This list of Chester County, Tennessee, World War 1 Soldiers was taken from Record Group 36 of the Tennessee State Library and Archives. Record Group 36 is comprised of the compiled service records of soldiers and sailors who served in the First World War from Tennessee. Information on individual servicemen and women came from the files of Major Rutledge Smith, Chairman of the National Council of Defense for Tennessee, World War I; from the office of the Adjutant General of Tennessee, 1933-1937; and from the report of the Provost Marshal General to the Secretary of War, 1917-1918.
The fields show–in order from left to right–the serviceman’s name, age or year of birth, birthplace, notes, and page number in the original volume. The data is arranged by the first letter of the soldier’s last name. It should be noted that additional information regarding the soldier’s rank, training, dates of service, discharge, etc. can be obtained from the microfilmed records in Record Group 36, linked below.
Errors in the military records are not uncommon; it may be the case of a simple spelling error or misheard information. The information in the WWI listings is given as it appears on the original record.
The index that follows is not a “complete” list of all Tennesseans who served in World War I. Individuals from Tennessee who enlisted in other states are not included. Only those soldiers whose names appear in the compiled service records (Record Group 36) are included on this list.
Once you figure out whether your ancestor is included and which page they are on you will want to consult the original file which can be found on our site in the following pdf.
Index of Chester County, Tennessee World War 1 Veterans
This index lists the 284 Chester County, Tennessee, World War 1 Veterans. There were 270 soldiers in the Army, 4 of which were officers. There were 7 sailors in the Navy and none were officers. There were 3 Marines in the Marine Corps. There were 4 fraudulent enlistments, discharges, dishonorable discharges, or desertions.
| Last Name | First Name | Age or DOB | Birth Place | Notes | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adcock | Robert E. | 21 | Carelton, MO | Wounded | 33 |
| Allen | Ernest | 1893 | Sardis, TN | 1 | |
| Allen | Lee | 1894 | Egypt, TN | 1 | |
| Allen | Monty | 1897 | Christian Co., KY | Dead | 35 |
| Anderson | Lonnie R. | 1893 | Enville, TN | 1 | |
| Anderson | Tom | 1894 | Macon, MS | 1 | |
| Andrews | Wade | 1891 | Gilmar, TX | 1 | |
| Armour | German Cullwell | 29 | Bethel Springs, TN | 1 | |
| Armour | Quinnie | 22 | Chester Co., TN | 1 | |
| Bagwell | Arthur H. | 1889 | Henderson, TN | Wounded | 33 |
| Bagwell | Frank E. | 26 | Henderson, TN | 2 | |
| Ball | Charlie | 24 | Chester Co., TN | 2 | |
| Ball | Frank | 21 | Henderson, TN | 2 | |
| Ballard | Dan | 24 | Shottsville, AL | Deserter | 46 |
| Barhm | Jerry R. | 1896 | Chester Co., TN | 2 | |
| Barrix | Homer D. | 1889 | Trenton, TN | 2 | |
| Barrix | Stokey Almonta | 31 | Trenton, TN | Wounded | 33 |
| Barrix | William I. | 29 | Gibson Co., TN | 2 | |
| Barton | Arthur H. | 1889 | Chester Co., TN | 2 | |
| Baughan | Dnever Ewing | 1896 | Henderson, TN | 2 | |
| Beene | France C. | 1895 | Henderson, TN | 3 | |
| Bell | Dennis F. | 23 | Henderson, TN | 3 | |
| Benson | William Wylie | 1896 | Reagan, TN | Marine | 39 |
| Bingham | Auther Pidhens | 23 | Chester Co., TN | 3 | |
| Bishop | Bryant | 25 | Enville, TN | 3 | |
| Bishop | Curtis E. | 28 | Enville, TN | Wounded | 33 |
| Bishop | Travis L. | 25 | Chester Co., TN | 3 | |
| Bishop | William T. | 1895 | Chester Co., TN | 3 | |
| Bishop | Wilson | 1896 | Chester Co., TN | 3 | |
| Blackburn | Thomas | 1890 | CushmanAR | 3 | |
| Bland | Edgar M. | 1896 | Henderson, TN | 3 | |
| Boyd | Orland | 1890 | Milan, TN | 4 | |
| Braly | William A. | 30 | Newborn, TN | 4 | |
| Brashers | Maudy C. | 1896 | Coffee, TN | 4 | |
| Brewer | William Riley | 24 | Sailor | 40 | |
| Briley | William Brount | 29 | Cottontown, TN | 4 | |
| Brown | Ellis | 22 | Henderson, TN | 4 | |
| Brown | Thomas R. | 21 | Mufflin, TN | 4 | |
| Brown | William T. | 1890 | Mifflin, TN | 4 | |
| Brummer | Eddie | 1890 | Henderson, TN | 5 | |
| Buck | William T. | 1873 | Lexington, TN | Officer | 37 |
| Buckingham | Joshua | 1889 | Milledgeville, TN | Dead | 35 |
| Burkhead | Barney L. | 1896 | Montezuma, TN | 5 | |
| Burkhead | Ling E. | 1891 | Montezuma, TN | 5 | |
| Burkhead | Silas E. | 21 | Montezuma, TN | 5 | |
| Butler | Sheridan | 22 | Chester Co., TN | 5 | |
| Cagle | Joseph T. | 1893 | Montezuma, TN | 5 | |
| Cain | John M. | 26 | Pinson, TN | 6 | |
| Campbell | Amon B. | 18 | Insville, TN | 6 | |
| Carroll | Amo Lambert | 1895 | Sardis, TN | Marine | 39 |
| Carroll | Thomas Lee | 24 | Mifflin, TN | 6 | |
| Cason | Obie | 1889 | Chester Co., TN | 6 | |
| Cawthon | Floyd J. | 1898 | Luray, TN | 6 | |
| Cherry | Claude | 22 | Enville, TN | 6 | |
| Cherry | James L. | 22 | Henderson, TN | 6 | |
| Cherry | William Alfred | 1897 | Enville, TN | 7 | |
| Christopher | Howard | 1891 | Henderson, TN | 6 | |
| Clausell | Harrison | 22 | Henderson, TN | 7 | |
| Clifford | Thomas | 1897 | Luray, TN | 7 | |
| Cole | Charlie F. | 1896 | Savannah, TN | 7 | |
| Comings | Lee | 1892 | Pinson, TN | 7 | |
| Conder | Oscar Elvis | 1896 | Henderson, TN | 7 | |
| Connar | James H. | 1894 | Henderson, TN | 7 | |
| Cook | Francis M. | 24 | Mcnairy, TN | 7 | |
| Cooper | Carl T. | 1894 | Mifflin, TN | 8 | |
| Cooper | Floyd | 18 | Henderson, TN | 8 | |
| Cooper | Joseph M. | 22 | Henderson, TN | 8 | |
| Cormack | Oscar | 1890 | Caret, MS | 8 | |
| Cotney | John | 24 | Henderson, TN | 8 | |
| Coulter | Boone T. | 22 | Sheron, TN | 8 | |
