Houston County Military Records
Houston County Archives Manuscript Collection MSS-1
Houston County Archives P.O. Box 366
Erin, TN 37061 TITLE:
Military Records
COLLECTION NUMBER:
Houston County Archives Manuscript Collection MSS-1 EXTENT:
14 Boxes (8 linear feet) CREATOR:
Houston County, Tennessee Archives LANGUAGE:
English
REPOSITORY:
Houston County Archives, Erin, Tennessee PROVENANCE:
Provenance of the Special Veterans Poll Tax is County Court Clerk. The remainder of this collection was donated to the Houston County Historical Society by David Warfield in 2010; the Houston County Historical Society donated their entire collection, including the Alex Daugherty Collection, to the Houston County Archives in 2011.
COPYRIGHT STATUS:
There are no copyright restrictions on this collection.
PROCESSING HISTORY:
Special Veterans Poll Tax Collection: Anne Sykes processed the collection in 2012
Special Veterans Poll Tax Collection: Melissa Barker compiled the Finding Aid and Index in 2013
Collection was processed, indexed and the finding aid completed by Leah Baggett, July 2020
ACCESS AND RESTRICTIONS:
There are no restrictions on the use of this manuscript collection for research purposes COLLECTION CITATION:
This collection should be cited as:
Houston County Military Collection, MSS-1, Houston County Archives, Erin, Tennessee SCOPE AND CONTENT OF THE COLLECTION:
This collection contains the Special Veterans Poll Tax Receipts of veterans of World War II. Some of the receipts are filled out by the veterans themselves but most are typed.
Each receipt does have the signature of the veteran and each receipt is notarized. The information included on the receipts includes: Name, age, address, date of entry into service, branch of armed forces, date of discharge, serial number, book and page number of where discharge is recorded in register’s office, veteran’s signature and notary
signature.
The remainder of the collection contains a variety of records pertaining to the U.S.
Military and local military veterans, dating from the Civil War to the Current Day. The collection is arranged alphabetically.
ORGANIZATION OF THE COLLECTION BOX #1:
FOLDER #1: Airplanes, Boats and Tanks
-American Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress Bomber -American M4A3E8 Sherman Tank
-American Aircraft Carrier Lexington and Yorktown -British Vickers Submarine Spitfire 1A Fighter -German Messerschmitt Bf 109F Fighter -Japanese Mitsubishi A6M2 Model 21 Fighter -USS Isherwood, a Destroyer
FOLDER #2: Grandma's Wartime Kitchen: World War II and the Way We Cooked FOLDER #3: Civil War Biographical Sketch – W.T. Thomas
FOLDER #4: Evolution of the Flag, photocopy from a book
FOLDER #5: Houston County Honor Roll,1944, photocopy of newspaper clipping FOLDER #6: Houston County Veteran Lists
FOLDER #7: Letters/V-Mail
-Letter from T/S James Lewis to Miss Evelyn Ellis dated March 15, 1944 -Letter from Cpl Hubert Lewis to Miss Evelyn Ellis dated April 22, 1944
-Letter from G.H. Summers, CM 3/c to Mrs. Mary E. Dickson & Bengy
FOLDER #8: L&N Railroad Monthly Advertisements, March 1943 to October 1945 FOLDER #9: Marine Recruit Flyer, photocopy
FOLDER #10: Newspaper Articles, Various
FOLDER #11: Newspaper Articles about Houston County Veterans FOLDER #12: Philippine-American War, 1899-1902, photograph FOLDER #13: Pictures – Houston County Veterans
FOLDER #14: Pictures – Unidentified Veterans FOLDER #15: Pictures – World War I
FOLDER #16: Poems - A Veteran Died Today and Since I Met You I’m Not Afraid FOLDER #17: Posters – War Bonds, photocopies
FOLDER #18: Postcards
FOLDER #18A: Priscilla War Work Book: Comforts for Soldiers & Sailors FOLDER #19: Reunion Invitation for the 181-947 Field Artillery Battalion, 1967 FOLDER #20: Savings Bonds Books, World War II
FOLDER #21: Soldiers of Wars – Lists of Wars with Houston County Veterans
FOLDER #22: Tennessee Army National Guard, 155th Engineering Company, List of Members, undated
FOLDER #23: US Navy – Raid on the Kuriles Story
FOLDER #24: World War I Veterans Program, October 7, 2018 FOLDER #25: World War II Battle Fact Sheets
FOLDER #26: World War II Event Programs, 1940’s FOLDER #27: World War II Maps - 4th Armored Divisions FOLDER #28: World War II Mileage Rationing Record
FOLDER #29: World War II Program, June 2, 2002, Houston County Historical Society FOLDER #30: World War II Ration Books
FOLDERS #31 - #86: USN 117th Review Seabees from April 1, 1944 to October 13, 1945.
