Military: WWI Civilian Draft Registrations, Grant Parish, Louisiana Source WWI Civilian Draft Registrations Submitted to USGENWEB by Gaytha Thompson ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** WWI CIVILIAN DRAFT REGISTRATIONS Description: In 1917 and 1918, approximately 24 million men, (98% of men present in America), born between 1873 and 1900 completed draft registration cards. This civilian registration is often confused with induction into the military; however, a minority of those civilian men who registered were actually ever called up for military service. During these two years, three registration days were held in which the registrants completed a registration card that generally included, among other information: birth date, birth location, father's birth location, and the address of next of kin. It should be noted that aliens were required to register but were not subject to induction into the American military. Persons already in the military did not register. Recent Italian emigrants wrote their last names first, resulting in some cards being filed under first names. Cards of Hispanics may be filed under their mother's maiden name surname if the registrant gave both parents' surnames. Also, men who resided in British territories sometimes listed themselves simply as British citizens without noting their origin in Canada, Australia, Ireland, Jamaica, etc. Illiterate men were unable to spell their names and birth location, so researchers should be quite flexible in searching for the spelling of names of illiterate men. Name/Date Born/Place/Ethnicity/District/County/State Alfred Wesley Bell/24 October 1888/Montgomery Louisiana/White/Coconino Arizona C.C. Miller/13 October 1886/Montgomery Louisiana/White/CoconinoArizona Albert Simmons/11 September 1877/relative lives Montgomery Louisina/White/ Dade Florida Willie A. Adams/31 August 1892/Montgomery Louisiana/White/Grant Louisiana Richard Roy Adams/20 December 1894/Montgomery Louisiana/White/ Grant Louisiana John Francis Smith/14 May 1898/relative lives Colfax Louisiana/Black/White Pine Nevada W. Philip Banks/1 May 1890/Colfax Louisiana/White/Grant Louisiana Demias (Denes) Johnson/1 May 1892/Colfax Louisiana/Black Val Verde Texas Denes (Demias) Johnson/1 May 1892/Colfax Louisiana/Black/Val Verde Texas Jay Deek Adams/20 August 1894/Colfax Louisiana/White/Grant Louisiana John Samuel Ellzey/3 February 1893/Georgetown Louisiana/White/George Mississippi William Buford Ellzey/27 April 1897/Georgetown Louisiana/White/George Mississippi Simion Thomas Casey/27 March 1891/rel. lives Pollock City Louisiana/White/ Walton Florida Joel Matthias McKay/8 August 1883/lives in Pollock Louisiana/White Hinds Mississippi John Durant Adams/18 May 1892/Pollock Louisiana/White/Fannin Texas