World War I Gold Star Veterans from Franklin County
Approximately 4,000 Tennessee soldiers and sailors died during World War I. The state legislature tasked the Tennessee Historical Commission to “collect, compile, index, and arrange all data …relating to the part that Tennessee has played in the great world war.” More than 1,000 of those records are permanently archived at the Tennessee State Library & Archives in Nashville. [Source: https://teva.contentdm.oclc.org/customizations/global/pages/collections/goldstar/goldstar.html]
Following is a list of Gold Star veterans’ records at TSLA. Each individual’s file has been digitized and is available for viewing on-line.