Lauderdale County, Alabama
Confederate Relief Fund
Contributed by Lee Freeman
SOURCE: Florence Times, Saturday, June 4, 1892, p. 3
The following named persons have filed their applications for a share of the fund appropriated by the state for disabled ex-Confederate soldiers and for widows of deceased Confederates.
McElyea, Jas. A.
Carroll, Jas. E.
Young, F. M.
Green, V. A. S.
McMurry, Jos.
Hough, J.D.
Wyatt, J. D.
McElyea, W. H.
McWilliams, John
Anderson, J. E.
Gray, G. S.
Gullett, M.
Ridgway, D. A.
Morgan, Jas. A.
Glenn, J. M
Bell, R. F.
Ott, J.C.
Green, Leonard
Deen, J. D.
Matthews, S. J. Jr.
Burns, M. B.
Carr, J. J.
Stout, D. C.
Echols,W. E.
Stone, J. D.
Weems, C. S.
Till, E. R.
WIDOWS:
Brackeen, Martha
Davis, E. A.
Daniels, Mary A.
Williams, S. A. E.
Bevis, M. A.
Fowler, Sarah
Hipp, Sallie
Clements, Caroline M.
Jones, F. Cyrene
Dearen, Mary
Hawkins, Lizzie A.
Dickerson, N. J.
Wesson, E. A.
Williams, Martha
Garrard, I. K.
Richardson, P. E.
Bradley, S. D.
Massengale, M. F.
Smith, M. J.
These applications are duly filed and the "relief" afforded will be paid out of the tax of 1892 next year. Those who applied last year will receive their appropriation this year -- in August or September. The amount paid last year was about $10 or $15. It is thought the amount the coming year will amount to more, probably $20 or $25. The total appropriated by the state is about $125,000.