Private, Inf., Co. I, 81st Div., 321st Inf.; of Alamance County; son of J. W. and Mrs. Margrett E. Nicholson. Entered service May 25, 1918, at Mebane, N.C. Sent to Camp Jackson, S. C. Transferred to Camp Sevier, S. C., then to Camp Upton, N. Y. Sailed for France July 31, 1918. Fought at Vosges, Meuse-Argonne. Returned to USA June 20, 1919. Landed at Newport News. Mustered out at Camp Lee, Va., June 27, 1919.
2nd Lt., Inf., Transp. Personnel Adjt. Born in Alamance County, the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Compton. Entered the service at Mebane, N.C., Sept. 18, 1917. Was sent to Camp Jackson, S. C., and from there to Camp Sevier, S. C. Transferred to Camp Gordon, Ga. Sailed for France March 30, 1918. Returned to USA Aug. 18, 1919. Mustered out at Camp Lee, Va., Oct. 8, 1919.
Private, 1st Class, Co. H, 30th Div., 120th Reg. Inf.; of Alamance County; son of G. H. and Laura Elizabeth Riley. Entered service September, 1917, at Haw River, N.C. Sent to Camp Jackson. Transferred to Camp Sevier, then to Camp Merritt. Sailed for France, May 11, 1918. Was in all battles of the 120th Inf. Returned to USA April 2, 1919. Mustered out at Camp Jackson, April 8, 1919.
Sissipahaw Tribe: Meaning unknown. Sissipahaw Connections.-The Sissipahaw were probably of the Siouan linguistic family though no words of their language are known. Sissipahaw Location.-The principal Sissipahaw settlement appears to have been about the present Saxapahaw on Haw River in the lower part of Alamance County. (See also South Carolina.) Sissipahaw History.-The name of this tribe is possibly preserved in the Sauxpa mentioned by the Spanish officer Vandera in 1569 as a place visited by Juan Pardo. Lawson (1860) spoke of them in connection with his travels through Carolina in 1701, but he did not visit them. Barnwell (1908) identified them … Read more
Pvt., Co. 10, 3rd Div., 155th Depot Br. Son of R. L. and C. A. Hodgin, of Alamance County. Entered service July 23, 1917, at Burlington, N.C. Sent to Camp Sevier. Sailed for France Feb. 26, 1918. Was a messenger boy while on front. Returned to USA April 1, 1919. Mustered out at Camp Lee, Va., April 12, 1919.
Ph.M., U. S. N. R. F.; of Alamance County; son of M. C. and Mrs. Elvire McBane. Entered service January, 1918, at Graham, N.C. Sent to Opr. Base, Va. Transferred to U. S. S. George Washington, U. S. S. Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, N. Y. Sailed for Brest, France, June, 1918. Made four complete trips across to France. Released from active service and returned to USA Dec. 1, 1918, Hoboken, N. J. Mustered out at Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb. 15, 1919.