
Plaque in Huntsville, TN (Sep 1998)
Scott
County Confederate Pension Applications
In 1891 Tennessee established the Board of Pension Examiners to
determine if Confederate veterans applying for pensions were
eligible. Eligibility requirements included an inability to support
oneself, honorable separation from the service, and residence in the
state for one year prior to application. Confederate veterans
applied to the pension board of the state in which they resided at
the time of application, even if this was not the state from which
they served. This site lists applicants from Scott County.
Pension
Records for Tennessee
Tells how to obtain Union as well as Confederate Pension
applications. Includes a transcription of the 1891 TN Act that
established the Confederate Pension and the 1905 TN Act that
established the Widow's Pension. Also included is a transcription of
questions that appeared on Confederate soldier's and widow's
applications.
Scott Co, TN
Civil War Pension Applications
Copies of some pension applications
Scott County Reports and Papers
The
Civil War . . . On The Cumberland Plateau in Tennessee
Presents a rare glimpse of how America’s most bitter struggle
touched the lives of those who resided in one of the most isolated
areas of the country. This paper provides a study of the
political, social, and military history of the Civil War in one part
of this area, the Upper Cumberland Plateau, which comprises Scott,
Morgan and Fentress counties.
The
Battle of Huntsville (From the Official Records)
A transcription of Col. William Clift's, Seventh Tennessee
Infantry, report for the period 1 Jul through 31 Oct 1862.
Children
of Scott County Civil War veteran are alive and well today!
This is an amazing story! A couple of weeks ago [Apr 2001],
Fred Griffith of Helenwood walked into the Independent Herald office
and handed an old faded photograph across the counter. He
explained he was bringing the photo to be copied in response to an
appeal made by the Scott County Historical Society for pictures of
Scott County Civil War veterans. Griffith explained the man in
the photo was Hamilton Griffith, the woman was his wife, Mary Helen
Lowe Griffith, and the little girl was their daughter, Elzada.
And, without taking a breath he pointed to the man and said,
"That’s my daddy, there."
The
Battle of the Bacon
A transcription of a circa 15 Jan1863 skirmish in Scott County
near the New River settlement
Tennessee
Confederate Pension Applications : Soldiers And Widows
There were only a handful of Confederate soldiers that came from
Scott County. This site is an index and it might show if your
ancestor or his wife applied for a Confederate pension from the State of
Tennessee.
Tennessee
and the Civil War
The TNGenWeb site. Excellent source for a wide variety of
records relevant to Civil War research in Tennessee
This page was
created by Timothy N. West and is copyrighted by him. All rights reserved.