Confederate Pensioners From Statesville Landmark

Confederate Pensioners From Statesville Landmark

Confederate Pensioners
The Semi Weekly Landmark

The three lists presented below are designed to help the researcher determine if a
pension file may exist for their ancestor.

Information on tracing Confederate pension records can be found by state at
Confederate Pension Records

The three lists are taken from the Statesville newspaper over the years 1899, 1901 and
1904. There are discrepancies in the lists—some names are in the first list, do not
appear in the second list but are in the third list. Many new names are added in the
second and third lists. This could be the result of changes made in the Act along the
way.

On December 4, 1890, the Statesville Landmark printed the following about the Pension
Act:

The State pensioners are divided into four classes who are to receive pensions according
the degree of disability: Let those who have received a wound which renders them totally
incompetent to perform manual labor, $100; to those who have lost a leg above the knee
or an arm above the elbow $75; to those who have lost a foot below the knee or an arm
below the elbow or have a leg or arm rendered completely useless by a wound, $50; to
those who have lost one eye and to all indigent widows remaining unmarried and all other
soldiers who are otherwise disabled by reason of wounds received in the Confederate
service, $25.

On March 1, 1901, the Statesville Landmark printed the below revision:

There shall be paid out of the treasury of the State of North Carolina on the warrant of
the auditor to every person who has been for the 12 months immediately preceding his
or her application for pension, a bona fide resident of the state and who is incapacitated
for manual labor and was a soldier, officer or sailor in the services of the state of North
Carolina or of the Confederate States of America during the War Between the States,
and to the widow remaining unmarried of any deceased soldier, officer or sailor who was
in the service of the state of North Carolina or Confederate States of America (provided
the widow was married to said soldier or sailor previous to the 1st day of April, 1865) the
following sums…………that all laws enacted since the first day of January, 1890 granting
pensions to any particular individual named therein are hereby revoked; that no inmate of
the Soldiers Home in Raleigh nor any person who was a deserter or who receives a
pension from any other state or from the United States, shall be entitled to a pension.

Further, in the October 4, 1901 Statesville Landmark:

The last legislature removed a number of restrictions from the pension laws with a view
of giving pensions to the deserving veterans and widows of ex-Confederate veterans in
the State, many of whom were debarred by the old statutes. Under the new law, an
old soldier may receive a pension for total disability for any cause. Widows, who were
married before April, 1865, who have not since remarried and who are not worth more
than $500, may draw pensions. Those modifications of the pension laws have placed
many needy and deserving persons on the pension rolls.

Another change was found in the June 30, 1903 Statesville Landmark:

A letter from the State Auditor calls attention to the following changes in the pension
law:
1. All soldiers who were employed only by the State of North Carolina during the war
and did service in the Home Guards are not entitled to a pension. If any of these are
now on the list, they must be stricken.
2. Widows who were married to Confederate soldiers prior to April 1, 1865; who
remarried after the death of their first husband but are now widows, are entitled to
pensions. The application must show services rendered by the first husband.
3. A soldier who deserted the army but afterward went back to his command and was
honorably discharged is entitled to a pension.
4. Only those soldiers who are three fourths disabled by sickness, old age, or failing
health, to perform manual labor, are entitled to pensions. This, of course, does not
apply to those disabled by wounds.

List Number One
Statesville Landmark
Tuesday, December 19, 1899

The register of deeds received yesterday in the pension warrants for the old soldiers
and widows of soldiers living in Iredell County. These warrants came as a Christmas
gift to the old veterans of the Lost Cause and while the amounts are not large, will be
a help to them.

