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
Umatilla County, Oregon

Certificate
Number		 Name
of pensioner		 Post Office
address		 Cause for which pensioned Monthly
rate (USD $)		 Date of
original
allowance		 County
where resided
unreadableClark, WalterCentervilleinjury to abdomen6Jun 1876Umatilla
unreadableDavis, Thomas O.Centervillegun shot wound, left hand6Dec 1847Umatilla
unreadableLuther, Charles W.Centervillechronic diarrhea, pneumonia8Apr 1871Umatilla
unreadableWilliams, Richard S.CentervilleDisease, eyes18Nov 1880Umatilla
unreadableCalvert, Samuel C.Helixgun shot wound, back4Jan 1879Umatilla
unreadableDougherty, Joseph T.Helixinjury to abdomen, disease lungs12May 1875Umatilla
unreadableKern, William C.Helixwound, right thigh3.75Oct 1866Umatilla
unreadableBall, John C.Heppnergun shot wound, left leg4Oct 1864Umatilla
unreadableMunger, WilliamHeppnersurvivor 18128Oct 1872Umatilla
unreadableNoble, James H.Heppnergun shot wound, left shoulder4Mar 1875Umatilla
unreadableRood, EvanHeppnergun shot wound, left arm6Mar 1873Umatilla
unreadableBeck, George H.Miltonfractured right knee joint2Sep 1875Umatilla
unreadableNichols, EdmundMiltongun shot wound, left hand12Apr 1866Umatilla
unreadableNichols, PeterMiltonwound, left hand8Mar 1867Umatilla
unreadableBills, BoozePendletoninjury to abdomen8May 1868Umatilla
unreadableEastland, Robert E.Pendletondeformed chest, affliction lungs8May 1864Umatilla
unreadableEvans, ThomasPendletoninjury to abdomen4Jul 1869Umatilla
unreadableGill, William H.Pendletondiseased lungs16Jul 1879Umatilla
unreadableHall, James W.Pendletoninjury left shoulder, arm vacoina'n14Oct 1867Umatilla
unreadableJennings, SarahPendletonwidow8Mar 1877Umatilla
unreadableMalbon, John C.Pendletonloss, right eye, right forearm18….Umatilla
unreadableMyles, WilliamPendletonchronic rheumatism12Jan 1882Umatilla
unreadableRichardson, Eugene W.Pendletoninjury to abdomen12Feb 1880Umatilla
unreadablePetre, HenryPettysvillewound, left shoulder18….Umatilla
unreadableDrake, James A.Pilot Rockgun shot wound, right hip4Oct 1877Umatilla
unreadableNoble, MaryPilot Rockwidow8Sep 1868Umatilla
unreadableNofsker, William A.Pilot Rockgun shot wound, left hand, loss 2nd finger4Dec 1877Umatilla
unreadableSpencer, WilliamPurdywound, right arm, exsection18….Umatilla
unreadableBarrett, PaulUmatillagun shot wound, right foot6Sep 1864Umatilla
unreadableCampbell, George A.Westoninjury to head, left thigh, left ankle6Jan 1882Umatilla
unreadableCrawford, BenjaminWestoninjury, back6Jul 1872Umatilla
unreadablePurcell, ThomasWestondisease of abdominal viscers8.5May 1871Umatilla
unreadableRansom, Milo M.Westongun shot wound, right side head4Sep 1876Umatilla
unreadableRobey, Cyrus A.Westonwound, left shoulder8Jun 1866Umatilla
unreadableRobinson, JosephWestonchronic bronchitis2Jan 1873Umatilla
unreadableRoyse, JamesWestongun shot wound, left forearm and side4Apr 1881Umatilla

 

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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