Muster roll, Bedford County, Virginia, 1917-1918

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Contains muster roll, 1917-1918, which is in alphabetical order by the first letter of the surname. Gives name; address (town and state); age; "color"; selective service (date drafted); volunteers, army, navy and marine corps (date accepted); national guard and naval militia (date mustered and where mustered); rank; branch; and remarks. Information is not always complete.

Includes loose documents (some pages out of order): list of soldiers with name, army serial number, order number, "color", inducted (date), and rejected (date) (handwritten, [21] leaves); War activites of M. E. Church, South Bedford, Virginia / Lula E.J. Parker (typescript, 4 leaves (typed on paper with letterhead for the War History Commission of Bedford County, Virginia)); inventory for contents of boxes which held letters from soldiers, service records, and war activities of the churches (typescript (carbon?), 4 leaves (typed on paper with letterhead for the War History Commission of Bedford County, Virginia)); list of soldiers (typescript with handwritten corrections, [1] leaf); "The honor roll" which gives name and town (typescript with handwritten corrections, [1] leaf (typed on paper with the letterhead for the American Red Cross, Bedford County, Virginia, Chapter)); handwritten list of surnames ([1] leaf); and a letter from Juliet B. Gish, executive secretary to American Red Cross, Bedford County, Virginia, Chapter - Home Service Section (dated 15 Apr 1920, typescript with handwritten note, [1] leaf).

Microfilm of original records at the Bedford County Courthouse in Bedford, Virginia.

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