Portsmouth (Va.) Muster Roll in the War with Germany 1917

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Portsmouth (Va.) Muster Roll in the War with Germany 1917

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Library of Virginia

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Portsmouth (Va.)

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Portsmouth was located in Norfolk County, which is now extinct. It was named by its founder, William Crawford, for the English seaport and was established in 1752. Portsmouth was incorporated as a town in 1836 and as a city in 1858. Laws requiring the recording of births and deaths in Virginia were enacted as early as 1632, when a law directed ministers or churchwardens in each parish to present a "register of all burialls, christenings, and marriages" yearly at the June...