Baker County Florida Confederate Pension Application Files Index File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Cathy Burnsed, cburnsed@geocities.com USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. This file may not be removed from this server or altered in any way for placement on another server without the consent of the State and USGenWeb Project coordinators and the contributor. *********************************************************************** extracted from: http://www.dos.state.fl.us/dlis/barm/Florida_CSA_Pension_Files.htm "The first Confederate pensions in Florida were authorized in 1885 and granted to veterans the sum of $5.00 per month. The next three decades saw a new Confederate pension bill introduced at nearly every session of the Legislature. Residency requirements were added and adjusted, militia members and widows were declared eligible, various financial qualifications were added and changed, and the amount and method of distribution were changed many times. "A Board of Commissioners consisting of three members was appointed under the first pension law and it remained essentially the same, despite changes in name and the inability of the legislature to settle on the identity of the third member. The Governor and Comptroller were members of the board from the beginning, although the third seat was passed at various times from the Adjutant General to the Secretary of State to the Attorney General to the Treasurer, back to the Attorney General, and again back to the Treasurer before finally stabilizing in 1915 as the Governor, Comptroller, and Treasurer. The clerical and day-to-day operations of administering the pension laws were carried out under the supervision of the Comptroller. "The pension application files include both veterans' and widows' applications interfiled, although approved and denied claims are filed separately. The veteran's application generally includes his full name, date and place of birth, unit of service, date and place of enlistment, date and place of discharge, brief description of service and/or wounds, proof of service, place and length of residence in Florida, as well as other miscellaneous documentation. "The widow's application is filed with that of her husband and includes her full name, date and place of marriage, date and place of her husband's death, her place and length of residence in Florida, and proof of her husband's service. Some early applications also include the widows' date and place of birth. "Confederate pensions were awarded to residents of Florida regardless of the state in which their service was rendered. "Copies of the files are available from the Florida State Archives for a flat fee of $7.50 per file (veteran and widow are filed together.) Checks should be payable to the Department of State, and mailed to: The Florida State Archives, R. A. Gray Building, Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250." NOTE: The following index includes the veteran's name, his unit of service, state of service (if other than Florida), widow's first and maiden name, and the earliest year of application. FILE # SURNAME FIRST NAME UNIT SPOUSE APP LENGTH DATE A00013 ALFORD William R. 1st Regt Inf Sarah (Lodeholtz) 1908 11 pgs A04523 ALLEN William Foster Georgia Jane (Nettles) 1913 15 pgs D12074 BARBER Isaiah 9th Regt Inf Elizabeth A. (--) 1909 08 pgs Al1149 BARTON William 9th Regt Inf Laura (Bass) 1898 18 pgs A07011 BASS George P. Georgia 1912 10 pgs A03010 BAXLEY William R. Georgia Mary (Rogers) 1907 12 pgs A05826 BEASLEY Jefferson Froy 9th Regt Inf 1901 09 pgs A11705 BEASLEY Raymon J. 4th Regt Inf 1898 06 pgs A11073 BERRY Henry D. 1st Regt Cav 1902 09 pgs A07774 BERRY Marion G. 1st Regt Inf Resv 1907 14 pgs A06204 BROWN John 7th Regt Inf 1907 17 pgs A01495 BURNSED James M. Home Guard Julia (Starling) 1908 10 pgs A05432 BURNSED James W. 1st Regt Inf 1906 14 pgs A08520 CARROLL Thomas C. South Carolina 1923 09 pgs A10809 CHALKER James Drysdale 2nd Regt Cav 1907 12 pgs A08050 COBB William C. 9th Regt Inf 1901 15 pgs Al0810 COLEMAN Marion J. 1st Regt Inf Resv 1904 16 pgs A12266 COMBS George Home Guard Martha M. (--) 1908 08 pgs A10023 COMBS John R. 4th Regt Inf Mary (Thompson) 1903 17 pgs A08426 CONNER Willis W. 1st Regt Inf Resv 1918 06 pgs A12130 CONNER Willis W. 