Record #:

32125

Author(s):

Kammerer, Roger

Abstract:

This small article from 1899 concerns the death of Kit Reeves, colored, who died in the Spanish-American War. His widow, Frances Reeves, received the first pension for a soldier in the Spanish-American War in Pitt County.

Source:

Pitt County Genealogical Quarterly (NoCar F253 .P57), Vol. VII Issue No. 3, August 2000, p29

Subject(s):

Pitt County--People; Pitt County--History--Spanish-American War, 1898

Record #:

22932

Author(s):

Kammerer, Roger

Abstract:

The Spanish-American War may have been the United States' most successful war. The war was somewhat distant for people in Pitt County, excepting the local men who fought. This article lists these soldier’s names and in the 1930s the Pitt County Spanish-American War Veteran’s Organization was formed. There was also a Spanish-American War Auxiliary made up of wives of veterans. On July 30, 1932, a V.F.W. Post was formed in Greenville which took in the living veterans from all the past wars who saw foreign service.

Source:

Greenville Times / Pitt's Past (NC Microforms), Vol. Issue , Jun 11-24 1986, p10

Subject(s):

Spanish-American War, 1898--Pitt County; Pitt County--History--Spanish-American War, 1898