In December 1890, Georgia made pensions available to widows of soldiers who died during the war or after the war from wounds received in the war. In December 1899, the state extended coverage to Confederate widows who could not support themselves because of poverty, age, infirmity, or blindness. The Georgia pensions were available to eligible state residents regardless of the state from which the soldier served, as long as the service had been in the Confederate army or navy. Thus, if South Carolina soldier and his family settled after the war in Georgia he and/or his widow might have been eligible for a pension. Other, but not all former, Confederate states paid pensions to Confederate soldiers and their widows. Union soldiers and their widows were paid pensions by the federal government. Southern states extended pensions--which originally paid only to soldiers maimed in the war--in part because the federal government refused to provide pensions for former Confederate soldiers and their widows. I hope this information proves useful to you. I am, with best wishes, Very truly yours, Christopher Stokes, Ph.D. Staff Historian Washington Memorial Library Genealogical and Historical Room 1180 Washington Avenue Macon, Georgia 31201-1790