The roll

The roll of Clarke's veterans on this site lists 428 people who served in World War I. Many of them are known from the Clarke Courier.

In July 1919 the Courier printed "Clarke County's Roll of Honor," the names the Local Board and the Adjutant General furnished to the Clerk of the Circuit Court to be recorded under a Virginia act. The list ran in two parts, the second headed "COLORED," and the paper asked any man who had served and was missing from it to bring proof to the clerk.

Source note: Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., 1919
✓ Supported by a sourceAn account exists

The Clarke Courier of July 3, 1919 printed "Clarke County's Roll of Honor," the names "the Local Board and the Adjutant General furnished to the Clerk of the Circuit Court to be recorded" under a Virginia act, and told men who had served but were missing from the list to bring proof to the clerk; the list runs in two parts, the second headed "COLORED."

What the source supports

That the county's official list of its men in the World War was recorded with the Circuit Court clerk and printed in the paper in two lists.

Uncertainty

The names themselves are on the veterans roll of this site, not repeated here. The heading of the second list is read on the page image.

Source

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The passage in "CLARKE COUNTY’S ROLL OF HONOR" (July 3, 1919).

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., July 3, 1919, page 1: "CLARKE COUNTY’S ROLL OF HONOR" and "ALL IS NOW READY FOR CLARKE COUNTY’S WELCOME HOME DAY"

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va. · 1919-07-03 (publication)

Locator: Page 1, "CLARKE COUNTY’S ROLL OF HONOR"

Relevant passage
The following is a liist [sic] of the names the Local Board and the Adjutant General furnished to the Clerk of the Circuit Court to be recorded, under an Act of the General Assembly of Virginia.

Checked: Original inspected. A digital reproduction was inspected; no original has been handled.

Open source

Source family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The passage in "CLARKE COUNTY’S ROLL OF HONOR" (July 3, 1919).

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., July 3, 1919, page 1: "CLARKE COUNTY’S ROLL OF HONOR" and "ALL IS NOW READY FOR CLARKE COUNTY’S WELCOME HOME DAY"

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va. · 1919-07-03 (publication)

Locator: Page 1, "CLARKE COUNTY’S ROLL OF HONOR"

Relevant passage
All men who were in the service and whose name did not appear on the Local Board’s List should present the proper proof to the Clerk and have his name recorded on the permanent rolls preserved in said office.

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A tall newspaper column headed "CLARKE COUNTY'S ROLL OF HONOR," with a short introduction about recording the names with the Clerk of the Circuit Court, followed by long lists of names, the second list headed "COLORED".

"Clarke County's Roll of Honor": the list recorded with the Circuit Court clerk, printed in two parts, the second headed "Colored."

What this image does and does not showA crop of part of one newspaper page; the rest of the page is not shown.

Clarke Courier (Berryville, Va.), July 3, 1919, page 1. Library of Congress, Chronicling America. Rights Changes: Cut from the Library of Congress page image (IIIF region 1483,2202,1342,5168 of the full-resolution page), 1342 by 5168 pixels, scaled to 1200 by 4621 and re-encoded as JPEG for the web. Nothing retouched or added.

Source: Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., July 3, 1919, page 1: "CLARKE COUNTY’S ROLL OF HONOR" and "ALL IS NOW READY FOR CLARKE COUNTY’S WELCOME HOME DAY" Open the full image

The first killed

In July 1918 the Courier reported that Capt. Lloyd W. Williams of the Marine Corps, born at "Nottingham" in Clarke County in 1887, had died of wounds received in action on June 11. "So far as available records show," the paper said, "Capt. Williams is the first son of Clarke to be killed in France."

Two years later the county's American Legion post, named for him, heard a sermon in Grace Church and hung a wreath on his tablet there.

Source note: Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., 1918
✓ Supported by a sourceAn account exists

The Clarke Courier of July 4, 1918 reported that his wife, Mrs. Selina Williams, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Goodwin H. Williams, had received a telegram from the War Department that Capt. Lloyd W. Williams of the Marine Corps "had died from wounds received in action on June 11." It said he was born at "Nottingham," in Clarke County, on June 5, 1887, and that "So far as available records show, Capt. Williams is the first son of Clarke to be killed in France."

