This collection references specific pension records freely available through different project websites online. The pension law governing claims based on death or disability from military service was passed on 14 July 1862. Later pension laws were based on length of service and disability not necessarily incurred in the service. Beginning in 1892 women who were employed as nurses by the government were also eligible for pensions.
Indiana Pension Records Boone County Houk, William , Application Abstract Clark County Anderson, James Brady, Levi , Widows Application & Misc. Elkhart County McFarren, James, Widows Application Grant County Boyer, Amandus , Invalid Application Abstract Delaney, John , Invalid Application & Abstracts Hancock County Manning, Joel , Invalid Application & Misc. Howard County Atkisson, James W. , Invalid Application & Misc. Brass, Alexander , Invalid Application & Questionnaire Crousore, Andrew R. , Mothers Application & Abstracts Jessup, Thomas J. , Misc. Papers & Csr Shaw, James C. , Invalid, Widows Applications & Misc. Snow, John M. , Widows Application Johnson County Settles, Isaac , Invalid Application Lawrence County Evans, Elijah , Information & Death … Read more
All pages listed, hosted at USGenWeb Archives Project Georgia Babb, Tillman L. Invalid Application Babb, William A. Widow’s Application & Misc. Badger, George M. Widow’s Application Extracts Ballard, James Pope , Daughters’ Application Extracts Boyd, W. L. E. , Widow’s Application Boyd, William , Invalid Application Brewer, John Wesley , Invalid, Widow’s Applications & Misc Bridges, Wiley Jones , Father’s Application & Misc Bryan, W. A. , Invalid Questionnaire & Misc Caldwell, P. Ct. , Widow’s Questionnaire & Misc. Chambers, William , Invalid Questionnaire, Csr Extracts & Misc. Coulter, R. M. V. , Invalid, Widows Questionnaire & Misc. Forshee, Noah … Read more
Florida Florida Confederate Pension Application Files Index Alachua County Baker County Bay County Bradford County Brevard County Broward County Calhoun Charlotte Citrus Clay Columbia Dade DeSoto Dixie Duval Escambia Flagler Franklin Gadsden Gilchrist Glades Gulf Hamilton Hardee Hendry Hernando Highlands Hillsborough Holmes Indian River Jackson Jefferson Lafayette Lake Lee Leon Levy Liberty Madison Manatee Marion Martin Monroe Nassau Okaloosa Okeechobee Orange Osceola Palm Beach Polk Putnam St. Johns St. Lucie Sarasota Seminole Sumter Suwannee Taylor Union Volusia Wakulla Walton Washington Civil War Pension Applications Following hosted at Florida Civil War Pension Project Surname A Surname Ba-Bel Surname Bem-Bo Surname Br-Bro … Read more
Arkansas (following hosted at USGenWeb Archives Pension Project Civil War ) Widow’s Application Abstract Johnson County Alverson, Joseph Pike County Townsend, William S. Invalid Widow’s Applications & Misc. Scott County Bates, Martin Stephen Cates, William F. Davis, William T. Lynch, John B. McClain, George W. McKay, Andrew C. Miner, Maston Speights, William Levi Williams, Elias Invalid Widow’s Application Abstracts Saline County Hicks, Thomas Jefferson P. Scott County Hooper, Ambrose Humes Journey, Elijah F. Widow’s Application Bradley County Castleberry, Jesse Columbia County Foster, Jackson Scott County Johnston, Whitmill M. McClain, John W. Stinson, James A. Wiley, Thomas Jefferson Invalid Application & … Read more
Alabama Civil War Pension Records Description Barbour County Civil War Pensions, hosted at ALGenWeb Archives Project Application for the Relief of Confederate Soldier T. G. Loftin Application for Widow’s Pension Mrs. Emma Ellen [Fountain] Stephens Reclassification of Widow’s Pension Mrs. Emma Ellen [Fountain’ Stephens Application for the Relief of Confederate Soldier, J. W. Stephens Application for Widow’s Pension Susan A. Fountain Stephens Prisoner of War Records, Samuel E. Stephens Bibb County Civil War Pensions, hosted at Bibb County Alabama GenWeb Pritchett, William N. Quinn, J. V. Butler County Civil War Pensions, hosted at ALGenWeb Archives Project Harris, Polly, widow of … Read more
Pension application files for most War of 1812 veterans, however, will be found in the second series of pension files, i.e., those based on the acts of 1871 and 1878. These acts, based on length of service alone, relate mostly to militia veterans called to federal service. The 1871 act provided pensions to veterans who had served at least sixty days or to their widows if they had married before 1815. The 1878 act provided pensions to those veterans, or their widows, who only served fourteen days. By the time these acts were passed, most applicants were widows or minors … Read more
Pension application files for most War of 1812 veterans, however, will be found in the second series of pension files, i.e., those based on the acts of 1871 and 1878. These acts, based on length of service alone, relate mostly to militia veterans called to federal service. The 1871 act provided pensions to veterans who had served at least sixty days or to their widows if they had married before 1815. The 1878 act provided pensions to those veterans, or their widows, who only served fourteen days. By the time these acts were passed, most applicants were widows or minors … Read more
The National Archives have microfilm publication of a general index to pension files. The pension applications to which this index applies relate chiefly to Army, Navy, and Marine Corps service performed between 1861 and 1916. Most of the records relate to Civil War service; some relate to earlier service by Civil War veterans; others relate to service in the Spanish-American War, the Philippine Insurrection, the Boxer Rebellion, and the Regular Establishment. There are no Federal pension records for service in Confederate forces. Each card in the general index gives a veteran’s name, rank, unit, and term of service; names of … Read more