Kentucky Confederate Pension Applications, 1912-1950 is a free collection at FamilySearch with a searchable name index & images of Confederate Pension Applications filed by surviving Confederate soldiers or their widows who lived in Kentucky.
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[su_heading size=”18″]What Can I Learn from Kentucky Confederate Pension Records?[/su_heading]
The index includes the following information:
- Application number
- Full name of applicant
The following information is found on most Confederate soldier’s pension applications in Kentucky:
- Application number
- Full name of widow (applicant)
- Residence
- Length of residence in Kentucky
- Birth date and place
- Maiden name
- Full name of soldier
- Who performed the marriage ceremony (A copy of the marriage certificate or license may also be attached.)
- Enlistment date
- Company and regiment
- Length of service
- When and where did the company and regiment surrender
- Was the soldier present at the time of surrender
- Reason if not present at the time of surrender
- Death date and place of soldier
- If the couple was living together at the time of death
- Second marriage information
- Property owned by the widow
- Family of the widow
- Witness for the widow
- Date and place of signing
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