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World War I Draft Registrations 1917 - 1918

Roll #

Recipient

Birth Date

State of Record

Registration

Date

Record

Notes

Submitter

1530561

BERRY, Ambrose

20 Dec 1889

Arkansas

5 June 1917

Draft Registration

African

AAG Staff

1452383

BERRY, Charles Henry

07 Jan 1900

Illinois

12 Sept 1918

Draft Registration

Relative: Estell Berry

AAG Staff

1452382

BERRY, Samuel

19 Nov 1887

Illinois

5 June 1917

Draft Registration

African - Texas Born

AAG Staff

1984810

CAREY, John Eugene

8 Mar 1895

Virginia

5 June 1917

Draft Registration

-

R. Carey

1984711

CAREY, John Henry

22 Nov 1895

Virginia

5 June 1917

Draft Registration

-

R. Carey

1984810

CAREY, Lindius Herbert

9 Mar 1889

Virginia

5 June 1917

Draft Registration

-

R. Carey

1984811

CARY, Eulus Swinton

18 Jun 1898

Virginia

12 Sept 1918

Draft Registration

-

R. Carey

1984810

CARY, Russell

1896

Virginia

5 June 1917

Draft Registration

-

R. Carey

1683328

COKER, Logan Mainor

12 April 1889

Missouri

6 June 1917

Draft Registration

African

Joyce Cocker

1643513

COKER, Lonnie

04 Jun 1897

Kansas

05 Jun 1918

Draft Registration

-

Joyce Coker

1683328

COKER, Randolph

06 Oct 1900

Missouri

Illegible

Draft Registration

Negro

Joyce Coker

1683328

COKER, William

16 Oct 1885

Missouri

Illegible

Draft Registration

Negro

Joyce Coker

1983379

CONWAY, Willie

7 Mar 1889

Texas

5 June 1917

Draft Registration

-

Sharon Sutton

1556849

DAVIS, Alexander

1 Mar 1900

Florida

12 Sept 1918

Draft Registration

-

AAG Staff

-

FERGUSON, Andrew

-

Indiana

-

Pension Application

-

C. Leon/AHP

-

GRIFFIN, Gideon

-

So. Carolina

_

Pension Registration

-

C. Leon/AHP

-

GRIFFIN, Morgan

-

So. Carolina

-

Sworn Oath

-

C. Leon/AHP

-

GRIFFIN, Stephen

-

So. Carolina

-

Declaration

-

C. Leon/AHP

1556849

HARRIS, Arthur Dempsey

30 Sep 1884

Florida

12 Sept 1918

Draft Registration

-

AAG Staff

 -

HARRIS,  Rowland

-

So. Carolina

-

Pension Application

s/o Edward Harris

C. Leon/AHP

1452429

HUGHES, Bud

25 Dec 1879

Illinois

12 Sept 1918

Draft Registration

Gertrude Hughes

AAG Staff

1452429

HUGHES, Curly

10 Apr 1895

Illinois

5 June 1917

Draft Registration

Born: Tennessee

AAG Staff

1452429

HUGHES, George

11 June 1875

Illinois

12 Sept 1918

Draft Registration

Relative: Mary E. Crumby

AAG Staff

1452429

HUGHES, Manuel

04 Mar 1883

Illinois

12 Sept 1918

Draft Registration

Relative: Maria Blake

AAG Staff

-

JACKSON, Andrew Bayne

22 Jul 1878

Virginia

Sept 10, 1918

Draft Registration

-

R. Carey

1984810

JACKSON, Boaz

 28 or 25,

Aug 1892

Virginia

-

Draft Registration

-

R. Carey

1819125

JACKSON, George Thomas

2 Sep 1892

Virginia

-

Draft Registration

-

R. Carey

1984810

JACKSON, James Sherman

30 Jul 1890

Virginia

-

Draft Registration

-

R. Carey

-

JEFFERS

-

So. Carolina

-

Pension Application

Harriet Jeffers, daughter of Berry Jeffers

C. Leon Harris/AHP

-

JEFFERS, Allen

-

So. Carolina

-

Pension Application

-

C. Leon/AHP

-

JONES, Edgar Apheaus

28 Nov 1883

Virginia

-

Draft Registration

-

R. Carey

1556843