What the source supports

That the Courier reported his death from wounds received in action on June 11, 1918, and called him the first son of Clarke killed in France.

Uncertainty

The date is the telegram's as the paper reported it; other Courier items give June 12 and June 17. The paper's own earlier items say he was born in Berryville. Read on the page image of the Library of Congress digital reproduction. No human historian has reviewed this claim.

Source

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. Page 1, "Gallant Lloyd Williams Killed in France".

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., July 4, 1918, page 1: "Gallant Lloyd Williams Killed in France"

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va. · 1918-07-04 (publication)

Locator: Page 1, "Gallant Lloyd Williams Killed in France"

Relevant passage
Mrs. Selina Williams, his wife, and Mr. and Mrs. Goodwin H. Williams, his father and mother, received a telegram from the War Department at Washington announcing that Capt. Lloyd W. Williams, of the United States Marine Corps, had died from wounds received in action on June 11.

Checked: Original inspected. A digital reproduction was inspected; no original has been handled.

Open source

Source family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. Page 1, "Gallant Lloyd Williams Killed in France".

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., July 4, 1918, page 1: "Gallant Lloyd Williams Killed in France"

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va. · 1918-07-04 (publication)

Locator: Page 1, "Gallant Lloyd Williams Killed in France"

Relevant passage
Captain Williams was born at "Nottingham," in Clarke county, on June 5, 1887. He passed his boyhood days in Berryville

Checked: Original inspected. A digital reproduction was inspected; no original has been handled.

Open source

Source family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. Page 1, "Gallant Lloyd Williams Killed in France".

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., July 4, 1918, page 1: "Gallant Lloyd Williams Killed in France"

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va. · 1918-07-04 (publication)

Locator: Page 1, "Gallant Lloyd Williams Killed in France"

Relevant passage
So far as available records show, Capt. Williams is the first son of Clarke to be killed in France.

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Source note: Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., 1920
✓ Supported by a sourceAn account exists

Two years after Belleau Wood, in June 1920, members of the Lloyd Williams Post, American Legion, named for Williams, heard a sermon by Rev. Malcolm S. Taylor in Grace Church and hung a wreath on his tablet, the Courier reported.

What the source supports

The Legion post's tribute at the tablet.

Uncertainty

A local news item.

Source

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The wreath.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., June 10, 1920, page 1: "Wreath Placed Over Tablet in Grace Church by Members of Lloyd William Post, American Legion"

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va. · 1920-06-10 (publication)

Locator: Page 1, "Wreath Placed Over Tablet in Grace Church"

Relevant passage
After the sermon Dr. R. B. Snapp and Mr. Frank Tappen, two members of the post, hung a beautiful wreath on the tablet.

Checked: Original inspected. A digital reproduction was inspected; no original has been handled.

Open source

Source family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The post's name.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., June 10, 1920, page 1: "Wreath Placed Over Tablet in Grace Church by Members of Lloyd William Post, American Legion"

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va. · 1920-06-10 (publication)

Locator: Page 1, "Wreath Placed Over Tablet in Grace Church"

Relevant passage
The Lloyd Williams Post is named for the heroic marine officer.

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A front-page newspaper item headed Gallant Lloyd Williams Killed in France, First Clarke Boy to Give His Life, opening with the telegram to his wife and parents that he had died from wounds received in action on June 11.

July 1918: the War Department's telegram, "died from wounds received in action on June 11."

What this image does and does not showA crop of part of one page; the rest of the page is not shown.

Clarke Courier (Berryville, Va.), July 4, 1918, page 1. Library of Congress, Chronicling America. Rights Changes: Cropped from the Library of Congress page image to the headline and the opening of this item: 1360 by 834 pixels, shown at its own 1360 by 834 pixels; re-encoded as JPEG. Nothing retouched or added.

Source: Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., July 4, 1918, page 1: "Gallant Lloyd Williams Killed in France" Open the full image

A newspaper column headed "Wreath Placed Over Tablet in Grace Church by Members of Lloyd William Post, American Legion," describing two members of the post hanging a wreath on the tablet after a sermon.

"Wreath Placed Over Tablet in Grace Church": the Lloyd Williams Post honors the man it was named for.

What this image does and does not showA crop of part of one page; the rest of the page is not shown.

