List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883

 Giving the Name of Each Pensioner, the Cause for Which Pensioned, the Post-Office Address, and the Date of Original Allowance, United States Pension Bureau Senate

Volume IV, Washington. Government Printing Office, 1883

On 8 Dec 1882, the US Senate passed a resolution to enumerate, by town, county, and state, all individuals receiving a pension. This list is taken from that document. It is used today as a major genealogical source for Civil War and the War of 1812 pensioners. Pensioners in this transcribed version of the original document are listed by county, post office and alphabetically by name.

This document, digitally scanned by Google, can be found on Google Books.

Counties: Baker - Benton - Clackamas - Clatsop - Columbia - Coos - Curry - Douglas - Grant - Jackson - Josephine - Lake -
Lane - Linn - Marion - Multnomah - Polk - Tillamook  - Umatilla - Union - Wasco - Washington - Yamhill - Entire State

Pension List
Jackson County, Oregon

Certificate
Number		 Name
of pensioner		 Post Office
address		 Cause for which pensioned Monthly
rate (USD $)		 Date of
original
allowance		 County
where resided
20046York, RhondaApplegatedependant mother8Apr 1864Jackson
21739Laughlin, JamesAshlandsurvivor 18128Aug 1875Jackson
87696Polk, HullAshlandsprain, left ankle2Dec 1867Jackson
79445Baker, Benjamin S.Big Buttegun shot wound, left foot5Dec 1877Jackson
120875Keegan, OwenEagle Pointsunstroke18May 1878Jackson
27887Wood, Marvin S.Eagle Pointgun shot wound, lower jaw, left shoulder6Oct 1871Jackson
151603Bryant, Francis M.Grant's Passgun shot wound, left leg4Mar 1878Jackson
…Stillinger, ConradGrant's Passchronic dropsy, varicose veins18…Jackson
127846Kasshafer, FrankJacksonvillegun shot wound, left thigh6Apr 1874Jackson
172144Moore, Andrew J.Jacksonvilleinjury to abdomen8Aug 1880Jackson
172365Reynolds, SilasJacksonvillegun shot wound, right hand4Aug 1880Jackson
139180Smith, ElwoodJacksonvilleinjury to abdomen4May 1872Jackson
7272Coleman, Mathew H.Phoenixwound, right arm, mouth4Apr 1880Jackson
149513Griffin, RobertPhoenixgun shot wound, left foot4Mar 1879Jackson
159325Hackett, Joseph L.Phoenixgun shot wound, left hand2Apr 1879Jackson
18088Salesbury, ShermanPhoenixgun shot wound, left forearm, groin10Mar 1878Jackson
178179Smith, Joel S.Phoenixdisease of liver12Oct 1880Jackson
188062Fitzgerald, William S.Rock Pointdisease of abdomen, vis. cicatrix4May 1881Jackson
19921Fredneberg, IsaacRock Pointsurvivor 18128Dec 1872Jackson
9910Johnson, Amsy C.Rock Pointloss right leg below knee18…Jackson
190231Robb, ElizabethRock PointDependant mother8Oct 1880Jackson
66970Speer, Abram C.Woodville…18…Jackson
69095Taylor, Thomas H.B.Woodvillegun shot wound, left hand18Oct 1869Jackson

 

Where to Go From Here
Most soldiers or their widows or minor children applied for a pension. In some cases, a dependent father or mother applied. The pension files are indexed by the National Archives microfilm publication T288, General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 (544 rolls) which is also available online at Ancestry.com (for a fee).

The pension file will often contain more information about what the soldier did during the war than the Compiled Military Service Records, and it may contain much medical information if he lived for a number of years afterwards. For example, in his pension file, Seth Combs of Company C, 2d Ohio Cavalry, reported: "...my left eye was injured while tearing down a building...and in pulling off a board a splinter or piece struck my eye and injured it badly...it was hurt while in the Shenandoah Valley near Winchester, Va. about Christmas 1864--a comrade who stood by me name Jim Beach is dead." In another affidavit, Seth said he "also got the Rheumatism while on duty as a dispatch bearer on detached duty."

To obtain a widow's pension, the widow had to provide proof of marriage, such as a copy of the record kept by county officials, or by affidavit from the minister or some other person. Applications on behalf of the soldier's minor children had to supply both proof of the soldier's marriage and proof of the children's birth.

For more information on obtaining military pension records, visit the United States National Archives.

 

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