Freedom is never Free
We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight
on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the
air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we
shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall
fight in the hills; we shall never surrender. ---Sir Winston Churchill 4 June 1940
Family who Served:
Lord Dunmore's War ( and French & Indian War)
| Crabtree, Isaac | VA | Aug - Nov 1775 * | Capt James Thompson's Company |
Note: Asterisk * indicates more than one term of service. KIA is killed in action.
Revolutionary War
| Crabtree, James | VA | Abt 1776 - After 1777 | Captain, Virginia Rangers |
| Oury, Wendel | PA | 9 Aug 1776-16 Oct 1777, | 8th. Pennsylvania Regiment, Pennsylvania, USA. |
| Steele, Robert | VA | 1776-c. 1789 | Capt. John Adams Co, Montgomery County Militia (VA) |
| Raiford, John | NC | 1777-1778, * | Hall's Co., 2nd Regt., NC Line, , North Carolina, USA |
| Crabtree, Abraham | VA | Sep 1776 - ? | Aaron Lewis' Co, of Wm Christian's Rgt, Virginia Line--also served in F-I war |
| Crabtree, Jacob | VA | May 1776 - Nov 1776, 1780-81 | Cpt. James Crabtree's Rangers, Lt Umberton Lyon, Ens. Phillman Higgins |
War of 1812
| Barnes, Gideon | GA | 1812-1814 | 3rd Regiment (Wimberly's) Georgia Militia |
Mexican War
Civil War
| Crabtree, Abraham Thompson | KY | 4 years | 4th Kentucky Cavalry CSA |
| Crabtree, William Price | KY | 1862-1863 | 14th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry USA |
| Day, Newton | KY | 29 Jul 1863 - 10 Feb 1864 | Co F, 47th Infantry Regiment USA, deserted at Boonville |
| Fraley, Benjamin Franklin | KY | Abt 1861-1865 | 14th Kentucky Cavalry, USA |
| Garrison, Charles | KY | Bugler, USA | |
| Keifer, William H | GA | Apr 1862 - Jun 1862 | 2nd Georgia Cavalry CSA |
| Ledford, Caleb | KY | Enlisted but Never Mustered | 47th Regiment USA |
| Ledford, John S | KY | 20 Dec 1862-24 Mar 1863, | Co E, 14th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry, USA Ent at Irvine, Disc. at Maysville |
| Ledford, Robert G | KY | 24 Sep 1861 - 6 Jan 1862 | Co D, 8th Kentucky Infantry Regiment USA |
| Ledford, William T. | KY | 16 Aug 1862 | Co. C, 14 th Kentucky. Volunteer Cavalry, USA |
| Palmer, Presley | NC | KIA 17 Aug 1862, Fredericksburg | Co. I, 18th Regiment, North Carolina Troops, CSA |
| Raiford, Campbell E. | GA | Wounded at 2nd Manassas | Co B, 20th Georgia Volunteer Infantry CSA |
| Reed, Jesse | KY | 15 Jan 1862-17 November 1864. | Co D, 8th Kentucky Infantry, USA |
| Steele, William Wiley | KY | 11 Oct 1861 to 6 Sep 186511 | 6th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry USA |
| Steele, Oury | KY | KIA 18 Aug 1862, Mud Lick Spgs | Co. D, 14th Kentucky Cavalry USA |
| Thomas, John A | OH | 5 Dec 1863 to 25 Jul 1865 | Co G, 21st Ohio Infantry Regiment. Mustered out at Louisville, Kentucky. |
| Stepp, Simon | KY | 47th Kentucky Infantry USA |
Spanish - American War
| Keifer, Andrew Cornelius | OH | Navy | Spanish American War |
World War I
| Ellington, Lexton Earl | KY | 29 Mar 1918 9 Apr 1919 | Co L, 332 Infantry; Co A, 345 Bn. Tank Corps |
| Keifer, John Arthur | OH | 15 Dec 1917 to 1 May 1918, | 282 Aer Squadron, From Columbus Barracks, Franklin, Ohio, USA |
| Thomas, John | OH | 27 May 1918 to 14 Aug 1919, | 157 Depot Brigade; Co C, 163 Infantry; Co D, 23 Infantry, AEF |
| Palmer, Logan | PFC, Q M Corps |
World War II
| Brewer, Green Kelly Jr | KY | 321st Regiment, 81st Infantry Division, Killed-in-Action on Peleliu Island | |
| Crabtree, Russell | KY | Navy during WW II | |
| Ferrari, Louis J | NY | 1941-1945 | Highly Decorated in Italy, |
| Garrett, John Preston | KY | World War II | |
| Garrett, Kenneth Ray | KY | US Army | |
| Gillespie, Porter Leon | OH | Dec 1940-Mar 1946 | |
| Kiefer, Thomas Charles | OH | U S Navy | |
| Miller, Corbin Ray | OH | Navy, 19 Jun 1943 | |
| Miller, James Audrey | OH | 25 Oct 1943 to 20 Apr 1946 | Navy |
| Miller, Paul Hassell | OH | 10 Apr 1945 to 23 Dec 1946 | US Army |
| Miller, Warren Gamaliel | OH | 22 Jul 1944 | Army, |
| Reed, Albert | KY | 1941-1945 | |
| Reed, Edsel Sherwood | KY | 1942-1945, 1952-54 Canal Zone | Army Medical Corps |
| Reed, Edwin Burl | KY | Co F, Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, WW II | |
| Reed, Lawrence | OH | 1941-1945 | |
| Reed, Roy Clay | KY | Army during WW II and also an Air Force veteran | |
| Reed, Harry Raymond | KY | Army | |
| Reed, Talmadge Jouett | KY | Navy | |
| Smallwood, Lona Cecil | KY | 5 Feb 1945, Germany | Died in WW II |
| Steele, Earle Ronceford | TN | 8 Nov 1943, | U S Navy |
| Wilson, Elzie Curtis | KY | Between 1941 and 1945 | |
| Ellis, James O | CO | Retired Officer | |
| Oden, Victor Thomas | KY | United States Marine Corps | |
| Rogers, Charlie Devalt | KY | Between 1941 and 1945 |
Korean War
| Reed, Montford Lee | KY | 1953-1961, active duty 1954-56 | 29th Signal Battalion, US Army Europe |
Viet Nam
| Downing,Talmadge | OH | 1951 - abt 1980 | Highly Decorated Marine, M Co, First Marines, Third Marine Div |
| Reed, Jesse Lee | KY | c 1956 - 1986 | Navy Jet Fighter Pilot, retired as a Captain |
Desert Storm
Iraqi Freedom