In a message dated 9/26/2003 4:09:52 PM Central Standard Time, diamond6468@mindspring.com writes: > > No, when they applied for a pension, it was in the county of residence at > the time of application. > delilah Thank you. So, then he would have applied in Christian County, Illinois. Which means he probably never applied for a pension. I have been told that only the Confederate states paid widow's pensions for Confederate veterans, so I assume the veteran himself would have had to draw a pension from (in this case) Alabama. Am I assuming wrong? Evelyn

I don't know the answer to that, I think there is a state/county index of applications in each state, have you tried your local library - I know I found one in Ga, made by the widow and the veteran - who actually paid out the money, I don't know. delilah At 17:32 9/26/03 EDT, you wrote: >In a message dated 9/26/2003 4:09:52 PM Central Standard Time, >diamond6468@mindspring.com writes: > >> >> No, when they applied for a pension, it was in the county of residence at >> the time of application. >> delilah > >Thank you. So, then he would have applied in Christian County, Illinois. >Which means he probably never applied for a pension. I have been told that only >the Confederate states paid widow's pensions for Confederate veterans, so I >assume the veteran himself would have had to draw a pension from (in this case) >Alabama. Am I assuming wrong? >Evelyn > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >