Lee 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 A04293 ALLEN William S. Tennessee Cynthia (Caton) 1912 12 pgs A12328 ASHMORE James K. Louisiana 1911 10 pgs A04245 BARDEN John L. North Carolina Jane (Riddick) 1916 07 pgs Al1814 BARINEAU William R. 8th Regt Inf Catherine (--) 1899 05 pgs D10220 BEALL Alfred Battle Alabama 1907 09 pgs A02291 BLOUNT Jehu Jacob 7th Regt Inf Mary (Hendry) 1907 25 pgs A03992 BOYDSTUN James G. Tennessee Harriet (Tate) 1913 14 pgs A03767 BRADWELL Louis P. Georgia Mary (Nix) 1908 24 pgs D18952 BRANNEN Seaborn J. 5th Regt Inf Narcissa (Edwards) 1912 16 pgs A00728 CARSON Robert A. 3rd Bttn Cav Georgia (Carson) 1907 10 pgs A10262 CONNERS John Warren North Carolina Rosanna (Modling) 1031 [sic] 10 pgs A04285 COOPER George M. Georgia Mary (Davis) 1908 19 pgs A07704 CORBETT Reubin G. Georgia 1908 14 pgs A04268 COX Abell Mathias Georgia Clifford (Pearce) 1903 19 pgs D21655 DAUGHTREY Jacob Georgia Emily (Jouraurs) 06 pgs Al1480 DEAN Thadeus R. 9th Regt Inf Sanz (Sistrink) 1900 14 pgs D17914 DRIGGERS Charles W. 4th Regt Inf 1901 08 pgs A01612 DUPONT A.S. 2nd Regt Cav Mary (Mayton) 1911 13 pgs A08638 EASTWOOD William T. Missouri 1921 10 pgs A12264 ENGLISH Eli 1st Bttn Spc Cav Prissilla (--) 1908 07 pgs A01063 FLINT William R. 1st Bttn Spc Cav Sarah (Lewis) 1904 19 pgs A11535 FRAZIER William B. Georgia Sophroney (Davis) 1908 12 pgs A08517 FRAZIER William D. Georgia 1909 25 pgs A10071 FULKERSON C.H. Virginia Elizabeth (Grayson) 1929 05 pgs A02736 GLADNEY John S. Mississippi Abbie (Layne) 1916 14 pgs A08820 GLASS Hugh Lawson Arkansas 1928 05 pgs A02335 GODWIN Aaron Elijah 1st Bttn Spc Cav Julia (Guy) 1908 13 pgs A11062 HAGIN Peter T.J. 1st Regt Cav 1903 14 pgs Al1095 HASKEIV John T. 4th Regt Inf 1907 133 pgs [sic] A04728 HEIDT William Angelo Georgia & Navy Srv Mary (Robinson) 1907 22 pgs A05555 HENDERSON Frank L. Alabama 1907 15 pgs A12109 HENDRY Charles Wesley 4th Regt Inf Jane Louise (--) 1907 06 pgs A01935 HENDRY William M. 1st Regt Cav Laura (Craig) 1907 13 pgs A10396 HUNT James L. Georgia Alice (Wooten) 1935 04 pgs A07003 KARSON Morgan 1st Regt Inf Resv 1913 08 pgs A05699 KNOWLES Henry P. Georgia 1902 09 pgs A05708 LILLY Robert North Carolina 1907 14 pgs Al1904 LONG J.V. 10th Regt Inf 1903 04 pgs A08012 LUCKEY Samuel A. Georgia 1901 14 pgs A06644 MARSHALL John R-. North Carolina 1916 12 pgs A06410 McCARDLE Randle Georgia 1887 14 pgs A07706 McKENNON Robert Augustine Georgia 1907 13 pgs A08023 McKINNEY Charles G. Home Guard 1908 14 pgs A00892 McNEILL Laughlin 3rd Regt Inf Henrietta (Caruthers) 1908 11 pgs A07929 MURRAY Sidney H. Mississippi 1907 18 pgs A07942 NEWELL Edward R. North Carolina 1908 20 pgs A03744 NUTT Leroy M. Louisiana Laetitia (Ashmore) 1911 06 pgs A04108 ORMSBY George M. North Carolina Sarah (Tomlinson) 1905 14 pgs A00856 PELHAM Richard 8th Regt Inf Libbie (Driggers) 1908 11 pgs A01081 POOL John 1st Bttn Spc Cav Virginia (Kirkland) 1904 11 pgs A03845 REYNOLDS Andrew J. Kentucky Nannie (Clayton) 1907 11 pgs A02011 RODGERS James M. 2nd Regt Inf Nancy (Power) 1907 19 pgs A07708 RUPE William Henry Kentucky 1909 12 pgs A01766 SOLOMONS William Home Guard Kate (English) 1908 18 pgs A10465 STEBBINS Charles H. 3rd Regt Inf Eda B. (English) 1937 05 pgs A08309 STORTER George Alabama 1908 14 pgs A05529 THOMPSON Charles Waddy Georgia 1908 14 pgs A08387 TRANTHAM John C. 1st Bttn Spc Cav 1908 17 pgs A07931 TURNER Walter S. North Carolina 1908 21 pgs A03727 WHEELER William S. Georgia Mary (Jackson) 1896 21 pgs A02479 WILSON Francis James 1st Bttn Spc Cav Caroline (Starnes) 1923 12 pgs