Clarke Courier (Berryville, Va.), June 10, 1920, page 1. Library of Congress, Chronicling America. Rights Changes: Cropped from the Library of Congress page image to the region of this item: 712 by 975 pixels, shown at its own 712 by 975 pixels; re-encoded as JPEG. Nothing retouched or added.

Source: Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., June 10, 1920, page 1: "Wreath Placed Over Tablet in Grace Church by Members of Lloyd William Post, American Legion" Open the full image

The wounded

In December 1918 the Courier reported that two Lloyd brothers, Thomas Griffith and Charles Lemly, had both been wounded in France in October; weeks later it reported that the telegram of Thomas's death was false. In February 1919 Capt. J. M. Robeson, a chaplain of the Second Division who had been wounded in France, was home on a visit. Once rector at White Post, Millwood and Boyce, he preached in one Sunday at Christ Church, Millwood, at Calvary Chapel and at Emanuel Chapel.

Some wounds lasted. Edward Jones had been gassed at the front; in 1923 the Courier reported that he died in Detroit at 26, of tuberculosis in lungs the gas had weakened.

Source note: Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., 1918, and one more
✓ Supported by a sourceAn account exists

In December 1918 the Courier reported that Thomas Griffith Lloyd and Charles Lemly Lloyd had both been wounded in France in October; a few weeks later it reported that telegraphed news of Thomas's death was false.

What the source supports

Two brothers wounded, and the false report.

Uncertainty

The paper's dates come from a letter and a War Department telegram.

Source

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. Both wounded.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., December 26, 1918, page 1: "Two Lloyd Brothers Wounded"

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va. · 1918-12-26 (publication)

Locator: Page 1, "Two Lloyd Brothers Wounded"

Relevant passage
Privates Thomas Griffith Lloyd and Charles Lemly Lloyd, sons of Mr. James Lloyd, of Clarke county, have been wounded in France, according to a letter and a telegram received by their relatives here.

Checked: Original inspected. A digital reproduction was inspected; no original has been handled.

Open source

Source family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The dates.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., December 26, 1918, page 1: "Two Lloyd Brothers Wounded"

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va. · 1918-12-26 (publication)

Locator: Page 1, "Two Lloyd Brothers Wounded"

Relevant passage
The War Department notified Mr. Lloyd of his son Charles' mishap with the Huns, and a letter from Thomas told of the wound he received. The former was wounded October 6, and the latter on October 15.

Checked: Original inspected. A digital reproduction was inspected; no original has been handled.

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Source family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The false report.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., January 9, 1919 (the masthead misprints the year as 1918; the Library of Congress files the issue as January 10, 1918), page 1: "Tom Griffith Lloyd not Killed"

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va. · 1919-01-09 (publication)

Locator: Page 1, "Tom Griffith Lloyd not Killed"

Relevant passage
Telegraphic reports sent out from Winchester that Thomas Griffith Lloyd, son of Mr. James S. Lloyd, had been killed in France shortly before the armistice was signed are not substantiated by the Lloyd family.

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Source note: Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., 1919
✓ Supported by a sourceAn account exists

A Boyce letter in the Courier of February 13, 1919 said Capt. J. M. Robeson, once rector at White Post, Millwood and Boyce and now chaplain of the Second Division, had been wounded in France, and that on his visit home he preached at Christ Church, Millwood, at Calvary Chapel and at Emanuel Chapel in one Sunday.

What the source supports

A former Clarke rector's return from the war.

Uncertainty

The correspondent's report.

Source

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. His parishes and his post.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., February 13, 1919, page 1: a Boyce letter on Capt. J. M. Robeson, chaplain

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va. · 1919-02-13 (publication)

Locator: Page 1, the Boyce letter of February 12, 1919

Relevant passage
Capt. J. M. Robeson, former rector of Meade Memorial Church at White Post, Christ Church of Millwood and Emanuel Church of Boyce, but now Chaplain of the famous Second Army Division, is back among his old parishioners in this end of the county for a short visit

Checked: Original inspected. A digital reproduction was inspected; no original has been handled.

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Source family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. Wounded in France.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., February 13, 1919, page 1: a Boyce letter on Capt. J. M. Robeson, chaplain

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va. · 1919-02-13 (publication)

Locator: Page 1, the Boyce letter of February 12, 1919

Relevant passage
Capt. Robeson himself was wounded in France.

