These were claims people in the South made against the federal Govt. after the war for property taken supposedly for military use. Troops also often looted stores out of greed or vengeance and commandeered horses, wagons, services or foodstuffs with a promise to pay, etc. See the following site (or others) for an explanation. http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/pubsvs/sccintro.htm --- Arley Meadows <ameadows@dol.net> wrote: > I am sure I have missed some emails - what do > these "Disallowed Claims" pertain > to? Claims for what? __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com