SOUTHERN CLAIMS COMMISSION
JAMES COUNTY, TENNESSEE

This index lists James County residents who filed claims with the Southern Claims Commission from 1871 to 1873. They 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 James County. 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.

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 as to 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 disallowed claim file, e-mail the Tennessee State Library and Archives and request a price quote (reference.tsla@state.tn.us). The cost will depend on the length of the file. Due to the number of requests received daily, they have asked that you only submit one request at a time for a single record.

BROMLEY, DAVIDADMITTED
CAMERON, JAMESADMITTED
CARDIN, ROBERT H.ADMITTED
CHILDERS, JAMESADMITTED
CLEVELAND, ELIADMITTED
DAVIS, JAMESADMITTED
DIXON, ROBERTDISALLOWED
FITZGERALD, ELIJAHADMITTED
FORSYTHE, DARIUSADMITTED
GOINS, NATHAN (GAINS)ADMITTED
GROSS, JACOBADMITTED
GROSS, MARY JANEADMITTED
GUTHRIE, GEORGEADMITTED
GUTHRIE, JAMESADMITTED
HOWARD, ALLISONADMITTED
HUFFINE, EPHRAIMADMITTED
HUMPREYS, JOHNADMITTED
HUNTER, ADDISONDISALLOWED
IRWIN, WILLIAMDISALLOWED
LONG, JOHNDISALLOWED
LUTTRELL, GEORGEADMITTED
MAHAN, ALEXANDERADMITTED
MARTIN, ZACHARIAHADMITTED
McDONALD, ALEXANDRERADMITTED
MITCHELL, JOHNDISALLOWED
MITCHELL, SAMUELDISALLOWED
MORGAN, RUFUSADMITTED
MURPHY, WILLIAMADMITTED
PENDER, THOMAS ADMITTED
PENNY, ELIZABETHDISALLOWED
POE, JOHNADMITTED
RAGON, JESSEADMITTED
REED. HUGHADMITTED
REED, ROBERTADMITTED
RUNYAN, SIMEONADMITTED
STONE, WILLIAMfound in geographical index but not in the
book Southern Loyalists in the Civil War
TALLENT, WILYADMITTED
WATKINS, MARYADMITTED
WATKINS, ROBERTADMITTED
WATKINS, SAMUELADMITTED
WILSON, WILLIAMDISALLOWED
WITT, JAMESDISALLOWED
YARNELL, DANIELDISALLOWED
Contributed March 2003
Phebe Morgan
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