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
Clackamas County, Oregon

Certificate
Number		 Name
of pensioner		 Post Office
address		 Cause for which pensioned Monthly
rate (USD $)		 Date of
original
allowance		 County
where resided
215417Shank, GeorgeCanbygun shot wound, left side head4Jul 1882Clackamas
96334Rugg, Erastus R.Clackamasgun shot wound, right side4Mar 1869Clackamas
115035Warner, LafayetteClackamasdiseased heart12Mar 1874Clackamas
63349Lemon, George W.Damascusgun shot wound, right foot12Apr 1878Clackamas
181991Boring, William H.Damascusgun shot wound, left hand8Feb 1881Clackamas
51615Miller, HughEagle Creekloss left arm above elbow24Aug 1874Clackamas
18998Suter, JosiahEagle Creekloss right leg24Jan 1874Clackamas
142086Ulrich, JohnEagle Creekgun shot wound, left hand2Oct 1876Clackamas
64018Carter, CorneliusMilwaukeesaber w. face, injury sight8May 1866Clackamas
177818Rose, Elizabeth J.Milwaukeewidow14Jun 1877Clackamas
38822Rusk, John D>Milwaukeegun shot wound, left leg8Jan 1873Clackamas
53349Brown, James M.Molallagun shot wound, right hand & left leg8May 1877Clackamas
124693Hardesty, Solomon M.Needygun shot wound, left thigh4Aug 1873Clackamas
213338Blount, John R.New Erachronic diarrhea, erysip, face, diseased eyes8Jun 1882Clackamas
163502Taylor, James M.New Erashell wound, left shoulder4Nov 1879Clackamas
10513Brayton, William F.Oregon Citygun shot wound, right arm6Mar 1863Clackamas
210823Califf, Samuel B.Oregon Citychronic diarrhea, dis. of abd. vis.10Jun 1882Clackamas
27022Cutting, AbigailOregon Citywidow 18128Sep 1879Clackamas
190684Danchy, Charles H.Oregon Citydiseased eyes4Jun 1881Clackamas
126570Gerber, JacobOregon Citygun shot wound, left hand8Jan 1874Clackamas
185997Gross, AugustOregon Citygun shot wound, left side head, right chest6Mar 1881Clackamas
24013Holbworks, ConradOregon Citywould left thigh6Feb 1864Clackamas
21396Jhanna, Lyman P.Oregon Citywound, left arm12Dec 1863Clackamas
150641Moore, Alexander B.Oregon Citygun shot wound, left breast2Jan 1878Clackamas
16365Pelton, SusannahOregon Citywidow 18128Jan 1879Clackamas
204730Walenpaugh, Wallace W.Oregon Citystrain across loin, left groin4Mar 1882Clackamas
165641Wickham, Robert W.Oregon Citychronic diarrhea4Mar 1880Clackamas
114736Boyd, JamesOswegoinjury to abdomen8Dec 1871Clackamas
121520Calkins, L.H.Oswegoinjury to spine4Feb 1878Clackamas
194642Edmonson, HenrySandygun shot wound, right arm6Aug 1881Clackamas
198147Cherry, Jesse B.Springwaterdisease of left leg4Nov 1881Clackamas
101091Prindle, IsaacStaffordgun shot wound, left leg6Dec 1872Clackamas
179146Gifford, Alexander M.Union Millsgun shot wound, left arm1Nov 1890Clackamas
19322Moses, Elisha A.Wilsonvillegun shot wound, right knee5Nov 1862Clackamas

 

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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