Checked: Original inspected. A digital reproduction was inspected; no original has been handled.

Open source

Source family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. Three sermons in a day.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., February 13, 1919, page 1: a Boyce letter on Capt. J. M. Robeson, chaplain

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va. · 1919-02-13 (publication)

Locator: Page 1, the Boyce letter of February 12, 1919

Relevant passage
In the morning he occupied the pulpit at Christ Church, Millwood; in the afternoon he delivered a short sermon at Calvary Chapel near the river, and at night he held services and preached at Emanual Chapel here.

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Source note: Clarke Courier, 1923
✓ Supported by a sourceAn account exists

The Clarke Courier of February 8, 1923 reported that Edward Jones, 26, who had served in the World War and been gassed at the front, died in Detroit after the grip, followed by tuberculosis in lungs weakened by gas, and was buried in Milton Valley Cemetery; his father, Isaac H. Jones, then working in Detroit, "brought the body here."

What the source supports

A veteran's burial at the cemetery in 1923, after his father brought his body from Detroit.

Uncertainty

The paper's account of the cause of death; no military or death record was read. On the image his age is 26; the machine-read text gives 20.

Source

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The report, read on the page image.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., February 8, 1923

Clarke Courier · 1923-02-08 (publication)

Locator: Page 4, report "Colored War Veteran Is Buried Here"

Relevant passage
Edward Jones, 26 years old, ... who served in the World War and was gassed while on the front, died in Detroit last week and his body was brought here and buried in Milton Valley Cemetery. Edward contracted the grip and the weak condition of his lungs, due to gas, made him an easy victim for tuberculosis ... His father, Isaac H. Jones, who is now working in Detroit, brought the body here.

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A newspaper column headed "Two Lloyd Brothers Wounded," reporting that Privates Thomas Griffith Lloyd and Charles Lemly Lloyd had been wounded in France, with a letter from Thomas to his brother.

"Two Lloyd Brothers Wounded": Thomas Griffith and Charles Lemly Lloyd, both hit in France in October 1918.

What this image does and does not showA crop of part of one page; the rest of the page is not shown.

Clarke Courier (Berryville, Va.), December 26, 1918, page 1. Library of Congress, Chronicling America. Rights Changes: Cropped from the Library of Congress page image to the region of this item: 713 by 1138 pixels, shown at its own 713 by 1138 pixels; re-encoded as JPEG. Nothing retouched or added.

Source: Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., December 26, 1918, page 1: "Two Lloyd Brothers Wounded" Open the full image

A newspaper column datelined Boyce, February 12, on Capt. J. M. Robeson, chaplain of the Second Division, wounded in France, who preached three sermons in one Sunday at Christ Church, Calvary Chapel and Emanuel Chapel.

A Boyce letter on Capt. J. M. Robeson, once rector at White Post, Millwood and Boyce, back from France as chaplain of the Second Division.

What this image does and does not showA crop of part of one page; the rest of the page is not shown.

Clarke Courier (Berryville, Va.), February 13, 1919, page 1. Library of Congress, Chronicling America. Rights Changes: Cropped from the Library of Congress page image to the region of this item: 728 by 1679 pixels, shown at its own 728 by 1679 pixels; re-encoded as JPEG. Nothing retouched or added.

Source: Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., February 13, 1919, page 1: a Boyce letter on Capt. J. M. Robeson, chaplain Open the full image

The honors

In April 1923 the Courier printed a list, from the first volume of the Virginia War History, of Clarke soldiers awarded honors in the war. Among them was Capt. William Graham Reynolds of Berryville, 23rd Infantry, awarded the Distinguished Service Cross at St. Etienne on October 4, 1918, "for extraordinary heroism in action." The paper added that the volume left out James Lindsey of Boyce, who had received a medal for valor at the front, and who had objected to the Courier printing it at the time.

Source note: Clarke Courier, 1923
✓ Supported by a sourceAn account exists

The Clarke Courier of April 26, 1923 prints a list, compiled from the first volume of the Virginia War History, of Clarke soldiers awarded honors in the World War, naming William Graham Reynolds of Berryville, captain in the 23rd Infantry, as awarded the Distinguished Service Cross at St. Etienne on October 4, 1918, "for extraordinary heroism in action."

