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The Index to Confederate Pension Applications provides the names, county of
residence, and pension number of some 54,634 approved, rejected, and home
pensions issued by the Texas
government between 1899 and 1975. The listing for a widow's pension includes
her husband's name as it appears on her application form. If the husband also
applied for a Texas Confederate Pension, the number of that pension (or the
specification "Rejected" or "Home") is noted as well.
Confederate veterans and their widows were dependent upon the generosity of
the already impoverished former Confederate states for any postwar pension
benefits. In awarding pensions for Confederate service, Texas,
like most other southern states, confined its relief payments to veterans or
their widows resident in Texas since 1880 who were disabled or
indigent. Therefore, the index of applicants for Confederate pensions in no way
represents a complete roster of Texas
residents who had fought for the Confederacy.
If you do not immediately find the name you are researching it might be
because the person did not submit an application for a pension. However, the
names in the listing are based on the spelling given on the endorsement page of
the printed pension application form. If that name is somehow misspelled, the
misspelling is reflected in the computer entry. (For example, a week before his
death, W. C. Akin applied for a Confederate pension; subsequently his widow
Susan applied for a pension in her own name. The request for records from the
United States Adjutant General and many other affidavits in the pension
application spell the name as Aiken.) Check all possible spellings of a
veteran's surname before deciding that he or his widow did not apply for a
pension.
The Confederate Pension Applications were transferred to the Texas State
Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) from the Office of the Comptroller of
Public Accounts between 1934 and 1980. Even then, some application files were
identified as missing. Although the names and associated file numbers are
known, the records themselves are no longer available. There is value, however,
in knowing the applications actually existed, along with the limited
information that is to be found in the index. The entries are clearly
recognizable by the word Missing which appears
next to the application number. Patrons should not request photocopies of these
non-existent records.
The application forms and their attached records and correspondence are on
file in TSLAC's Archives and Information Services
Division. You may request copies of the files by telephone, regular mail, or
e-mail. To obtain an approved pension, give the applicant's name and pension
number. If the Index lists the pension application as a Rejected or a Home
pension, give the applicant's full name as it appears in the index, the county
of residence, and "Rejected" or "Home," whichever is
appropriate.
Each file will vary in number of pages and content; therefore, the Archives
staff will copy each complete file requested and bill you for the total number
of pages reproduced
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Claimant Name
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Application
Number
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Husband
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Husband's
Application Number
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Abney,
James A.
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47699
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Adams,
Fannie Tiberius
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rej Missing
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Adams,
Zachariah Burges
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Allcorn, John Caldwell
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41289
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Allcorn, Mary Elizabeth
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50553
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Allcorn, John Caldwell
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41289
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Allman, Kitty
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49546
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Allman, Nelson Atkinson
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Andrews,
Sarah J.
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38185
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Andrews,
Wade Anderson
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Armstrong,
Nancy Elizabeth
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42476
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Armstrong,
Stephen Francis
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Arnold,
E. L. (Mrs)
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32572
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Arnold,
William F.
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Arvin,
Sallie A.
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46344
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Arvin,
Jameson Alexander
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Ascue, R. B.
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rej
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Atkins,
John L.
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41206
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Awbrey, Julia Ann
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43302
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Awbrey, Thomas Jefferson
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05661
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Backus,
Mournen
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36910
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Backus,
Thomas Jefferson
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Bagley,
Thomas J.
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36250
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Baker,
Louisa Phenolia
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rej
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Baker,
Henry
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Baker,
Robert Watt (Mrs)
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35053
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Baker,
Robert Watt
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Bartlett,
Linnie B.
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47673
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Bartlett,
James Edward
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Bates,
Daniel C.
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22828
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Bates,
Mary
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34533
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Bates,
Daniel C.
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22828
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Baugh,
Francis Elizabeth
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49016
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Baugh,
Levin Powell
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Baxter,
Rachel E.
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41790
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Baxter,
John A.
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Beaird, William C.
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23200
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Beal, H.
M. (Mrs)
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04933
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Beal,
Albert
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Beaumont,
Gulielmus Henry, Dr.
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07155
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Beck, D.
M.
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00548
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Bell, Joseph Henry
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49430
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Bennett, Harrett N.
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rej
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Bennett,
Richard Barton
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Bird,
Melissa S.
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36854
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Bird,
Francis Richmond
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16164
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Black,
William Pinckney
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04932
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Blackstone,
M. J. (Mrs)
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09535
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Blackstone,
John H.
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Blair, E.
B.
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08629
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Blair,
Mattie Clark
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41847
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Blair,
David Joseph
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Bledsoe,
George Washington
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00549
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Bourn,
Mary
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50160
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Bourn, Tuck
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Bowden,
Charles W.
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40077
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Bowden,
D. E. (Mrs)
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30208
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Bowden,
William Sebastian
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Bowden,
Mary J.
