Southern Claims Commission

Information Provided by the Tennessee State Library and Archives

This index lists people from Washington County who filed claims with the Southern Claims Commission from 1871 to 1873. These Tennesseans 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 Tennessee. 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 of 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).

Also see: http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/history/military/sccintro.htm

If you wish to order a copy of a barred or disallowed claim file, e-mail the Tennessee State Library and Archives and request a price quote. The cost will depend on the length of the file.

NAME	COUNTY	STATUS
Akord, Jacob D	Washington	Barred
Armstrong, Edward	Washington	Disallowed
Barkley, Ebenezer	Washington	Disallowed
Barkley, Wm S, Estate of [Wm P]	Washington	Disallowed
Barnes, James H	Washington	Allowed
Barry, Peter L	Washington	Disallowed
Bashor, Christian, Estate of	Washington	Disallowed
Bashor, Lucy E	Washington	Disallowed
Bashor, Peter	Washington	Allowed
Basket, John	Washington	Allowed
Beard, J Saml	Washington	Disallowed
Beard, James S	Washington	Disallowed
Bolton, Samuel	Washington	Allowed
Bowman, Daniel B	Washington	Disallowed
Brabson, Oscar M	Washington	Disallowed
Brown, Alfred F	Washington	Disallowed
Broyles, Isaac	Washington	Allowed
Carr, David J	Washington	Disallowed
Chase, Walter J	Washington	Allowed
Cox, Elbert S	Washington	Allowed
Fain, Hugh C	Washington	Disallowed
Gallaher, John	Washington	Disallowed
Garst, David	Washington	Disallowed
Gibson, Jeremiah D, Estate of	Washington	Allowed
Gillispie, Robert L	Washington	Allowed
Glaze, William B	Washington	Allowed
Gray, Matilda	Washington	Disallowed
Green, Jane	Washington	Allowed
Haga, Eliza	Washington	Allowed
Hale, Hiram D	Washington	Allowed
Hale, Smith H	Washington	Disallowed
Hale, Wm K	Washington	Disallowed
Hans, James [Haws]	Washington	Disallowed
Harris, J E T	Washington	Disallowed
Hartsell, Isaac W	Washington	Disallowed & Allowed
Harvy, D A	Washington	Disallowed
Head, Amanda M	Washington	Disallowed
Hicks, Samuel	Washington	Disallowed
Hilbert, John H	Washington	Disallowed
Hinkal, Abner L [Hankal]	Washington	Disallowed
Hodges, Roland	Washington	Disallowed
Humphreys, Jesse	Washington	Disallowed
Humphries, Richard	Washington	Allowed
Johnson, Henry	Washington	Disallowed
Jones, Henry M	Washington	Allowed
Keebler, Joseph	Washington	Allowed
Keebler, Samuel	Washington	Allowed
Keys, Elizabeth	Washington	Disallowed
Keys, James M	Washington	Disallowed
Klepper, John B	Washington	Disallowed
Lang, Jacob	Washington	Allowed
Longmire, John L	Washington	Disallowed
Love, Mason M	Washington	Allowed
Lovegrove, Jordan	Washington	Disallowed
Lyle, John	Washington	Disallowed
Marsh, Henry	Washington	Allowed
Martin, Henry A	Washington	Disallowed
McAdams, Thomas C	Washington	Barred
Miller, Samuel H	Washington	Allowed
Mongle, James H	Washington	Disallowed
Mongold, Fred E	Washington	Disallowed
Murr, David	Washington	Barred
Nelson, Nathan	Washington	Allowed
Oliver, Richard	Washington	Allowed
Patton, James C B	Washington	Disallowed
Payne, Alex M	Washington	Disallowed
Peoples, D W F	Washington	Allowed
Peregoy, John P	Washington	Allowed
Peters, George W	Washington	Allowed
Price, Edmund	Washington	Disallowed
Prichett, Wm T	Washington	Disallowed
Royston, Cyrus A	Washington	Disallowed
Salts, J W	Washington	Disallowed
Saylor, Abraham	Washington	found in geographical index but no file number found
Sheefy, Magdalene A	Washington	Disallowed
Smalling, Duke W	Washington	Allowed
Smith, John T	Washington	Allowed
Smith, Mary	Washington	Disallowed
Snapp, Wendel D	Washington	Disallowed
Strain, W I	Washington	Disallowed
Strain, Wm S	Washington	Disallowed
Taylor, William H	Washington	Disallowed
Telford, George W	Washington	Disallowed
Thompson, Sarah E	Washington	found in geographical index but no file number found
Waddell, David W	Washington	Disallowed
Waddell, Samuel D	Washington	Disallowed
Walters, John	Washington	Allowed
White, James, Estate of	Washington	Disallowed
Williams, Nathaniel T	Washington	Allowed
Wood, Eliza	Washington	found in geographical index but no file number found
Workman, Andrew M	Washington	Disallowed
Young, Strobridge	Washington	Disallowed

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