1st Regt Inf Resv 1907 11 pgs A11455 COOK Wilson 7th Regt Inf Melissa (Boyd) 1907 10 pgs A12557 CREWS Samuel 1st Regt Cav Harriet (--) 1901 04 pgs A07049 DAVIS Henry B. 11th Regt Inf 1907 14 pgs A00022 DAVIS James S. 3rd Regt Inf Margaret (Yelvington) 1893 18 pgs A12289 DAVIS Richard 1st Regt Cav Morning (Parker) 1906 11 pgs A08726 DAVIS Richard A. Home Guard 1925 09 pgs A01163 DINKINS Belona R. 9th Regt Inf Lydia (Clark) 1907 17 pgs A03008 DINKINS Joseph J. 1st Regt Inf Melvina (Dopson) 1901 13 pgs A01361 DOWLING John D. 8th Regt Inf Sarah (Johns) 1902 14 pgs A12559 DRAWDY Cornelius 1st Regt Cav Charity S. (--) 1904 04 pgs A12624 FRANKLIN A. Mississippi 1902 04 pgs A08802 FRANKLIN Pinkney pension by Legislative Act 1927 02 pgs A12951 GARRET William 1st Regt Cav 1902 04 pgs A02072 GARRETT George W. 9th Regt Inf Esther (Strickland) 1907 28 pgs A02812 GARRETT William M. 1st Regt Cav Henrietta (Hogans) 1903 19 pgs A00023 GODWIN James 5th Regt Inf Emily (Coleman) 1904 13 pgs A00020 GREEK William J. 9th Regt Inf Julia Ann (Vettles) 1904 13 pgs A02653 GROVES John Wesley 5th Regt Inf Wealthy (Starling) 1899 21 pgs D02422 GUTHREY Aaron 1st Regt Cav 1901 04 pgs Al2688 HARRIS Henry H. 8th Regt Inf 1902 04 pgs A01252 HARVEY Jesse W. 1st Regt Inf Resv Elizabeth (Williams) 1907 16 pgs A01812 HARVEY John J. 3rd Regt Inf Mary (Parker) 1901 13 pgs A00011 HERNDON John R. 8th Regt Inf Jane (Williams) 1905 10 pgs Al1842 HERNDON Urban C. 11th Regt Inf Mary (--) 1902 10 pgs Al1744 HODGES James M. 1st Regt Cav 1899 04 pgs A04020 HODGES William L. Georgia Roxyan (Hogans) 1914 09 pgs A12218 JOHNSON Josiah 1st Regt Cav Elizabeth M. (--) 1908 06 pgs A00015 JONES John 1st Regt Cav Mary (Dowling) 1901 08 pgs A07882 LAURAMORE John C. 4th Regt Inf 1902 11 pgs A05832 LAURAMORE Richard M. 8th Regt Inf 1900 13 pgs A06456 MATHIAS John 1st Regt Cav 1901 11 pgs A07044 MIKELL Benjamin Georgia 1908 13 pgs A02403 MIKELL John S. Home Guard Mary (Mikell) 1908 18 pgs A01705 MIKELL Robert W. Home Guard Missouri (Parrott) 1908 16 pgs A10392 MITCHELL David Wilson Mississippi Helen (Gilespie) 1934 13 pgs A03013 MOBLEY John E. Georgia Harriett (Crawford) 1903 15 pgs A01300 MORGAN Benjamin L. 10th Regt Inf Mary (Goodson) 1907 16 pgs D05242 MOTES David 1st Regt Inf Resv 1903 05 pgs A01806 NEWBORN Thomas Henry 1st Regt Inf Resv Susan (Roberts) 1915 10 pgs A03011 NIPPER Hiram Georgia Elizabeth (Rogers) 1905 10 pgs A03657 NORMAN Jeremiah J. Georgia Trecie (Dudley) 1901 15 pgs A03472 PEASE Nathan D. Georgia Susan (Burnsed) 1902 21 pgs A00021 POWELL Temple 1st Regt Inf Rachel (Newmans) 1897 21 pgs A00024 POWERS James H. 8th Regt Inf Nancy (Tomblinson) 1903 09 pgs D21570 RAULERSON William J. 7th Regt Inf 1919 15 pgs D20693 REED Joseph L. 9th Regt Inf Fanny (Lang) 1916 13 pgs A12267 REVELLS Edmond Indpt Units 1908 10 pgs Dl1350 REVELS Henry 5th Regt Inf Penney (--) 1908 07 pgs A10361 RHODEN H.D. Home Guard Kate (Price) 1908 23 pgs A11961 RHODEN Thomas 8th Regt Inf Amy L. (--) 1904 08 pgs A07045 ROWE Robert L. 2nd Regt Cav 1905 13 pgs A08042 RUIS Alfred Georgia 1910 10 pgs D04099 STEPHENS A.M. Georgia Eliza (--) 1902 07 pgs A03448 STEPHENS A.M. Georgia Eliza (Guess) 1904 09 pgs A12555 STEWART Joseph 4th Regt Inf Margaret Jane (--) 1904 08 pgs A04439 STONE William H. Georgia Harriet (Dowling) 1907 17 pgs A03494 SWAIN George T. North Carolina Susan (Green) 1906 19 pgs A12723 SWEAT Henry Maxwell 3rd Regt Inf 1901 06 pgs D12325 SWEAT James 8th Regt Inf Mary (Thompson) 1908 08 pgs D12322 SWEAT James A. 8th Regt Inf Elizabeth (Crews) 1908 12 pgs A12291 TAYLOR Gordon S. Georgia Eliza (Lee) 1904 09 pgs A07047 THOMPSON William J. 8th Regt Inf 1904 10 pgs A01539 THORNTON William 2nd Regt Inf Margaret (Bryan) 1903 13 pgs A01891 TYRE Jesse 10th Regt Inf Sallie (Eddy) 1896 20 pgs A03012 WALKER Mitchell Georgia Lucrissa (Mikell) 1907 10 pgs A12687 WILLIAMS Alex N. South Carolina 1902 04 pgs A11146 WILLIAMS Alexander N. South Carolina Mary (McDonald) 1903 08 pgs A10411 WILLIAMS Amanda pension by Legislative Act 1935 03 pgs A01936 WILLIAMS Elias 8th Regt Inf Estella (Lyons) 1907 27 pgs D06374 WILLIAMS Elias 8th Regt Inf 1904 04 pgs A01556 WILLIAMS John D. Home Guard Georgia (Anderson) 1908 10 pgs A11145 WILLIAMS William 4th Regt Inf Courtney (Raulerson) 1903 08 pgs A05825 WILLIAMSON Stephen 1st Regt Cav 1902 10 pgs