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Southern Claims Commission |
Information Provided by the Tennessee State Library and Archives
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This index lists people from Giles County who filed claims with the Southern Claims Commission from 1871 to 1873. These Tennesseans claimed their property had been taken by United States military personnel for use in the Civil War. The claim files include interesting detail about people and about the Civil War period in Tennessee. Each claimant was required to describe his losses in detail, and to prove his loyalty to the Union. Witnesses gave testimony in support of his allegations. The paperwork in the files is often extensive. All of the Southern Claims Commission files are located at the National Archives, but the disallowed and barred claim files have been microfilmed and are also available at the Tennessee State Library and Archives. Allowed claim files are available only by consulting the National Archives, Legislative Records Division, 8th & Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, D.C. 20408. This index is based on volume 55 of Record Group No. 56, General Records of the Department of the Treasury, at the National Archives. It is duplicated on National Archives microcopy M-87, reel 13. The indication of whether the claim was allowed, disallowed, or barred is based on the book Southern loyalists in the Civil War : the Southern Claims Commission by Gary B. Mills (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994). If you wish to order a copy of a barred or disallowed claim file, e-mail the Tennessee State Library and Archives ([email protected]) and request a price quote. The cost will depend on the length of the file. |
NAME |
STATUS |
| Abernathy, James P | Disallowed |
| Ashford, Jackson J | Disallowed |
| Aymett, William | Disallowed |
| Barnes, James | Barred |
| Beasley, Wm M | Disallowed |
| Benson, Wilkin | Disallowed |
| Bramlett, Lunsford, Heirs of | Allowed |
| Butler, James A | Disallowed |
| Campbell, Alexander, Estate of | Barred |
| Campbell, David C | Barred |
| Campbell, James Ross | Barred |
| Cardwell, Wm S | Allowed |
| Carpenter, Richard | Allowed |
| Cobb, Jessie B | Disallowed |
| Cole, Wm F | Disallowed |
| Conley, Calvin | Allowed |
| Crow, Henry C | Disallowed |
| Crowder, Terrill T | Disallowed |
| Davidson, James F | Disallowed |
| Dinker, Patrick | Allowed |
| Dodson, Whit | Allowed |
| Dollins, David B | Disallowed |
| Edmonson, Wm | Barred |
| Erwin, W H | Allowed |
| Esselman, Rebecca | Disallowed |
| Fergeson, J R | Barred |
| Flant, James | Barred |
| Flieman, Geo W, Estate of | Allowed |
| Fogg, Sarah L | Allowed |
| Fogg, Thos S | Disallowed |
| Foust, Saml K | Disallowed |
| Fry, Jesse | Disallowed |
| Gaines, Albert M | Disallowed |
| Gibson, Joseph | Allowed |
| Graves, Nathaniel | Allowed |
| Hammonds, Jesse N | Barred |
| Hancock, Hull H | Allowed |
| Hannah, Andrew | found in geographical index but no file number found |
| Hardiman, Wm J. | Disallowed |
| Harrison, James B. | Disallowed |
| Hart, Mary A. | Disallowed |
| Harwell, Hannah | Allowed |
| Harwell, Logan D | Disallowed |
| Harwell, Thomas | Barred |
| Hendrix, Joshua | Barred |
| Hendrix, Wm C | Barred |
| Hogan, Anderson | Disallowed |
| Hunter, H H, Estate of | Barred |
| Jackson, John Y | Barred |
| Konns, John | Disallowed |
| Literal, Harriet | Disallowed |
| Madry, Elizabeth | Disallowed |
| Madry, John P | Disallowed |
| Malone, Ellas | Disallowed |
| Malone, John | Barred |
| Malone, Murdoch M | Disallowed |
| Marks, Carrol M | Barred |
| Marks, Lewis B | Barred |
| Marshall, John H | Allowed |
| Martin, Ira B | Disallowed |
| Maultsby, Thomas A | Disallowed |
| McCord, Wm G | Disallowed |
| McDonald, John M | Disallowed |
| McGrew, George W | Allowed |
| McIntosh, Neill M | Allowed |
| McMillan, James | Disallowed |
| McMillion, H P | Disallowed |
| Moore, Jane | Disallowed |
| Moses, Henry C | Disallowed |
| Neal, William, Estate of | Disallowed |
| Oliver, Henry | Disallowed |
| Oliver, Samuel | Disallowed |
| Parker, Isaac T | Barred |
| Parks, Asberry | Disallowed |
| Patterson, John Nelson | Barred |
| Patterson, Simpson A | Disallowed |
| Pittard, Grandison | Disallowed |
| Rea, John T | Barred |
| Reed, J C P | Disallowed |
| Rivers, Braxton, Estate of | Barred |
| Rodes, Dangerfield | Allowed |
| Rodes, Mrs J E | Disallowed |
| Rodgers, John | Allowed |
| Rose, Manuel | Barred |
| Sanders, Wm C | Allowed |
| Shadden, Elisha M | Disallowed |
| Shelton, John | Barred |
| Sherrell, John S | Disallowed |
| Sherrell, Samuel | Disallowed |
| Simmons, Lavinia | Disallowed |
| Smith, Zack | Disallowed |
| Smithson, John G, Sr | Disallowed |
| Sovern, Susan | Disallowed |
| Sullivan, John | Disallowed |
| Taylor, James H, Sr | Disallowed |
| Tenery, John E | Disallowed |
| Thweatt, Richard H | Disallowed |
| Townson, Joseph | Disallowed |
| Tunget, T R C | Disallowed |
| Urban, Henry M | Allowed |
| Webb, Henry | Allowed |
| West, Saml A, Estate of | Allowed |
| White, Carr B | Allowed |
| White, Mrs. Thomas C | Allowed |
| White, Sanford M | Allowed |
| White, William R | Allowed |
| White, Wm C, Estate of | Allowed |
| Williams, John | Allowed |
| Williamson, Joseph | Disallowed |
| Wilson, Alfred | Disallowed |
| Wilson, Frank | Disallowed |
| Wilson, Grandison | Disallowed |
| Wood, William P | Disallowed |
| Worsham, Columbus C | Barred |
| Wyninger, John | Disallowed |
| Yancy, Edward G | Disallowed |
| Allowed | Claim was approved |
| Disallowed | Disallowed claims went all the way through the process of investigation, including the taking of testimony from witnesses. They tend to be much longer than barred claims. But in the end, the applicants were told that their claim could not be paid. The reasons were diverse, but in general the Commissioners felt that a true Union sympathiser in the South should be able to prove that he was persecuted for his sentiments. |
| Barred | Barred claims were those for which an original application was submitted, but upon the intitial work by the claims investigator it was found that the applicant was ineligible. The claim file was closed and went no further. Ineligibility usually occurred because the claimant was found to have sold supplies to the Confederate Army, or served in a Confederate unit. Those files usually contain only the application and a document stating why the person was barred. |
Submitted by: Chuck Sherrill - TSLA
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