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Calhoun County was created by an act of the Legislative Council on January 26, 1838. Originally part of Washington and Jackson counties, Calhoun underwent several boundary changes until 1925. The Clerk of the Circuit Court in each county serves as the official custodian of deed, marriage, and probate records.
Summary:
This series consists of a microfilm copy of the military discharge records of Calhoun County, Florida from 1899 to 1919. The series includes a war record book (1899-1919) and a military discharge record book (1918-1919). Each county in the United States was required to record the honorable discharge of soldiers and sailors who served in World War I. The records are usually typed or handwritten transcripts of the original document given to the soldier. The records contain the individual's name, race, rank, series number, reason for discharge, birthplace, age at time of enlistment, occupation, and physical description. The enlistment record, usually included with the discharge record, gives the length of service, prior service, marital status, arms and horsemanship qualifications, advancement, battles, decorations and honors, leaves of absence, physical condition, and character evaluation. The war record book contains the same type of information for soldiers and sailors including those who died in service. In addition to the above information, the war record documents where the soldier trained, whether volunteered or selected for service, and date of death if in service. Both volumes are indexed.
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Microfilm listing available.
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Microfilm.
Location of Originals/Duplicates:
Circuit Court, 14th Judicial Circuit, Calhoun County. Office of the Clerk, Blounstown, Florida.
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Military discharge Florida --Calhoun County World War, 1914-1918.
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