Southern Claims Commission 1871-1873 (Lincoln Co TN claims) 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. SOUTHERN CLAIMS COMMISSION - TENNESSEE Information Provided by the Tennessee State Library and Archives This index lists people from Lincoln County who filed claims with the Southern Claims Commission from 1871 to 1873. These Tennesseans claimed their property had been taken by United States military personnel for use in the Civil War. The claim files include interesting detail about people and about the Civil War period in Tennessee. Each claimant was required to describe his losses in detail, and to prove his loyalty to the Union. Witnesses gave testimony in support of his allegations. The paperwork in the files is often extensive. All of the Southern Claims Commission files are located at the National Archives, but the disallowed and barred claim files have been microfilmed and are also available at the Tennessee State Library and Archives. Allowed claim files are available only by consulting the National archives. This index is based on volume 55 of Record Group No. 56, General Records of the Department of the Treasury, at the National Archives. It is duplicated on National Archives microcopy M-87, reel 13. The indication of whether the claim was allowed, disallowed, or barred is based on the book Southern loyalists in the Civil War : the Southern Claims Commission by Gary B. Mills (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994). If you wish to order a copy of a barred or disallowed claim file, e-mail the Tennessee State Library and Archives (reference@mail.state.tn.us) and request a price quote. The cost will depend on the length of the file. NAME COUNTY STATUS Blake, George W Lincoln Barred Corn, John A Lincoln Barred Cowan, A J Lincoln Allowed Damron, Joseph Lincoln Disallowed Ellis, John N Lincoln Allowed Eslick, Mary Lincoln Disallowed Gilbert, D A Lincoln Allowed Harwell, Parthenia P Lincoln Disallowed Hughey, Robert & Buchanan, Thos W Lincoln Allowed Kilmartin, Rodger Lincoln found in geographical index but no file number found Markum, Frank Lincoln Disallowed Martin, John W Lincoln Barred McKinney, Temperance E Lincoln Disallowed Neeld, William P Lincoln Barred Parham, Margaret F Lincoln Disallowed Russel, Andrew H Lincoln Disallowed Small, George Lincoln Barred Smith, Isom Lincoln Allowed Smith, Mrs. Musadora A Lincoln Barred Smith, William P Lincoln Disallowed Stone, Jeff M Lincoln Disallowed Taylor, Henry L Lincoln Disallowed