Geographical List of Southern
Claims Commission Claimants
Source: M87 -
Roll 13
Records of the Commissioners of Claims (Southern Claims
Commission), 1871–1880
People that applied to the
Southern Claims Commission for
reimbursement of their property by claiming to be Union
loyalists
Search Strategy
An important search strategy when researching
Southern Claims Commission (SCC) records is to review the
claims filed by all the people in a given community. The reason
for this is that while only claimants are listed in SCC indexes,
approximately 220,000 others, many of whom were family, friends,
neighbors, former slaves, and fellow slaves, came forward to
give testimony for or against a claimant. In the process of
giving their affidavits, claimants and witnesses mention many
other family members, friends, and neighbors. The result is a
wealth of information about individual people in the South
during the Civil War.
To carry out
this strategy, the researcher must determine who in a
neighborhood filed claims. That task is made easier by a printed
list of claimants, previously only available on the National
Archives micropublication M87 - roll 13, Records of the
Commissioners of Claims (Southern Claims Commission), 1871–1880.
The list is geographical in arrangement and is organized by
state, county, and then name of
claimant.
Names and page numbers
of Walker County Claimants: ( to view click here)
To
request a
search for the file:
General Reference Branch (NNRG-P)
National Archives and Records Administration
7th and Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20408
You can request only one applicant per letter. You will need to
supply the State and County, as well as the name of the claimant
and the claim number if you have it. A page count will be done
and they will then create a Reproduction Order Price Quote and
mail it to you.
You can also file online to this address.
[email protected]
The same rules apply as above.
This is a copy of a claim
that was made by Adam Campbell-1871--see
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