FOLDER #87: Veterans History Project
FOLDERS #88-117: Veterans and their Stories:
Adams, Eddie Ewing Allen, Will
Alley, J.R. (Bud)
Allsbrooks, John Hubert Alsobrooks, James Earl Anderson, William Robert Ash, Robert M.
Askew, Eugene Averitt, Thomas Baggett, Dennie
Baggett, Earl Cragon Barnes, Joe Pat
Bateman, Charles Austin Bateman, Paul Baree Bateman, Wilbert Adrian Beard, William A.
Beasley, Andrew Beasley, Caleb Beasley, Davenport Bishop, Billy R.
Boaz, John Clarence Boone, James Fred Bradley, John Edward Brewer, Maury Thomas Brooks, Claude Preston Brooks, Martin Joseph Brotherton, Ray
Bryant, Leslie L.
Bunnell, James Blake Bush, Frank & Bush, Fred BOX #2:
FOLDERS #1-118: Veterans and their Stories:
Carter, Ernest Eugene Cherry, Freeman
Christianson, Nelson Edward Clark, Arthur
Clark, Earl
Cobb, Wilfred Hulon Connell, Marshall L.
Connell, Murtha Cook, George Alfred Cottrell, Harry R.
Deason, Ray Cook Dickson, James N.
Elliott, Arkley B.
Elliott, John Fowler, Woody Gillihan, Nancy
Green, Francis C.
Griffin, Eddie Lee Hagler, Rook Thomas Halliburton, Sarah A.
Hannah, Elmore Kline Jr.
Harvey, Clatie Hickinson, Billie Hinson, Charles D.
Hinson, John S.
Holley, Everett Glasgow Hooper, Elton Lee
Horn, James T.
Jarman, Batson Bernice “Jack”
Keel, John V.
Keesee, Robert L.
Knight, Dossie Lewis Brothers Lewis, Lonnie Lovelady, Harry Lowery, Rodney Lowry, Carleton Lyle, Paul Brown Lyle, Percy
Lyle, Robert Carrol Lynn, Ralph
Marable, Bill Marable, Finis Marable, Jack Markin, Ray Markin, Roe
Mathis, Kinsey Edward McCarty, Anthony
McCauley, Captain W.H.
McElroy, Fred McElroy, Garner
McKinnon, Robert Buren McMillan, Frank
Meadows, Marlin E.
Melton, Aubria Mason Millam, James (Milam?)
Miller, Donald
Mitchum, Carlisle Webb, Jr.
Mobley, Thomas Ray
Moore, Woodrow & Moore, Mel Nabors, William
Nelson, T.R.
Norfleet, Paul Jones, Jr.
Osborne, Thomas Outlaw, Ottis Parker, Gervis C.
Parker, Ralph
Parrott, Dalton Adam Patterson, Carl A.
Patterson, William C.
Powers, Joseph Price, Chester G.
Price, William B.
Pulley, Lester Quigley, Hugh V.
Reiter, Billy
Rice, W.H. (William Henry) Richardson, Wayne R.
Ricketts, Glen Dent Ridings, Thales Robbs, Delmar Roby, Harold
Roby, Leslie Roland Rye, Garland P.
Rye, Ramey Rye, R.J., Jr.
