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Preston County Veterans

Explore names recorded in Preston County military-history sources. Each source records something different; a name is a starting point for research, not automatically a complete service record or a confirmed identity.

Wiley’s military history 1,983

Names printed in Chapter XII of Samuel T. Wiley’s 1882 History of Preston County.

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State memorial records 178

Names included in the West Virginia Veterans Memorial Archives Database’s Preston County results.

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Independently documented service 0

Future entries with evidence of service and a Preston County connection beyond these two source collections. No entries have been added yet.

The count above is a count of source entries, not a count of unique veterans. The same person may appear in more than one source, and a shared name does not automatically establish that the records refer to the same individual.

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Entries are ordered by surname. A person may appear in more than one source; matching names are research leads, not an automatic identification.

Altz Adams

War of 1812

Wiley’s Military History (1882)

Unit or company as printed/transcribed
Captain Mathias McGowan’s Company, Lt.-Col. E. Boyd’s Virginia Militia
Wiley page
292–293

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Christian Albright

Civil War

Wiley’s Military History (1882)

Unit or company as printed/transcribed
3d West Virginia Volunteer Infantry / later 6th Cavalry, Company C
Wiley page
307–308

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Henry Albright

Civil War

Wiley’s Military History (1882)

Unit or company as printed/transcribed
3d West Virginia Volunteer Infantry / later 6th Cavalry, Company L
Wiley page
309–310

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Marcellus Albright

Civil War

Wiley’s Military History (1882)

Unit or company as printed/transcribed
3d West Virginia Volunteer Infantry / later 6th Cavalry, Company L
Wiley page
309–310

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Ezekiel Aldeman

War of 1812

Wiley’s Military History (1882)

Unit or company as printed/transcribed
Captain Mathias McGowan’s Company, Lt.-Col. E. Boyd’s Virginia Militia
Wiley page
292–293

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John Allison

Civil War

Wiley’s Military History (1882)

Unit or company as printed/transcribed
3d West Virginia Volunteer Infantry / later 6th Cavalry, Company C
Wiley page
307–308

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Eli Anderson

War of 1812

Wiley’s Military History (1882)

Unit or company as printed/transcribed
Captain Mathias McGowan’s Company, Lt.-Col. E. Boyd’s Virginia Militia
Wiley page
292–293

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Eri Anderson

Civil War

Wiley’s Military History (1882)

Unit or company as printed/transcribed
3d West Virginia Volunteer Infantry / later 6th Cavalry, Company C
Wiley page
307–308

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James W. Anderson

Civil War

Wiley’s Military History (1882)

Unit or company as printed/transcribed
3d West Virginia Volunteer Infantry / later 6th Cavalry, Company C
Wiley page
307–308

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Isaac Armstrong

War of 1812

Wiley’s Military History (1882)

Unit or company as printed/transcribed
Lieutenant Christian Con’s Company, Virginia Militia, Col. Wood’s Regiment
Wiley page
294–295

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George W. Artis

Civil War

Wiley’s Military History (1882)

Unit or company as printed/transcribed
3d West Virginia Volunteer Infantry / later 6th Cavalry, Company C
Wiley page
307–308

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E. C. Ashburn

Civil War

Wiley’s Military History (1882)

Unit or company as printed/transcribed
3d West Virginia Volunteer Infantry / later 6th Cavalry, Company C
Wiley page
307–308

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John Ashby

War of 1812

Wiley’s Military History (1882)

Unit or company as printed/transcribed
Lieutenant Christian Con’s Company, Virginia Militia, Col. Wood’s Regiment
Wiley page
294–295

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James M. Ashcraft

Civil War

Wiley’s Military History (1882)

Unit or company as printed/transcribed
3d West Virginia Volunteer Infantry / later 6th Cavalry, Company C
Wiley page
307–308

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James M. Ashcraft

Civil War

Wiley’s Military History (1882)

Unit or company as printed/transcribed
3d West Virginia Volunteer Infantry / later 6th Cavalry, Company L
Wiley page
309–310

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Isaac Asher

War of 1812

Wiley’s Military History (1882)

Unit or company as printed/transcribed
Captain Mathias McGowan’s Company, Lt.-Col. E. Boyd’s Virginia Militia
Wiley page
292–293

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John B. Austin

Civil War

Wiley’s Military History (1882)

Unit or company as printed/transcribed
3d West Virginia Volunteer Infantry / later 6th Cavalry, Company C
Wiley page
307–308

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Winser Austin

Civil War

Wiley’s Military History (1882)

Unit or company as printed/transcribed
3d West Virginia Volunteer Infantry / later 6th Cavalry, Company L
Wiley page
309–310

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Benjamin Awman

Civil War

Wiley’s Military History (1882)

Unit or company as printed/transcribed
3d West Virginia Volunteer Infantry / later 6th Cavalry, Company C
Wiley page
307–308

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Arthur Bailey

Civil War

Wiley’s Military History (1882)

Unit or company as printed/transcribed
3d West Virginia Volunteer Infantry / later 6th Cavalry, Company C
Wiley page
307–308

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John C. Ball

Civil War

Wiley’s Military History (1882)

Unit or company as printed/transcribed
3d West Virginia Volunteer Infantry / later 6th Cavalry, Company C
Wiley page
307–308

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Aaron Barker

Civil War

Wiley’s Military History (1882)

Unit or company as printed/transcribed
3d West Virginia Volunteer Infantry / later 6th Cavalry, Company L
Wiley page
309–310

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Francis M. Barnes

Civil War

Wiley’s Military History (1882)

Unit or company as printed/transcribed
3d West Virginia Volunteer Infantry / later 6th Cavalry, Company L
Wiley page
309–310

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Joshua Barthlow

Civil War

Wiley’s Military History (1882)

Unit or company as printed/transcribed
3d West Virginia Volunteer Infantry / later 6th Cavalry, Company C
Wiley page
307–308

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Source, scope, and how to read this collection

Wiley’s military history: Samuel T. Wiley, History of Preston County (West Virginia) (Kingwood: Journal Printing House, 1882), Chapter XII, printed pages 292–310. Read the digitized source. The index preserves names, unit headings, and printed page references from that local-history chapter. It confirms that a name appears in Wiley, not the identity or service of a particular individual.

West Virginia Veterans Memorial: The state memorial portion comes from the West Virginia Veterans Memorial Archives Database’s Preston County results. This page uses the saved PCTT research workbook read October 9, 2026, rather than a live feed. The Archives’ database description sets the memorial’s eligibility rules; those rules explain the scope of the collection, not the circumstances of any individual death.

The current state memorial records cover World War I, World War II, Korean Conflict, and Vietnam records. Preston County is the Archives’ county association; it does not mean every person was born, lived, or was buried here. Community associations may refer to different stages of a person’s life.

Repeated names are retained. They may represent different people, a repeated appearance in the original source, or a question that needs research. PCTT will link separate source entries to a shared research profile only when the evidence supports that identification.

Independently documented service may eventually include Civil War, War of 1812, and other periods. Each entry will need evidence of service and a Preston County connection, with its own source links. Original West Virginia Archives record links are preserved.