As of 12/22/16
Series 355: County Confederate Pension Reports and Correspondence. 1891-1942; n.d.
Auditor (RG 29).
Copies of annual reports submitted by the counties to the State Auditor for the annual roll of Confederate veterans, widows of Confederate veterans, and former servants of Confederate veterans receiving a state pension. Within each county, arrangement is chronological and includes the name of the individual and the type of pension received. The reports may include notes on deaths, remarriages, and moves from/to the county or the state. The files may also include the County Pension Commissioners oaths of office and related correspondence to and from the State Auditor.
In 1888, Mississippi began providing pensions for certain disabled Confederate soldiers and sailors, disabled servants of officers, soldiers, and sailors, and widows of soldiers or sailors who died in service (Mississippi, General Laws, ch. 12). The requirement for a pension for “indigent” Confederate soldiers, sailors, widows, and servants was incorporated into the 1890 state constitution (sec. 272). Over the years, the requirements for and the amounts of pensions have been modified by state law until the law was repealed in 1992 (Mississippi, General Laws, ch. 396, sec. 12).
Persons meeting the requirements had to file applications with their county board of inquiry (later county pension board), consisting of nominees by the board of supervisors, sheriff, and clerk of the chancery court. This board approved or disapproved the applications and forwarded them to the state auditor where they also went through an approval process. Copies of the applications and the subsequent annual reports of the county boards were to be kept on file at both the county chancery clerk’s office and the state auditor’s office.
See Also:
Government Records:
Series 145: Confederate Widows’ Pension Applications & Correspondence. 1958-1974 (RG 44).
Series 354: Confederate Pension Rolls. 1889-1935.
Series 1201: Confederate Pension Applications. 1900-1932. (microfilm)
Series 1215: Enumeration of Confederate Veterans and Widows. 1907-1933.
| Adams Co.: 1920-1932 | 03336
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| Alcorn Co.: 1900-1933 | 03336
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| Amite Co.: 1902-1932 | 03337
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| Attala Co.: 1901-1920 | 03337
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| Attala Co.: 1921-1933 | 03338
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| Benton Co.: 1895, 1900-1922 | 03338
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| Benton Co.: 1923-1933 | 03339
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| Bolivar Co.: 1916-1932 | 03339
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| Calhoun Co.: 1916, 1920-1932 | 03340
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| Carroll Co.: 1915-1932 | 03340
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| Chickasaw Co.: 1902-1933 | 03341
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| Choctaw Co.: 1902-1926 | 03341
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| Choctaw Co.: 1927-1932 | 03342
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| Claiborne Co.: 1900-1933 | 03342
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| Clarke Co.: 1902-1933 | 03342
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| Clay Co.: 1897, 1914-1933 | 03343
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| Coahoma Co.: 1900-1933 | 03343
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| Copiah Co.: 1904, 1916-1933 | 03344
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| Covington Co.: 1896, 1902-1933 | 03344
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| DeSoto Co.: 1902-1933 | 03345
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| Forrest Co.: 1908-1933 | 03345
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| Franklin Co.: 1902-1932 | 03346
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| George Co.: 1916-1933 | 03346
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| Greene Co.: 1900-1933 | 03347
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| Grenada Co.: 1896, 1901-1933 | 03347
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| Hancock Co.: 1902-1932 | 03348
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| Harrison Co.: 1913-1933 | 03348
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| Hinds Co.: 1902-1933 | 03349
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| Holmes Co.: 1892, 1896, 1916-1932 | 03349
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| Humphreys Co.: 1920-1933 | 03350
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| Issaquena Co.: 1913(?)-1914, 1916-1932 | 03350
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| Itawamba Co.: 1902-1932 | 03351
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| Jackson Co.: 1903-1933 | 03351
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| Jasper Co.: 1916-1933 | 03352
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| Jefferson Co.: 1895, 1914-1932 | 03352
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| Jefferson Davis Co.: 1906-1933 | 03352
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| Jones Co.: 1916-1932 | 03353
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| Kemper Co.: 1916-1932 | 03353
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| Lafayette Co.: 1901-1933 | 03354
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| Lamar Co.: 1916-1933 | 03355
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| Lauderdale Co.: 1916-1932 | 03355
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| Lawrence Co.: 1906-1933 | 03356
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| Leake Co.: 1902-1933 | 03356
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| Leflore Co.: 1902-1932 | 03358
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| Lincoln Co.: 1902-1932 | 03358
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| Lowndes Co.: 1895, 1916-1932 | 03359
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| Madison Co.: 1902-1933 | 03359
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| Marion Co.: 1900-1933 | 03360
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| Marshall Co.: 1916-1932 | 03360
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| Monroe Co.: 1900-1932 | 03361
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| Montgomery Co.: 1907, 1915-1932 | 03361
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| Neshoba Co.: 1902-1933 | 03362
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| Newton Co.: 1901, 1907, 1916-1933 | 03362
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| Noxubee Co.: 1900-1932 | 03363
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| Oktibbeha Co.: 1900-1932 | 03363
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| Panola Co.: 1902-1933 | 03364
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| Pearl River Co.: 1903, 1916-1933 | 03364
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| Perry Co.: 1902-1932 | 03365
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| Pontotoc Co.: 1900-1932 | 03366
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| Prentiss Co.: 1902-1932 | 03366
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| Quitman Co.: 1900-1932 | 03367
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| Rankin Co.: 1896, 1904, 1912-1933 | 03367
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| Scott Co.: 1900 (?), 1902-1932 | 03368
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| Sharkey Co.: 1902-1933 | 03368
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| Simpson Co.: 1900-1901, 1916-1932 | 03369
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| Smith Co.: 1910-1933 | 03369
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| Stone Co.: 1916-1932 | 03370
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| Sunflower Co.: 1916-1932, n.d. | 03370
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| Tallahatchie Co.: 1909-1932 | 03371
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| Tate Co.: 1898, 1916-1932 | 03371
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| Tippah Co.: 1916-1932 | 03372
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| Tishomingo Co.: 1898, 1901-1932 | 03372
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| Tunica Co.: 1902-1932 | 03373
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| Union Co.: 1891, 1900-1933 | 03373
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| Walthall Co.: 1914-1932 | 03374
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| Warren Co.: 1900-1932 | 03374
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| Washington Co.: 1901-1932 | 03375
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| Wayne Co.: 1900-1933 | 03375
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| Webster Co.: 1900, 1902-1933 | 03376
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| Wilkinson Co.: 1902-1932 | 03376
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| Winston Co.: 1916-1933 | 03377
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| Yalobusha Co.: 1912, 1916-1933 | 03377
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| Yazoo Co.: 1901-1932, 1942 | 03378
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