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
Wasco County, Oregon

Certificate
Number		 Name
of pensioner		 Post Office
address		 Cause for which pensioned Monthly
rate (USD $)		 Date of
original
allowance		 County
where resided
163128Mason, DavidAlkaligun shot wound, right groin6unreadableWasco
89922Blake, Willard L.Antelopegun shot wound, left hip4unreadableWasco
21231Engert, SarahCascade Lockswidow 18128unreadableWasco
139742Schermickan, AugustCross Hallowsgun shot wound, left thigh16unreadableWasco
43902Cartwright, Thomas J.Fossilgun shot wound, left shoulder8unreadableWasco
32562Hock, ClausHood Riverinjury to abdomen12unreadableWasco
74266Wingate, Henry B.Lost Valleyinjury right knee4…Wasco
18075Carroll, StephenMitchellsurvivor 18128Jul 1872Wasco
142007Denneman, Clemeus A.Olexgun shot wound, right leg7.5Oct 1874Wasco
17274Fausel, ChristianOlexgun shot wound, left arm18…Wasco
96402Avery, Adeline N.The Dallesdependant mother8Jun 1867Wasco
20173Chapman, George D.The Dallesgun shot wound, left thigh4Mar 1863Wasco
183819Cilhansen, William H.The Dalleschronic diarrhea8Nmar 1881Wasco
197661Clark, Thomas J.The Dallesgun shot wound, left breast, diseased heart8Nov 1881Wasco
17497Matteson, AdelbertThe Dallesgun shot wound, left arm6Oct 1871Wasco
204853Miller, AdamThe Dalleschronic diarrhea, enlarged liver4Mar 1882Wasco
169126Omeg, PeterThe Dallesinjury to abdomen8Jun 1880Wasco
179852Rogan, JohnThe Dallescancer, right side; diseased right lung12Dec 1880Wasco
10849Young, Joseph J.The Dalleswound, right lung18Jun 1867Wasco
26613Corum, Mary B.Tygh Valleywidow 18128Aug 1879Wasco
105737Wilson, David A.Tygh Valleygun shot wound, left hand8Mar 1874Wasco
113761Robinson, John C.Villardgun shot wound, right arm5Jan 1882Wasco

 

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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