Georgia confederate pension application files

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Access the Records. This article describes a collection of records at FamilySearch. In the law was amended to grant pensions to indigent veterans or their widows. In the State began granting pensions to their widows and mothers. Two published indexes are available in many libraries: Allen, Desmond Walls. Ingmire, Frances Terry. Louis, MO: F. Ingmire, In the State began granting pensions to their widows. A published index, which provides each veteran's pension number, is available in many libraries: Virgil D.

In the State began granting pensions to other disabled Confederate veterans or their widows who then resided in Georgia. By eligible disabilities had been expanded to include old age and poverty. A published index is available in many libraries: Virgil D. The records are on microfilm. The records span and are arranged alphabetically by soldier. The records include name, unit designation, and county of residence.

Also included are cards for the witnesses of these soldiers and the widows attesting to the service of each soldier. The index was microfilmed by the Georgia Department of Archives and History. Although not established until , the Georgia Confederate Pensions and Records Department's foundation dates back to shortly after the end of the Civil War. The Act of September 20, provided that such claimants could submit proof of eligibility to the governor who, on receipt of the claim, was authorized to draw a warrant on the state treasurer.

Later acts and constitutional amendments expanded the list of disabilities for which Confederate veterans could claim state benefits, such as the loss of eyes and hearing and the disabilities of age and poverty The Act of December 23, , allowed for pensions to be paid to widows who were married during the war to Confederate soldiers who died I service or afterwards from wounds or diseases contracted in service.