Rye, Velton Elmo “Chic”
Rye, Virgil R.
Satterwhite, John Scarborough, Charles Sexton, George Lee Shelton, George Albert Sherrill, Daisy
Shuff, George William, II Simpson, Charles M.
Simpson, Harvey
Sloan, Arthur R.
Smith, Leon
Smithey, Emmitt D.
Spurgeon, James Howard Strang, Glen William Sugg, Luther, Jr.
Summers, W.C. (Bill) Sykes, John Milt
Tanner, Ewing Edward Tanner, Herschel Lee Tanner, Paul
Taylor, James R. Jr.
Thomas, Virgil R.
Vaughn, Terry
Vaughn, Thomas Enloe Waggoner, Edward Lee Waggoner, Garland Warfield, John
Wildner, Harold Charles Wilson, Bernard R.
Windsor, Lewis Nolen, Jr.
Woods, Clyde M.
Zarbock, Everett Vernon BOX #3:
Blue Star Service Flag Cassettes
Sarah Stanfill Adam
“Nebbs” Evelyn Ellis
Peggy Steed Knight, WWII Homer Taylor
J.R. Taylor, WWII – Cassette 1 J.R. Taylor, WWII – Cassette 2
CD of World War I Program, October 7, 2018
Saudi Arabian Medal for the Liberation of Kuwait (found at the courthouse by Jimmy Ross on May 31, 2010)
Veterans of World War I Hat Knife
Pin - Pearl Harbor, May 25
BOX # 4:
Photographs/Newspapers:
-Photograph of William R. Richardson (1921-2007) Autographed to Ryman Brake -Leslie's Illustrated Weekly Newspaper: The War in Pictures 1918
-Honolulu Star-Bulletin dated December 7, 1941
-Panoramic Photograph of Camp Callan, San Diego, California, 1942 (Located in Map Drawer #23)
-The Stars and Stripes dated May 15, 1944 -The Nashville Tennessean dated June 6, 1944 -The Volunteer dated July 28, 1944
-Mother’s Day 1945 Poem
-The Nashville Tennessean dated March 20, 1945 -Nashville Banner dated April 12, 1945
-The Nashville Tennessean dated April 13, 1945 -The Nashville Tennessean dated April 15, 1945 -The Nashville Tennessean dated April 29, 1945 -The Nashville Tennessean dated May 2, 1945 -Sea Bee dated May 2, 1945
-Nashville Banner dated May 7, 1945 Second Extra -TAC Orlando Army Air Base dated August 1, 1945
-The New York Times dated August 7, 1945 reprinted August 6, 1995 -Honolulu Star-Bulletin dated August 14, 1945
-Honolulu Star-Bulletin dated August 15, 1945
-The Nashville Tennessean dated August 15, 1945 – Front Page -The Oak Ridge Journal Editorial Page October 25, 1945 Reprint
-The Homefront Herald, published to accompany the exhibition Victory: Posters on the American Home Front 1941-1945 – Undated (two copies)
-The Tennessee Homefront, The Oak Ridger – Undated
- Los Angeles Times dated May 30, 1948 and Los Angeles Times dated September 29, 1950
-Los Angeles Times dated June 30, 1950 -Los Angeles Times dated July 26, 1950 -Los Angeles Times dated August 4, 1950 -Los Angeles Times dated October 2, 1950
-Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle dated October 20, 1950 -Newspaper articles about General MacArthur
-Los Angeles Times dated April 11, 1951 – Truman Fires MacArthur -Los Angeles Times dated April 11, 1951
-Herald Express dated April 11, 1951 -Los Angeles Times dated April 12, 1951 -Los Angeles Times dated April 18, 1951 -Los Angeles Times dated April 18, 1951 -Los Angeles Times dated April 20, 1951 -Los Angeles Times dated April 20, 1951 -Los Angeles Times dated April 22, 1951 -Chicago Sunday Tribune dated May 6, 1951
-Newspaper articles from 1951 regarding General MacArthur’s Congressional Address following his dismissal
-Disabled American Veteran’s Semi-Monthly dated September 15, 1953
