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
Lane County, Oregon

Certificate
Number		 Name
of pensioner		 Post Office
address		 Cause for which pensioned Monthly
rate (USD $)		 Date of
original
allowance		 County
where resided
21341White, Charles E.Cannongun shot wound, right arm6Dec 1863Lane
58223Young, John M.Cannongun shot wound, left leg4Feb 1866Lane
24580Brown, HoseaCartwright'ssurvivor 18128Nov 1878Lane
3169Fitch, Horace G.Creswellpleu. Pneumonia, diseased bronchial tubes (Navy)8May 1881Lane
206618Hager, ChristopherCreswellinjury to abdomen4Apr 1882Lane
194580Pike, Seth M.Crowgun shot wound, left foot4Aug 1881Lane
216570Sturtevant, Joseph K.Crowgun shot wound, right breast8Aug 1882Lane
39667Atterbury, James E.Eugene Citygun shot wound, face, left arm, right leg18Oct 1872Lane
6278Condel, RachelEugene Citywidow 18128Aug 1874Lane
161741Green, OrvilleEugene Citygun shot wound, hip, thigh4Jul 1879Lane
125049Greer, JamesEugene Citychronic diarrhea10Dec 1873Lane
62574Lockwood, Samuel G.Eugene Citygun shot wound, both legs12Aug 1870Lane
172696Offutt, JamesEugene Citygun shot wound, right leg3.75UG 1880Lane
203944Paxton, Stephen Z.Eugene Citygun shot wound, right thigh6Mar 1882Lane
24430Shore, JacobEugene Citysurvivor 18128Oct 1878Lane
70433Wilson, Franklin B.Eugene Citygun shot wound, left hand and arm5.33Nov 1866Lane
70099Adams, Ellen R.Goshenmother8…Lane
146581Gray, Israel J.Hillwound, right hip8Jun 1877Lane
39016Walters, ElmiraIrvingdependant mother8Jan 1865Lane
145538Seifridge, HoratioIsabeldiseased eyes4Apr 1880Lane
24919Cox, SolomonJunction Citysurvivor 18128Mar 1879Lane
117934Dickerson, CharlesJunction Citygun shot wound, left shoulder6Jul 1872Lane

 

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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