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Lawrence Williamson

Released
Full name:Lawrence Hezekiah Williamson
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:Indiana
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Anti-War Conscientious Objection
Lawrence Williamson

Biography

Lawrence Williamson was a World War I conscientious objector who refused military service and was court-martialed and confined at the Fort Leavenworth Disciplinary Barracks in Kansas. When the U.S. Army's Board of Inquiry examined him at Fort Leavenworth on January 4–5, 1919, it concluded that he was a sincere conscientious objector who would have qualified for a furlough.

Lawrence Hezekiah Williamson was a Quaker conscientious objector from Indiana imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth. Sentenced to 15 years in prison. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: sent to Camp Zachary Taylor; refused to drill at first, but then agreed to do so; segregated with other C.O.s; worked in Personnel Office at camp ; sentenced to 15 years in prison; imprisoned Sept. …

Cases

United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth
Charges: Disobeying orders; refusal of military service (World War I court-martial of a conscientious objector)
Released: Jan 27, 1919
Sentence: Sentenced to 15 years in prison. Held at Fort Leavenworth. Released 1919 (Jan. 27).
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Kansas
Fort Leavenworth Disciplinary Barracks
Charges: Disobeying orders; refusal of military service (World War I court-martial of a conscientious objector)
Sentence: Verdict as recorded: Yes — court-martialed for refusing military service.
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Kansas