MADISON PARISH CIVIL WAR CLAIMANTS

By Richard P. Sevier (dicksevier@comcast.net)

In 1871 the United States government allowed individuals to file claims against the government for damage incurred to their property during the Civil War. This could have been anything from damage to crops and buildings to outright confiscation of the land. It is said that many people who filed these claims were Union sympathizers. In the case of Madison Parish there were probably very few, if any, Union sympathizers, and therefore there were probably very few, if any, claims granted. These claims are known by the National Archives and Records Administration as the “Southern Claims Commission” records.

 

The following is a list of Madison Parish landowners who filed damage claims against the United States government between 1871 and 1880. Some names are misspelled and an educated guess of the correct spelling is shown in parentheses The data has been excerpted from “Civil War Claims in the South 1871-1880” by Gary B. Mills, published in 1980 by Aegean Park Press.

 

For information on these claims write to:          National Archives and Records Administration
Center for Legislative Archives (NWL), Room 8E
7th and Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC  20408

                                                                                   

(FAX; 202-219-2176)

or email inquire@nara.gov with as many details as possible

Case Number                     Name

19,882                                    Ballard, Rice C., Est. of

6,936                                      Banks, Matilda

17,269                                    Baurs (Bauer), Henrietta (See Henrietta – Southern Woman of Valor)

14,264                                    Biggs, Susan A.

20,441                                    Birney (Burney), Robert W., Est. of (Owner of birthplace of Madam Walker)

14,265                                    Boney, Green L.

6,945                                      Case, Margaret

6,946                                      Case, Rufus, Heirs of

10,243                                    Delano, Charles

13,622                                    Dilts, Wesley

11,005                                    Gibbs, Martha A.

10,412                                    Gilfoil, Patrick

13,243                                    Graves, Richard W., Est. of

18,148                                    Gray, Jackson

15,238                                    Griffith, Ann Minor

3,457                                      Griffith, Frances Ann

20,964                                    Hayden, Wm.

3,792                                      Hine, B. S., Est. of

11,004                                    Hoggart (Hoggatt), Anthony, Heirs of

3,171                                      Madden, Partrick

21,800                                    Marshall, Levin R., Est. of

16,823                                    McFarlan, Mary A. (Wife to-be of General Elias S. Dennis)

13,315                                    Miller, Arthur

19,572                                    Noland, Ann Victoria

7,677                                      Noulan (Noland), J. A.

17,339                                    Shaw, Thomas

16,711                                    Stone, Amanda S. (Kate Stone’s {of Brokenburn} mother)

10,682                                    Town (Towne), Ezra B. (First editor of Madison Journal)

20,440                                    Town (Towne), Ezra B.

21,983                                    Utz, Gabriel

11,211                                    Watt, George

14,766                                    Whaley, Lee

20,442                                    White, Zachariah, Est. of

20,439                                    Wolly, Elizabeth M, Heirs of