What the source supports

That William Graham Reynolds of Berryville, a captain in the 23rd Infantry, was listed in the Virginia War History as awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for action at St. Etienne on October 4, 1918.

Uncertainty

Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The Courier reprints a list compiled from the first volume of the Virginia War History; the citation was not checked against military records. The OCR prints the year "19IS".

Source

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The April 26, 1923 list of war honors.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., April 26, 1923

Clarke Courier · 1923-04-26 (publication)

Locator: Page 1, list of war honors awarded Clarke soldiers, from the Virginia War History

Relevant passage
From the first volume of the Virginia War History, ... has complied the list of soldiers from Clarke and adjoining counties who were awarded medals for valor and meritorious duty during the World War. ... William Graham Reynolds, Berryville, captain 23rd infantry, distinguished service cross. St. Etienne Oct. 4, 19IS [1918], "for extraordinary heroism in action. After he had been severely wounded by a shell, he managed, by a sumpente [supreme] effort, to regain sufficient consciousness to acquaint his successor with the necessary information for continuance of the struggle."

Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.

Open source

Source family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The headline over the list, read from the page image and shown in the clipping above.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., April 26, 1923

Clarke Courier · 1923-04-26 (publication)

Locator: Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., April 26, 1923, page 1, headline "Ten War Honors For Clarke County"

Relevant passage
Ten War Honors For Clarke County; Five of Her Soldiers Awarded Medals Virginia War History Records Show That "Josh" Campbell, Lieut. John R. Castleman, Abmiral [sic] McCormick, William G. Reynolds and Maj. Lloyd Williams Are Honored with Medals for Valor and Meritorious Duty in World War·

Checked: This passage was read on a digital reproduction of the page; no original has been handled. The source's other readings: existing OCR reviewed, original image not independently inspected.

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Reporting

Evidence role: supports. Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., April 26, 1923, page 1, report "Ten War Honors For Clarke County", citations, the passage beginning "William Graham Reynolds, Berryville, captain 23rd...".

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., April 26, 1923

Clarke Courier · 1923-04-26 (publication)

Locator: Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., April 26, 1923, page 1, report "Ten War Honors For Clarke County", citations, the passage beginning "William Graham Reynolds, Berryville, captain 23rd..."

Relevant passage
William Graham Reynolds, Berryville, captain 23rd infantry, distinguished service cross, St. Etienne, Oct. 4, 1918, "for extraordinary heroism in action. After he had been severely wounded by a shell, he managed, by a sumpeme [sic] effort, to regain sufficient consciousness to acquaint his successor with the necessary information for continuance of the struggle.

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Source note: Clarke Courier, 1923
✓ Supported by a sourceAn account exists

The Clarke Courier of April 26, 1923, printing a list of Clarke soldiers awarded medals in the World War from the first volume of the Virginia War History, notes that the volume does not give the name of James Lindsey, son of Postmaster E. A. Lindsey of Boyce, who received a war medal for valor at the front in France, and that he had objected to the Courier's publishing the award at the time.

What the source supports

That James Lindsey of Boyce received a war medal for valor at the front in France, as the Clarke Courier reported in 1923.

Uncertainty

Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The item does not name the medal, and the Virginia War History volume it describes leaves him out. His father, E. A. Lindsey, is not recorded here, and he is not linked to any other Lindsey.

Source

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The April 26, 1923 note on the Virginia War History.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., April 26, 1923

Clarke Courier · 1923-04-26 (publication)

Locator: Page 1, list of war honors awarded Clarke soldiers, from the Virginia War History

Relevant passage
From the first volume of the Virginia War History, Col. Alfred B. Williams. Editor of The Leesburg Miror [Mirror], has complied the list of soldiers from Clarke and adjoining counties who were awarded medals for valor and meritorious duty during the World War. ... This volume does not give the name of James Lindsey, son of Postmaster E. A. Lindsey of Boyce, who received a war medal for valor at the front in France. This may be “Jim's’’ fault, as he is a modest young man and strenuously objected to Courier's publication of the award to him at the time it was made.

Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.

Open source

Source family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The same passage, read from the page image and shown in the clipping above.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., April 26, 1923

Clarke Courier · 1923-04-26 (publication)

Locator: Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., April 26, 1923, page 1, report "Ten War Honors For Clarke County", opening, the passage beginning "From the first volume of the..."

