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GEORGE W. JEFFERS, Companies "C" & "D"


Submitted by Ron Jeffers.

     GEORGE W. JEFFERS, Sergeant, Company "C" & "D" 1st VA (W.Va.) Cavalry, Regimental Blacksmith on Headquarters staff; served at Gettysburg. Enlisted August 1861, East Richland, Belmont Co., Ohio; discharged July 1865, Wheeling Island, Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia.

1890 Census, Belmont County, Ohio, June 1890 - 2 entries:

Flushing Twp: George W. Jeffers, Sargt, D 1st W. Va. Cav
Aug 12 1861 - July 20 1865, 4yrs 0mos 1 day.

City of Bellaire: Geo. W. Jeffers, Private, D 1st W. Va. Cav
Jan 1 1864 - July 8 1865, 6mos 8days.

Per initial enlistment and discharge documents, he served from Aug 1861 - Dec 1863 as a 3rd Sgt, 1st W.Va. Cavalry. He reenlisted the same day of discharge and served from Dec 1863 - July 1865, as a Private, Veteran, 1st W. Va. Cav.

Class I West Virginia Civil War medal (Honorably Discharged) in possession of Ron Jeffers, gr-gr-gr-grandson of George W. Jeffers. (George W. - b. 1836 --> Wm James - b. 1868 --> Wm Howard - b. 1898 --> Wm Edgar - b. 1910 --> Ronald Edgar - b. 1936 --> Ronald E., Jr. b. 1960.)


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