Stanly County NC

Henry G. Vick

Capt., Air Service, A. P., S. P. D. Div. Born in Stanly County; the son of S. H. and Mrs. Mary Vick. Husband of Mrs. Hattie Brooks Vick. Entered service Feb. 26, 1910. Sent to Philippine Islands, transferred to camp in California, from there to Vancouver Bks. Was made Corporal July, 1911; promoted to Sergt. August, 1912; 1st Sergt. June, 1917; promoted to the rank of Capt. October, 1918. Spent 18 months in the Philippine Islands, two years in California and four years on the Mexican border. Mustered out at Vancouver Barracks, Wash. March 3, 1919.

P. G. Vallas

Cook, Inf., Co. A, 41st Div., 161st Reg. Born in Stanly County; son of George and Marie Vallas. Entered the service July 4, 1917, at Greenville, S. C. Went to France Jan. 22, 1918. Promoted to the rank of cook, September, 1917. Returned to the USA Feb. 16, 1919. Mustered out at Camp Lee, Va., March 4, 1919.

R. B. Byrd

1st. Cl. Private, Med. Corps Co., Emb. Hospital; of Stanly County; son of T. C. and Mrs. Martha Byrd. Entered service April 1, 1918, at Albemarle, N.C. Sent to Camp Jackson, S. C. Transferred to Camp Stuart, Va., then to Camp Hill. Was on guard duty 11 months, sentry duty at Newport News, Va., Embarkation Hospital No. 2. Mustered out at Camp Lee, Va., March 22, 1919.

Jay Layton

Private, Inf., Hdqrs. Co., 30th Div., 120th Inf.; of Stanly County; son of C. A. and Mrs. Nancy Layton. Husband of Mrs. Daisy Johnson Layton. Entered service June 19, 1916, at Lexington, N.C. Mustered into Federal service June 19, 1917. Sent to Camp Sevier. Sailed for France May 11th; landed May 27, 1918. Fought at Ypres, Hindenburg Line, Bellicourt, Nauroy, Brancourt, Busigny, Becquigny, Bohain, St. Martin’s River, Mazinghein Heights of Catilon. Served in Belgium and France. Was on Mexican border nine months. Mustered out at Camp Jackson, S. C., April 17, 1919.

Stanly County, North Carolina Cemetery Transcriptions

North Carolina Cemetery records are listed by county then name of cemetery within the North Carolina county. Most of these are complete indices at the time of transcription, however, in some cases we list the listing when it is only a partial listing. Following Cemeteries (hosted at Stanly County, North Carolina Tombstone Transcription Project) Bear Creek Cemetery Bethelem Baptist Church Cemetery Carver Cemetery Clarks Grove Church Cemetery Fairview Memorial Park Cemetery Flat Rock Cemeterya Harwood Chapel Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery Honeycutt Family Cemetery Honeycutt Family Cemetery Mineral Springs Baptist Church Cemetery Mountain Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery Norwood Cemetery Surnames … Read more

Travis Thompson

Private 1st Class, Co. D, 119th Inf., 30th Div. Son of B. M. and Daisy Thompson, of Stanly County. Entered service in 1918 at Lexington, N.C. Sent to Camp Jackson, S. C., and later sailed for France, where he was killed in battle on July 22, 1918. Buried in France.