Pensioners In Brooke and Hancock Counties
Special to the Register

Washington, October 1 – The following is a list of pensioners residing in Brooke and Hancock counties, West Virginia, as found on the pension roll up to January 1^st, 1883, giving the place of residence, amount paid to each, and cause for which pensions are given.

            Brooke County
Bethany
Leonard McFadden, leg, $2.00
R. N. Thompson, foot, $4.00
John Campbell, forearm, $2.00
Jane Cowens, widow, $8.00

Panhandle
Marshall Wright, Neck, $4.00

Wellsburg
Nancy Vansickle, widow, $8.00
T. H. Burton, leg, $4.00
Mary A. Shaw, mother, $8.00
Harrison Conned, (Navy), $8.00
S. G. Naugel, abdomen, $4.00
Wm. Tucker, shoulder, $6.00
Jeremiah Britt, survivor 1812, $8.00
Mary A. Horner, mother, $8.00
Elizabeth Perkins, widow, $8.00
Isaiah Roberts, father, $8.00
Susan Ward, widow, $8.00
Amy Montgomery, widow, $8.00
Nancy Murphy, widow 1812, $8.00
Mary Paxton, do (compiler’s note: widow 1812), $8.00
Clemens Spidel, thumb, $2.00
John Blankinsop, thigh, $3.00
Hal(???) Green, survivor 1812, $8.00
Jacob Dimit, do (compiler’s note: widow 1812), $8.00
Joshua Dorsey, do (compiler’s note: widow 1812), $8.00
Wm Jones, abdomen, $4.00
E. A. Chamberlain, spine, $8.00
Joseph Letzhas, back, $4.00
Jesse McNear, eye, $8.00
I. E. McGaveran, hip and shoulder, $6.

                  Hancock County
Anderson
James Brown, $2.00

Fairview
J. T. Ritchie, lung, $12.00
J. W. Plattenburg, arm, $15.00
Surges(???) Allison, $8.00
Elizabeth Edie, widow, $8.00
Mary A. Wycoff, do (compiler’s note: widow), $8.00

Holidays Cove
Drusilla Brian, widow, $8.00

New Cumberland
S. R. Peebout, head, $2.00
Isaac Culles, legs, $6.00
Ruth Reed, widow, $8.00
Wm Chapman, hand, $18.00
[Source: Wheeling Register, Oct. 2, 1883 – Transcribed by Therman Kellar]