Records concerning veterans' graves in Jefferson County

Name/Title

Records concerning veterans' graves in Jefferson County

Entry/Object ID

ARC622

Scope and Content

A Works Progress Administration (WPA) project concerning veterans' graves in Jefferson County: Work sheets made for Henry Clay Cox, Supervisor of Registration of Veterans' Graves, Charleston, WV, showing veterans buried in Jefferson County from the French & Indian War up to the year 1939. Total number of veterans inventoried was 1,107 (1,030 were known; 77 were unknown). Cemeteries included small, family cemeteries in Jefferson County. Sheets were arranged in binders by American Legion, Jackson-Perks Post, No. 71, S.H. Stone, Commander. Local workers involved in completing this inventory were: J.R. Dunn, Bolivar; Charles S. Gray, Millville; Charles H. Reek, Bolivar; Joseph K. Mauzy, Bolivar; Norman E. Johnson, Charles Town. (Binders were removed because metal parts were rusting.)

Acquisition

Accession

00

Source or Donor

Found in collection

Acquisition Method

Gift

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1939 - 1942

Archive Size/Extent

3 boxes. Box 1 contains explanatory material and folders labeled A through H. Box 2 contains folders labeled I through unknown. Box 3 contains 2 folders labeled 1/2 unknown and Cemeteries