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A Guide to the Roanoke County (Va.) Military and Pension Records, 1837-1946 Roanoke County (Va.) Military and Pension Records, 1837-1946 51426

A Guide to the Roanoke County (Va.) Military and Pension Records, 1837-1946

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the Library of Virginia
Accession number: 51426


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Repository
The Library of Virginia
Accession number
51426
Title
previous hit Roanoke  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Military and Pension Records, 1837-1946
Physical Characteristics
1 cu.ft. (1 box)
Collector
previous hit Roanoke  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Circuit Court
Location
Library of Virginia
Language
English

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

previous hit Roanoke  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Military and Pension Records, 1837-1946. Local government records collection, previous hit Roanoke  next hit previous hit County  next hit Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

These records came to the Library of Virginia in shipments of court papers from previous hit Roanoke  next hit previous hit County  next hit under the accession number 51426.

Historical Information

previous hit Roanoke  next hit previous hit County  next hit was named for the previous hit Roanoke  next hit River, which in turn was derived from the English colonists' misunderstanding of the Indian word for the shell beads worn as personal adornment or used for trade. The previous hit county  next hit was formed from Botetourt previous hit County  next hit in 1838, and part of Montgomery previous hit County  next hit was added in 1849. The previous hit county  next hit courthouse is in the city of Salem, and the administrative offices are in the previous hit county  next hit.

Scope and Content

previous hit Roanoke  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Military and Pension Records, 1837-1946, consist of militia returns, list of militia officers, muster rolls, correspondence, circulars, and obituaries of Confederate veterans; compilations, reports, and depositions related to servicemen who served in the Spanish-American War and World War I; and records of Hupp-Deyerle Camp of Confederate veterans. The collection also includes correspondence from the headquarters of the First Military District during the Reconstruction era and from the national United Confederate Veterans; a compiled history of civilian defense during World War II; World War II casualty list; war service record of Virginia's war dead; World War I draft board report of physical examinations and exemption claims.

Related Material

Additional previous hit Roanoke  next hit previous hit County  next hit records can be found on microfilm at The Library of Virginia web site. Consult "A Guide to Virginia previous hit County and City Records on Microfilm."

Index Terms

    Corporate Names:

  • previous hit Roanoke  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Circuit Court

    • Subjects:

  • Veterans -- Virginia -- previous hit Roanoke  next hit previous hit County  next hit

    • Geographical Names:

  • Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
  • previous hit Roanoke  next hit previous hit County  next hit -- History.
  • Spanish American War, 1898 -- Virginia -- previous hit Roanoke  next hit previous hit County  next hit
  • United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
  • World War, 1914-1918
  • World War, 1939-1945

    • Genre and Form Terms:

  • Local government records -- Virginia -- previous hit Roanoke  next hit previous hit County  next hit
  • Military records -- Virginia -- previous hit Roanoke  next hit previous hit County  next hit

Adjunct Descriptive Data

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
  • Roanoke County -- History.
  • Spanish American War, 1898 -- Virginia -- Roanoke County
  • United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
  • World War, 1914-1918
  • World War, 1939-1945
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