>Diane: > >The Southern Claims Commission was organized to settle with Union sympathizers >who had supplied Northern forces without compensation. Case files included >depositions, affidavits, reports and receipts. Disallowed claims filed with >records of House of Representatives. 22,298 claims were submitted by >Southerners who swore they were loyal to the Union; 7,092 were allowed. I >believe the NARA may have the records of the approved claims. > >Terry Johnsen >tjohnsen@concentric.net > > >Diane Smith wrote: > >> Thought I would go right to the experts. One of my line was supposed to have >> applied for a claim with the Southern Claims Commission. Does anyone know >> what this is or how I would go about getting a copy of this claim? He lived >> in Alabama in 1880 when the claim was filed. >> Thanks, >> Diane >> dmsmith@peganet.com > > >==== ALABAMA Mailing List ==== >Alabama-L archives, a great resource for new subscribers >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=ALABAMA-L >