From: KyArchives [archives@genrecords.org] Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2007 1:33 PM To: Ky-Footsteps Subject: Meyer.Lawrence.Emmett.ww1.1917.Breckinridge.MILITARY-Other World War 1 Draft Registration Card ww1 Breckinridge County KyArchives Military Other World War 1 Draft Registration Card World War I Draft Registration Card A—(5 June 1917) REGISTRATION CARD No.: 31 1. Name in full Given Name: Laurence Emmett Family name: Meyer Age in Years: 28 2. Home Address No.: Street: City: Big Spring State: Ky 3. Date of birth Month: Nov Day: 22 Year: 1888 4. Are you 1) natural-born citizen 2) naturalized citizen 3) alien 4) or have you declared your intention (specify which): Natural born 5. Where were you born? Town: Big Spring State: Ky Nation: USA 6. If not a citizen, of what nation are you a citizen or subject: a citizen 7. What is your present trade, occupation, or office: Farming 8. By whom employed: Work for myself Where employed: Near Big Spring, Ky 9. Have you a father, mother, wife, child under 12, or a sister or brother under 12, solely dependent on you for support (specify which): wife 10. Married or single (which): married Race (specify which): white 11. What military service have you had? none Rank Branch Years Nation or state 12. Do you claim exemption from draft (specify grounds): Fammering I affirm that I have verified above answers and that they are true. Signature or mark: Lawrence Emmett Meyer If person is of African descent, cut off this corner (is corner missing?): REGISTRAR’S REPORT 1. Tall, medium or short (specify which): medium Slender, medium, or stout (which): medium 2. Color of eyes: grey Color of hair: red Bald: no 3. Has person lost arm, leg, hand, foot, eye, or both eyes or is he otherwise disabled (specify): no I certify that my answers are true that the person registered has read his own answers, that I have witnessed his signature, and that all of his answers of which I have knowledge are true, except as follows: Signature of: C C Martin Precinct: # 15 City or County: Breckinridge State: Ky Date of registration: June 5, 1917 Submitted by: Dana Brown http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00005.html#0001067 Additional Comments: The actual image of this card can be obtained through microfilms at NARA, or through a paid subscription to Ancestry.com. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/