Arkansas Ex-Confederate Pension Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

Collection Time Period
This collection covers the years 1893 to 1939.

Record Description
The records consist of images of pension records of former Confederate soldiers and widows who resided in the state of Arkansas. The records were created by the Arkansas State Auditor.

Record Content
The key genealogical facts for these records usually include:


 * First Name
 * Last Name
 * Middle Initial

Record History
The U.S. pension law governing claims based on death or disability from military service was passed on 14 July 1862. Later pension laws were based on length of service and disability not necessarily incurred in the service. Beginning in 1892 women who were employed as nurses by the government were also eligible for pensions.

Pensions were granted to Confederate veterans, widows, and orphans by the former Confederate states. Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia have posted indexes and some links to images of Confederate pension records. The Family History Library has an excellent collection of available Confederate pension records. Those for the following states are available on film at the Family History Library.

Related Wiki Articles
United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865

Confederate Service and Pension Records

Related Websites
Catalogue of Arkansas Resources and Archival Treasures

Arkansas Civil War

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Examples of Source Citations for a Record in This Collection

 * United States. Bureau of the Census. 12th census, 1900, digital images, From FamilySearch Internet (www.familysearch.org: September 29, 2006), Arizona Territory, Maricopa, Township 1, East Gila, Salt River Base and Meridian; sheet 9B, line 71.
 * Mexico, Distrito Federal, Catholic Church Records, 1886-1933, digital images, from FamilySearch Internet (www.familysearch.org: April 22, 2010), Baptism of Adolfo Fernandez Jimenez, 1 Feb. 1910, San Pedro Apóstol, Cuahimalpa, Distrito Federal, Mexico, film number 0227023.

Sources of information for This Collection
Arkansas. Ex-Confederate Pension Records, 1893-1939. Arkansas State Auditor. Little Rock, Arkansas.