Pitt County NC

W. G. Downing

Last Updated on November 1, 2011 by Private, 1st Class, Batry E, 6th Div., 11th F. A.; of Pitt County; son of C. A. and C. E. Downing; husband of Sarah M. Downing. Entered service June 24,, 1918, at Chicago, Ill.; now at Greenville, N.C. Sent to Camp Jackson. Transferred to Camp Stuart. Sailed for

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Henry Stocks

Last Updated on November 19, 2011 by Wagoner, M. P., 281st Co., Attached to 1st Div.; of Pitt County; son of A. F. and Mrs. Patsy Stocks. Entered service July 25, 1916, at Grifton, N.C. Sent to Camp Royster, N.C., transferred to Camp Wadsworth, S. C. Sailed for Calais, France, June 1, 1918. Fought at

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Tuscarora Indians

Last Updated on May 6, 2012 by Dennis Tuscarora Tribe, Tuscarora Confederacy: From their own name Skǎ-ru’-rěn, signifying according to Hewitt (in Hodge, 1910), “hemp gatherers,” and applied on account of the great use they made of Apocynum cannabinum. Also called: Ă-ko-t’ǎs’-kǎ-to’-rěn Mohawk name. Ani’-Skǎlǎ’lǐ, Cherokee name. Ă-t’ǎs-kǎ-lo’-lěn, Oneida name. Tewohomomy (or Keew-ahomomy), Saponi name.

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David L. Hardee

Last Updated on November 6, 2011 by Mechanic, F. Artly., Batry. B, 113th Regt., 30th Div.; from Pitt County, N.C.; son of D. W. and Henrietta Pitt. Entered the service at Greenville, N.C., April, 1917, and sent to Camp Sevier, S. C., and transferred to Camp Mills, Long Island. Sailed for France May, 1918. Promoted

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