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 |
Winston; Allowed (1880) |
$1,202.50 |
|
2168 |
Winston; Allowed (1872) |
$91 |
|
6087 |
Phoebe Bennett |
Walker; Disallowed (1877) |
|
2640 |
Rachel A. Berry |
Winston; Disallowed (1874) |
|
20120 |
Winston; Barred (1872) |
||
8985 |
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 |
Winston; Allowed (1879) |
$115 |
|
2642 |
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 |
Winston; Allowed (1878) |
$164 |
|
20128 |
Winston; Disallowed (1876) |
||
7537 |
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 |
Winston; Allowed (1873) |
$70 |
|
2175 |
Edwin Guthrie |
Winston; Allowed (1872) |
$120 |
2176 |
Winston; Barred (undated) |
||
18696 |
Winston; Barred (undated) |
||
2227 |
Hiram Hanes |
Winston; Allowed (1872) |
$345 |
2226 |
Mary Harbin |
Winston; Barred (undated) |
|
3133 |
Martin T. Harbison |
Winston; Disallowed (1879) |
|
2228 |
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 |
Walker; Allowed (1876) |
$272 |
|
3083 |
Winston; Barred (1871) |
||
2229 |
Elizabeth Lovett |
Winston; Allowed (1872) |
$925 |
396 |
Winston; Allowed (1878) |
$125 |
|
15357 |
Edmond McCoy |
Winston; Allowed (1879) |
$300 |
8987 |
Andrew McCullars |
Winston; Allowed (1878) |
$44 |
18698 |
Winston; Allowed (1875) |
$56 |
|
2230 |
Winston; Allowed (1875) |
$125 |
|
20283 |
David C. Manasco |
Walker; Allowed (1874) |
$218 |
5373 |
Winston; Allowed (1872) |
$141 |
|
2231 |
Thomas M. Martin |
Winston; Allowed (1875) |
$245 |
18697 |
Thomas W. Maxwell |
Winston; Barred (undated) |
$175 |
21698 |
Winston; Allowed (1876) |
$160 |
|
2182 |
Martha A. Norris |
Winston; Barred (undated) |
|
2232 |
Winston; Disallowed (1877) |
|
|
3970 |
John Bird Penn |
Morgan; Allowed (1872) |
|
2183 |
William A. Rush |
Winston; Allowed (1875) |
$145 |
9108 |
Winston; Allowed |
$122 |
|
3051 |
Winston; Allowed (1874) |
$277.80 |
|
2234 |
Martha E. Sims |
Winston; Barred (undated) |
$569 |
3371 |
Cullman; Disallowed (1878) |
||
19503 |
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 |
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 |
Winston; Barred (undated) |