LEWIS, Charles William

15 May 1890

Washington DC

5 June 1917

Draft Registration

Employer: US Navy Dept

AAG Staff

1953771

MULKEY, Plum

08 Mar 1873

Texas

12-Sep-1918

Draft Registration

Negro

Joyce Cocker

1851695

NEVINS, Callis

28 Aug 1876

Oklahoma

12-Sep-1918

Draft Registration

Negro

Joyce Coker

1643586

PERRY, Isaac Laddy

17 Apr 1896

Kansas

5-Jun-1917

Draft Registration

Negro

Joyce Coker

-

ROBINSON, Littleberry/James

-

Virginia

-

Draft Registration

-

Sharon Stine

-

SANDERS, Alexander

23 Aug 1893

Delaware

5 Jun 1917

Draft registration

Single

AAG Staff

-

SANDERS, Charles

15 June 1895

Delaware

5 June 1917

Draft Registration

Married

AAG Staff

1570711

SANDERS, William

17 Nov 1892

Delaware

5 June 1917

Draft Registration

African

AAG Staff

1452460

SIMS, Arthur

03 Aug 1890

Illinois

5 June 1917

Draft Registration

Born: Georgia

AAG Staff

1452460

SIMS, David

15 Nov 1876

Illinois

12-Sep-1918

Draft Registration

Father: Warren Sims

AAG Staff

1452460

SIMS, Frank Gregory

28 Mar 1879

Illinois

12-Sep-1918

Draft Registration

Relative: Major Hendriks

AAG Staff

1452460

SIMS, Halford

01 Sep 1897

Illinois

12-Sep-1918

Draft Registration

Relative: Ben Sims

AAG Staff

1452429

SIMS, Joe

01 Mar 1891

Illinois

5 June 1917

Draft Registration

Married

AAG Staff

1452435

SIMS, Thomas Henry

12 June 1880

Illinois

12-Sep-1918

Draft Registration

-

AAG Staff

1683223

STINNETT, Arthur

04 Oct 1895

Missouri

5-Jun-1917

Draft Registration

Colored

Joyce Coker

1643426

STINNETT, David

02 Feb 1894

Kansas

06 Jun ??

Draft Registration

Ethiopian

Joyce Coker

1851890

STURGEON, James

01 Dec 1874

Oklahoma

12-Sep-1918

Draft Registration

Negro

Joyce Coker

1643428

STINNETT, Jessie

24 Feb 1894

Kansas

31-May-1917

Draft Registration

Negro

Joyce Coker

1851890

STINNETT, Russell

05 Apr 1900

Oklahoma

12-Sep-1918

Draft Registration

Negro

Joyce Coker

1851890

STINNETT, Vencil Berry

01 Nov 1896

Oklahoma

5-Jun-1918

Draft Registration

-

Joyce Coker

1683329

STINNETT, Walter Lee

01 Mar 1896

Missouri

5-Jun-1917

Draft Registration

African

Joyce Coker

- WALKER, Joseph Henry 11 Oct 1882 Michigan 12-Sep-1918 Draft Registration nearest relative: mother, Lucy Walker AAG Staff
- WALKER, Vanderbilt 27 Jan 1895 Michigan 5-Jun-1917 Draft Registration Born in Clearwater, Fl, nearest relative: mother AAG Staff
1685072 WASHINGTON, Louis Clarence 16 May 1889 Massachusetts 5-Jun-1917 Draft Registration born in South Carolina, nearest relative: wife and 2 children AAG Staff

1683329

WATKINS, Price Emmet

15 Sep 1875

Missouri

12-Sep-1918

Draft Registration

Negro

Joyce Coker

1683329

WATKINS, Roy Emmet

26 Apr 1899

Missouri

Illegible

Draft Registration

Negro

Joyce Coker

1452429

WILSON, Charles

04 Feb 1878

Illinois

12 Sept 1918

Draft Registration

Friend: Mattie Dows

AAG Staff

1556859 WOOTEN, Bartow 25 Dec 1899 Florida 12-Sep-1918 Draft Registration nearest relative: Albert Wooten AAG Staff
- WOOTEN, James Louis 22 Jan 1881 Florida 12-Sep-1918 Draft Registration nearest relative: Florence Wooten AAG Staff

World War I Draft Registrations 1917 - 1918