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(From the Introduction) This project was the result of a desire by the Floyd County Historical and Genealogical Society to pay tribute to our Nation's Veterans, especially those associated with Floyd County. The Society chose to honor all veterans regardless of when and where they served or if in peacetime or wartime. This project covers veterans from the Revolutionary War to Present day.

(From the Introduction) This project was the result of a desire by the Floyd County Historical and Genealogical Society to pay tribute to our Nation's Veterans, especially those associated with Floyd County. The Society chose to honor all veterans regardless of when and where they served or if in peacetime or wartime. This project covers veterans from the Revolutionary War to Present day.

Once a Kanawha hunting ground, the area that became Floyd County in 1831 was settled by people of English, German, Scots-Irish, French, and African descent, who established scattered farming communities. Agriculture was supplemented by work at sawmills and gristmills, distilling, storekeeping, and small-scale manufacturing and mining. Social life centered on family, church, and schools. Through the first half of the 20th century, full-time farming diminished as automobiles and improved roads gave access to garment factories and other industries within Floyd and adjoining counties, and the...