Do you have an
ancestor who received a pension for his Civil War service to the Confederate States of America? If he was living in Kentucky at the time of
the application, you can read his
application at the Kentucky Dept. for Libraries and Archives Electronic Records Archives website. An bonus is that it is a free website. The information in the
pension applications includes date of birth, enlistment date and location, present residence, plus
the depositions of at least two people who knew the veteran.
The
Confederate Pension Act was passed by the Kentucky General Assembly in March
1912 to provide aid to indigent and disabled Confederate veterans. Any
Confederate veteran living in Kentucky in 1912 or after could apply for a
pension, regardless of the state in which he resided or the unit in which he
served during the war. In March 1914, indigent widows of Confederate soldiers
became eligible for a pension. The widows' applications included the date of their marriage and date of the veteran's death.
Pensions
for the Union veterans were funded by the federal government. Many southern
states funded state pensions for Confederate veterans.
This source has been mentioned previously, but it is such a helpful source that it begs to be mentioned again.
Published 16 March 2017, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/
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