Bay 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 A10540 BOOTH James Monroe Alabama Louisa (Huggins) 1937 07 pgs A08790 BOWLIN M.L. Alabama 1926 13 pgs A04643 BRAZILE Andrew Jackson Georgia Bettie (Stevens) 1913 18 pgs A06576 CARLISLE Moses N. Alabama 1914 11 pgs A08355 COLEMAN John T. Alabama 1915 09 pgs A04619 COLLINS Loranza Jefferson Georgia Mary (Hester) 1915 07 pgs A01986 COPPEDGE James H. 2nd Regt Cav Mary (McDermott) 1907 18 pgs A02766 DAVIS Hillory Home Guard Virginia (Curry) 1926 14 pgs A01875 DIXON John W. Arty Units Eva (McCord) 1916 13 pgs A06470 ENNIS Alexander Henry Georgia 1913 14 pgs A04395 ETHRIDGE James Allen Georgia Serena (Cobb) 1917 13 pgs A10030 HARMON Turner H. pension by Legislative Act Nancy (Davis) 1924 01 pg A08572 HILL William Appleton 5th Regt Inf 1915 34 pgs A04394 HOLT Alfred Georgia Georgia (Williams) 1913 13 pgs A08463 HUTCHINSON Augustus C. Alabama 1916 13 pgs D23896 HUTTO J.J. Alabama 1932 10 pgs A04223 MAINOR John W. Georgia Nancy (Langley) 1915 05 pgs D21331 McAlister David Smith North Carolina Virginia (Baykin) 1918 10 pgs D24225 McKINNON Allan Dugle 1st Regt Cav Eula (Wilson) 1939 08 pgs A04824 SHEFFIELD Amos A. Alabama Mary (Beasley) 1914 10 pgs D23373 STANCIL J.E. Alabama J. (Dickerson) 1928 07 pgs A08238 STOUT P.S. Kentucky 1913 14 pgs A10496 VINSON D.J. Alabama E.M. (--) 1923 14 pgs D21452 WARD George T. 6th Regt Inf 1918 13 pgs A10224 WARREN James Russell Alabama Mollie (--) 1931 14 pgs A04647 WILKINSON Henry O. Georgia Della (Patterson) 1920 06 pgs