| Crowder | Author Burl | 1897 | Enville, TN | 8 | |
| Cupples | Arlis R. | 18 | Bolivar, TN | Wounded | 33 |
| Cupples | Curry C. | 1895 | Marmaduke, AR | Dead | 35 |
| Cupples | Pink | 22 | Henderson, TN | 8 | |
| Cupples | William E. | Green Co., AR | 9 | ||
| Davidson | Augustus E. | 1890 | Henderson, TN | 9 | |
| Davidson | Robert C. | 27 | Henderson, TN | 9 | |
| Davis | Charlie | 1892 | Hardeman Co., TN | Dead | 35 |
| Davis | John | 1894 | Hardomon, TN | 9 | |
| Davis | Johnie B. | 1896 | Montezuma, TN | 9 | |
| Davis | William E. | 24 | Henderson, TN | 9 | |
| DeBerry | Joe C. | 25 | Church Co., TN | 9 | |
| Deloney | Eddie | 18 | Henderson, TN | 9 | |
| Deming | Bedford F. | 1892 | Deanburg, TN | 10 | |
| Deming | Hardeman D. | 22 | Bethel Springs, TN | Dead | 35 |
| Dodd | Rufus C. | 18 | Nanvoo, AL | 10 | |
| Doggett | Clyde C. | 24 | Carter Co., OK | 10 | |
| Doggett | Jesse Furman | 21 | Sailor | 40 | |
| Doss | Mitchell | 1893 | Chickasaw, MS | 10 | |
| Easley | James W. | 1896 | Montezuma, TN | 10 | |
| Eason | Robert H. | 1896 | Sweetlips, TN | 10 | |
| Ellis | Leonard | 29 | Millageville, TN | 10 | |
| Elmer | Hubert | See Underwood, Hubert | 10 | ||
| Ervin | George V. | 22 | Henderson Co., TN | Dead | 11 |
| Farrow | George S. | 1896 | Jacks Creek, TN | Dead | 11 |
| Fields | Dennis Edmond | 30 | Enville, TN | 35 | |
| Findley | Joel L. | 1896 | Morris Chape, TN | 36 | |
| Fitts | Austin E. | 26 | Bolivar, TN | 11 | |
| Frank | Robert Luther | 1896 | Pinson, TN | 11 | |
| Fringer | Houston, R. | 28 | Chester Co., TN | 11 | |
| Fry | Charlie | 21 | Henderson, TN | Wounded | 11 |
| Fry | Jessie J. | 28 | Henderson, TN | Dead | 11 |
| Fry | William A. | 24 | Henderson, TN | 33 | |
| Gaddy | James R. | 27 | Middlefork, TN | 36 | |
| Garland | John W. | 22 | Henderson, TN | 11 | |
| Gates | Harry | 27 | Buena Vista, MS | 12 | |
| Gee | Edgar P. | 1889 | Bolivar, TN | 12 | |
| Gilmore | Albert Eatus | 27 | Montezuma, TN | 12 | |
| Goff | Hezikah | 1888 | Raby, TN | 12 | |
| Goff | Houston K. | 21 | Penson, TN | 12 | |
| Grantham | Albert C. | 21 | Chester Co., TN | 12 | |
| Greene | Andrew | 23 | Henderson, TN | 12 | |
| Greene | Claud N. | 24 | Enville, TN | 12 | |
| Guinn | Clarence D. | 21 | Enville, TN | 13 | |
| Haislip | Homer Worth | 1898 | Hardin Co., TN | 13 | |
| Hale | Wilbern L. | 23 | Gibson Co., TN | 13 | |
| Haltom | Conrad W. | 22 | Medon, TN | Dead | 13 |
| Haltom | Horace M. | 23 | Gale, TN | 13 | |
| Halton | Amos B. | 1896 | Chester Co., TN | 36 | |
| Hankins | Egbert D. | 26 | Montezuma, TN | 13 | |
| Hankins | John Clarence | 1896 | Montezuma, TN | 13 | |
| Harbert | James B. | 26 | MorrisChapple, TN | 13 | |
| Harris | Jesse W. | 28 | Chester Co., TN | 14 | |
| Haynes | John D. | 21 | Ellijay, GA | 14 | |
| Hearn | Joseph O. | 1887 | Huron, TN | 14 | |
| Hearn | Steve E. | 1891 | Chester Co., TN | 14 | |
