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Men Who Entered Military Service During World War I

Floyd County, Virgina

Transcript by J. C. Weaver, May, 2000

Note: there are obvious discrepancies in the following record, however, it is presented as written. The source material is on file in the Library of Virginia.

Draftees

Draftees
Name Address Date Entered Date Discharged Comments
Abra, Harvey Ephraim Floyd July 21, 1918
Agee, Murray Vivian Meadows of Dan April 12, 1918 (Navy)
Agnew, Benj. Kent. Floyd July 16, 1918
Akers, Andrew J. Floyd Sept. 5, 1917
Akers, Fred Copper Valley Sept. 5, 1917
Akers, Isaac Lonnie Willis July 21, 1918
Akers, Martin McKinley Copper Valley July 21, 1918
Akers, Quinter Bedford Indian Valley Sept. 5, 1918
Akers, Woddie Isaac Carthage Sept. 5, 1917
Alderman, Frederick L. Willis May 24, 1918
Aldridge, Herman Willard Simpsons July 16, 1918
Angle, William Riley Simpsons May 10, 1918
Argabright, Fowler H. Basham May 24, 1918
Austin, George Moses Floyd Sept. 5, 1917
Ayers, Charley Pax, West Va. Mar. 28, 1918
Barnhart, Courtland Willis July 21, 1918 July 26, 1918  
Basham, Amherst S. Basham Sept. 3, 1918
Beard, Alvin Trigg Simpsons Sept. 21, 1917
Bishop, James Clayton Sowers July 1, 1918
Bishop, John Frank Sowers July 21, 1918
Bishop, John Staples Sowers Sept. 3, 1918
Bishop, Staple Sowers Sept. 3, 1918
Bolt, Clark Green Willie July 21, 1918
Boone, John Andrew Terry’s Fork July 16, 1918
Bower, Jabe Letcher Floyd May 24, 1918
Bowman, Carlie David Floyd June 23, 1918
Bowman, Chas. T. Floyd July 21, 1918
Bowman, Peter Clara Floyd May 24, 1918
Bowman, William F. Floyd Sept. 5, 1917
Bowman, William Henry Camp Creek June 23, 1918
Burnst, Horace Greely Willis June 23, 1918
Cannaday, Arthur Pizarro May 1, 1918 (Col)
Cannaday, Claude Swanson Floyd June 23, 1918
Cannaday Virgil H. Floyd July 21, 1918
Carr, McKinley Simpsons Sept. 5, 1917
Carr, Posey Lee Copper Hill July 21, 1918
Carroll, Ernest Sowers June 17, 1918
Claytor, Archa Adam Copper Hill April 25, 1918
Claytor, Hunter McG. Copper Hill May 1, 1918
Claytor, Wm. Rolen Copper Hill Apr. 25, 1918
Clemmons, Amos Floyd May 24, 1918
Collins, James Simpsons June 23, 1918 Aug. 9, 1918  
Compton, Buford E. Floyd Sept. 5, 1917
Conduff, Miles Glenn Floyd May 16, 1918
Conner, Curtis Simpsons June 23, 1918
Conner, Doctor H. Terry’s Fork May 24, 1918
Conner, Elmer E. Simpsons Sept. 5, 1917
Conner, Ernest Vaten Copper Hill June 23, 1918
Conner, James Robert Meadow’s of Dan Mar. 19, 1918
Conner, John Clarence Floyd Oct. 26, 1917
Conner, John Posey Copper Hill July 21, 1918
Conner, Martin Thomas Willis May 24, 1918 May 27, 1918  
Conner, Troy Copper Hill May 24, 1918
Conner, Troy Copper Hill June 23, 1918
Conner, Wm. Ira Copper Hill July 21, 1918
Cox, Ezra Indian Valley July 28, 1918
Craighead, Elliott Copper Hill Sept. 5, 1917
