Pension Applications

"Their ragged clothes make no difference.
The enemy never sees the backs of my Texans."

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, click here.

Barker, E. M. (Mrs) - Pension Number: 38712, husband - Marcellus Barker

Barnett, M. D. - Application Rejected

Cook, Laban M. - Pension Number: 25192

Cook, Lydia A. - Pension Number: 31432, Husband, Laban M. Cook

Cravey, Henry C. - Pension Number: 42852

Cravey, Mary Elizabeth - Pension Number: 45311, Husband: Henry C. Cravey

Davis, Maroma - Pension Number: 37005, Husband: Thomas Jefferson Davis

Davis, T. J. - Application Rejected

Dockery, Louis K. - Pension Number: 13919

Elkins, George Kindred - Pension Number: 24901

Grice, Adeline - Pension Number: 51863, Husband: Lewis Grice

Grice, Lewis (Mrs) - Application Rejected, Husband: Lewis Grice

Grubbs, Williams L. - Pension Number: 23700

Hardin, Benjamin C. - Pension Number: 21003

Hardin, Clara J. - Pension Number: 28152, Husband: Benjamin C. Hardin

Holden, Rebecca - Pension Number: 32782,
Husband: George Washington Holden - Pension Number: 21819

Inglish, M. O. (Mrs) - Pension Number: 39211,
Husband: Alexander Inglish - Pension Number: 31470

Jones, Mattie A. - Pension Number: 27894, Husband: Jacob Daniels Jones

King, William A. - Pension Number: 30457

Knutson, Christopher Waldon - Pension Number: 19079

Knutson, Sarah Accanith - Pension Number: 35781,
Husband: Christopher Waldon Knutson

McLain, George Washington - Pension Number: 43073

McLain, Prudence A. - Pension Number: 51867,
Husband: George Washington McLain

Moore, R. D. - Pension Number: 30710

Payne, Harriet L. - Pension Number: 32417, Husband: Jones W. Payne

Payne, Jones W. - Pension Number: 18704

Radferd, Maria E. - Pension Number: 15835, Husband: Obadiah Allen

Rainer, A. - Application Rejected

Ray, A. L. - Application Rejected

Sanders, Alexander - Application Rejected

Thompson, Carrie - Pension Number: 35397
Husband: James W. Thompson - Pension Number: 01325

Trimble, M. A. (Mrs) - Pension Number: 10399, Husband: A. M. Trimble

Waldon, Prissilla - Pension Number: 36536,
Husband: William Mathews Waldon - Pension Number: 09421