Men of Meigs County served in defense of their country in World War I, World War II, the Korean Conflict, the Vietnam War, the War with Mexico, and the Confederate War. Those named are Albert Burton, James F. Collins, Charles Fitch, Ben Gates, Sam Mason Hall, James Oscar Huff, Grundy Johnson, Bratcher Long, Edgar W. Lane, Wilbur Moore, William Rataledge, Raymond Brown, Lonzo Eugene Campbell, Willard Crisp, Charles Boggess David, Hubert R. Finney, Earl R. Ford, Willard D. Grubb, William Paul Jolley, Howard Kennett, Norman W. Lane, Raymond Carson McKinney, James J. Moon, Jr., James Ross Patterson, Woodrow Powell, Jesse Price, Carson Ricks, James Rogers, Jr., John H. Runyan, Jr., Newton E. Sitzlar, Otis Wilson, Clay Weisgerber, Caleb Johnkins, Jr., William E. Scott, James Thomas Davis, Lee Roy McElhaney, William Arthur Shelton, James Lee Daniel, and Cordell S. Howard. Service from Meigs County in the War with Mexico included Capt. G. W. McKenzie's Co., and in the Confederate War included Capt. A. J. Lillard's Co., Capt. A. F. Boggess' Co., Capt. G. W. McKenzie's Co., Capt. A. W. Hodge's Co., Capt. G. C. Sanduskey's Co., and Capt. W. W. Lillard's Co.