LAUDERDALE COUNTY, ALABAMA
CIVIL WAR
1899 CONFEDERATE PENSIONERS
From the Florence Herald, Thursday, June 15,
1899, p. 1.
CONFEDERATE PENSIONS.
Eighty-Five Applicants Examined Before Tuesday Noon.
Dr. A. C. Crow and Prof. Lockhart Bibb, pension examiners for Lauderdale County
under the new law, have been very busy for the past week examining applicants
for pensions. Eighty-five applications were looked into before Tuesday noon, and
the examiners thought that the list would reach one hundred before the time
expires tonight (Thursday.) Following is a list of the applicants thus far:
|
J. E. Anderson |
C. L. Blakely |
Thomas Bergin |
|
L. T. Bradley |
Lazarus Burks |
L. F. Bradley |
|
John E. Carroll |
John. S. Crow |
C. F. Carson |
|
John J. Carr |
Wm. Covington |
C. H. Coffman |
|
W. P. Davis |
Jas. A. Duncan |
Josephus Darby |
|
Robert Ezell |
Jas. T. Frence |
Madison Gullett |
|
Leonard Green |
I. K. Garrard |
Geo. S. Gray |
|
W. G. Grigsby |
W. G. Gresham |
J. A. Huff |
|
Miles Harvell |
J. W. Herston |
J. G. Haney |
|
Granville LeMay |
A. L. Lindsay |
Jas. A. Morgan |
|
John H. Martin |
Berry Morrison |
W. B. Newton |
|
W. B. Nugent |
J. C. Ott |
G. D. Pettus |
|
D. J. Pettipool |
LaFayette Parkinson |
Monroe Peden |
|
John H. Ritter |
A. S. Ray |
Asa Stutts |
|
G. W. Smallwood |
J. J. Sailor |
W. G. Scott |
|
J. C. Terrell |
E. R. Till |
W. H. Varnell |
|
O. P. Whitten |
Sam'l D. Witt |
P. D. White |
|
Wm. Wiley |
Chas. H. Weem[s] |
N. M. Williams |
|
Scruggs Young |
F. M. Young |
The following widows of Confederate soldiers have made applications for pensions:
|
Susan A. Bradley |
Mary Bromley |
Martha Bracken [Brakeen?] |
|
Caroline Clements [Clemmons?] |
Ann Carr |
Nancy Dearen |
|
Caroline Edwards |
Frances Holland |
Margaret E. Hopkins |
|
Serena Jones |
Melinda Jones |
M. A. Lindsay |
|
S. C. McIlea [McIlyea?] |
C. E. McKelvy |
S. A. McLaughlin |
|
Lydia McMeans |
Mary T. Massingale |
R. C. McCartney |
|
Mary E. Parish [Parrish?] |
R. E. Parish [Parrish?] |
Permelia Richardson |
|
Amanda Rice |
Alley Slayton [Slaton?] |
Jane Simpson |
|
M. J. Smith |
Mira Weathers |
Laura Wesson |
|
Sarah A. E. Williams |
Martha P. Young. |
Contributed by Lee Freeman
From the Florence Times, Friday, 17 Nov 1899, p. 1
PENSION MONEY
Lauderdale Ex-Confederates Who Receive State Aid.
Warrants from the Auditor for Ex Confederate soldiers
and widows of soldiers whose claims have been favorably acted upon are now in
the hands of the Probate Judge, and will be delivered on application. The Times
here gives the list of the fortunate ones. The amount due the larger number is
$11.88. There are only four different from this, namely: J. C. Orr $15.84; C. L.
Weems $15.84; John H. Martin $15.84; John C. Carr $1_. 80.
All of the list below receive $11.88:
| Josephus Darby | Jno. E. Carroll |
| John S. Crow | L. F. Bradley |
| J. A. Spires | Cyrene Jones |
| Sam H. Witt | W. G. Scott |
| Scruggs Young | Martha Young |
| F. M. Young | Sarah E. Williams |
| S. W. Williams | Mary Wallace |
| Mera Weathers | Laura Wesson |
| William Wiley | O. P. Whitten |
| P. D. White | Mrs. E. A. Wesson |
| W. H. Varnell | J. C. Terrill |
| E. R. Till | Alley Slaton |
| J. J. Sailor | Jane Simpson |
| Asa Stutts | D. C. Stout |
| Amanda Rice | Parmelia Richardson |
| LaFayette Perkinson | A. S. Ray |
| Mrs. R. E. Parish | Mary E. Parish |
| Monroe Peeden | C. W. Northern |
| W. B. Nugent | Lydia McMeans |
| Mrs. S. A. McLaughlin | Mrs. S. C. McElyea |
| Adrian Lindsey | Malinda James |
| Joseph Ingram | J. G. Haney |
| J. W. Herston | Fannie Holland |
| Miles Harvell | Margaret Hopkins |
| W. G. Grisham | P. T. Green |
| Madison Gullett | Leonard Green |
| Geo. S. Gray | W. G. Grisby |
| Sarah Fowler | Yancy Dean |
| W. P. Davis | Jas. A. Duncan |
| Julia Ann Carr | Mrs. C. M. Clements |
| Ellen N. Claiborne | W. M. Covington |
| C. H. Coffman | C. F. Carson |
| Sarah A. Bradley | Martha A. Bevis |
| Mary Brumley | Lockhart Bibb |
| Martha Brackeen | J. E. Anderson |
Transcribed by Pat M. Mahan. Below is an alphabetical list of the pensioners receiving $11.88.
| Anderson, J. E. | McElyea, Mrs. S. C. |
| Bevis, Martha A. | McLaughlin, Mrs. S. A. |
| Bibb, Lockhart | McMeans, Lydia |
| Brackeen, Martha | Northern, C. W. |
| Bradley, L. F. | Nugent, W. B. |
| Bradley, Sarah A. | Parish, Mary E. |
| Brumley, Mary | Parish, Mrs. R. E. |
| Carr, Julia Ann | Peeden, Monroe |
| Carroll, Jno. E. | Perkinson, LaFayette |
| Carson, C. F. | Ray, A. S. |
| Claiborne, Ellen N. | Rice, Amanda |
| Clements, Mrs. C. M. | Richardson, Parmelia |
| Coffman, C. H. | Sailor, J. J. |
| Covington, W. M. | Scott, W. G. |
| Crow, John S. | Simpson, Jane |
| Darby, Josephus | Slaton, Alley |
| Davis, W. P. | Spires, J. A. |
| Dean, Yancy | Stout, D. C. |
| Duncan, Jas. A. | Stutts, Asa |
| Fowler, Sarah | Terrill, J. C. |
| Gray, Geo. S. | Till, E. R. |
| Green, Leonard | Varnell, W. H. |
| Green, P. T. | Wallace, Mary |
| Grisby, W. G. | Weathers, Mera |
| Grisham, W. G. | Wesson, Laura |
| Gullett, Madison | Wesson, Mrs. E. A. |
| Haney, J. G. | White, P. D. |
| Harvell, Miles | Whitten, O. P. |
| Herston, J. W. | Wiley, William |
| Holland, Fannie | Williams, S. W. |
| Hopkins, Margaret | Williams, Sarah E. |
| Ingram, Joseph | Witt, Sam H. |
| James, Malinda | Young, F. M. |
| Jones, Cyrene | Young, Martha |
| Lindsey, Adrian | Young, Scruggs |
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