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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What Can I Learn from Kentucky Confederate Pension Records?

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