Sergt., Co. I, 30th Div., 120th Infantry. Born in Surry County; the son of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Ashby. Entered the service June 19, 1916, at Mt. Airy, N.C. Was sent to Camp Glenn, N.C., from there to Camp Stewart, Texas. Transferred to Camp Sevier, S. C. Sailed for France June 5, 1918. Fought …
For over half a century Micajah H. Phillips has made his home in Oklahoma and for many years he was an active factor in the agricultural development of the state, but is now living retired on his farm near Delaware, in Nowata county, having reached the age of seventy-eight years. He was born in Surry …
Capt., Q. M. C., Co. B, 304th Regt., 310th Service Btn. Born in Surry County May 5, 1891; son of Joseph A. Snow and Cora Elizabeth Key Snow. Husband of Tula Nina Waller. Entered service May 2, 1917, at Mount Airy, N.C., and sent to Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga., May 2, 1917. Transferred to Camp Jackson, …
Educational Director, Navy, Bureau of Navigaton; of Surry County; son of T. M. and Mary (Critz) George. Husband of Frances (Sedberry) George. Entered service Nov. 1, 1918, at Washington, D. C. Sent to Quantico, Va. Received Serbian Medal of Merit. Mustered out at Camp Quantico, Va., May 10, 1920.
ALLEN PHILLIPS. The creditable condition of agricultural life in Boone County, Arkansas, is due to a great extent to the enterprise, energy and intelligence of her worthy tillers of the soil, prominent among whom may be mentioned. Allen Phillips, born in Surry County, N. C., February 12, 1847, a son of A. and Susan (Wilburn) …
JAMES M. PARKER. – There is no more worthy subject for the pen of the writer than the sturdy, faithful pioneer. Little will ever be said concerning that life compared with the amount that might really be mentioned in praise of this noble class of individuals. We are pleased to announce that the man whose …
Sergt., 1st Co., 3rd M. M.; son of J. W. and M. B. Griffith; of Surry County. Entered service Dec. 12, 1917, at Greensboro, N.C. Sent to Fort Thomas, Ky. Transferred to Camp Hancock, Ga.; transferred to Camp Merritt. Sailed for France March 4, 1918. Was training for Air Gunner at St. Jean De Mon, …
The subject of this sketch was born in Surry (now Yadkin) county, North Carolina, December 21, 1817. He lived with his father, who was a farmer in moderate circumstances, until nineteen years of age, and than left the farm to engage at school-teaching, and thereby secured the means to complete his education. In June, 1839, …
Corpl., Field Artillery, Hdqrs. Co. F. A. R. D. Div., 9th Reg.; of Surry County; son of W. R. and Mrs. M. M. Bowman. Entered service Aug. 26, 1918, at High Point. Sent to Camp Jackson, S. C., where he served until mustered out at Camp Jackson, Dec. 10, 1918.
LEVI SMITH. Among the many agriculturists who have devoted their attention to the occupation of tilling the soil in Howell Township, Howell County, Missouri, Levi Smith is one of the foremost, and he owes the success which has attended his operations in this respect to his own good fighting qualities. He owes his nativity to …
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 Surry County, North Carolina Tombstone Transcription Project) Atkinson …
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H. A. 1, Naval Hospital Corps; of Surry County; son of R. P. and Maggie Crater. Entered service May 24, 1918, at Elkins, N.C. Sent to Hampton Roads. Promoted to rank as Hosp. App., 1st Class, when enlisted. On U. S. S. “Madawaska” four months. Went to Ph. Mate’s School at Hampton Roads, Va., four …
Private, M. T. C., 415 Service Co.; of Surry County; son of Robt. and Mrs. Octavia Belton. Entered service April 8, 1918, at Mt. Airy, N.C. Sent to Camp Holabird, Md. Transferred to Camp Mills. Sailed For France Nov. 9, 1918. Returned to USA July 16, 1919. Mustered out at Camp Lee, Va., July 21, …
Corpl., Sup. Tr., 30th Div., 105th Regt.; of Surry County; son of S. M. and Emma Hale. Entered service May, 1917, at Mt. Airy, N.C. Sent to Camp Surry, S. C. Transferred to Chicago, from there to Camp Mills, N. Y. Sailed for France June 12, 1918. Promoted to rank of Corpl. Sept., 1917. Returned …
Sergt., P. M. G. Born in Surry County; the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Swanson. Entered the service at Mt. Airy, N.C., Sept. 7, 1917. Was sent to Camp Greene, N.C. Mustered out at Camp Greene, N.C., Dec. 12, 1919. Served with P. M. G. Dept., N.C. Detachment.
Sergt. Art., Baty. B, 81st Div., 317 Reg.; of Surry County; son of P. H. and Alice Snow. Entered service Sept. 20, 1917, at Mt. Airy, N.C. Sent to Camp Jackson, S. C. Transferred to Camp Mills, N. Y. Sailed for Liverpool, Eng., then to France, July 24, 1918. Promoted to Corpl. September, 1917, then …
HON. STEVEN L. WILES. Mr. Wiles is a prominent citizen of Polk Township, and one whose constancy to the business in hand and whose thrift have added so greatly to the value of the agricultural region. He is a native of North Carolina, was born in Surry County in the year 1831, and is the …
Two volumes of Cox family genealogy combined as one. The first volume contains information about the various early Cox families across America. The second volume deals specifically with the descendants of James and Sarah Cock of Killingworth upon Matinecock, in the township of Oysterbay, Long Island, New York.
Interviewer: Mary A. Hicks Person Interviewed: Laura Bell Location: 2 Bragg Street, Raleigh, North Carolina Age: 73 An interview with Laura Bell, 73 years old, of 2 Bragg Street, Raleigh, North Carolina. Being informed that Laura Bell was an old slavery Negro, I went immediately to the little two-room shack with its fallen roof and …
Private, Inf., M. G., Co. G, 30th Div., 19th Regt. Born in Surry County Jan. 6, 1894; son of Joseph A. Snow and Elizabeth Cora Key Snow. Entered service April, 1917, at Mount Airy, N.C. Sent to Camp Sevier, S. C. Sailed for Calais, France, May, 1917. Killed Oct. 11, 1918.
