Corpl., Co. L, 120th Regt., Inf., 30th Div.; of Tyrrell County; son of E. H. and Mrs. Eunice Spruell. Entered service Sept. 18, 1917, at Columbia, S. C. Sent to Camp Jackson, transferred to Camp Sevier. Sailed for France. Fought at Hindenburg Line. Returned to USA, Charleston, S. C., April 13, 1919. Mustered out at Camp Jackson April 17, 1919.
Machapunga Tribe: Said to mean “bad dust,” or “much dirt,” in the native Algonquian language. Machapunga Connections. The Machapunga belonged to the Algonquian linguistic stock. Machapunga Location. In the present Hyde County and probably also in Washington, Tyrrell and Dare Counties, and part of Beaufort. Machapunga Villages. The only village named is Mattamuskeet (probably on Mattamuskeet Lake in Hyde County). However, we should probably add Secotan on the north bank of Pamlico River in Beaufort County, and perhaps the town of the Bear River Indians. Machapunga History. The Machapunga seem to have embraced the larger part of the descendants of … Read more