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Trinity County...
Confederate Indigent
Families List
of
Texas 1863 -1865
Please be aware that
only an index of [soldiers with families in need] names appears
at this site. Linda Mearse
has transcribed the records on file in the State Archives in her
book, Confederate Indigent Families Lists of Texas 1863-1865. In
order to help preserve the original records, please request the
Mearse transcription through interlibrary loan. Please contact
your local library for further details.¹
Introduction
The original "Indigent Families
List" are located in the collection of the Archives Division
of the Texas State Library and contain approximately 24,000
entries. These lists were created as a result of an "Act to
Support the Families and Dependents of Texas Soldiers"
passed by the Texas Legislature on 15 December 1863. Due to the
absence of men, inflation, and market conditions, many Texas
families had difficulty supporting themselves. This Act
designated $1,000,000 for annual distribution to the families,
widows, and dependents of soldiers who were serving in the State
or Confederate forces or had been killed or disabled in service.
In addition, in November of 1864 600,000 yards of cloth and
excess thread manufactured by state penitentiary was designated
for distribution among these families.
The lists primarily contain the following information:
the soldier's name or the current
head of household, either his wife, widowed mother, etc. and,
the total number of his dependents.
The family relationship of the
dependents is sometimes indicated such as wife and three
children, widowed mother, two sisters, etc. Some lists also give
additional information, such as noting if the soldier is missing,
wounded, or deceased, his company name, etc.
At the end of each counties list is the
name of the chief justice and the total number of individuals
receiving aid for that county....²
1. TEXAS STATE ARCHIVE Confederate Indigent
Families Lists (1863-1865)
2.Confederate Indigent Families List
of Texas 1863 -1865 Transcribed by Linda Mearse, ©
1995 Linda Mearse, 7841 Paso Del Robles, San Marcos, Texas,
78666 lm@corridor.net ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
| A B C | D E F G | H I J K | L M N O P | R S | T V W |
| Ainsworth,
D Ainsworth, J L Allen, J J Allen, W F Allen, W T Arnold, T J Barton, A Capps, B |
Daniels,
F A Davis, Joe Davis, W W Derryberry, J Derryberry, S Derryberry, T Diggs, D M Dominey, S Donly, T Dulaney, James Dunham, J Eastman, James Ferrell, W Gibson, J |
Hall, H C
Harriss, F Hasham, G W Hathhom, J H Hathhom, M Henderson, J Henderson, J Herrington, L Hickmon, T Hislep, J Hodges, W Hoopper, W Hopkins, R Hopper, W Hornsby, H Houston, A Howell, D Hutto, R Ivey, R Jackson, J Keys, T |
Lane, J
Lawrence, G W Legett, R Lock, G Macey, Allen Newman, H Osbourns, L Parker, W |
Ragan, J
R Reading, H Reder, J Reeder, A Roach, J P Roach, J R Roach, T J Roach, W Rook, W Ruff, A Ruff, John Sims, E |
Thomas, W
Thornton, James Thornton, R Thornton, R D Tipton, Eli Todd, W Travathan, J Trawick, A T Tullos, M Tullos, W Tullos, W Turner, A S Turner, J Turner, P Turner, R A Turner, S Tynes, R H Vinzant, E Walker, A |