, Jno. D
COUNCIL, Robert F.,
CRATER, S. G.
CREEKMORE, Aaron
CREEKMORE, Beachmam
CREEKMORE, Henry
CROCKER, Algie Bryant
CUSUMONO, Frank
CUTCHIN, Henry W.
CUTCHIN, Joseph Henry
D
DANIEL, Parrat F. M.
DARDEN, S. J.
DARROW, Herbert Betts
DARROWS, William Carter
DAVIS, Dempsey Augustus
DAVIS, George Marriott
DAVIS, Luther Hunt
DAVIS, Roscoe
DAVIS, Willie J.
DEANS, Arthur Wood
DEANS, Bernice D.
DEANS, Clemon H.
DELBRIDGE, William Matthew
DEMENT, Stephen Clifton
DENTON, Ausley Leo
DENTON, Charlie Harris
DENTON, Charlie Lonzy
DENTION, Joseph Boykin
DENTON, Simon Allen
DENTON, William Simpson
DICKENS, Benjamin F.
DICKENS, Jno. Henry
DICKENS, Joseph Lumever
DIETZEL, Paul Ralph
DILLARD, James Jackson
DIXON, William H.
DOLES, Carroll Lee
DOUB, Peter
DOZIER, Allie Daniel
DOZIER, Francis Marion
DOZIER, Ollin K.
DOZIER, William Ernest
DRIVER, James Ollie
DRIVER, Joe Raeford
DUDLEY, William Earnest
E
EASERLING, T. R.
EATMON, Oliver Lee
EDWARDS, Buck
EDWARDS, Ernest Grady
EDWARDS, Joe Fairy
EDWARDS, Repard
ELLIOTT, Charlie
ELLIOTT, Sam
ELLIS, George
ETHERIDGE, Percy McDonald
EURE. C. M.
EXUM, Lee F.
EXUM, Richard Judson
F
FANNEY, Grofton Clinton
FARMER, A. B.
FARMER, Arthur Howard
FARMER, Forrets Pierce
FAUCETT, Johnie
FAULKNER, James Lloyd
FAULKNER, Otho Wilson
FERRELL, Thomas Jefferson
FERRELL, Wessie C.
FINCH, Carl
FINCH, Durwood Norway
FINCH, Julian Esmond
FISHER, Lee Allison
FLORA, Charlie
FLOWERS, Henry Forest
FOX, Neverson C.
FREEMAN, Matthew Reamea
FULLER, Robert W.
G
GAY, Sorsby
GARDNER, Lloyd L.
GLASGOW, Tommie Clayton
GLOVER, Albert Clifton
GLOVER, Mottis Washington
GOODSON, George W.
GORDON, Matt
GORDON, Silas Godwin
GORDON, Matt
GORDON, Wm J.
GREEN, George Washington
GREEN, Haywood Jackson
GREENE, Luther Alston
GREEN, William Burtis
GREGGS, Charles C.
GRIFFIN, Arlie George
GRIFFIN, C. D.
GRIFFIN, Dasy Cleveland
GRIFFIN, Nathan
GRIFFIN, Oliver
GRIFFIN, Phil
GRIFFEN, Sidney Davis
GRIFFIN, William Archibald
GRIFFIN, William Esma
GULLEY, Silas Newton
GUPTON, Grover C.
GURGANIOUS, Oscar T.
AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN FROM NASH COUNTY, NC IN THE ARMED SERVICES DURING WORLD WAR I, 1914 – 1919, WERE:
ADAMS, Luther
ADAMS, Magrene
ALLEN, Charley
ALLEN, Mark
ALLEN, Pet
ALSTON, James Mason
ALSTON, Joe
ALSTON, Juius
ALSTON, Ned
ALSTON, Paul
ALSTON, Plummer
ALSTON, Wes
ANDERSON, Will
ANDREWS, Jas [JAMES]
ANDREWS, Joe Henry
ARRINGTON, Arthur Mose
ARRINGTON, Buck
ARRINGTON, Geo Ernest
ARRINGTON, Hannibal
ARRINGTON, John Pete
ARRINGTON, Joseph
ARRINGTON, Lewis
ARRINGTON, Melvin
ATKINSON, James
AUSTON, Sutton
AVENT, Wm
AVENT, Wm
B
BAKER, Harry
BAKER, Herman
BAKER, Luke
BAKER, Wm
BAGLEY, Ernest
BAGLEY, Wm
BALLARD, Pomp
BARNES, Josh
BASKERVILLE, Geo
BATCHELOR, Zollie Edward
BATCHELOR, John Astor
BATTLE, Alford Daniel
BATTLE, Benn
BATTLE, Buddy
BATTLE, Burt
BATTLE, Eddie Robert
BATTLE, Enchie
BATTLE, Enchie
BATTLE, Johnnie
BATTLE, Johnnie
BATTLE, Johnnie
BATTLE, Jolly
BATTLE, Lawrence
BATTLE, Lewis
BATTLE, Marice
BATTLE, Niles
BATTLE, Preston
BATTLE, Sam
BATTLE, Tommie
BATTLE, Turner
BATTLE, Will
BATTS, Sam
BATTS, Gus
BEARN, Cleaters
BENTON, Will
BETHEA, Adam
BIGGS, New
BIRCHETT, Weldon
BLACKWELL, Asbury
BLACKMAN, Wm
BOBBITT, James
BOOTHE, Emory
BOOTH, Redmond
BOULWARE, Bunyan
BOWDEN, Ben
BOWDEN, Kenly
BOYD, Charles
BOYD, Sylveser
BRANCH, Arthur
BRANCH, Walter
BRIGHT, Willie
BROOKS, Ben
BROWN, Andrew
BROWN, Lewis
BRYANT, Arthur
BRYANT, Austin
BRYANT, David
BRYANT, Dempsey
BRYANT, Leon
BRYANT, Newsome
BULLUCK, Earl
BULLUCK, Garlie
BULLUCK, L. Roy
BULLUCK, Thomas
BUNCH, Qebster
BURGESS, Mack
BURT, Joe Price
BURTON, Wm
BYRD, James E.
BYRD, Larry
BYRD, Wm
C
CARPENTER, Mance
CARR, Charley
CARTER, Sol
CHADBOURN, Isaac
CHEEKS, Colonel Jackson
CLARK, Arthur
CLAY, Edward
CLEMONS, Harvey
COLLINS, Melton
COLEY, Robert
COOK, Alexander
COOPER, Buck
COOPER, Charley
COOPER, Douglas
COOPER, Fess
COOPER, Henry
COOPER, Garland Edward
COOPER, Joseph G.
COOPER, Needham
COOPER, Opie Gray
COOPER, Tom
COOPER, Willie
COPPEDGE, John
CORDELL, Wm Henry
COTTON, James
COX, Joe
CULPEPPER, Gold
CURRY, J. W.
CUTCHIN, Daniel
CUTCHIN, Sam
D
DANCY, Ben
DANCY, Cary
DANCY, Wm Ward
DANCY, Willie
DANIEL, Dorsey
DANIEL, Henry
DANIEL, JOHN
DANIELS, Theodore
DARDEN, Herman
DAVIS, Benjamin Franklin
DAVIS, Cleveland
DAVIS, Frank
DAVIS, Geo
DAVIS, Geo W.
DAVIS, Harry
DAVIS, James
DAVIS, James
DAVIS, John Edward
DAVIS, Joshue Lee
DAVIS, Julius
DAVIS, Malachi
DAVIS, Paul
DAVIS, Sidney Albert
DAYS, Henry
DEANS, Nathan
DEBNARM, Frank Robert
DEBNARM, Thomas
DEMPSEY, Sidney
DICKSON, Doremus
DIGGS, John
DIXON, Augustus
DREWERY, Quinley
DUNN, Claude
DUNSTON, David Tate
DUNSTON, Lee Andrew
DUNSTON, Sylvester
E
EARP, Bunyan
EATMAN, Addie D.
EDWARDS, Budd
EDWARDS, Joe
EDWARDS. John
EDWARDS, Jolly O.
ELLIS, Henry
ENGRAM, Lee
ETHERIDGE, Major Wright
ETHRIDGE, Wiley
EVANS, Cicero
EVANS, John Edmond
EVANS, William B.
EVERETT, Jesse
F
FAISON, Leon
FAISON, Walter
FARMER, Ed
FINCH, Junius
FINCH, Samuel
FINCH, Tony
FINCH, William Alfred
FLETCHER, Claude
FLOOD, Linwood W.
FLOYD, Rufus
FORD, John
FORD, Matthew
FORESMAN, William
FOX, Ned Will
FREEMAN, Jesse
FROST, Isaac
G
GARRETT, Tess
GATES, Willie
GIBBS, John C.
GIBSON, Neal
GLOVER, Burt
GORHAM, Percy
GRAHAM, Sam
GRANDY, Ruddie N.
GRAY, Will
GREENE, Silas