Gallia County Sources

Article on recruiting Black Civil War soldiers in Gallia County, Ohio
Gallipolis Journal, August 25, 1864

Born in Gallia County
Julius Allen, 44 USCI
Meshack Bowen, Navy and 17 USCI (on his second enlistment he stated that he was born in Ironton, Lawrence County)
Lewis Browner, 44 USCI
Jessie Collier, 27 USCI
George Cordell, 27 USCI
Charles H. Jones, 27 USCI
Marston Matthews, 27 USCI
William Mumford, 27 USCI
John L. Stevens, 27 USCI
Thomas Stevens, 27 USCI

Enlisted in Gallia County

John Bunch, 5 USCI, August 26, 1863
James H. Guthrie, 27 USCI, February 16, 1864
Charles H. Jones, 27 USCI, March 7, 1864
Marston Matthews, 27 USCI, February 10, 1864
Edward Noble, 27 USCI, February 16, 1864

You can look at the names of the other Black Civil War soldiers, sailors, and veterans
from Gallia County, or you can view the Ohio county pages to find African Americans
who served from or lived in the state.