Widows of Confederate pensioners who remarried could no longer receive a pension. However, if their new husband was a veteran and he died, she could reapply as a widow, but she could not jump back and collect on the first husband, only the second one. As Melba mentioned, CSA pensions were handled by individual states. If a pensioner moved to Texas, they would have to reapply for a pension in that State. If a pensioner went to Texas for a while, say, to visit with children, and got sick and stayed and missed some pension warrants, they had to reapply all over again if they returned, plus they could not get "back" pensions. Not only that, in later years there were waiting periods before reinstatement, and certain restrictions to keep women from marrying old veterans simply to collect their pension after the veteran "crossed over the river to rest in the shade of the trees." >If S. A. married Cozby in 1881, would she have been able to draw a pension >on her previous husband? If I understand it, she would have had to be a >widow of a deceased soldier to qualify for a pension. I think that the >only way she could have gotten one is if she applied BEFORE she remarried. >Then when she remarried, the pension would have stopped. Also, weren't >the CSA pensions given by the states? This means if she moved to another >state, she would have had to apply in that state, doesn't it? > >Melba Clark > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <bobwonda@hiwaay.net> >To: <alblount@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 5:38 AM >Subject: Re: [ALBLOUNT] Confederate Pensioners as of 26 Nov 1896 > > >> If S.A. Cozby received a pension, she would have applied through her local >> probate judge and her application would be on microfilm in the collection >> of Alabama Pension Applications. I have read all of the applications >> submitted from Blount, if she applied from another county, such as St. >> Clair, I would have missed it unless her husband served in an organization >> raised in Blount. Next time I'm at the library, I'll try to look up her >> application. >> >>>Thanks for your reply. I thought S.A. Cozby might possibly be Salema Ann >>>Cowden/Cozby, a daughter of Beverly Cornelius. She married Robert Lindsey >>>Cowden who died in the Civil War. She later married William David Cozby in >>>Hunt Co., TX. William died in 1881 in Hunt Co so thought she might have >>>moved back to Alabama. She is mentioned in Beverly's probate records as >>>late >>>as >>>23 Feb 1891 (still in Hunt Co) which is the last date for which I have >>>information. >>> >>> >>>----- Original Message ----- >>>From: <bobwonda@hiwaay.net> >>>To: <alblount@rootsweb.com> >>>Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2006 7:52 PM >>>Subject: Re: [ALBLOUNT] Confederate Pensioners as of 26 Nov 1896 >>> >>> >>>> Can't be for sure, but it might be Ann Cozby, mother of Emery Cosby, who >>>> died in June 1896. Even though she died before August, her name would >>>have >>>> still be on the roll until her next warrant for pension was issued and >>>went >>>> unclaimed. An unclaimed warrant was usually taken to mean the pensioner >>>> had died or moved out of the area. Unclaimed warrants were returned to >>>the >>>> State Auditor. The 25 Jun 1896 issued of the News-Dispatch reported she >>>> lived near Springville and was buried at Remlap. No monument was >>>> located. >>>> Emery was born in 1833, so Ann must have been close to 85 or 90. >>>> >>>> >In the August 2006 posting of Confederate soldiers and widows on this >>>> >forum, a widow S.A. Cozby is listed. >>>> >Can anyone identify this lady? > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >ALBLOUNT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks. This seems to definitely eliminate Salema Ann. ----- Original Message ----- From: <bobwonda@hiwaay.net> To: <alblount@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 8:11 PM Subject: Re: [ALBLOUNT] Confederate Pensioners as of 26 Nov 1896 > Widows of Confederate pensioners who remarried could no longer receive a > pension. However, if their new husband was a veteran and he died, she > could reapply as a widow, but she could not jump back and collect on the > first husband, only the second one. As Melba mentioned, CSA pensions were > handled by individual states. If a pensioner moved to Texas, they would > have to reapply for a pension in that State. If a pensioner went to Texas > for a while, say, to visit with children, and got sick and stayed and > missed some pension warrants, they had to reapply all over again if they > returned, plus they could not get "back" pensions. Not only that, in later > years there were waiting periods before reinstatement, and certain > restrictions to keep women from marrying old veterans simply to collect > their pension after the veteran "crossed over the river to rest in the > shade of the trees." > > >If S. A. married Cozby in 1881, would she have been able to draw a pension > >on her previous husband? If I understand it, she would have had to be a > >widow of a deceased soldier to qualify for a pension. I think that the > >only way she could have gotten one is if she applied BEFORE she remarried. > >Then when she remarried, the pension would have stopped. Also, weren't > >the CSA pensions given by the states? This means if she moved to another > >state, she would have had to apply in that state, doesn't it? > > > >Melba Clark > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: <bobwonda@hiwaay.net> > >To: <alblount@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 5:38 AM > >Subject: Re: [ALBLOUNT] Confederate Pensioners as of 26 Nov 1896 > > > > > >> If S.A. Cozby received a pension, she would have applied through her local > >> probate judge and her application would be on microfilm in the collection > >> of Alabama Pension Applications. I have read all of the applications > >> submitted from Blount, if she applied from another county, such as St. > >> Clair, I would have missed it unless her husband served in an organization > >> raised in Blount. Next time I'm at the library, I'll try to look up her > >> application. > >> > >>>Thanks for your reply. I thought S.A. Cozby might possibly be Salema Ann > >>>Cowden/Cozby, a daughter of Beverly Cornelius. She married Robert Lindsey > >>>Cowden who died in the Civil War. She later married William David Cozby in > >>>Hunt Co., TX. William died in 1881 in Hunt Co so thought she might have > >>>moved back to Alabama. She is mentioned in Beverly's probate records as > >>>late > >>>as > >>>23 Feb 1891 (still in Hunt Co) which is the last date for which I have > >>>information. > >>> > >>> > >>>----- Original Message ----- > >>>From: <bobwonda@hiwaay.net> > >>>To: <alblount@rootsweb.com> > >>>Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2006 7:52 PM > >>>Subject: Re: [ALBLOUNT] Confederate Pensioners as of 26 Nov 1896 > >>> > >>> > >>>> Can't be for sure, but it might be Ann Cozby, mother of Emery Cosby, who > >>>> died in June 1896. Even though she died before August, her name would > >>>have > >>>> still be on the roll until her next warrant for pension was issued and > >>>went > >>>> unclaimed. An unclaimed warrant was usually taken to mean the pensioner > >>>> had died or moved out of the area. Unclaimed warrants were returned to > >>>the > >>>> State Auditor. The 25 Jun 1896 issued of the News-Dispatch reported she > >>>> lived near Springville and was buried at Remlap. No monument was > >>>> located. > >>>> Emery was born in 1833, so Ann must have been close to 85 or 90. > >>>> > >>>> >In the August 2006 posting of Confederate soldiers and widows on this > >>>> >forum, a widow S.A. Cozby is listed. > >>>> >Can anyone identify this lady? > > > > > >------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >ALBLOUNT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALBLOUNT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message