Source |
Alabama, Census of Confederate Soldiers, 1907, 1921 |
Author |
Alabama. Department of Archives and History (Montgomery, Alabama) |
Coverage
Publication information
Type |
Government / Church records |
Citation
Alabama. Department of Archives and History (Montgomery, Alabama). Alabama, Census of Confederate Soldiers, 1907, 1921. |
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Ancestry.com
The database on Ancestry.com contains digital images of the census. Below is the description of the 1907 and 1921 census provided by Ancestry.com
1907 Census
The 1907 census established a record of Confederate soldiers who resided in Alabama. The census was arranged by county. The records contain:
- Name
- Place of residence
- Birth date
- Birthplace
- Enlistment rank
- Enlistment date
- Enlistment place
- Company/regiment
- Re-enlistment information
- Termination of service
- Brief mention of conscript, staff or ordinance officer, home guard, escort or reserve company
1921 Census
The 1921 census was to prepare a permanent pension roll or record of any soldier who fought for Alabama or the Confederate States of America. The soldiers or wives of deceased soldiers who did not own property worth more than $5,000 and did not earn more than $1,200 per year were to be added to the pension roll.
The records contain:
- Name
- Residence
- Pension roll number
- Birth place
- Date of birth
- Previous out-of-state residences and dates
- Military history
- Marital status
- Name, age, birth place of wife
- Place of marriage
- Current occupation
- Names of living children
- Voter status
- Current receipt of pension
Family History Center
1907 Census
- authors: Alabama. Department of Archives and History (Montgomery, Alabama), (Added Author)
- format: Books/Monographs/Book with Film
- language: English
- publications: Cullman, Alabama : Gregath, 1982
- physical: 5 v.
- subject class: 976.1 X22
- references: (Indexed In) Master index to 1907 census of Alabama Confederate soldiers
FHL film numbers
- 1320702 Item 16
- 1421609 Item 8
- 1421612 Item 11
- 1421815 Item 23
- 6049597
- 6087860
- 6087874
- 6089046
- 6093182
- 6093367
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