Not likely. Confederate pensions were only awarded to soldiers of the regular army of the Confederate States or their widows. >Would a mother have been entitled to a pension? > >bobwonda@hiwaay.net wrote: > >>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 >> >> >> >> >> > > >------------------------------- >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