Relevant passage
From the first volume of the Virginia War History, Col. Alfred B. Williams, Editor of The Leesburg Miror [sic], has complied [sic] the list of soldiers from Clarke and adjoining counties who were awarded medals for valor and meritorious duty during the World War. Ten honors were awarded the County of Clarke and of its sons received war medals, according to the complication [sic] in the first volume. This volume does not give the name of James Lindsey, son of Postmaster E. A. Lindsey, of Boyce, who received a war medal for valor at the front in France.

Checked: This passage was read on a digital reproduction of the page; no original has been handled. The source's other readings: existing OCR reviewed, original image not independently inspected.

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A cropped piece of a page of the Clarke Courier of April 26, 1923, showing a wide newspaper headline reading Ten War Honors For Clarke County; Five of Her Soldiers Awarded Medals, with a deck naming five men honored with medals for valor and meritorious duty in the World War.

The headline and deck of the report Ten War Honors For Clarke County on the front page of the Clarke Courier of April 26, 1923, naming "Josh" Campbell, Lieut. John R. Castleman, Admiral McCormick (printed Abmiral), William G. Reynolds and Maj. Lloyd Williams.

What this image does and does not showPrint damaged in places; letters that could not be read on the page are supplied from context.

Clarke Courier (Berryville, Va.), April 26, 1923, page 1. Library of Congress, Chronicling America. Rights Changes: Cut from the Library of Congress page image at full resolution (the region lies at box 1484,1547 673x253 pixels of the saved half-size copy of the page) and shown at its own 1346 by 506 pixels; not scaled, retouched, enhanced, highlighted or re-encoded. Restored transcription: the passage is keyed as clean running text per docs/hubs-foundations.md's restored-transcription convention, not strict as-printed brackets.

Source: Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., April 26, 1923 Open the full image

What this image is evidence for

Passage it reproduces: Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., April 26, 1923, page 1, headline "Ten War Honors For Clarke County"

Statements on this site that rest on it:

  • The Clarke Courier of April 26, 1923 prints a list, compiled from the first volume of the Virginia War History, of Clarke soldiers awarded honors in the World War, naming William Graham Reynolds of Berryville, captain in the 23rd Infantry, as awarded the Distinguished Service Cross at St. Etienne on October 4, 1918, "for extraordinary heroism in action."
About the sourcesWhat the evidence says
What the evidence says

Clarke Courier items of 1918 to 1923, already published on this site and read on the Library of Congress page images, and the roll of veterans.

The roll's count is of people this site has found on a record of service; it is not an official enlistment count, and it changes as names are added.

  • An account exists✓ Supported by a source

    The Clarke Courier of July 3, 1919 printed "Clarke County's Roll of Honor," the names "the Local Board and the Adjutant General furnished to the Clerk of the Circuit Court to be recorded" under a Virginia act, and told men who had served but were missing from the list to bring proof to the clerk; the list runs in two parts, the second headed "COLORED."

    See the evidence
    ✓ Supported by a sourceAn account exists

    The Clarke Courier of July 3, 1919 printed "Clarke County's Roll of Honor," the names "the Local Board and the Adjutant General furnished to the Clerk of the Circuit Court to be recorded" under a Virginia act, and told men who had served but were missing from the list to bring proof to the clerk; the list runs in two parts, the second headed "COLORED."

    What the source supports

    That the county's official list of its men in the World War was recorded with the Circuit Court clerk and printed in the paper in two lists.

    Uncertainty

    The names themselves are on the veterans roll of this site, not repeated here. The heading of the second list is read on the page image.

    Source

    Reporting

    Evidence role: supports. The passage in "CLARKE COUNTY’S ROLL OF HONOR" (July 3, 1919).

    Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., July 3, 1919, page 1: "CLARKE COUNTY’S ROLL OF HONOR" and "ALL IS NOW READY FOR CLARKE COUNTY’S WELCOME HOME DAY"

    Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va. · 1919-07-03 (publication)

    Locator: Page 1, "CLARKE COUNTY’S ROLL OF HONOR"

    Relevant passage
    The following is a liist [sic] of the names the Local Board and the Adjutant General furnished to the Clerk of the Circuit Court to be recorded, under an Act of the General Assembly of Virginia.

