St. Lucie 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 A04759 ATKISSON Marshall Kentucky Mary (Boggs) 1921 21 pgs A04926 BAKER Jacob W. South Carolina Jane (--) 1907 18 pgs A02717 BLACK Franklin H. Alabama Ella (Gage) 1926 06 pgs A08912 CASTEEN J.C. North Carolina 1931 08 pgs A10115 DEOCHA Manuel Monte 7th Regt Inf Matilda (Willingham) 1930 11 pgs A10097 DYKES William H. 6th Regt Inf Mary (Lang) 1924 12 pgs A04785 FULTZ John E. South Carolina Annie (Winter) 1921 14 pgs A07953 GUY Joseph Ryan Home Guard 1907 20 pgs A03605 HARDEE Robert A. Georgia Emma (Willard) 1907 16 pgs A04390 HARDESTY Benjamin Franklin Louisiana Gabrella (Cozier) 1908 31 pgs A05713 JONES Joseph E. Arty Units 1907 14 pgs D20006 KING William Georgia Tempy (Hunter) 1914 06 pgs D15628 LAINE Wylie T. Mississippi 1905 12 pgs A04341 LUKE Joseph P. Georgia Mary (Trout) 1912 19 pgs D12084 McLAUGHLIN John 1st Regt Inf Mary (--) 1909 06 pgs A01580 METTS Lafayette D. 2nd Regt Cav Elizabeth (Osteen) 1906 12 pgs A12088 MORGAN Eli O. 2nd Regt Inf 1907 08 pgs A04325 MUNCH John R. South Carolina Jane (Blocker) 1916 09 pgs A01885 OBTEEN Bryant Home Guard Emily (Stile) 1908 10 pgs A11520 PARKER Henry L. 5th Regt Inf Rutha (Richards) 1909 12 pgs A01588 RAULERSON William H. 7th Regt Inf Ellen (Brewer) 1909 16 pgs A01716 SHEFFIELD Daniel B. 4th Regt Inf Missouri (Campbell) 1906 19 pgs A02414 SMITH Martin B. 10th Regt Inf Fannie (Quisenberry) 1908 39 pgs A01344 SUMMERLIN Edward 1st Bttn Spc Cav Polly (Osteen) 1907 16 pgs D18904 TUCKER John J. Georgia 1912 09 pgs A06208 WALKER Arthur Georgia 1907 12 pgs A02053 WILLIAMS George Home Guard Jennie (Cruce) 1908 29 pgs