| Henry | Sam | 30 | McNairy Co., TN | 14 | |
| Hill | Melvin | 21 | Enville, TN | 14 | |
| Hinkle | Delzo E. | 1896 | Sharp Co., AR | 14 | |
| Hinkle | William | 24 | Sharpe Co., AR | 14 | |
| Hollingsworth | Bert L. | 35 | Henderson, TN | 15 | |
| Hollingsworth | Jordan P. | 25 | Henderson, TN | 15 | |
| Holloway | Claude L. | 27 | Montezuma, TN | 15 | |
| Holloway | James V. | 1896 | Henderson, TN | 15 | |
| Holmes | Jesse T. | 23 | Scotts Hill, TN | 15 | |
| Horn | John W. | 28 | Henderson, TN | 15 | |
| Hudson | James L. | 26 | Henderson, TN | 15 | |
| Hughes | Freeling M. | 1891 | Sanannah, TN | 15 | |
| Humphreys | Luke | 1892 | Louisville, MS | 15 | |
| Hurst | Earnest | 1893 | Henderson, TN | 16 | |
| Hurst | Elmer S. | 18 | Chester Co., TN | 16 | |
| Hurst | Theodore | 1806 | Montezuma, TN | 16 | |
| Ingle | Robert C. | 23 | Chester Co., TN | 16 | |
| Ingraham | Rome | 1895 | Henderson, TN | 16 | |
| Ingraham | Willie H. | 21 | Henderson, TN | 16 | |
| Jackson | Ernest Ervin | 1894 | McNairy Co., TN | 16 | |
| Jenkins | Oscar | 25 | Bethlehem, MS | 16 | |
| Johnson | Dessie | 1894 | Henderson, TN | 17 | |
| Johnson | George | 1897 | Motezuma, TN | Wounded | 17 |
| Johnson | George O. | 1896 | Henderson, TN | 17 | |
| Johnson | Joe H. | 28 | Henderson, TN | 34 | |
| Johnson | William Marvin | 1897 | McNairy Co., TN | 17 | |
| Johnson | William Vaude | 1894 | Enville, TN | 17 | |
| Jones | Andrew E. | 1895 | Lexington, TN | 17 | |
| Jones | Hugh N. | 28 | Henderson, TN | 17 | |
| Jordan | Robert R. | 1895 | Henderson, TN | 17 | |
| King | James C. | 25 | Henderson, TN | 18 | |
| King | Lee Anderson | 1897 | Montezuma, TN | 18 | |
| King | Robert | 1896 | Henderson, TN | 18 | |
| Landon | Leroy T. | 1897 | Henderson, TN | 18 | |
| Laster | Fred A. | 29 | Lexington, TN | 18 | |
| Laster | Waymon P. | 27 | Henderson, TN | 18 | |
| Ledbetter | Arvy G. | 1896 | Henderson, TN | 18 | |
| Ledbetter | Eber H. | 21 | Henderson, TN | 18 | |
| Malone | Daniel L. | 24 | Chester Co., TN | Dead | 20 |
| Maness | Harrison | 27 | Bethel Springs, TN | 20 | |
| Massengill | Isaac M. | 1892 | Henderson, TN | 36 | |
| Massengill | William G. | 18 | Henderson, TN | 20 | |
| Massengill | William K. | 24 | Henderson, TN | 20 | |
| Massey | Romus W. | 25 | Masseyville, TN | 21 | |
| McAdoo | Robert L. | 19 | Pierson, TN | 19 | |
| McCallum | Murray B. | 22 | Jacks Creek, TN | 19 | |
| McCallum | Willard M. | 30 | Jacks Creek, TN | 19 | |
| McCarter | John R. | 1893 | Corinth, MS | 19 | |
| McCoy | James W. | 30 | Enville, TN | 19 | |
| McDonald | John Jr. | 1892 | Roby, TN | 19 | |
| McGriger | Elmus | 34 | Nashville, TN | 19 | |
| McKelvey | Murray E. | 26 | Milar, TN | 19 | |
| McKinnon | Darsey L. | 1894 | Henderson, TN | Wounded | 20 |
| McKinnon | William J. | 28 | Chester Co., TN | 20 | |