The soldiers are divided into four classes, who will receive the following amounts:

First Class
Milas Holtshauser and E.W. Putnam, $64 each

Second Class
E.Y. Ball
G.C. Boger
R.A. Deal
Jas. R. Moore
T.A. White
$48 each

Third Class
J.R. Bean
Jno. F. Foster
J.Q. Goodwin
J.C. Joiner
Henry M. Pope
R.N. Rhine
Francis A. Shuford
R.E. Dillon
N.J. Smith
Jno. A. Feimster
$32 each

Fourth Class
R.B. Cook
A. Cleaves
S.L. Dixon
N.J. Dillon
A.B. Ervin
J.H. Gatton
W.S. Holland
Jas. O. (or C.) Lasley
Jas. Mitchell
Reuben Morgan
E.W. Overcash
J. Wm. Speece
T.F. Summers
J.H. Stamper
J.H. Thomas
J.A. York
A Hoover
J.P. Shoemaker
J. Norris
G.W. Roller
S.E. Hoover
W.F. Parks
J.L. Henry
J.W. Bolen
J.A. Parker
Thomas Myers
Wm. J. Parlier(?)
Thomas Meyers
C.J. Johnson
Noah Rash(?) Raeb(?)
I M Jones
H.A. Brawley
Abner Massey
F.M. Wilson
E.C. Beam
E.L. Speaks
Phillip Sell
Silas Dishman
J.L. Milsaps
J.W. Thompson
J.W. Hobbs
Robert Allman
$16 Each

Widows
Sylvia Blankenship
Nancy Brawley
Nancy C. Brown
M.A. Burton
E.L. Fisher
Sarah A. Gardner
M.K. Goodman
Sarah E. Hoover
Amanda Jordan
S.F. Mayes
Amanda Plyler
Mary J. Querry
S.L. Sharpe
Elizabeth Shaver
Sallie Steele
Mary A. Tharpe
Joanna Allen
Sarah P. Bumgarner
Maria Beaver
Sallie Brotherton
Annie C. Byers
Sarah M. Cranfield
Dovey R. Combs
M.A. Eidson
F.E. Faulkner
M.A. Harris
R.S. Litton
S.L. Maden
M.C. McLaughlin
Angeline Redmond
Sarah Riddick
Susan B. Smith
M.M. Speck
Jane C. Seitz
M.J. Sherrill
L.M. Sprinkle
Dicey Williams
S.E. Cranfill
M. Misenheimer
M.J. Deal
T. Horn
M.P. Summers
Mary A. Bass
M.L. Tavott
S.A. Parker
M.E. Overcash
Martha Meyers
E.S.E. Wilson
Nancy Polly or Polly Nancy
N. Mayhew
Sarah L. Wilson
Mary A. Garrison
Julia A. Campbell
$16 each

LIST NUMBER TWO
STATESVILLE LANDMARK
NOVEMBER 5, 1901

First Class
Milas Holtshauser

Second Class
E.Y. Ball
R.A. Deal
J.R. Moore
T.A. White

Third Class
J.R. Bean
R.E. Dillon
J.F. Feimster
John Pharr
R.N. Ryan
Noah Rash
N.J. Smith
J.W.M. Spuce

Fourth Class
Thomas Summers
J.H. Thomas
J.P. Shoemaker
Johnson Norris
Sumter E. Hoover
J.W. Bolin
Thomas Myers
C.L. Johnson
Francis Wilson
E.C. Beam
E.L. Speaks
Silas Dishman
J.L. Millsaps
J.W. Thompson
J.W. Hobbs
Robert L. Aldman
N.J. Dillon
J.H. Galton
Wm. S. Holland
Reuben Morgan
W.S. Barnett
Tobias Beaver
W.M. Brewer
Robert S. Bowers
T.N. Craig
Jacob Carter
J.M. Carter
Benjamin Calvert
J.M. Crawford
A.W. Cook
James F. Cornelius
J.S. Goodwin
G.P. Campbell
J.H. Dellinger
Wm. Dingler
G.L.D. Eller
Lee M. Elliott
Z.M. Foard
E.W. Overcash
Asa J. Hicks
W.C. Houston
G.W. Hollar
D.W. Honeycutt
Hial Hair
R.B. Joyner
F. Kyles
Columbus Kerr
M.A. Kistler
John F. Lindley
J.E. Lipe
P.M. Little
Christopher Moose
T.A. McIntyre
O.R. Moore
James Mitchell
G.M. McGowan
M.L. Pope
Soloman Pethel
Cader Privett
Thomas Benegar
Wm. Sale
John B. Turner
Wm. Walker
A.F. Wallis
W.P. Whitley
D.B. Welch

