Georgia, Confederate Pension Rolls - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
The state of Georgia first granted pensions to Confederate veterans in 1879. Widows of Confederate veterans began receiving pensions in 1891. This collection consists of a Confederate Pension Records(card) index and images of veteran and widows pension records.

What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records:
 * Name of soldier
 * Name of spouse
 * County living in

How Do I Search This Collection?
Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know:
 * The name of the individual
 * The location or date of the event

How Do I Analyze the Results?
Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a research log.

I Found the Person I was Looking For, What Now?

 * Add any new information to your records
 * Use the age to calculate a birth date and to find other records such as birth, christening, census, land and death
 * Search for military service records
 * Search for a military pension record
 * Use the information to find additional family members

I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now?

 * Try viewing the original record to see if there were errors in the transcription of the name, age, residence, etc. Remember that there may be more than one person in the records with the same name
 * Collect entries for every person who has the same surname. This list can help you identify possible relations that can be verified by records
 * If you cannot locate your ancestor in the locality in which you believe they lived, then try searching records of a nearby locality
 * Standard spelling of names typically did not exist during the periods our ancestors lived in. Try variations of your ancestor’s name while searching the index or browsing through images
 * Remember that sometimes individuals went by nicknames or alternated between using first and middle names

Research Helps
The following articles will help you in your research for your family in the state of Georgia.
 * US Military Basic Search Strategies
 * Beginning United States Civil War Research
 * Locating a Confederate Civil War Soldier (1861–1865)
 * Georgia Guided Research
 * Georgia Research Tips and Strategies
 * Step-by-Step Georgia Research, 1880-Present
 * Beginning Research in United States Military Records

Other FamilySearch Collections
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FamilySearch Catalog

 * Confederate pension rolls
 * Virgin D. White,transcribed by, Index to Georgia Civil War Confederate Pension Files. Waynesboro, Tennessee: National Historical, 1996. FHL 975.8 M22w
 * Ted O. Brooke and Linda Woodward Geiger. Index to Georgia's Confederate Pension Supplements. Cumming, Georgia: T. Brooke, 1999. FHL 975.8 M22b
 * Patricia K. Jones. Pensions and Relief for Confederate Veterans and Widows of Georgia. Oakwood, Georgia: P.K. Jones, 2002. FHL 975.8 M2p
 * Confederate Pension Rolls
 * List of maimed Confederate soldiers who lost limbs in the service and to whom payments have been made for the period from 1883 to 1886, 1883-1886. Atlanta, Georgia : Jas. P. Harrison & Co., 1886. 1 v.
 * Chatham County, Confederate widows and orphans' records

FamilySearch Historical Records

 * Georgia Confederate Home Records, 1901-1930
 * Georgia Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865

Citing This Collection
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