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Samuel Brown Thomas's Confederate pension application
His 1909 application to the State of Texas for a Confederate pension, filled out in his own hand.
- Date
- 1909
- Place
- San Augustine County, Texas
- People
- Capt. Samuel Brown Thomas (1831–1911); Mary Elizabeth (Garrett) Thomas (1853–1925)
- Type
- Military · Record
- Citation
- Confederate pension application of Samuel B. Thomas, San Augustine County, Texas, 1909.
- Held by
- Texas State Library and Archives Commission, which indexes the state's pensions; the images were digitized by FamilySearch
Samuel applied for a Texas Confederate pension at 78, 44 years after his unit surrendered, and filled out the form himself, so his handwriting and signature are throughout. He gave his former occupation as farmer and valued all his property at $295. The pension was approved, though not at the full rate.
Two men who had served under him, Simeon Mathews and Andrew Tyler Polk, both of San Augustine, attested to the application. After Samuel’s death in 1911 his widow, Mary, received a widow’s pension until her own death in 1925.
There’s more on the application in the post on Samuel Brown Thomas.