Oklahoma, Confederate Pension Applications - FamilySearch Historical Records

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This collection contains confederate pension applications for Confederate veterans of the Civil War veterans living in Oklahoma.

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FamilySearch Catalog

 * Confederate pension applications for soldiers and sailors
 * Custer County. Confederate pension applications, 1917-1927

FamilySearch Digital Library

 * Oklahoma Genealogical Society. Confederate pension applications 1881-1865 : submitted by confederate soldiers, sailors and their widows. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma : Oklahoma Genealogical Society, 1969

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