Tennessee Confederate Soldiers Info
Great News!
The main address for the State Library in Nashville, Tennessee is:
http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/pubsvs/http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/pubsvs/
They have added the Tennessee Confederate Pension Application Information for the Soldiers and their Widows recently.
The Internet address is http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/pubsvs/pension.htmhttp://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/pubsvs/pension.htm
Just click on the address or copy the address to get to the page.
In 1891 Tennessee established the Board of Pension Examiners to determine if Confederate veterans applying for pensions were eligible.
Eligibility requirements included an inability to support oneself,honorable separation from the service, and residence in the state forone year prior to application Confederate veterans applied to the pension board of the state in which they resided at the time of application, even if this was not the state from which they served.
Confederate veterans applied to the pension board of the state in which they resided at the time of application, even if this was not the state from which they served.
The application lists the veteran's place of enlistment, unit, period of service, battles participated in, and whether he was wounded or captured, as well as place of birth, number and gender of children, and
value of personal and real property.
Widow's pensions were first issued in 1905. These applications show place of birth for widow and soldier, and information about their children. Proof of marriage was required, so marriage licenses often
appear in the supporting papers. Other items included are correspondence between the applicant and the Pension Board, letters or
sworn affidavits attesting to character and military service, and abstracts of the soldier's service record furnished by the
War Department.
The Board maintained three separate rolls: soldiers' roll, widows' roll, and black soldiers' roll. The index following, to both soldiers' and widows' pensions, is arranged alphabetically, and includes the pension file
number, county of residence at time of application, and soldier's unit. All units are regiments unless otherwise designated.
If a unit was known by more than one name or number, the official designation is used in the index. If an applicant's unit could not be ascertained, it is listed as "undetermined." "Unassigned" denotes an
applicant who was not in a field unit but was assigned a job necessary to the war effort-- tailor, mechanic, carpenter, smith, etc.
You can write to the State Library for a copy of the document with this information and for cost can receive same.
NOTE: You do have to send for only one document at a time. Once you receive your document then you can send for another document.