    Checked: Original inspected. A digital reproduction was inspected; no original has been handled.

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    Source family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

    Reporting

    Evidence role: supports. The passage in "CLARKE COUNTY’S ROLL OF HONOR" (July 3, 1919).

    Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., July 3, 1919, page 1: "CLARKE COUNTY’S ROLL OF HONOR" and "ALL IS NOW READY FOR CLARKE COUNTY’S WELCOME HOME DAY"

    Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va. · 1919-07-03 (publication)

    Locator: Page 1, "CLARKE COUNTY’S ROLL OF HONOR"

    Relevant passage
    All men who were in the service and whose name did not appear on the Local Board’s List should present the proper proof to the Clerk and have his name recorded on the permanent rolls preserved in said office.

    Checked: Original inspected. A digital reproduction was inspected; no original has been handled.

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    Source family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

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  • An account exists✓ Supported by a source

    The Clarke Courier of July 4, 1918 reported that his wife, Mrs. Selina Williams, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Goodwin H. Williams, had received a telegram from the War Department that Capt. Lloyd W. Williams of the Marine Corps "had died from wounds received in action on June 11." It said he was born at "Nottingham," in Clarke County, on June 5, 1887, and that "So far as available records show, Capt. Williams is the first son of Clarke to be killed in France."

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    ✓ Supported by a sourceAn account exists

    The Clarke Courier of July 4, 1918 reported that his wife, Mrs. Selina Williams, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Goodwin H. Williams, had received a telegram from the War Department that Capt. Lloyd W. Williams of the Marine Corps "had died from wounds received in action on June 11." It said he was born at "Nottingham," in Clarke County, on June 5, 1887, and that "So far as available records show, Capt. Williams is the first son of Clarke to be killed in France."

    What the source supports

    That the Courier reported his death from wounds received in action on June 11, 1918, and called him the first son of Clarke killed in France.

    Uncertainty

    The date is the telegram's as the paper reported it; other Courier items give June 12 and June 17. The paper's own earlier items say he was born in Berryville. Read on the page image of the Library of Congress digital reproduction. No human historian has reviewed this claim.

    Source

    Reporting

    Evidence role: supports. Page 1, "Gallant Lloyd Williams Killed in France".

    Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., July 4, 1918, page 1: "Gallant Lloyd Williams Killed in France"

    Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va. · 1918-07-04 (publication)

    Locator: Page 1, "Gallant Lloyd Williams Killed in France"

    Relevant passage
    Mrs. Selina Williams, his wife, and Mr. and Mrs. Goodwin H. Williams, his father and mother, received a telegram from the War Department at Washington announcing that Capt. Lloyd W. Williams, of the United States Marine Corps, had died from wounds received in action on June 11.

    Checked: Original inspected. A digital reproduction was inspected; no original has been handled.

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    Source family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

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    Evidence role: supports. Page 1, "Gallant Lloyd Williams Killed in France".

    Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., July 4, 1918, page 1: "Gallant Lloyd Williams Killed in France"

    Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va. · 1918-07-04 (publication)

    Locator: Page 1, "Gallant Lloyd Williams Killed in France"

    Relevant passage
    Captain Williams was born at "Nottingham," in Clarke county, on June 5, 1887. He passed his boyhood days in Berryville

    Checked: Original inspected. A digital reproduction was inspected; no original has been handled.

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    Source family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

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    Evidence role: supports. Page 1, "Gallant Lloyd Williams Killed in France".

    Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., July 4, 1918, page 1: "Gallant Lloyd Williams Killed in France"

    Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va. · 1918-07-04 (publication)

    Locator: Page 1, "Gallant Lloyd Williams Killed in France"

    Relevant passage
    So far as available records show, Capt. Williams is the first son of Clarke to be killed in France.

    Checked: Original inspected. A digital reproduction was inspected; no original has been handled.

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    Source family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

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  • An account exists✓ Supported by a source

    The Clarke Courier of April 26, 1923 prints a list, compiled from the first volume of the Virginia War History, of Clarke soldiers awarded honors in the World War, naming William Graham Reynolds of Berryville, captain in the 23rd Infantry, as awarded the Distinguished Service Cross at St. Etienne on October 4, 1918, "for extraordinary heroism in action."