| McMurty | William Laten | 27 | Henderson, TN | 34 | |
| McNight | Henry | 33 | Henderson, TN | 20 | |
| McPherson | Ludie O. | 23 | Montezuma, TN | Sailor | 20 |
| Melton | Almus | 30 | Chester Co., TN | Officer | 21 |
| Melton | Ike Willis | 22 | Wounded | 41 | |
| Mitchell | David Edgar | 1889 | Chester Co., TN | 37 | |
| Mitchell | Shady R. | 23 | Chester Co., TN | 34 | |
| Moore | Thomas Elvin | 1896 | Enville, TN | 21 | |
| Morris | James Thomas | 26 | Near Henderson, TN | 21 | |
| Morris | Robert H. | 24 | Chester Co., TN | 21 | |
| Morton | Code | 22 | Masseyville, TN | Sailor | 21 |
| Moss | Joe | 1893 | Henderson, TN | 21 | |
| Moss | William Ray | 20 | 41 | ||
| Mount | Oscar Freeman | 1897 | Jacks Creek, TN | 21 | |
| Murdaugh | John A. | 28 | Henderson, TN | 22 | |
| Murley | Denford | 1897 | 22 | ||
| Murrell | Oscar | 21 | Oakland, TN | 22 | |
| Muse | Eugene | 18 | Henderson, TN | Deserter | 22 |
| Muse | Harver | 1894 | Henderson, TN | 22 | |
| Newsom | Isaac T. | 24 | Chester Co., TN | 46 | |
| Newson | Ellis | 22 | Roby, TN | 22 | |
| Oliver | Oscar F. | 23 | Greenwood, AR | 22 | |
| Owen | Leonard J. | 1889 | Enville, TN | Deserter | 22 |
| Palmer | Elbert B. | 1893 | Gibson, TN | 23 | |
| Palmer | Fred P. | 18 | Henderson, TN | 46 | |
| Parker | Joseph C. | 1894 | Henderson, TN | 23 | |
| Perkins | Edward Purdy | 1897 | Henderson, TN | 23 | |
| Phillips | Lilburn L. | 22 | Sardis, TN | 23 | |
| Plunk | James H. | 1894 | McNairy Co., TN | Wounded | 23 |
| Priestly | Paul Reeves | 1888 | Greenfield, TN | 23 | |
| Rankins | Robert L. | 22 | Montezuma, TN | 34 | |
| Record | Walter S. | 29 | Henderson, TN | 23 | |
| Reid | Alfred Ewing | 1898 | Henderson, TN | Officer | 23 |
| Reid | John V. | 22 | Henderson, TN | 24 | |
| Reid | Max Bray | 1895 | Henderson, TN | 37 | |
| Rhodes | Everett | 1896 | Henderson, TN | 24 | |
| Rice | Spencer | 22 | Henderson, TN | 24 | |
| Riley | Thomas Franklin | 1897 | Chester Co., TN | 24 | |
| Robbins | Ernest B. | 1884 | Penson, TN | Marine | 24 |
| Robbins | Hermon H. | Henderson, TN | 24 | ||
| Robertson | Eber | 1893 | Henderson, TN | 39 | |
| Robertson | Henry B. | 19 | Henderson, TN | 24 | |
| Robertson | Horry O. | 22 | Chesters Co., TN | 24 | |
| Robinson | Joe E. | 31 | Henderson, TN | 25 | |
| Robison | Claude C. | 1897 | Henderson, TN | 25 | |
| Roby | Robert | 1890 | Henderson, TN | 25 | |
| Rodgers | Gaylon W. | 22 | Gibson, TN | 25 | |
| Rodgers | James | 1897 | Montezuma, TN | Sailor | 25 |
| Rodgers | Joseph R. | 1890 | Henderson, TN | 25 | |
| Rodgers | Oscar Leath | 22 | 42 | ||
| Roland | Arb H. | 1889 | Montezuma, TN | 25 | |
| Roland | Joseph T. | 18 | Montezuma, TN | 26 | |
| Ross | Culley W. | 1889 | Henderson, TN | 26 | |
| Ross | Turner William | 1897 | Henderson, TN | Dead | 26 |
| Rouse | William C. | 1896 | Chester Co., TN | 26 | |