Criner, Everett Sibley Indian Valley July 21, 1918 July 26, 1918  
Criner, Ray Elmer Indian Valley May 24, 1918
Dalton, Conley Hill Meadows of Dan Sept. 4, 1917
Dalton, Ernest Indian Valley July 21, 1918 July 26, 1918  
Dalton, Ernest Vinton Indian Valley May 24, 1918
DeHart, Harman Jerome Meadows of Dan Oct. 9, 1917
Dickerson, Clayton Indian Valley May 24, 1918
Dickerson, George T. Indian Valley May 24, 1918
Dickerson, Griffie Harley Floyd July 21, 1918
Dickerson, Ollie Brown Floyd May 24, 1918
Dulaney, Albert M. Carthage June 23, 1918
Dulaney, Fred Wm. Sowers Oct. 13, 1917
Duncan, Lewis Arteman Floyd July 16, 1918
Duncan, Walter Enoch Sowers July 21, 1918
Emberson, Siphus Barine Willis May 24, 1918
Epperly, Trigg Mosby Basham July 21, 1918
Ferris, Posey Jesse Copper Hill Sept. 3, 1918
Finney, Miles G. Floyd Oct. 26, 1917
Gardner, Jos. Anderson Willis May 24, 1918
Goad, Lawrence Early Willis July 14, 1918 Aug. 2, 1918  
Goad, Lurty Garver Willie July 16, 1918
Goad, Maury Kyle Willis Sept. 3, 1918
Graham, Charles Taylor Sowers July 21, 1918 July 26, 1918  
Hale, Herman Eldridge Otey Sept. 21, 1917
Hale, Sim Copper Hill Oct. 9, 1917
Hall, Leslie Wade Terry’s Fork June 23, 1918
Hancock, John Mac Copper Hill July 14, 1918
Harman, Dayton Fielden Floyd June 21, 1918
Harman, Fonie L. Floyd June 23, 1918 June 28, 1918  
Harman, Herbert Newberry Floyd June 23, 1918
Harman, Leonard Lee Floyd Sept. 5, 1917
Harman, Pithus J. Floyd June 23, 1918
Harman, Waitman Floyd July 21, 1918
Harris, Isaiah G. Willis Sept. 5, 1917
Harris, Jerry Edward Floyd July 21, 1918
Harris, Lorenza Walter Willis Sept. 5, 1917
Harter, Henry Francis Floyd Sept. 3, 1918
Harter, Luther Eldridge Floyd May 24, 1918
Harvey, Irvin A. Pizarro Jan. 5, 1918
Hatcher, David Clarence Floyd Sept. 21, 1917
Hatcher, Wayne F. Floyd Sept. 5, 1918
Hayden, Wm. Albert Floyd Apr. 25, 1918
Hollandsworth, Early E. Indian Valley July 21, 1918
Holt, Wm. Bernard Calloway May 24, 1918
Hopkins, Claude E. Floyd Dec. 24, 1918
Hopkins, Wm. Harvey Floyd Oct. 9, 1917
Horton, Lewis Everett Indian Valley July 21, 1918
Huff, Henry Howard Floyd May 24, 1918
Huff, Thomas F. Pizzaro Oct. 30, 1917
Hungate, Hugh Lurty Camp Creek Sept. 5, 1917
Hurt, Shirley Samuel Copper Valley Oct. 31, 1918
Hylton, Cephas Willis July 21, 1918
Hylton, Henry Howard Floyd Sept. 5, 1917
Hylton, Henry J. Floyd Oct. 9, 1917
Hylton, Jabe Dexter Floyd July 14, 1918
Hylton, Luther George Floyd Sept. 3, 1918
Hylton, Simmons Floyd July 21, 1918
Hylton, Tasker Thaddeus Floyd Apr. 25, 1918
Iddings, Castille Banks Terry’s Fork July 21, 1918
Iddings, George W. Terry’s Fork July 16, 1918
Ingram, William Albert Copper Hill June 23, 1918
James, Walter Pizarro Sept. 4, 1917
Jett, James William Willis Apr. 24, 1918 (Navy)
Johnson, Hobart Terry’s Fork Sept. 5, 1917
Jones, Geo. Leonard Camp Creek July 14, 1918
