Southern Claims Commission


The following are claims submitted by residents of Winston County after the Civil War to the Southern Claims Commission, a group enacted by Congress to give money to Union men that had material (horses, food, etc.) taken from them. Thanks to Donald Dodd for bringing this list to Winstonians' attention. Thanks also goes to Patricia Newberry and especially Robin Sterling.

The Winston County Archives employed an individual to make a search in the National Archives in Washington for some of the missing claim files below. After an investigation and meetings with officials at the Archives, he reported someone at the Archives "disposed" of about 2,000 of the Southern Claims Files in the 1950s. Some of the files disposed of are indicated below by a missing hyperlink. The Archives reported the linked files below are all which may exist for Winston County.


Click here for questions that the claimants had to answer.

Claim No.

Name

Notes

Amount Allowed

2164

Marion A. Addison

Winston; Allowed (1872)

$100

5604

James S. Armstrong

Winston; Allowed (1875)

$235

5605

Ephraim Barnes

Winston; Allowed (1874)

$184

2165

Gilford M. Barton

Winston; Allowed (1872)

$244.75

2166

James A. Barton

Winston; Allowed (1872)

$193.75

2167

Jonathan Barton

Winston; Allowed (1880)

$1,202.50

2168

Willis Barton

Winston; Allowed (1872)

$91

6087

Phoebe Bennett

Walker; Disallowed (1877)

 

2640

Rachel A. Berry

Winston; Disallowed (1874)

 

20120

Joshua Blackwell

Winston; Barred (1872)

 

8985

Thomas Boteler

Winston; Allowed (1876)

$163

8986

Phoebe Feltman Bryant

Winston; Barred (undated)

 

2170

Aleas Cagle

Winston; Barred (undated)

 

2225

Benjamin A. Cagle

Winston; Barred (undated)

 

2171

Ephraim Cagle

Winston; Allowed (1879)

$110

555

John F. Cagle

Winston; Allowed (1873)

$143.75

2172

Loyd H. Cagle

Winston; Allowed (1872)

$260

3117

Robert Calvert

Winston; Disallowed (1877)

 

18014

Dennis C. Cantrell

Winston; Allowed (1876)

$225

2641

Thomas Carroll

Winston; Allowed (1879)

$115

2642

Wyatt D. Cheatham

Walker; Allowed (1871)

$203

557

Benjamin F. Curtis

Winston; Allowed (1873)

$125

10339

William Verpo Curtis

Winston; Allowed (1874)

$300

3120

Richard S. Davis

Winston; Allowed (1876)

$250

12292

Mary Dodd

Winston; Allowed (1873)

$105

3081

Wiley Dodd

Winston; Barred (undated)

 

2173

William Dodd, Sr.

Winston; Allowed (1872)

$293

9101

William Dodd, Jr.

Winston; Allowed (1873)

$135

17325

Braxton Dunlavy

Walker; Allowed (1871)

$143

20127

Richard Ellis

Winston; Allowed (1878)

$164

20128

Isham B. Feltman

Winston; Disallowed (1876)

 

7537

Thomas B. Files

Winston; Allowed (1873)

$120

2174

Thomas W. Fry

Winston; Allowed (1872)

$215

12291

William Fry

Winston; Allowed (1873)

$121

5606

John S. Garrison

Winston; Barred (undated)

 

3125

Thomas Gentle

Winston; Barred (undated)

 

3127

Samuel H. Givens

Winston; Allowed (1873)

$70

2175

Edwin Guthrie

Winston; Allowed (1872)

$120

2176

William E. Guthrie

Winston; Barred (undated)

 

18696

James C. Hackett

Winston; Barred (undated)

 

2227

Hiram Hanes

Winston; Allowed (1872)

$345

2226

Mary Harbin

Winston; Barred (undated)

 

3133

Martin T. Harbison

Winston; Disallowed (1879)

 

2228

Francis C. Harris

Winston; Allowed (1873)

$145

2178

Andrew Jackson Ingle

Winston; Disallowed (1872)

 

3048

Estate of Catherine Ingle

Winston; Allowed (1873)

$150

2179

Paul Ingle

Winston; Allowed (1872)

$320

12293

Sarah C. Ingle

Winston; Allowed (1873)

$95

2180

William M. Jackson

Walker; Allowed (1876)

$272

3083

Francis M. Langerds

Winston; Barred (1871)

 

2229

Elizabeth Lovett

Winston; Allowed (1872)

$925

396

Joseph L. McAllister

Winston; Allowed (1878)

$125

15357

Edmond McCoy

Winston; Allowed (1879)

$300

8987

Andrew McCullars

Winston; Allowed (1878)

$44

18698

Henry McNutt

Winston; Allowed (1875)

$56

2230

Winston McNutt

Winston; Allowed (1875)

$125

20283

David C. Manasco

Walker; Allowed (1874)

$218

5373

Wiley Blount Manasco

Winston; Allowed (1872)

$141

2231

Thomas M. Martin

Winston; Allowed (1875)

$245

18697

Thomas W. Maxwell

Winston; Barred (undated)

$175

21698

Nathan Montgomery

Winston; Allowed (1876)

$160

2182

Martha A. Norris

Winston; Barred (undated)

 

2232

William Y. Norris

Winston; Disallowed (1877)

 

3970

John Bird Penn

Morgan; Allowed (1872)

 

2183

William A. Rush

Winston; Allowed (1875)

$145

9108

Daniel Sandlin

Winston; Allowed

$122

3051

Estate of Elijah H. Sims

Winston; Allowed (1874)

$277.80

2234

Martha E. Sims

Winston; Barred (undated)

$569

3371

Stephen T. Small

Cullman; Disallowed (1878)

 

19503

Patsy A. Smith

Winston; Allowed (1873)

$95

2184

Samuel D. Spain

Winston; Allowed (1872)

$297.90

2185

William Stokes (PDF File)

Winston; Allowed (1874)

$832

556

Charles A. Taylor

Winston; Allowed (1873)

$140

2643

John Henry Taylor

Winston; Allowed (1874)

$125

2235

Celia Turner

Winston; Disallowed (1872)

 

18032

Buckner Walker, Sr.

Winston; Allowed (1877)

$140

554

Anderson Ward

Winston; Allowed (1872)

$548

2186

William West

Winston; Disallowed (1872)

 

16847

Estate of Zachariah White

Winston; Allowed (1879)

$515

18699

Sally Williams

Winston; Allowed (1879)

$60

2236

James M. Wilson

Winston; Allowed (1872)

$354

3085

Phillip Wilson

Winston; Barred (undated)

 

21140

Robert D. Wilson

Winston; Barred (undated)

 


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