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[[Image:{{SCCmap}}]]Although only a few people per county qualified for a settlement, the application papers of the Southern Claims Commission typically include questions mentioning <u>hundreds of their neighbors</u>. Neighbors of all races, and classes were questioned and discussed in these records.  
[[Image:{{SCCmap}}]]Although only a few people per county qualified for a settlement, the application papers of the Southern Claims Commission typically include questions mentioning <u>hundreds of their neighbors</u>. Neighbors of all races, and classes were questioned and discussed in these records.  


Southerners from the 12 states of [[Alabama in the Civil War|Alabama]], [[Arkansas in the Civil War|Arkansas]], [[Florida in the Civil War|Florida]], [[Georgia in the Civil War|Georgia]], [[Louisiana|Louisiana]], [[Mississippi in the Civil War|Mississippi]], [[North Carolina in the Civil War|North Carolina]], [[South Carolina in the Civil War|South Carolina]], [[Tennessee in the Civil War|Tennessee]], [[Texas in the Civil War|Texas]], [[Virginia in the Civil War|Virginia]], and [[West Virginia in the Civil War|West Virginia]] qualified to file claims before the Southern Claims Commission (SCC) between 3 March 1871 and 3 March 1873 based on the fact they:  
Southerners from the 12 states of [[Alabama in the Civil War|Alabama]], [[Arkansas in the Civil War|Arkansas]], [[Florida in the Civil War|Florida]], [[Georgia in the Civil War|Georgia]], [[Louisiana Genealogy|Louisiana]], [[Mississippi in the Civil War|Mississippi]], [[North Carolina in the Civil War|North Carolina]], [[South Carolina in the Civil War|South Carolina]], [[Tennessee in the Civil War|Tennessee]], [[Texas in the Civil War|Texas]], [[Virginia in the Civil War|Virginia]], and [[West Virginia in the Civil War|West Virginia]] qualified to file claims before the Southern Claims Commission (SCC) between 3 March 1871 and 3 March 1873 based on the fact they:  


#were loyal to the Union during the Civil War  
#were loyal to the Union during the Civil War  
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