Title
Allison, William
Date Original
1891-1936
Description
This record references materials accessible at the Arkansas State Archives. Visit us or email us at state.archives@arkansas.gov.
Biographical/Historical Note
On April 1, 1891, with the passage of Act 91, Arkansas became one of the first southern states to grant annual pensions to Ex-confederate servicemen and their widows. C.S.A service pensions were provided to a veteran or his widow from the state they currently lived rather than the state from which he served. Almost 50,000 Arkansas received pensions for Civil War service under this program from 1891 until the creation of the State Department of Public Welfare in 1939. After that date pensions were administered by that agency. Act 91 created a State Pension Board and seventy-five local pension boards, one in each county. These boards oversaw the granting of all pensions. Information in this index is abstracted from the records created by the State Pension Board.They date from 1891 to 1936 and were kept by the State Auditor. The original index was made in 1935-1936 by the Works Progress Administration. All of these records are now at the Arkansas State Archives.
Subjects
Confederate States of America; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Pensions
Language
English
Identifier
MS.000464, William Allison
Resource Type
Text
Collection
Arkansas Confederate veterans and widows pension applications, MS.000464
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
William Allison, Arkansas Confederate veterans and widows pension applications, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Rights
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Disciplines
Military History | United States History
State Served From
Arkansas
County Applied From
Lonoke County (Ark.)
Company
K
Regiment
McRay's
Division
Infantry
Application Number
6192
Veteran Death Date
1868 December 18
Widow Name
S. A. Allison
Comments
widow applied 1907, refused, proof of service unsatisfactory