Colusa County
Pension
Records
1883 Pensioners on the Roll
Colusa County, California
List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883 - Giving the Name of Each Pensioner, the Cause for Which Pensioned, the Post-Office Address, and the Date of Original Allowance, United States Pension Bureau Senate - Executive Document 84, Parts 1-5.
This list is taken from the official Pension Roll of 1883, the major genealogical source for Civil War and War of 1812 pensioners. Pensioners are listed by post office address, and in no apparent order after that.
| No. of certifi- cate. |
Last name of pensioner |
First name of pensioner |
Post-office address |
Cause for which pensioned | Monthly rate |
Date of original allowance. |
| 155503 | Newman | Joseph W. G. | Arbuckle | g.s.w.r. foot | $2.00 | Sept. 1878 |
| 178142 | Cranch | Sylvester | Butte City | w.r.hip | 4.00 | Oct. 1880 |
| 36359 | Bower | John | Colusa | w.l.shoul. | 5.33 1/3 | Jan. 1865 |
| 7825 | Farris | Jordan | do | surv. 1812 | 8.00 | Nov. 1871 |
| 15542 | Cooper | Stephen | do | do | 8.00 | Apr. 1872 |
| 126704 | Strass | Wm. H. | Elk Creek | w. both legs | 4.00 | --- |
| 89836 | Whitcomb | Horace V. | do | rheum. both shoul. | 4.00 | --- |
| 22645 | Davis | Argent | do | widow 1812 | 8.00 | Apr. 1879 |
| 2614 | Fornsworth | Juda | Grand Island | do | 8.00 | May 1872 |
| 22177 | Stanton | Clarissa | do | do | 8.00 | Apr. 1879 |
| 186042 | Black | Eliza | Olimpo | mother | 8.00 | Nov. 1879 |
| 49956 | Dillman | Alfred | Orland | g.s.w.r. breast | 8.00 | Feb. 1873 |
| 112634 | Dillman | Wm. V. | do | g.s.w.l. hand | 4.00 | Aug. 1871 |
| 126178 | Philbrook | Wm. B. | do | g.s.w.r. thigh | 8.00 | Dec. 1873 |
| 127598 | McEuespy | James B. | do | sh. w. l. leg above knee | 8.00 | Apr. 1874 |
| 147673 | Merrill | Abbott | do | g.s.w.l. thigh | 4.00 | Aug. 1877 |
| 15582 | Persons | Thomas B. | Sulphur Creek | g.s.w.l.arm | 4.00 | Aug. 1863 |
| 217205 | Potter | Adelbert E. | Sycamore | g.s.w.l.thigh | 4.00 | Aug. 1882 |
| 189866 | Clark | Commodore B. | Williams | chr. diarr. | 4.00 | June 1881 |
| 95150 | Rickey | Elizabeth | do | widow | 15.00 | May 1867 |
| 78672 | Loud | Joshua D. | Willow | g.s.w.r.shoul. | 8.00 | Apr. 1875 |
| 72170 | De Rogart | Henry Van | do | g.s.w. both thighs | 5 33 1/3 | Oct. 1866 |
| 30174 | Jenks | Isaac S. | do | w. face | 18.00 | --- |
Transcribed by Jennifer Godwin, 4 June 2000.
Permission given to Archives to copy per Jennifer Godwin, September
2004.