Jones, Jesse Bernard Terry’s Fork March 28, 1918 April 2, 1918  
Jones, Wm. Harvey B. Sowers July 21, 1918 July 26, 1918  
Keith, Darus Raymond Willis Sept. 5, 1918
Keith, George Amos Floyd July 21, 1918
Keith, Uma Ray Willis July 16, 1918
Kelley, Joseph Wilson Pizarro Sept. 9, 1918
Kenley, Grover Cleveland Indian Valley May 24, 1918
Kenley, Joshua Claude Indian Valley May 24, 1918
Kenley, Loring R. Indian Valley Sept 21, 1917
Kersey, Burnett Willis July 16, 1918
King, Daniel Eldridge Copper Hill Sept. 21, 1917
Kingrea, Clayton Talmage Terry’s Fork Feb. 26, 1918
Kingrea, Dewey S. Terry’s Fork Feb. 26, 1918
Knowles, Walter Reece Willis Mar. 28, 1918
Lawrence, Agie Frazier Terry’s Fork July 21, 1918
Lawrence, Hatton Floyd July 21, 1918
Layman, Henry H. Indian Valley June 23, 1918
Lemon, Walter C. Floyd July 21, 1918
Lester, Casper Houston Floyd June 23, 1918
Lester, Zachariah T. Sowers May 24, 1918
Light, James Governor Terry’s Fork July 14, 1918 July 2, 1918 (sic)
Link, Hubert Simpson Sept. 21, 1917
Lovell, Burdine Floyd Oct. 30, 1917
Mangus, Wm. Everett Floyd July 21, 1918
Marshall, Edgar T. Indian Valley June 23, 1918
Martin, Gordon Lee Terry’s Fork Sept. 21, 1917
Martin, Peter Wilton Newlin’s Mill Sept. 21, 1917
Maxey, Raymond L. Simpsons Sept. 5, 1917 Sept. 12, 1917  
Mayberry, Henry C. Willis Sept. 5, 1917
Mayberry, Roy C. Willis Sept. 5, 1917
McNeil, Bernard S. Floyd July 21, 1918
McNeil, Samuel Terry’s Fork May 24, 1918
McPeak, Benj. Harrison Meadows of Dan Sept. 21, 1917
McPeak, Bob Willis June 26, 1918 (Navy)
McPeak, Reece Copper Valley July 21, 1918
Meadows, Terry Lee Pilot Feb. 26, 1918
Mills, Claude Copper Hill June 23, 1918
Moles, Wyatt Willis June 23, 1918
Montgomery, John Bruce Indian Valley May 24, 1918
Moore, Norman Indian Valley May 24, 1918
Moran, Killian Pizarro Sept. 5, 1917 Sept. 26, 1917  
Moran, Phalus Floyd June 23, 1918
Nester, Robt. Garland Floyd June 11, 1918 (Navy)
Nester, Sollier Meadows of Dan Oct. 9, 1917 May 16, 1918  
Nichols, James L. Pizarro June 23, 1918
Nixon, General P. Sowers Apr. 4, 1918
Pendleton, Isaac Edwin Meadows of Dan June 23, 1918
Penn, Lewis Floyd Aug. 1, 1918 Aug. 5, 1918 (Col)
Peters, Cloyd Herman Floyd May 24, 1918
Peters, Hansford Rufus Pizarro July 16, 1918
Phillipe, Eli Indian Valley May 24, 1918
Phillips, Charles Ross Indian Valley Oct. 9, 1917
Phillips, Everett C. Indian Valley June 23, 1918
Phillips, Glen E. Indian Valley Sept. 5, 1917
Phillips, Harley Everett Indian Valley  July 14, 1918
Phillips, Jethro Indian Valley Sept. 3, 1918
Phillips, Mount Willis June 23, 1918
Phillips, Wm. Lewis Indian Valley July 14, 1918
Phillips, Wm. Wyatt Indian Valley July 21, 1918
Poague, William R. Floyd Sept. 5, 1918
Poff, Albert Henry Terry’s Fork Oct. 28, 1917
Poff, Alvin Copper Hill Sept. 5, 1917
Poff, Lemmey Isaac Copper Hill July 14, 1918
Poff, Murray Johnson Willis June 10, 1918 (Navy)
