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North Carolina Confederate Soldier's and Widow's Pension Applications - FamilySearch Historical Records: Difference between revisions
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== What Can These Records Tell Me? == | == What Can These Records Tell Me? == | ||
The following information may be found in these records: | |||
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'''Confederate Soldier Pensions''' | |||
*Name | *Name | ||
*Date of birth | *Date of birth | ||
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*References to wife and/or children | *References to wife and/or children | ||
*Nature of incapacity | *Nature of incapacity | ||
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'''Widow Pensions''' | |||
*Name (Married and Maiden) | *Name (Married and Maiden) | ||
*Deceased soldier's name and regiment | *Deceased soldier's name and regiment | ||
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*Date of marriage | *Date of marriage | ||
*Nature of the soldier's or widow's incapacity | *Nature of the soldier's or widow's incapacity | ||
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The first general pension law in North Carolina for Confederate veterans and widows (Chapter 214) was passed in 1885. This law provided for the payment of $30.00 annually to Confederate veteran residents of the state who had lost a leg, eye, or arm, or who were incapacitated for manual labor while in the service of the Confederate States during the Civil War. Widows of soldiers who were killed in service were entitled to the same benefits as long as they did not remarry. Any person, however, who owned property with a tax value of $500.00 or received a salary of $300.00 per year from the nation, state, or county was not eligible. | The first general pension law in North Carolina for Confederate veterans and widows (Chapter 214) was passed in 1885. This law provided for the payment of $30.00 annually to Confederate veteran residents of the state who had lost a leg, eye, or arm, or who were incapacitated for manual labor while in the service of the Confederate States during the Civil War. Widows of soldiers who were killed in service were entitled to the same benefits as long as they did not remarry. Any person, however, who owned property with a tax value of $500.00 or received a salary of $300.00 per year from the nation, state, or county was not eligible. | ||
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Practically each succeeding General Assembly made some change in the pension laws. | Practically each succeeding General Assembly made some change in the pension laws. | ||
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