Muhlenberg County Kentucky


Old Muhlenberg map

Military Records

Muhlenberg Pensioners

Includes War of 1812 & Civil War Union Soldiers

No. Name Post Office Cause Monthly Rate Start Date
1 Henry McCracken Greenville Lost right arm $18.00
2 William Galloway Central City Disease heart 4.00
3 John W. Armstrong Allbrittain Left elbow 8.00 -----
4 Abraham Whitaker Gun shot wound left elbow 4.00 -----
5 William Whitney Bremen Gun shot wound right side 4.00 -----
6 Julius Tucker Chronic diarrhea 4.00 August 1882
7 Whitfield Grady Disease of lungs 6.00 -----
8 May Ward Widow 8.00 October 1869
9 Elizbeth Shank Widow 8.00 December 1869
10 William J. Wilkins Bronchitis & chronic diarrhea 8.00 -----
11 Thomas H. Carter Chronic rheumatism 6.00 -----
12 John Danner Injury left ankle 6.00 December 1881
13 Sarah Bone Dependent mother 8.00 November 1869
14 Mary J. Hopkins Widow 10.00 March 1879
15 James M. Miller Loss left eye 4.00 September 1876
16 Gotleib Schindler Central City Ulcers & varicose veins both legs 12.00 -----
17 David B. Holland Gun shot wound left ear 2.00 -----
18 George Gaden Disease of heart 4.00 -----
19 Wilson G. Cates1 Injury to left thumb & left foot & disease of abdomen viz. 4.00 -----
20 Elizabeth Holland Dependent mother 8.00 -----
21 John M. Vick Injury left hand 6.00 June 1872
22 William W. Oats Greenville Chronic diarrhea & scrofula 4.00 April 1882
23 Benjamin C. Hale Gun shot wound right cheek & left index finger 2.00 October 1881
24 Lucy Wickliffe Widow 8.00 August 1879
25 Louisa Wright Widow 8.00 November 1869
26 Nancy J. Vincent Widow 8.00 November 1869
27 Rachael Snodgrass Widow 8.00 November 1869
28 Nancy J. Skipworth2 Widow 8.00 December 1869
29 Nancy J. Skipworth2 Widow 8.00 November 1869
30 Caroline Oats Widow 6.00 January 1875
31 Hannah Nichols Widow 8.00 November 1869
32 Wash Shannon Gun shot wound head October 1880
33 David Sweeney Gun shot wound left arm August 1877
34 Edward Weir Chronic diarrhea & disease of abdomen viz. 10.00 May 1880
35 Thomas M. Wilcox Injury to abdomen 8.00 March 1881
36 Russell A. Williams Wound Left shoulder 8.00 September 1869
37 James L. Roark Varicose veins, result of typhoid fever 7.50 September 1881
38 Caroline Farmer Widow War of 1812 8.00 November 1879
39 Elizabeth W. Oates Widow War of 1812 8.00 July 1878
40 John Johnston Loss left arm 18.00 -----
41 Winfield S. Johnson Gun shot wound left knee 4.00 January 1877
42 Rebecca Cooper Dependent mother 8.00 March 1882
43 Elizabeth Duvall Dependent mother 8.00 June 1870
44 Martha Harrelson Dependent mother 8.00 December 1876
45 Sarah Kincheloe Dependent mother 8.00 November 1869
46 Margaret L. Lisle Dependent mother 8.00 November 1869
47 Nancy Landrum Dependent mother 8.00 October 1869
48 Sarah Livingston Dependent mother 8.00 November 1869
49 John Shanks Dependent father 8.00 November 1872
50 Harriet Traylor Dependent mother 8.00 November 1869
51 Delilah Hays Widow 8.00 November 1869
52 Elizabeth Jamison Widow 8.00 November 1869
53 Mineron(?) Keith Widow 8.00 November 1869
54 Malinda Jane Lee Widow 8.00 June 1872
55 Cynthia Ann Bibb Widow War of 1812 8.00 February 1879
56 Polly E. Shelton Widow War of 1812 8.00 November 1878
57 Frances Williams Widow War of 1812 8.00 January 1875
58 Lucinda Wood Widow War of 1812 8.00 July 1882
59 William C. Coleman Children of… 10.00 November 1869
60 Thomas A. Manahan Children of… 10.00 May 1878
61 John B. Blackwell Gun shot wound right Arm 2.00 May 1881
62 John Coombs Chronic diarrhea and rheumatism 8.00 -----
63 Mosley C. Drake Survivor War of 1812 8.00 July 1872
64 William C. Adkins Gun shot wound right hand 2.00 January 1878
65 William F. Dukes Injury to abdomen 4.00 August 1873
66 William C. Corley Gun shot wound right leg 2.00 March 1878
67 Lion E. Cary Wound right leg 4.00 September 1870
68 James B. Lyon Mercer Station Wound right shoulder 2.00 June 1874
69 Julia C. Duvall Widow 2.00 December 1869
70 Isaac T. Chambers Nelson Wound left thigh 6.00 -----
71 John C. Ham Paradise Disease of eyes 24.00 -----
72 Permelia A. Vaught Widow 8.00 January 1874
73 James A. Tomerlin Gun shot wound left leg 2.00 April 1878
74 Mary M. Glenn Widow War of 1812 8.00 January 1880
75 Thomas Sumner Survivor War of 1812 8.00 January 1872
76 Clementin Sumner Widow War of 1812 8.00 June 1882
77 Richard W. Hayes South Carrollton Disease of head & eyes result of small pox 11.25 April 1878
78 Ira Kendall Gun shot wound left shoulder 6.00 -----
79 May Miller Dependent mother 8.00 April 1870
80 Hannah Stobaugh Dependent mother 8.00 October 1882
81 Prudence E. Eades Widow 8.00 November 1869

Notes:

  1. Information submitted by Don Stanton: Post Office address should be Dawson Springs, KY, and Reason for Pension should be dislocated left thumb, crushed left foot, and Fistula.
  2. Unclear if two entries are for same or different individuals

Updated November 26, 2015