| Rowland | Fred Howard | 28 | Chester Co., TN | Wounded | 36 |
| Russell | James E. | 1894 | Pinson, TN | 26 | |
| Russell | Samuel L. | 26 | Whiting, Mo | 34 | |
| Savells | William K. | 1896 | Saltillo, TN | 26 | |
| Seaton | Ernest W. | 26 | Middlefork, TN | 26 | |
| Seaton | Grover C. | 26 | Pinson, TN | 26 | |
| Seaton | Robert M. | 1894 | JacksCreek, TN | 27 | |
| Seeley | Jesse Freeman | 1894 | Henderson, TN | 27 | |
| Sharp | William | 23 | Jacksonboro, TN | 27 | |
| Shelton | Albert | 23 | Stantonville, TN | 27 | |
| Shelton | George R. | 25 | Henderson, TN | 27 | |
| Shelton | William A. | 22 | McNairy Co., TN | 27 | |
| Short | Gilbert D. | 25 | Hardin Co., TN | 27 | |
| Siler | Henry M. | 31 | Pine Top, TN | 28 | |
| Siler | Murd B. | 20 | Toone, TN | 28 | |
| Simmons | Charlie M. | 1895 | Chester Co., TN | 28 | |
| Simmons | Tony T. | 22 | Chester Co., TN | 28 | |
| Sims | Henry | 20 | Henderson, TN | Officer | 28 |
| Smith | Bunyan E. | 1893 | Caba, TN | 28 | |
| Smith | Cecil Corbett | 1893 | Enville, TN | 37 | |
| Smith | Clarence | 25 | Enville, TN | 28 | |
| Smith | Guy Layfate | 1896 | JacksCreek, TN | Sailor | 28 |
| Smith | John Gordon | 22 | Enville, TN | 29 | |
| Smith | John Gordon | 22 | 42 | ||
| Smith | Willie L. | 22 | Reagan, TN | 29 | |
| Spencer | Joseph H. | 23 | Chester Co., TN | 29 | |
| Spencer | Orba Lee | 23 | Mcnairy, TN | 29 | |
| Spencer | Will | 26 | Montezuma, TN | 29 | |
| Steward | Clay | 21 | Gainsboro, TN | 29 | |
| Talley | James M. | 1895 | Chester Co., TN | Fraudulent | 29 |
| Talley | Oscar W. | 1897 | Henderson, TN | Enlister | 29 |
| Tapley | George | 39 | Lebanon, TN | 45 | |
| Tarpley | William S. | 25 | Henderson, TN | 30 | |
| Tatum | Bonnie B. | 25 | Bonneha, MS | 30 | |
| Tatum | Troy Clemonth | 1896 | MS | Sailor | 30 |
| Terry | Hubert A. | 24 | Bethel, TN | 30 | |
| Terry | James Hardy | 29 | 43 | ||
| Thompson | Wiley M. | 1898 | Henderson, TN | 30 | |
| Tinsley | Robert | 1893 | Henderson, TN | 30 | |
| Trice | Luther | 1895 | Jacks Creek, TN | 30 | |
| Trice | Sam | 1894 | Chester Co., TN | 30 | |
| Trice | Thomas | 1895 | Henderson, TN | Wounded | 31 |
| Underwood | Hubert E. | 20 | Roby, TN | 31 | |
| Unwin | Floyd F. | 22 | West Brooklyn, IL | 34 | |
| Wagoner | Joe | 1894 | Selmer, TN | 31 | |
| Waller | Alfred Forest | 22 | Henderson, TN | 31 | |
| Walton | Frank W. | 1891 | Henderson, TN | 31 | |
| Weaver | Walter L. | 1890 | Montezuma, TN | 31 | |
| Wheatley | Carl | 1894 | Henderson, TN | 31 | |
| Wheatley | Luther | 1896 | Henderson, TN | 31 | |
| White | Charley | 24 | Henderson, TN | 32 | |
| Wilkins | Carman A. | 1898 | Enville, TN | 32 | |
| Wilkinson | Thomas W. | 21 | Chester Co., TN | 32 | |
| Williams | Charlie C. | 1892 | Chester Co., TN | 32 | |
| Woodruff | Obed E. | 24 | Mississippi | 32 | |
| Young | Benjamin G. | 20 | Enville, TN | 32 |