Poff, Roy J. Copper Hill Sept. 21, 1917
Poff, William Arch Copper Hill Jan. 5, 1918
Poff, William R. Huffville May 24, 1918
Pratt, Aubra Vell Floyd Sept. 21, 1917
Pratt, George Elbert Floyd July 21, 1918
Prillman, Jacob Grant Copper Hill Mar. 28, 1918
Pugh, Everett R. Camp Creek May 24, 1918
Pugh, Halsie Owen Sowers July 14, 1918
Quesenberry, Blane C. Indian Valley Sept. 4, 1917
Quesenberry, Collie Ross Willis July 21, 1918
Quesenberry, Early Castle Willie July 21, 1918 July 26, 1918  
Quesenberry, Lonnie Ray Willis Sept. 5, 1917
Quesenberry, Samuel W. Floyd June 23, 1918
Quesenberry, Talmage D. Floyd May 20, 1918 (Navy)
Quesenberry, Walter A. Floyd May 24, 1918
Rakes, Daniel Greever Pizarro Oct. 30, 1917
Rakes, Roscoe Floyd May 24, 1918
Reece, Peyton Indian Valley Oct. 30, 1917
Reed, Carl Stover Floyd Sept. 5, 1918
Reed, Daniel Webster Alum Ridge Sept. 5, 1917
Reed, Dennis Whitlow Sowers June 23, 1918
Reed, Enoch Floyd March 28, 1918
Reed, Griffith Lee Floyd July 21, 1918
Reed, Jesse Michael Floyd July 21, 1918
Reed, Lonnie Marten Floyd Sept. 5, 1917
Reed, Oscar Lee Sowers July 14, 1918
Reed, Samuel Quintin Carthage Apr. 29, 1918 (Navy)
Reed, Vernon Simpson June 23, 1918
Reed, Walter Sidney Floyd July 14, 1918
Reed, Wm. Kyle Floyd July 21, 1918
Reynolds, Clarence C. Copper Hill April 26, 1918
Richardson, Gradon Pose Sowers July 14, 1918
Ridinger, Coy R. Huffville May 24, 1918
Ridinger, Otto K. Floyd July 21, 1918
Ridinger, Thornton G. Floyd Sept. 21, 1917
Rigney, Isaac Indian Valley June 23, 1918
Roop, Norman Sowers Sept. 5, 1917
Roop, Roscoe Edmond Sowers Oct. 30, 1917
Scott, E. J. Meadows of Dan May 7, 1918
Semnes, Ezra Clyde Indian Valley July 14, 1918
Shank, Noah Simpsons Sept. 21, 1917
Shank, Tansaroyoo Simpsons June 23, 1918
Shelor, Chas. Luther Floyd Sept. 3, 1918
Shelor, Harman Bernard Floyd Sept. 3, 1918
Shelor, Waitman Thomas Willis Oct. 9, 1917
Shelton, Kyle Erring Indian Valley July 21, 1918
Shockley, Herman Posey Copper Hill May 5, 1918
Simmons, Hosea G. Sowers June 23, 1918
Sisson, Erastus Terry’s Fork July 21, 1918
Slaughter, Henry A. Willis July 21, 1918
Slusher, Luther Wesley Floyd July 5, 1918
Slusher, Samuel Cephas Indian Valley Mar. 28, 1918
Smith, Posey L. Floyd May 24, 1918
Sowder, Claude Ernest Copper Hill May 24, 1918
Sowers, Ballard Preston Sowers May 10, 1918
Sowers, Geo. Leonard Sowers Oct. 9, 1917
Sowers, Otho Thomas Camp Creek March 28, 1918
Spangler, Chas. Beahm Floyd May 6, 1918
Spangler, William McK. Poff Sept. 5, 1917
Stovall, Sherman Wise Willis May 1, 1918 Aug. 27, 1918  
Stump, Demoss Pizarro May 10, 1918
Stump, James Pizarro June 23, 1918
Stump, James Ernest Floyd June 11, 1918 (Navy)
Stump, Joseph Copper Hill Sept. 21, 1917
Sumner, Graydon O. Huffville May 24, 1918 Oct. 7, 1918  
Sumpter, Burnice Alvah Camp Creek May 24, 1918
Sumpter, John S. Camp Creek   11th Co. C.A.C.
