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World War I draft registration card for Mack Herron King.

Transcription

The following transcription was made by Richard Brady Williams on August 28, 2006 using a legible template of the blank card provided by ancestry.com.

Front

1. Name in full Mack Herron King
2. Home address RF[illegible] 15, Riverville, NC
3. Date of birth July 28, 1891
4. Are you (1) a natural-born citizen, (2) a naturalized citizen, (3) an alien, (4) or have you declared your intention (specify which)? Natural Born Citizen
5. Where were you born? Charlotte NC U.S.A.
6. If not a citizen, of what nation are you a citizen or subject?
7. What is your present trade, occupation, or office? Farmer
8. By whom employed? Self Where employed? Riverville, NC
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 + child
10. Married or single (which)? Married Race (specify which)? White
11. What military service have you had? Rank branch years Nation or State X
12. Do you claim exemption from draft (specify grounds)? Family dependency

["If person is of African descent, cut off this corner" corner still attached.]

Back

1. Tall, medium, or short (specify which)? Tall
   Slender, medium, or stout (specify which)? Stout
2. Color of eyes Grey[?]
   Color of hair light
   Bald
3. Has person lost arm, leg, hand, foot, eye, or both eyes or is he otherwise disabled (specify)?

Precinct [illegible]

City or County Mecklenburg

State NC

Date of Registration [illegible] 5, 1917