Charlotte County Florida Confederate Pension Application Files Index

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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
A10199  COOPER      Francis M.         2nd Regt Cav   Mary (--)      1929  06 pgs
A04808  FITZGERALD  Samuel H.          Georgia        Mary (Brown)   1922  17 pgs
D23328  MOSS        Percy Williamson   Kentucky                      1928  05 pgs