Pitt County NC

William S. Hill

Head Cook, Inf., Co. B, 30th Div., 120th Regt.; of Pitt County; son of Stephen and Martha Hill. Husband of Eunice Coggins Hill. Entered service Aug. 28, 1917, at Raleigh, N.C. Sent to Camp Sevier. Transferred to Boston. Sailing for France May 7, 1918. Fought at Ypres, St. Mihiel, St. Quentin, Cambrai. Wounded at Battle

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A. S. Hatem

1st Lt. Co. A, 79th Div., 310th Machine Gun Battalion; born in Pitt County; son of Mr. and Mrs. S. Hatem. Entered service October, 1917, at Greenville, N.C. Was sent to Camp Meade, Md. Sailed for France June 25, 1918. Promoted to rank of Lieutenant November, 1918. Fought at St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne offensive. Received shrapnel

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Tuscarora Indians

Tuscarora Tribe, Tuscarora Confederacy: From their own name Skǎ-ru’-rěn, signifying according to Hewitt (in Hodge, 1910), “hemp gatherers,” and applied on account of the great use they made of Apocynum cannabinum. Also called: Ă-ko-t’ǎs’-kǎ-to’-rěn Mohawk name. Ani’-Skǎlǎ’lǐ, Cherokee name. Ă-t’ǎs-kǎ-lo’-lěn, Oneida name. Tewohomomy (or Keew-ahomomy), Saponi name. Tuscarora Connections. The Tuscarora belonged to the Iroquoian

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W. G. Downing

Private, 1st Class, Batry E, 6th Div., 11th F. A.; of Pitt County; son of C. A. and C. E. Downing; husband of Sarah M. Downing. Entered service June 24,, 1918, at Chicago, Ill.; now at Greenville, N.C. Sent to Camp Jackson. Transferred to Camp Stuart. Sailed for Brest France, August 20, 1918. Returned to

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