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
Yamhill County, Oregon

Certificate
Number		 Name
of pensioner		 Post Office
address		 Cause for which pensioned Monthly
rate (USD $)		 Date of
original
allowance		 County
where resided
39414Root, William W.Amitydiseased lungs, rheumatism4Mar 1865Yamhill
63179Clubine, Benjamin F.Daytongun shot wound, left side6May 1866Yamhill
216954Powell, Curtis W.Daytonchronic diarrhea4Aug 1882Yamhill
182198Whitney, Willaim H.Daytongun shot wound, head, paralysis8Feb 1881Yamhill
166493Dougherty, Joseph F.McMinnvilleshell wound, right leg12Apr 1880Yamhill
176978Newgard, Amand L.McMinnvilledisease eyes4Oct 1880Yamhill
198875Phelps, Jonathan C.McMinnvillechronic diarrhea4Dec 1881Yamhill
134875Sweet, Charles A.McMinnvillegun shot wound, right leg4Jul 1875Yamhill
152212Taylor, Phillip L.McMinnvillegun shot wound, left thigh2apr 1878Yamhill
3419Young, MaryMcMinnvillewidow8Jul 1872Yamhill
206821Clemmens, WilliamNewberggun shot wound, right leg4Apr 1882Yamhill
216859Hawkins, ElijahNewberginjury both knees17Aug 1882Yamhill
197956Newsom, EliNewbergchronic diarrhea4Nov 1881Yamhill
31745Moor, NancyNorth Yamhillwidow 18128May 1861Yamhill
1920Payne, AaronNorth Yamhillsurvivor 18128Jun 1851Yamhill
163938Webster, Henry P.North Yamhillinjury to abdomen4Dec 1879Yamhill
199952Pallord, Aaron B.Sheridangun shot wound, right knee4Dec 1881Yamhill
129054Harris, JohnWest Chehalemgun shot wound, left shoulder18…Yamhill

 

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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Extracted by Robyn Greenlund Copyright © 2007 Genealogytrails.com