Confederate Pension Applications

"Their ragged clothes make no difference. The enemy never sees the backs of my Texans." - General Robert E. Lee, describing Hood's Texas Brigade

Between 1899 and 1975, 54,634 pension applications from impoverished/disabled Confederate veterans and/or their widows, were processed and funded by the state of Texas. To be eligible, the applicant had to prove military service in any branch of the Confederate armed forces, and state-residency since 1880 (they may well have lived in another state at the time of service).

This is a list of all recorded applications by Stonewall county residents. It is *not* an inclusive list of all veterans who ever resided in the county. All of them resided elsewhere at the time of enlistment. In the case of widow's pensions, the name of the husband is given, as well as his pension number, if his application was not filed in Stonewall county.

Considerable historical and genealogical information can be gleaned from these applications, even those that were rejected. For more information on Texas Confederate pensions, including how to obtain copies of the application file.

Abbott, Thomas J. - 25900,
Avery, Martha J. - 20866, Husband: Sanders Avery
Benton, Mark - 31484
Bullock, John M. V. - 34639
Butner, Lorenzia Dow (Mrs) - 41074, Husband: Lorenzia Dow Butner
Collom, Amanda - 21091, Husband: Josiah Wilson Collom
Elmore, James Christopher - 39341 (Note: A pension for his wife was filed in Wichita County, TX)
Ferguson, Alfred Marion - 12629
Green, J. A. - Application Rejected
Guest, Martin V. - Application Rejected
Guest, Martin Van Buren (Mrs) - 45939, Husband: Martin Van Buren Guest
Hay, Katie - Application Rejected, Husband: Thomas Crawford Hay
Hodges, Sarah J. - 08794, Husband: D. N. Hodges
Holcomb, Mary F. - 20187, Husband: Bird Washington Holcomb
Ivy, Lemuel Sidney - 31108
Johnson, Silas B. - Application Rejected
Kidd, J. A. - Application Rejected
Landers, John Henry - 23886
Lee, William Oliver - 18402
Liles, Richard - Application Rejected, (Application is missing, but other records indicate application was made.)
Lowrence, Mary Winn - 28787, Husband: James Harvey Lowrence
Matthews, John G. - Application Rejected
Mauck, Eliza A. - 29266, Husband: David Mauck
Maxwell, C. = 07666
McDonell, D. - Application Rejected
McElhaney, Mose L. - Application Rejected
McGinty, Nancy M. - 22474, Husband: William Marion McGinty
McMickin, J. K. - 38768
Myers, M. J. (Mrs) - 42216, Husband: Zacheriah Lovett Myers - 03188
O'Neal, G. R. - Application Rejected
Parrish, James Henry - 18400
Porter, George H. - 42422
Posey, Thomas Herbert (Mrs) - 45608
Posey, Thomas Herbert - 24418
Riddel, Sallie A. - 32486, Husband: Cyrus Riddel
Roberson, Hezekiah Charles (Mrs) - 46284, Husband: Hezekiah Charles Roberson
Sandlin, William M. (Mrs) - Application Rejected, Husband: William M. Sandlin
Sedberry, Meritt A. - 11639
Shannon, M. J. (Mrs) - Application Rejected, Husband: Lihue Marion Shannon
Smith, Lucy - 38110, Husband: Thomas George Washington Smith
Smith, Thomas George Washington - 22324
Stayton, David W. - 18401
Straley, A. J. - 09100
Templeton, Sarah Francis - 20791, Husband: John Sydney Templeton - 09273
Thames, Thomas T. - 21206
Trammel, W. J. - 31196
Whatley, Martha E. - 31221, Husband: Isaac Whatley
White, M. M. (Mrs) - 43313, Husband: James William White