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1848 Selective Service Register Nearly Two Thousand
The record lists 149 men registered in a local 1848 selective service with names including Landus Brown Johnson Fred Malcolm Carnal Vivian Orr Logsdon Thomas Reed Baker and many others. County totals show 1836 registered with 1828 native born and naturalized citizens. whites numbered ISL and 24 negroes with one oriental. Age breakdown spans 18 to 34 plus several older entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selective Army Service
Landus Brown Johnson
Fred Malcolm Carnal
Vivian Orr Logsdon
Thomas Reed Baker
Oliver Riley
George Matison Bullew
Jay Taylor
James Napoleon Pierson Marshall
B. Alcorn
John James Johnson
Julius Willhite
Harvey Norman Bunch
William Preston Johnson
Ernest Arthur Lund
James Howard Atkisson
William Henry Henderson
Orval Logan Huosiker
George Washington Evans
Jasper Fleetwood
Harry Alanson Haswell
Samuel L. Hensley
Oscar Liles
Melvin Jackson Lansdown
George Washington Baker
Amos Cleveland Roy
Samuel J. Walker
Henry Oscar Hunsaker
Reuben Perry Williams
Joseph Sidney Bunch
William Addison Black
Samuel Edgar Fry
Clarence Earl Cathcart
Charles Jackson Haworth
Simon Wesley Carter
Marion Franklin Rippee
Atlas Leroy Hunsaker
Marvin Bennett
Rudolph Edgar Cooley
George Garfield Crippen
Melvin Wesley Douglas
Grinville Everet Letsinger
Samuel Isaac Paul
Richard Ernest Wade
Raymond Frank Smith
Walter Ripper
Edward Mattison Wayne Rotterff
Walter Dewey Newton
Auda Dail Rush
Pete Joan Brazeal
Earl Dewey Cauble
Herve BH
Coday
William Wayne Tarburton
Charley Elberton Bryant
Dewey Lee Sikes
Napoleon Roy
William McKinley Fry
Ural Raphael Dennis
Ervin Andrew Spence
James Samuel Edwards
John Strong
Arthur Franklin Short
Tra Prazeal
Jason Guss Hight
John Tolbert Brown
Oliver Lee Robinett
Rhuel Horace van Hooser
Linzzy Low Morris
Joseph P. Ward
William Nelson Deaver
Frank Marion Morgen
William Wesley Phelps
Austin Everet Brown
John Jackson Findley
Oren Cyrennes Foster
Josephus
Carter
Andrew Jackson King
Elbert Andrew Crippen
Frank J. Davis
James Coday
Thomas Jefferson Slate
Joel Mexander Westbrook
Fred Leander Hurst
John Hardin Rippee
Steve Henry Yates
Grant Hall
Charles Franklin Rush
David Sheridan Cantrell
Esbon Bailey
Martin Luther Sharp
Theodore Fred Lenhart
Clarence Adam Dozier
Joe Fry
Paul Sibley Williams
William Peterson Liles
John Henry Eldridge
Thomas Bunyan Ritzinger
Milton Edward Dennis
Oswin Ki. Hoffman
Charles Thomas Hunt
Alonzo Leatherman
Fred J. Grover
Samuel Cleave Erwin
Joseph Jfferson Ruby
Thomas Alexander Bogart
Janon Columbus Coday
Noah Jefferson Craig