Alabama, Confederate Pension Applications - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
Pension applications files of the Alabama Pension Commission of Confederate Veterans living in Alabama. The images of the files were acquired from the Alabama Department of Archives and History in Montgomery, Alabama.

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 *  Related Collections 
 * Applications for relief by maimed Confederate soldiers. FamilySearch Catalog
 * State Auditor. Confederate Pensioner's Records, 1865-1939. Container Listing. Alabama Archives

What Can These Records Tell Me?

 * Name of spouse
 * Rank of soldier
 * Where enlisted
 * Branch of service

How Do I Search This Collection?
Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know:
 * The name of the individual
 * The name of spouse

How Do I Analyze the Results?
Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a research log.

I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?

 * Add any new information to your records
 * Use the information found in the pension applications to find other records such as birth, christening, marriage, census, land and death records
 * Use the information to find additional family members
 * Search for the service record for the individual who served in the military

I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now?

 * Remember that there may be more than one person in the records with the same name
 * Collect entries for every person who has the same surname. This list can help you identify possible relations that can be verified by records
 * If you cannot locate your ancestor in the locality in which you believe they lived, then try searching records of a nearby locality
 * Standard spelling of names typically did not exist. Try variations of your ancestor’s name while searching the index or browsing through images
 * Remember that sometimes individuals went by nicknames or alternated between using first and middle names

Research Helps
The following articles will help you research your family in the state of Alabama.
 * Alabama Guided Research
 * Alabama Record Finder
 * Alabama Research Tips and Strategies
 * Step-by-Step Alabama Research, 1880-Present
 * US Military Basic Search Strategies
 * Beginning Research in United States Military Records
 * Beginning United States Civil War Research
 * Locating a Confederate Civil War Soldier (1861–1865)

Other FamilySearch Collections
These collections may have additional materials to help you with your research.

FamilySearch Catalog

 * Mountain Creek Soldiers Home headstones, 1913
 * Applications for relief by maimed Confederate soldiers
 * Alabama Confederate Pensions
 * Widows of Confederate soldiers, 1862-1864

Local Publications
 * Blount County, Confederate pension applications, 1862-1930
 * Chambers County, Civil War pensions, 1876-1898
 * Cherokee County, Confederate Pensions
 * Chilton County, Confederate pension files 1868-1919
 * Choctaw County, C. S. A. pensions, miscellaneous, 1863-1891
 * Clarke County, Confederate pension records, 1866-1930
 * Clay County, Pension roll, 1922; applications of relief, 1893-1898; Civil War pensions 1861-1865, 1889, 1897
 * Colbert County, Civil War veteran's pension book
 * Conecuh County, Confederate pensioners, 1866-1950
 * Crenshaw County, Confederate Soldiers, Sailors and Widows Relief Fund,1863-1898
 * Dekalb County, Pension applications including soldiers and sailors, 1885-1900
 * Elmore County, Confederate pension applications, 1883-1920
 * Fayette County, Confederate soldiers pensions, 1904-1905
 * Lowndes County, Confederate pension records,1899
 * Macon County, Confederate pension applications, 1898
 * Madison County, Census and pension rolls of Confederate soldiers, 1903-1927
 * Mobile County, Confederate pension files, 1867-1939 ; indexes, ca. 1867-1939, 1867-1939
 * Morgan County, Record of pensions, 1902-1940
 * Perry County, Confederate pension records, 1903-1914
 * Pickens County, Confederate pension applications - declined, 1900-1929
 * Russell County, Pensions, 1901-1927
 * St. Clair County, Confederate pensions, 1895-1912
 * Sumter County, Confederate pension records, 1920
 * Sumter County, Records of pensions of Confederate veterans and widows, 1915-1937
 * Talladega County, Military pensions, 1900-1925
 * Tuscaloosa County, Confederate pension records, 1899-1931
 * Tallapoosa County, Civil War return veterans list of indigent, 1876-1915
 * Walker County, Applications of pensions for Confederate veterans and widows, 1900-1950
 * Wilcox County, Pension files, 1830-1915
 * Winston County, Confederate pension records, 1893-1907

FamilySearch Digital Library

 * Brief historical sketches of military organizations raised in Alabama during the Civil War

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