Seminole 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 A04813 APPLEBY Peter R. South Carolina Mary (Larisey) 1922 12 pgs A08349 BAKER Henry Virginia 1915 14 pgs A08909 BUCHANAN William A. Mississippi 1929 08 pgs A04850 CALDWELL Edmond A. South Carolina Susan (Wright) 1923 08 pgs A02247 CASSADY Daniel Home Guard Luniais (Tanner) 1916 19 pgs A02699 FITTS William Aylett Alabama Eliza (Watts) 1908 23 pgs D23564 FLEMISTER James C. Georgia Mary (Middlebrook) 1929 09 pgs A02925 HART Isaiah David 2nd Regt Cav Emma (Hunt) 1909 18 pgs A04829 HESTER M.K. Kentucky Henrietta (Evans) 1916 23 pgs A08680 HOWELL James W. Georgia 1923 05 pgs A02872 LEE James Hiram 2nd Regt Cav Laura (Barnett) 1907 14 pgs A04267 LEFFLER William N. Kentucky Ella (Smith) 1916 07 pgs A02809 LORD John Minton Georgia Jane (Tanner) 1907 27 pgs A04375 MARKS Richard H. Georgia Ethel (Clayton) 1915 22 pgs A04490 MATHEWS Ezekiel Georgia Clemmie (Lee) 1907 19 pgs A02918 NORRIS Frank Alabama Mary (Rush) 1928 06 pgs A10216 PASSMORE Bryant pension by Legislative Act Ellen (Mapleson) 1930 A02261 PHILIPS Albert Edwin Arty Units Louisa (Tucker) 1907 18 pgs A02915 RICH Benjamin T. 5th Regt Inf Mattie (Ennis)(Bennett) 1928 09 pgs A02016 SPEER Algernon S. 1st Bttn Spc Cav Carrie (Rider) 1907 19 pgs A10069 STOKES Richard W. 5th Regt Inf Sarah (McEwen) 1929 06 pgs A02646 STRINGFELLOW Lucius G. South Carolina Grace (Abbott) 1914 13 pgs A10514 WALTERS George William Georgia Ella (Flowers)(Henderson) 1938