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From: "DORIS" <>
Subject: Fw: [MS-CW] Confederate Soldiers from Rankin County, MS
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 18:46:18 -0700


Hi Darren, I was checking my files. Did you ever have a chance to do the
look-ups for me? Relisted here for jogging your memory: Doris
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> > I'll do my best. I'll probably head on over to the library to "root"
some
> tomorrow, so if anyone else has Arkies for me to find, step up!
> > Darren

> > DORIS <> wrote:Hi, Can you look up, in the Arkansas
> confederate solders for a Peter Irons,
> > wife unknown and also, if there is a widows pension for William Irons.
> Both possibley in or around Saline or Hot Spring counties, Arkansas at
that time.
> > Thanks for any help.
> > Sincerely,
> > Doris Irons Greer
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Darren Hellwege"
> > To:
> > Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 6:04 AM
> > Subject: Re: [MS-CW] Confederate Soldiers from Rankin County, MS
> >
> > > Arkansas was still giving away a lot of land to homesteaders, and many
> > Mississippi Rebs moved to Arkansas after the war. I've access to the
> > Arkansas Confederate Pension Application information, and if I can do a
> > look-up for any of y'all, just drop a line and I'll see what I can find
for
> > you. Name, county (in Arkansas) should be enough, but any extra info is
> > > Darren Hellwege



----- Original Message -----
From: "DORIS" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 4:24 PM
Subject: Re: [MS-CW] Confederate Soldiers from Rankin County, MS


> Darren, I just reread what I sent earlier. I should have said Confederate
> record for Peter Irons and widows pension for the Widow of William Irons,
> Mary. All possibly from Saline or Hot Spring County or within that range.
> Sorry for the mistake and I certainly will appreciate anything you can do.
>
> Sincerely, Doris
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Darren Hellwege" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 12:02 PM
> Subject: Re: [MS-CW] Confederate Soldiers from Rankin County, MS
>
>
> > I'll do my best. I'll probably head on over to the library to "root"
some
> tomorrow, so if anyone else has Arkies for me to find, step up!
> >
> > Darren
> >
> >
> >
> > DORIS <> wrote:Hi, Can you look up, in the Arkansas
> confederate solders for a Peter Irons,
> > wife unknown and also, if there is a widows pension for William Irons.
> Both
> > possibley in or around Saline or Hot Spring counties at that time.
> > Thanks for any help.
> > Sincerely,
> > Doris Irons Greer
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Darren Hellwege"
> > To:
> > Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 6:04 AM
> > Subject: Re: [MS-CW] Confederate Soldiers from Rankin County, MS
> >
> >
> > > Arkansas was still giving away a lot of land to homesteaders, and many
> > Mississippi Rebs moved to Arkansas after the war. I've access to the
> > Arkansas Confederate Pension Application information, and if I can do a
> > look-up for any of y'all, just drop a line and I'll see what I can find
> for
> > you. Name, county (in Arkansas) should be enough, but any extra info is
> > helpful (and makes things more interesting!)
> > >
> > > Darren Hellwege
> > >
> > > wrote:Just one note to add: if the civil war
veteran
> > moved from MS to another
> > > state, the pension application would be on record in the state in
which
> > the
> > > veteran lived, not necessarily the state in which he served.
> > >
> > > Both my great-grandfather and gr-great-grandfather served in MS during
> the
> > > civil war but filed their pension applications in Texas.
> > >
> > > The Texas State Archives has a searchable database of names for
veterans
> > and
> > > widows of the civil war who applied for pensions. Site address is:
> > > http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/
> > >
> > >
> > > Harriet
> > >
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