Chester County, TNGenWeb

The Tennessee State Library & Archive (TSLA) has compiled an index of WWI veterans of Chester County from the National Archives’ Record Group 36.  The online TSLA Index provides you with each serviceman’s name, age or year of birth, birthplace, notes, and page number in the original volume.  Additional information regarding

In 1891 Tennessee established the Board of Pension Examiners to determine if Confederate veterans applying for pensions were eligible. Eligibility requirements included an inability to support oneself, honorable separation from the service, and residence in the state for one year prior to application. Confederate veterans applied to the pension board