Widows
Sylvia Blankenship
Nancy Brawley
Nancy Brown
M.A. Burton
E.L. Fisher
S.A. Gardner
M.K. Goodman
Sarah Hoover
Amanda Jordan
Elizabeth Sharpe
Elizabeth Shaver
Elisabeth Sheres
M.A. Thorpe
Sarah Bumgarner
A.C. Byers
Denny R. Combs
M.A. Eidson
Frances E. Faulkner
M.A. Harris
R.S. Litton
Sarah Reddick
Susan B. Smith
M.M. Speck
Mary J. Sherrill
Sarah Sprinkle
Sarah E. Cranfill
M.C. Misenheimer
M.P. Summers
Mary A. Bass
Mary E. Overcash
Ellen S.E. Wilson
Nancy Polly (or Nanny and might be Polly Nancy)
Sarah L. Wilson
Mary A. Garrison
S.C. Boger
Mary E. Ballard
Rachel Alben (or Albea)
Annie Ervin
Catherine Foster
Mary A. Gaither
Mary B. Hair
Nancy A. Heath
E.J. Jenkins
Mary Jurney
Maggie M. Kimball
Amanda Lipe
Margaret W. Lipe
Sarah M. Levan
R.S. Litton
M.E. McCorkle
E.E. Nantz
E.F. Neighbors
M.O. Perry
Julia A. Snyder
Nancy M. Thompson
Margaret L. Trivett
Martha S. Watts
N.E. Wagoner
Nancy E. York
Sarah A. York

LIST NUMBER THREE
STATESVILLE LANDMARK
DECEMBER 6, 1904

The warrants for the Confederate pensions will be sent out about the 15th.
Confederate veterans who are totally disabled—who are either blind or have suffered
the loss of both arms or both legs—get $120 per year. There are two such pensioners
in Iredell—J.W. Thompson who lives in Statesville and E.W. Putnam who lives in south
Iredell. Both are blind. Other pensioners are arranged in classes according to their
disability.

First Class
Milas Holtshouser

Second Class
R.A. Deal
J.R. Moore
T.A. White

Third Class
J.R. Beam or Bean (Transcriber’s note, this name has appeared in all three lists
variously as Bean or Beam)
J.F. Foster
Walter A. Hart
J.C. Joyner
R.N. Ryan
Noah Rash
Henry M. Pope
J.W.M. Spence

