16,888
edits
North Carolina Confederate Soldier's and Widow's Pension Applications - FamilySearch Historical Records: Difference between revisions
North Carolina Confederate Soldier's and Widow's Pension Applications - FamilySearch Historical Records (view source)
Revision as of 11:45, 28 July 2011
, 28 July 2011added a link
(Broke up "Record History" into smaller paragraphs and bullet lists. One massive paragraph can be daunting to readers.) |
Joycebevans (talk | contribs) (added a link) |
||
| Line 66: | Line 66: | ||
In 1901, the General Assembly of North Carolina passed a new pension law (Chapter 332). Under the new act, "Every person who has been for twelve months immediately preceding his or her application for pension bona fide resident of the State, and who is incapacitated for manual labor and was a soldier or a sailor in the service of the State of North Carolina or of the Confederate States of America, during the war between the States (provided said widow was married to said soldier or sailor before the first day of April, 1865) was entitled to a pension. | In 1901, the General Assembly of North Carolina passed a new pension law (Chapter 332). Under the new act, "Every person who has been for twelve months immediately preceding his or her application for pension bona fide resident of the State, and who is incapacitated for manual labor and was a soldier or a sailor in the service of the State of North Carolina or of the Confederate States of America, during the war between the States (provided said widow was married to said soldier or sailor before the first day of April, 1865) was entitled to a pension. | ||
'''The pensioners were divided into four classes:''' | '''The pensioners were divided into four classes:''' | ||
*First class, totally incompetent from wounds to perform manual labor, $72.00 per year; | *First class, totally incompetent from wounds to perform manual labor, $72.00 per year; | ||
| Line 75: | Line 75: | ||
No person holding a national, state, or county office for which he received $300.00 annually, no person with property valued at $500.00 or more, and no person receiving aid under laws for relief of totally blind and maimed was eligible (inmates of the Soldiers' Home, recipients of pensions from other states, and deserters were excluded from benefits under the pension acts, although inmates of the Soldiers' Home were granted quarterly allowances of $1.50 in 1909 -- increased to $3.00 quarterly in 1913). | No person holding a national, state, or county office for which he received $300.00 annually, no person with property valued at $500.00 or more, and no person receiving aid under laws for relief of totally blind and maimed was eligible (inmates of the Soldiers' Home, recipients of pensions from other states, and deserters were excluded from benefits under the pension acts, although inmates of the Soldiers' Home were granted quarterly allowances of $1.50 in 1909 -- increased to $3.00 quarterly in 1913). | ||
Practically each succeeding General Assembly made some change in the pension laws. | Practically each succeeding General Assembly made some change in the pension laws. | ||
=== Why this Record Was Created === | === Why this Record Was Created === | ||
| Line 94: | Line 94: | ||
[[North Carolina Military Records]] | [[North Carolina Military Records]] | ||
[https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/North_Carolina_in_the_Civil_War North Carolina in the Civil War] | |||
[[United States Civil War Pension Index (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] | [[United States Civil War Pension Index (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] | ||