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{{FamilySearch_Collection|CID=CID1911763 |title=North Carolina, Confederate Soldiers and Widows Pension Applications, 1885-1953|location=United States}}<br>  
{{FamilySearch_Collection|CID=CID1911763 |title=North Carolina, Confederate Soldiers and Widows Pension Applications, 1885-1953|location=United States}}<br>  


== Collection Time Period  ==


This collection covers the years from approximately 1885 to 1953.


== Record Description  ==
== Record Description  ==
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Practically each succeeding General Assembly made some change in the pension laws.&nbsp;  
Practically each succeeding General Assembly made some change in the pension laws.&nbsp;  


For an alphabetical list of names currently published in this collection, select the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/index#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/collection/1911763/waypoints Browse].
For an alphabetical list of names currently published in this collection, select the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/index#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/collection/1911763/waypoints Browse].  
 
This collection covers the years from approximately 1885 to 1953. 
 
The North Carolina government filed these records so as to keep track of the funds leaving the state treasury to support the veterans and widows of the Civil War. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints then&nbsp;obtained this collection to help individuals find information about their ancestors.
 
Confederate records are often fragmentary due to incomplete muster and descriptive rolls. The records are otherwise&nbsp;considered a reliable source in family history research. The reliability, of course, depends on the accuracy of the informant


== Citation for This Collection  ==
== Citation for This Collection  ==
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Key genealogical facts found in Confederate Soldier Pensions may include:  
Key genealogical facts found in Confederate Soldier Pensions may include:  


[[Image:North Carolina Confederate Soldier's and Widow's Pension Applications DGS 4810273 14.jpg|thumb|right|North Carolina Confederate Soldier's and Widow's Pension Applications DGS 4810273 14.jpg]]  
[[Image:North Carolina Confederate Soldier's and Widow's Pension Applications DGS 4810273 14.jpg|thumb|right]]  


*Name  
*Name  
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*Use the age to calculate an approximate birth date.  
*Use the age to calculate an approximate birth date.  
*Use the birth date or age along with the residence or place of birth of the deceased to locate census, church, and land records.
*Use the birth date or age along with the residence or place of birth of the deceased to locate census, church, and land records.
=== Why this Record Was Created  ===
The North Carolina government filed these records so as to keep track of the funds leaving the state treasury to support the veterans and widows of the Civil War. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints then&nbsp;obtained this collection to help individuals find information about their ancestors.
=== Record Reliability  ===
Confederate records are often fragmentary due to incomplete muster and descriptive rolls. The records are otherwise&nbsp;considered a reliable source in family history research. The reliability, of course, depends on the accuracy of the informant


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