Fourth Class
James W. Bolin
J.W. Cushion
W.J. Dillon (this may be the same as the N.J. Dillon who has appeared before, the
first initial is difficult to read.)
Silas Dishman
Reuben Morgan
J.L. Millsaps
Johnson Norris
E.W. Overcash
E.C. Beam
E.L. Speaks
Thomas Summers
J.P. Shoemaker
J.H. Thomas
Francis M. Wilson
J.H. Gatton
Sumter Hoover
Wm. S. Holland
Thomas Myers
R.B. Cook
W.J.
Robert L. Allison
John H. Alley
P.W. Brawley
Tobias Beaver
W.M. Brewer
G.F. Brown
T.F. Baggerly or Haggerly
Robert Brown
W.A. Prim
John Phillips
W.F. Padgett
J.S. Patterson
Jmes G. Page
Jesse Riddle
Wm. Rimmer
Thomas Renegar
M.P. Rogers
J.M. Reid
Richard L. Speaks
Wm. Sale
J. Sloan
James Scannon
John B. Turner
J.F. Vaughn
H.W. Weisner
James H. White
Wm. Walker
A.F. (or A.P.) Wallis
W.P. Whitley
D.B. Welch
J.H. Webster
John Foster
F.A. Fortner
Cain Fox
Silas Freeland
M.L. Goforth
B.F. Gatton
S.A. Godfrey
James G. Gwaltney
Adam Hartsell
W.C. Houston
J.W. Hobbs
G.W. Hollar or Dollar
D.W. Honeycutt
Hial Hair
M.G. Harkey
John P. Henrick
Wilford Horn
James T. Hubbard
H.H. Harbin
J.C. Ingram
B.F. Johnson
C.L. Johnson
R.B. Joyner
Henry T. Johnston
J.F. Johnston
F. Kyles
O.R. Moore
James Mitchell
J.W. Mills
George W. Mullis
A.W. Moorefield
C.F. Mills
R.A. Mills
G.W. Nash
T.N. Craig
J.M. Carter
Benjamin Colvert
J.M. Crawford
A.W. Cook
James F. Cornelius
Henry H. Crowson
B.L. Carter
S.A. Clary
A.B. Compton
Charles D. Conner
Wm. Dingler
S.S. Deaton
H.W. Dearman
G.L.D. Eller
Lee M. Elliott
R.B. Edwards
H.H Elliott
Shelby Elliott
Z.M. Foard
Columbus Kerr
M.L. Kinder
J.F. Lindley
Christopher Moore
T.A. McIntyre
Robert Mayhew
E.S. Massey
John Pharr
M.L. Pope
Solomon Pethel
Cader Privett

Widows
A.C. Byers
Nancy Brawley
Sarah Bumgarner
Nancy Brown
Mary A. Bass
Doney R. Combs
Sarah M. Cranfill
Frances Faulkner
E.L. Fisher
S.A. Gardner
Sarah Hoover
M.A. Harris
Amanda Jordan
Sarah Sprinkle
S.L. Madden
Martha Myers
M.C. Misenheimer
Nancy Polly (or Polly Nancy, it is shown in the paper as Polly Nancy)
Mary E. Overcash
Sarah Reddick
Susan B. Smith
M.A. Tharpe
Sarah L. Wilson
Ellen S.E. Wilson
Rachel Alben or Albea
W.A. Aldridge
Amanda Beam
S.C. Boger
M.A. Burton
Mary E. Rutland
Mary Brantley
Sarah A. Barron
Sylvia Blankenship
Elizabeth Benfield
W.A. Cashman
M.T. Cass
M.L. Christie
M.J. Dellinger
M.E. Dillon
W.H. Earp
Sarah E. Eidson
Annie Ervin
Sarah E. Feimster
Catherine Foster
Mary A. Garrison
Mary A. Gaither
M.K. Goodman
Amanda Goforth
S.E. Gay
Mary C. Hudson
Mary B. Hair
L.C. Johnson
E.J. Jenkins
Maggie Kimball
M.A. Poteet
Mary Reavis
N.E. Rumple
Mary J. Sprinkle
Elizabeth Shores (shown as Sheres in last list)
M.M. Speck
Sarah Sprinkle
Frances Keller or Keiler
E.C. Kirksey
Malinda Knight
C.M. Little
Sarah L. London
Adaline E. Lewis
Amanda Lipe
Margaret A. Lipe
Sarah Levan
Mary Ann Mollies
G.M. McGowan
N.C. McKay
M.E. McCorkle
E.E. Nantz
E.F. Neighbors
M.O. Perry
Angeline Redmond
E.J. Redman
Louisa Sharpe
Mary J. Sherrill
Elizabeth Shaver
Rebecca Salmon
Malinda Shoemaker
M.J. Smith
Nancy M. Thompson
Margaret L. Trivett
Sarah J. Wallace
Martha S. Watts
Sarah Yates
Sarah A. York

Transcriber’s Note: If your ancestor was disabled or widowed and not on one of
the above lists, they could have received a pension—these are the only lists I
could find.

Transcribed by Christine Spencer July 2008