-Vietnam HQ US Major Units Dec 1968, 1959-1975 (Located in Map Drawer #23)
-The Viet War: How It Grew, The Leaf Chronicle, June 28, 1970 (with a map) (Located in Map Drawer #23)
BOX #5:
Books:
-Faces of Valor: Montgomery County Veterans, Volumes 1-4
-Fighting for Liberty on the Home Front – Freedom-Lovers Thrown to the Lions -History of Company “K” 117th Infantry in the Great War
-Hello Billy, Come and See Paris (from the state of Col. Frank Metcalf – given to the library after the death of his wife)
-Forward, History of 947th Field Artillery Battalion -Pictorial History of 75th Field Artillery Brigade -Battery D, Second Battalion, 181st Field Artillery BOX # 6:
Books:
-German: Die Vietnam – Erfahrung 1965-1975, Band 1 and 2 -Answering the Call: Tennesseans in the Second World War -U.S.S. Constellation, CV-64 - Westpac '77
BOX # 7:
Special Veterans Poll Tax
-Folders #1-129: Surnames Adams-Curtis
BOX # 8:
Special Veterans Poll Tax
-Folders#1-103: Surnames Daniel-Lyle BOX #9:
Special Veterans Poll Tax
-Folders#1-93: Surnames Madden-Rye BOX # 10:
Special Veterans Poll Tax
-Folders#1-83: Surnames Seay-Young BOX # 11:
World War II Scrapbook (two copies)
Pictorial History 75th Field Artillery Brigade BOX # 12:
World War One
-TSLA Postcard: Over Here, Over There: Tennesseans in the First World War -The Fighting 45th Infantry: Photos and Rosters
-WWI Jacket – Belonged to Doug Dillon, Donated by Virginia Johnson – found at the landfill
BOX # 13:
Newspapers – 1941-2003
-Honolulu Star-Bulletin, December 7, 1941: War-Oahu Bombed by Japanese Planes -Fort Bragg Post, January 14, 1942
-Los Angeles Times, June 6, 1944: Chiefs of Attackers and Defenders
-Nashville Banner, August 10, 1945: Japanese Ask for Peace: No Cease Fire Order Yet -Nashville Banner, August 11, 1945: Big Four to Accept Peace if Allies Rule Hirohito -Nashville Tennessean, August 12, 1945: Jap Envoy ‘In A Hurry’ with Reply from Allies -Nashville Banner, August 13, 1945: White House Says No Reply Received Yet from Tokyo – War Continuing
-Nashville Banner. August 14, 1945: Jap Reply to Surrender Order on Way to Capital
-Nashville Banner, August 14, 1945 – Second Extra: Japs Surrender Unconditionally WAR OVER
-Nashville Tennessean, August 15, 1945: Stop Firing Order-Japs Kayoed! Mac Big Boss -Nashville Tennessean, August 15, 1945: Full Surrender of Japs Rings Curtain on War -Nashville Banner, August 17, 1945: Thank God It’s Over
-Nashville Banner, September 4, 1945: Occupation Forces in Japan Swelled to 100,000 -Nashville Tennessean, September 30. 1951: GIs Repulse New Red Attacks
-The Times (serving Northwest Indiana and Southeast Suburban Chicago), January 17, 1991: War ‘The liberation of Kuwait has begun’
-The Leaf Chronicle, January 17, 1991: War Begins
-The Times (Indiana) January 18, 1991: Operation Desert Storm: Israel Attacked -The Times (Indiana) February 24, 1991: Land War Starts
-Post Tribune (West Lake Edition), February 24, 1991: Ground War Begins -Chicago Tribune, February 24, 1991: U.S., Allies Launch Ground War -The Hammond Times, February 25, 1991: Allied Casualties ‘light’
-The Hammond Times, February 28, 1991: War in the Gulf: Victory -The Leaf Chronicle, December 14, 2003: Saddam Caught
BOX # 14:
World War II Scrapbook of Newspaper Clippings, Various Newspapers-1939-1945
