Liberty 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 A03621 BARTON John J. Georgia Mary (Stringfellow) 1908 15 pgs D21649 BASS Alexander Georgia 1920 11 pgs A06043 BRACEWELL Joseph 6th Regt Inf 1888 12 pgs D13350 BROWN John T. 5th Bttn Cav 1907 17 pgs A00253 CARSON Lewis D. Arty Units Virginia (Johnson) 1907 12 pgs A11229 CARYELL E.F. 4th Regt Inf Julia (Goodwin) 1903 08 pgs A00252 CHASON Joseph 5th Regt Inf Rebecca (Brown) 1904 08 pgs A04744 COKER John Washington Georgia Henrietta (Duke) 1921 12 pgs A00254 CORNER James 5th Regt Inf Fannie (Ramsey) 1901 12 pgs A11230 DEASON Abram 6th Regt Inf Mary (Sexton) 1903 08 pgs A02256 DUGGAR James F. 2nd Regt Cav Almira (Roberts) 1902 17 pgs A00019 DUGGER Simeon S. 6th Regt Inf Mary (Pittman) 1900 16 pgs A02956 DURHAM William C. 5th Regt Inf Rebecca (Strickland) 1907 18 pgs Al1639 DYER George W. 6th Regt Inf 1899 06 pgs A11227 EVANS Nathan W. Georgia Martha (Justice) 1903 08 pgs A01955 FERRELL William J. 6th Regt Inf Margaret (Floyd) 1901 13 pgs A06504 FLOWERS M.E. Georgia 1913 09 pgs A00762 FLOYD Theophilus 1st Regt Inf Resv Sarah (Parish) 1903 10 pgs A12449 FOREHAND Linkfield 5th Bttn Cav Merenda (--) 1903 04 pgs A11703 GLENN Thomas 5th Regt Inf Diademma (--) 1897 07 pgs A02682 GOODSON Noah 1st Regt Inf Resv Mary (Talley) 1914 16 pgs A10120 GRAYHAM J. Milton Alabama Mary (Keale) 1930 08 pgs A01429 GUNN William H. Home Guard Margaret (Lewis) 1908 25 pgs D12089 HARE Wiley 5th Bttn Cav Margaret (--) 1909 07 pgs A02260 HAYES Marshall Georgia Jessie (Hogan) 1913 18 pgs A02519 HOSFORD Robert F. 5th Regt Inf Carrie (Stoutamire) 1907 A08666 HUNTLEY Thomas D. South Carolina 1917 13 pgs D20660 HUTCHINSON William Kenyon North Carolina Nancy (Brown) 1916 05 pgs A02033 JACKSON Theophilus 2nd Regt Cav Nancy (Talley) 1909 18 pgs A07385 JOHNSON Robert G. Alabama 1906 20 pgs D22561 JONES Henry Allen Alabama Bytha (King) 1924 08 pgs D13349 JONES Stephen B. Georgia 1909 12 pgs A07381 KYLE Christopher C. 5th Regt Inf 1903 12 pgs A03449 LANGSTON Reddick H. South Carolina Susan (Revell) 1903 13 pgs Al1906 LARKINS Seaborn 2nd Regt Cav Mauring D. (--) 1903 04 pgs A13014 LEWIS M.D. 9th Regt Inf 1888 02 pgs A11539 LYNN Henry C. Alabama Amanda (Chumney) 1904 12 pgs A12855 McPHALL Niell L. 5th Regt Inf 1901 05 pgs D13844 MICHAUX John T.S. 5th Bttn Cav Laura (Carson) 1903 12 pgs D13803 OWENS Martin B. 2nd Regt Inf 1901 16 pgs A12603 PAUL John A. Alabama 1902 04 pgs D07381 PETERS A.J. 6th Regt Inf 1906 04 pgs A04001 PRATHER Julius T. Georgia Fannie (Tate) 1907 22 pgs A12170 RANKIN William H. Georgia Gabrilla T. (--) 1907 08 pgs A10551 REVELL Stephen J. 6th Regt Inf 1887 18 pgs Al1413 ROAN Thomas T. Georgia Anna L. (--) 1902 17 pgs A07387 ROBERTSON William V. 6th Regt Inf 1904 10 pgs A00227 RUSSELL Jesse D. 5th Regt Inf Diadema (Turner) 1899 11 pgs A02793 SANBORN Ira W. 2nd Regt Cav Laura (Coggins) 1908 25 pgs Al0263 SHARPTON Alexander M. 11th Regt Inf Elizabeth (Chumney) 1903 15 pgs A04342 SHEFFIELD West B. Alabama Missouri (Justice) 1908 19 pgs A00255 SHULER Thomas P. 5th Regt Inf Mary (Hosford) 1903 08 pgs A00251 SHULER William E. 5th Regt Inf Mary (Sharkins) 1903 08 pgs A03418 SOLOMON Marcus J. Alabama Amanda (--) 1903 10 pgs A00947 STOKES John M. 5th Bttn Cav Arabelle (Brown) 1904 09 pgs Al1148 STOUTAMIRE Daniel 5th Bttn Cav Elizabeth (Gardner) 1905 10 pgs A07384 SUMMERS Jacob A. 2nd Regt Cav 1907 13 pgs A10478 TANTON Andrew J. Alabama Alice (Long)(Sizemore) 1903 15 pgs A00143 THOMAS Jackson 5th Regt Inf Mary (Lee) 1899 08 pgs A04082 TOLAN William J. North Carolina Lottie (Kingsley) 1914 09 pgs A11527 TURNER Alexander 5th Bttn Cav Mary (Beesley) 1901 19 pgs A00221 WALKER Berry A. 1st Regt Inf Margaret (Ackridge) 1902 14 pgs A00250 WEAKLEY John W. 6th Regt Inf Eugenia (Fare) 1897 16 pgs A06041 WHITTLE James B. 4th Regt Inf 1907 13 pgs