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45095
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Bowden,
Charles W.
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40077
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Bowden,
William R.
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20481
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Boyle, J.
W. W.
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22887
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Braddock,
K. H. (Mrs)
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34857
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Braddock,
Perry Greenfield
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Brantley,
Mineriva M.
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31881
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Brantley,
John Hightower
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Breed, G.
A. (Mrs)
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14754
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Breed,
William Nathan
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Brewer,
John Willis
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40701
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Brewer,
Martha Jane
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42981
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Brewer,
John Willis
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40701
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Broocke,
Lydia Ann
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49457
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Broocke, Rufus King Anderson
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Brooks,
Henderson
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30906
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Brooks,
Mary
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36092
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Brooks,
Henderson
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30906
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Broom,
Madison
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13731
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Brown, A.
E. (Mrs)
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rej
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Brown,
William Lunceford
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Brown,
Alfred E.
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21056
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Brown,
Benjamin F.
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14755
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Brumley, A. J.
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00533
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Buford,
James Wilburn
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14749
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Burns, Alabama Victoria
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34246
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Burns,
Joseph Shrock
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Burns,
John W.
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07153
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Caffey, Francis Elmira
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rej
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Caffey, Abraham
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Callaway,
William J.
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rej
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Campbell,
Pauline M.
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14752
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Campbell,
James Mifflen
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Carlisle, F. M.
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04934
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Carnes,
Kate
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23558
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Carnes,
John
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10878
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Carroll,
Samantha A.
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37798
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Carroll,
Wilbur Pipkin
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Carter, Bernetie Hanah
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rej
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Carter,
Alexander Aulkie
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Carter,
William Thomas
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25929
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Cash, T.
J.
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08180
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Chaddick, R. C.
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18686
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Chamberlain,
Elva Lee
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42146
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Chamberlain,
Wiley Jackson
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Champion,
M. F. (Mrs)
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rej
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Champion,
George Wesley
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Chappell,
J. D.
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23398
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Charters,
Carrie Amanda
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38235
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Charters,
Samuel
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Charters,
Robert Edward
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51410
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Chism, Sarah E.
Quirl
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49386
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Quirl, Joseph
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Clark,
John Matthew
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41337
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Clark,
Lewis
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12750
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Clark, M.
L.
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04592a
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Clark,
Sarah
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33747
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Clark,
John Stewart
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25044
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Clingman, Julia A.
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31053
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Clingman, Alexander Michael
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Coalson, Julia Ann
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43110
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Coalson, McDonald C.
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25140
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Coalson, McDonald C.
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25140
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Cobb,
Mary E.
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30845
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Cobb,
John Clark
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Coffee,
F. E. (Mrs)
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30619
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Coffee,
William Madison
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Coffey, Emer Maria
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46080
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Coffey,
John Nathan
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Cole, J.
M.
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00537
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Collett, Martha Ellen
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49959
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Collett, Abraham
Hoss
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Cook,
Ermine
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39132
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Cook,
Nathan Fairchild
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Cooper,
Peter
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14753
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Crawford,
David O.
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34527
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Cross,
Francis Marion
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06598
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Crundwell, Joseph Mathias
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30154
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Crundwell, Ruth M.
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31055
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Crundwell, Joseph Mathias
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30154
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Cunningham,
Mary Melissie
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43308
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Cunningham,
John Evans
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Curry,
Alexander
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00551
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Curry, B.
F.
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06990
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Curry,
David Webster
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rej
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Curry, S.
L. (Mrs)
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rej
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Curry,
Benjamin Franklin
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Cutbirth, Lucy Ann
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37206
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Cutbirth, Sam
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34242
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Damron, Nancy A.
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34978
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Damron, John Henry
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Daniell, Elizabeth S.
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07151
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Daniell, Isaac D.
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Daniell, Susan
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42170
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Daniell, Jefferson Collie
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Daughtrey, Josiah
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30911
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Davis,
Jennie
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21129
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Davis,
John Wesley
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18685
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Davis,
John Wesley
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18685
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Davis,
Margaret Ann
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50143
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Davis,
Pinkney
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Davis,
Mattie D.
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46758
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Davis, Newton Blackborn
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Deaton,
A. E. (Mrs)
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49417
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Deaton,
Greenberry
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Debusk, Sarah Catherine
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49122
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Debusk, Elijah
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Dennis, Mollie
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50629
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Dennis,
William Thomas
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39731
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Dennis,
William Thomas
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39731
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Dickey,
Anna Green
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43487
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Dickey,
Thomas Marion
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42280
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Dickey,
Thomas Marion
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42280
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Dobson,
Mary Lou
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rej
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Dobson,
Marshall Melton
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Donnell,
Martha Ann
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06989
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Donnell,
Stephen H.
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Donnell,
Stephen H.
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00535a
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Doss, Washington
Alvin
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04557
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Dossey, James Thomas
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