My friends - Our Easter recess now having passed, I want to return to a series I started months ago concerning those Confederate veterans(or their widows) who were disabled or indigent, and applied to receive a state pension for their service in the War Between the States. The history of the enabling legislation is interesting in itself, and I will send a special posting on that at some point as we go along. The veterans or widows shown below resided in McCracken County at the time of their applications. In the case of widows for whom the maiden name was given, it will be shown in brackets[ ]. I have no additional information on most of these people, but the KY Archives holds the original applications and microfilm of them is available for a small fee through the LDS Family History Centers. This constitutes Part 1 for McCracken County. Additional posts will bring the names of others who applied from McCracken County. -B ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ McCracken County - Confederate Veterans/Widows Pension Applications Simmons, Samuel R. McNeill, Amanda R.[Sneed] - Widow of William Henry McNeill Allcock, Eliza Ellen [Rust] - Widow of Oliver Dellon Allcock McKinney, William L(evi). McKinney, Cordelia [Bonds] - Widow of William Levi McKinney above Helton, William D. Herring, James A. Rudolph, Bettie Ann [Rudolph(sic)] - Widow of William Andrew Rudolph Rudolph, Mary Winnie [Towell] - Widow of Benjamin Wallace Rudolph Bugg, Susan Elizabeth [Brooks] - Widow of James Lawley Bugg Colley, Martha R. [Parish] - Widow of William B. Colley ~to be continued~ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++