This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Ea.2ADI/1216 Message Board Post: Joy Fisher transcribed this for us. Does anyone know more about any of these people listed here? I'm really curious about them and their War Service. Let me know if you do. (Many probably are widows) Federal Pensions distributed for service in War of 1812, Mexican and Union Civil War. (Does not include Confederate Service Pensions in fact participation in the Confederacy may have barred men from drawing a pension from previous War service). Pension Records may be ordered from: http://www.archives.gov/research_room/obtain_copies/veterans_service_records.html See BELOW for explanation: Certif. No Last Name F Name Post Office Cause for which pensioned Monthly rate Date of Original Allowance County 125439 Davis George S. Macon loss sight left eye 15.00 Bibb 167504 Morrison Mary E. Macon widow 1812 8 & 2.00 Feb. 1875 Bibb 21716 Morse James A. Macon frac. L. leg 8.00 Bibb 185898 Spring Paulina Macon dep. Mother 20.00 Oct. 1879 Bibb 157373 Willis Henry Macon acrofula 8.00 Jan. 1879 Bibb 21156 Taylor Elizabeth K. Macon 8.00 Mar. 1879 Bibb 19494 Riley Margaret Macon 8.00 Mar. 1879 Bibb 11393 Fort Martha L. Macon 8.00 Nov. 1878 Bibb 17382 Lawrence Elisac'h D. Macon 8.00 Feb. 1879 Bibb EXPLANATION OF COLUMNS ON THE PENSION LIST: 1)The pension certificate numbers may differ from the actual pension file in the National Archives. 2)The post office reported is the residence of the pensioner in December 1882. 3) The cause column provides the reason for which the pension was granted (wound, injury, disease, etc.- see abbreviation explanations below) or lists the relationship of pensioners who were next of kin to those killed or who died while serving in the army or navy. 4)The rate reported was the monthly amount received by the pensioner 5)The date provided is that of the original allowance. 6)Abbreviations used in the 1883 pension roll: amp. - amputated atr. - atrophy chr. - chronic diarr. - diarrhea dis. - disease frac. - fracture g.s.w. - gun shot wound inj. - injury l. - left ls. - loss par. - partial paral. - paralysis r. - right rheum. - rheumatism or rheumatic shl., sh. - shell or shrapnel shoul. - shoulder w., wd. - wound