A 1924 World War I monument in front of the Clarke County Courthouse was the first memorial erected to honor the county's war dead. It cost $1,650 and was paid for with donations. Its tablet is historically significant because it honored Blacks and Whites on the same stone, showing racial tolerance for the time, though it also remains a relic of the segregation era and a reminder that all citizens are equal now. A new tablet was erected in Nov. 2002 and listed all of the deceased servicemen on one side, with names updated to include those not on the original stone. The honor roll of Colored Soldiers for World War I, 1914–1918, included Lonnie Bettis, Claude Chapman, Gus Coats, Robert Coates, James Gibby, Leonard Gilyard, Elmer Kidd, John Moss, Henry Reed, George Reed, Harrison Welch, Henry May, and Timothy Portus. The honor roll of White Soldiers for World War I, 1914–1918, included John E. Autry, William F. Atchison, Frank B. Brewer, Thomas G. Beck, John Chapman, Joseph W. Coleman, James W. Deas, Alver Friddle, Caley S. Harrell, Thomas G. Hart, John R. Lavender, Walter Luker, Willie J. May, Milton McLeod, Tom Bettis McNider, John W. Oliver, James S. Overstreet, Willis C. Overstreet, Brazil Smith, Fletcher Smith, Ruben Smith, Henry Skinner, Hance F. Stokes, Earl D. Rayborn, Bryant C. Rudder, M.D., and Alberta M. Jowers, Nurse.