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    ✓ Supported by a sourceAn account exists

    The Clarke Courier of April 26, 1923 prints a list, compiled from the first volume of the Virginia War History, of Clarke soldiers awarded honors in the World War, naming William Graham Reynolds of Berryville, captain in the 23rd Infantry, as awarded the Distinguished Service Cross at St. Etienne on October 4, 1918, "for extraordinary heroism in action."

    What the source supports

    That William Graham Reynolds of Berryville, a captain in the 23rd Infantry, was listed in the Virginia War History as awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for action at St. Etienne on October 4, 1918.

    Uncertainty

    Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The Courier reprints a list compiled from the first volume of the Virginia War History; the citation was not checked against military records. The OCR prints the year "19IS".

    Source

    Reporting

    Evidence role: supports. The April 26, 1923 list of war honors.

    Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., April 26, 1923

    Clarke Courier · 1923-04-26 (publication)

    Locator: Page 1, list of war honors awarded Clarke soldiers, from the Virginia War History

    Relevant passage
    From the first volume of the Virginia War History, ... has complied the list of soldiers from Clarke and adjoining counties who were awarded medals for valor and meritorious duty during the World War. ... William Graham Reynolds, Berryville, captain 23rd infantry, distinguished service cross. St. Etienne Oct. 4, 19IS [1918], "for extraordinary heroism in action. After he had been severely wounded by a shell, he managed, by a sumpente [supreme] effort, to regain sufficient consciousness to acquaint his successor with the necessary information for continuance of the struggle."

    Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.

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    Source family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

    Reporting

    Evidence role: supports. The headline over the list, read from the page image and shown in the clipping above.

    Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., April 26, 1923

    Clarke Courier · 1923-04-26 (publication)

    Locator: Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., April 26, 1923, page 1, headline "Ten War Honors For Clarke County"

    Relevant passage
    Ten War Honors For Clarke County; Five of Her Soldiers Awarded Medals Virginia War History Records Show That "Josh" Campbell, Lieut. John R. Castleman, Abmiral [sic] McCormick, William G. Reynolds and Maj. Lloyd Williams Are Honored with Medals for Valor and Meritorious Duty in World War·

    Checked: This passage was read on a digital reproduction of the page; no original has been handled. The source's other readings: existing OCR reviewed, original image not independently inspected.

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    Source family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

    Reporting

    Evidence role: supports. Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., April 26, 1923, page 1, report "Ten War Honors For Clarke County", citations, the passage beginning "William Graham Reynolds, Berryville, captain 23rd...".

    Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., April 26, 1923

    Clarke Courier · 1923-04-26 (publication)

    Locator: Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., April 26, 1923, page 1, report "Ten War Honors For Clarke County", citations, the passage beginning "William Graham Reynolds, Berryville, captain 23rd..."

    Relevant passage
    William Graham Reynolds, Berryville, captain 23rd infantry, distinguished service cross, St. Etienne, Oct. 4, 1918, "for extraordinary heroism in action. After he had been severely wounded by a shell, he managed, by a sumpeme [sic] effort, to regain sufficient consciousness to acquaint his successor with the necessary information for continuance of the struggle.

    Checked: This passage was read on a digital reproduction of the page; no original has been handled. The source's other readings: existing OCR reviewed, original image not independently inspected.

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    Source family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

    AI-assisted source check (Claude Opus 5) · 2026-09-15. How this project checks its sources

Each statement above is assessed on its own evidence. Nothing here is averaged, scored or voted on, and a well-attributed account can be documented while what it describes stays unconfirmed.

Closing notes
What to take awayClarke's World War I is in its newspaper: a county list of the men who served, the first man killed, the wounded who came home, and the honors a state history recorded five years later.

Source note

This overview rests on Clarke Courier items of 1918 to 1923 already published on this site, each read on the Library of Congress page image, and on the roll of veterans, whose count grows as names are added. The men it names have their own pages, and the Lloyd brothers, Capt. Williams and the churches in the war each have a fuller story.

Open question

How many Clarke men died in the war, and does the county's Roll of Honor of 1919 match the roll of veterans built since?

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Capt. Lloyd W. Williams of the Marines, 1917 to 1921

The first Clarke man killed in France, from the telegram to his return home in 1921.