Sumpter, Martin Luther Camp Creek Sept 5, 1918
Sutphin, Earl W. Willis Sept. 4, 1917
Sutphin, Lonnie Williamson Floyd May 24, 1918
Sweeney, Frank C. W. Floyd June 23, 1918
Sweeney, Oscar R. Pizarro July 16, 1918
Thomas, Swanson Camp Creek March. 28, 1918
Thompson, Wm. J. Pizarro Sept. 5, 1917
Tice, Isaac E. Copper Hill Sept. 3, 1918
Trail, John Floyd May 24, 1918
Turpin, Charley Indian Valley June 23, 1918
Turpin, Edward Hobart Indian Valley July 21, 1918
Tursler, Posey German Floyd July 14, 1918
Underwood, Isaac J. Nowlin’s Mill May 24, 1918
Underwood, Pled Pizarro May 24, 1918
Underwood, Stanton Smart May 10, 1918
Underwood, Tas. Camp Creek Oct. 9, 1917
Vest, Robert E. Camp Creek May 24, 1918
Vest, Shirley Ezra Terry’s Fork May 24, 1918
Via, Sylvester S. Floyd June 23, 1918
Wade, Guy Mosby Camp Creek Oct. 9, 1917
Wade, Harvey Waitman Willis July 16, 1918
Wade, Hiley Joe Indian Valley July 21, 1918 July 26, 1918  
Wade, Kyle Johnson Floyd May 24, 1918
Walton, Alonzo Curtis Copper Hill July 14, 1918
Walton, Jett Indian Valley Sept. 4, 1917
Weddle, Edgar Floyd Oct. 9, 1917
Weddle, Jonas Lee Floyd July 14, 1918 July 23, 1918  
Weddle William McKinley Floyd Oct. 16, 1918
Weeks, Herbert Guy Willis Sept. 5, 1917
Weeks, Joseph Lee Willis May 23, 1918
West, John G. Pizarro June 23, 1918
Whitenack, Henry T. Terry’s Fork Sept. 21, 1917
Whitlock, Otis June Floyd Sept. 9, 1917
Willis, Peter Archa Willis Dec. 24, 1917
Wilson, Noah Daniel Willis July 21, 1918
Wilson, Walter Harman Land Graft, W.Va. May 6, 1918
Wimmer, Jos. Ezra Copper Hill July 21, 1918
Wurzburger, Lawrence G. Copper Valley Oct. 9, 1917
Yates, Abner C. Pizarro Sept. 5, 1918 Sept. 15, 1918  
Young, Albert Draper Indian Valley Sept. 5, 1917
Young, Charlie Clyde Indian Valley July 16, 1918
Young, Claude Swanson Indian Valley July 14, 1918
Young, Radford Talmage Indian Valley Apr. 23, 1918 (Navy)

Volunteers

Volunteers
Name Organization Age Mustered Date of Muster
Boyd, Dewey H. Co. M, 2nd Va. Inf. Radford, Va.
Slusher, Henry L. Co. K, 2nd Va. Inf. 23 Fredericksburg, VA. March 25, 1917
Hall, William D. Co. F, 2nd Va. Inf. 21 Roanoke, Va. March 25, 1917
Hundley, Willie G. Co. F, 2nd Va. Inf. 20 Roanoake, Va. March 25, 1917
Keith, McKinley C. Co. F, 2nd Va. Inf. 20 Roanoke, Va. March 25, 1917
Maberry, Brown C. Va. Field Hosp. #1 East Radford, Va. July 25, 1917
Sumpter, John S. 11th Co. Va. C.A.C. 26 Roanoke, Va. May 1, 1918
Howard, William J. Bat. F, 1st Va. F.A. 26 Richmond, Va. Aug. 4, 1917
Lawrence, Ernest L. Bat. F, 1st Va. F. A. 22 Richmond, Va. Aug. 4, 1917
Proffitt, Floyd P. Bat. F, 1st Va. F.A. 23 Richmond, Va. Aug. 4, 1917
Robertson, Isaac E. Bat. F, 1st Va. F. A. 21 Richmond, Va. Aug. 4, 1917
Williams, Ora D. Bat. F, 1st Va. F. A. 22 Richmond, Va. Aug. 4, 1917
Radcliffe, Grover M. Co. G, 2nd Va. Inf. 20 Petersburg, Va. March 25, 1917
Hart, James W. Co. 1, 2nd Va. Inf. 22 Winchester, Va. March 25, 1917
Stump, Lewis B. Co. K, 2nd Va. Inf. 23 Fredericksburg, Va. March 25, 1917
Bower, Pose Co. L, 2nd Va. Inf. 25 Pulaski, Va. March 25, 1917