Monroe 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

A12531  BALDWIN   John P.            Home Guard             Amelia P.W. (--)          1904  06 pgs
A00555  BALDWIN   Stephen Mallory    Arty Units             Catherine (Boyle)         1907  11 pgs
A03311  BIER      George H.          Maryland & Navy Srv    Mary (Andrews)            1907  11 pgs
A12958  CHARBERH  Jules              7th Regt Inf                                     1888  07 pgs
A00553  COLE      Joseph E.          7th Regt Inf           Georgianna (Bowyer)       1907  10 pgs
A12797  COURTNEY  William            5th Bttn Cav           Ellen (--)                1898  06 pgs
A12960  CURRY     William D.         7th Regt Inf                                     1886  02 pgs
A01209  DIAZ      Francisco          7th Regt Inf           Asuncion (Cabeza)         1907  17 pgs
A04678  FOLKER    William G.         Georgia                Susan (Patterson)         1920  11 pgs
A00824  GIVENS    John Jasper        7th Regt Inf           Mary (Maloney)            1904  08 pgs
A12030  HARRIS    J.V.               Alabama                Mississippi & Navy Srv    1907  12 pgs
A05335  LOVE      William            7th Regt Inf                                     1905  10 pgs
A02364  LOWE      Alfred             7th Regt Inf           Mary (Whitehurst)         1907  19 pgs
A13021  MAY       Joseph U.          Indpt Units                                      1886  05 pgs
A00538  MOSS      Joseph H.          7th Regt Inf           Lydia (--)                1907  10 pgs
A08396  PAYNE     Marion L.          2nd Regt Cav                                     1907  13 pgs
A06207  PENT      John               7th Regt Inf                                     1887  23 pgs
A00825  SANDS     John D.            7th Regt Inf           Eliza (Demeritt)          1905  10 pgs
A03623  SMITH     John               Georgia                Mary (O'Farrell)          1908  13 pgs
A11019  STEPHENS  John Hugh          4th Regt Inf                                     1907  13 pgs
Al2803  TURNER    George W.          9th Regt Inf           Susan L. (--)             1888  14 pgs
A11001  WATSON    Robert             7th Regt Inf                                     1904  08 pgs
A11002  WELCH     Thomas Jefferson   Georgia                                          1907  12 pgs
A04935  WIGGINS   Joseph             Georgia                Martha (Lewis)            1909  18 pgs