Southern Claims Commission
Established by and Act of Congress on 3 March 1871, the commission reviewed the claims of Southerners who had "furnished stores and supplies for the use of U.S. Army" during the Civil War. A little more than a year later, Congress extended this to include property seized by the U.S. Navy. Citizens who filed claims before the three-member board were required to show proof of lost property and provide satisfactory evidence of their loyalty to the federal government throughout the war.
Supported by a staff of special commissioners who reviewed small claims in local areas, and special agents who traveled from state to state gathering evidence in all claims, the commission collected claimants’ petitions, interviewed witnesses, and secured any information it deemed pertinent to individual claims. Having no final jurisdiction on claims they reviewed, commissioners forwarded annual reports along with supporting documentation and their evaluation of each claim to the U.S. House of Representatives. The House would then vote to allow or disallow the claim and appropriate funds for payment. In almost every case the House concurred with the recommendations of the commission.
Scattered among the thousands of pages of testimony, special reports, and affidavits is a wide range of information concerning the names and ages of former slaves, their places of residence, names of slave owners, plantation conditions, wills and probate matters, slave manumissions, slave ownership of property, slave and free black entrepreneurship, conditions of free blacks, and a great deal more on what it was like to live as an African American during slavery and the post-slavery period. For the African American genealogist whose ancestor filed a claim before the commission, the information could prove to be invaluable.
When the commission closed its doors on 10 March 1880, some 22,298 claims had been received, totaling $60,258,150.44; only a third of these claims, however, at a cost of $4,636,920.69, were allowed. Just how many of these claims were submitted by African Americans is not known; it appears that the commission did not maintain statistics on the number of claims they filed. For the African American genealogist, however, the index has its limitations–it does not identify claimants by race. Nonetheless, the records reveal that a small but impressive number of African Americans filed claims for the loss of a wide variety of property, including hogs, chickens, horses, cattle, mules, corn, potatoes, wheat, and other personal goods. A substantial number of their claims, especially those of former slaves, were disallowed. Because slaves had no legal right to property, commissioners required former slaves to show strict proof of ownership and clear title to property. Oftentimes with no legal basis for their claims, ex-slaves found it difficult to prove–at least to the satisfaction of the commissioners–that they owned the property for which they sought compensation. Satisfaction for commissioners varied from case to case, and a claim could be allowed or disallowed solely on the basis of whether commissioners or special agents were convinced that the evidence presented in a case was "satisfactory." In claims where it was suspected that former slaves had been given property by their owners just prior to the arrival of Union forces, commissioners routinely denied such claims as mere attempts on the part of owners to avoid having their property fall into the hands of the federal government. When the property had been taken by soldiers unauthorized by military commanders and it was not clear that the property was taken for stores and supplies or for the use of the army, commissioners readily denied such claims for failure to meet the commission’s guidelines and regulations.
While there were any number of reasons for disallowing the claims of ex-slaves, it is clear that commissioners had a great deal of concern about the legitimacy of the claims they filed. Nowhere is this concern made more apparent than in the series of questions they developed specifically for ex-slaves at the time of their interrogation. While the questions were designed to show clear title to property and to remove any doubt that the property belonged to their former owner, the answers given by individual claimants provide the Afro-American genealogist with some of the most crucial and oftentimes elusive information that is necessary in the search for their family roots.: Were you a slave or free at the beginning of the war? If ever a slave, when did you become free? What business did you follow after obtaining your freedom? Did you own this property before or after you became free? When did you get it? How did you become the owner, and from whom did you obtain it? Where did you get the means to pay for it? What was the name and residence of your master, and is he still living? Is he a witness for you; if not, why not? Are you in his employ now, or do you live on his land or on land bought from him? Are you in his debt? What other person besides yourself has any interest in this claim?
A Southern Claims file will generally contain the claimant’s petition and testimony, depositions of witnesses, reports of special agents, summary reports of commissioners, correspondence from other agencies, power of attorney, and certificates of settlement issued by the Third Auditor of the Treasury for claims that were allowed.
There are three types of claims:
All of the Southern Claims Commission files are located at the National Archives in Washington, DC, but the disallowed and barred claim files have been microfilmed (Volume 55 of Record Group 56; General Records of the Dept. of Treasury at the Nat'l. Archives; microfilm M-87, reel #13). Allowed claim files are available only by consulting the National Archives.
DISALLOWED CLAIMS OF THE SOUTHERN CLAIMS COMMISSION
Claim #13234 -- 1872 Claim of
Gideon Basswood of Currituck Court
House, Currituck County, State of North Carolina
.
1 bay filly -- $250.00
Remarks: Mr. Basswood was two
months and seven days in the militia and did guard duty. Whom or what he
guarded he does not tell us; possibly he was engaged in enforcing prison
discipline at Salisbury. The printed questions are not answered in full,
and some of the most material are not answered at all. He says he was
opposed to the war and secession, but does not tell us whether he went with his
State or whether he sympathized with the South. One of the witnesses says
he never knew of claimant ever giving aid or comfort or furnishing anything for
the use of the confederate army or navy. It appears he did not know of his
doing guard duty in the militia for two months and seven days. The other
witness says he has known claimant for fifteen years; saw him often during the
war and had several conversations with him, and believed him to be loyal to the
United States Government; heard him say he was opposed to the war and secession.
The testimony of loyalty is insufficient and the claim is rejected.
Claim #13228 -- 1872 Claim of
J. W. Baxter, administrator of Joseph Brown, of Currituck Court
House, Currituck County, State of North Carolina
.
1 bay horse -- $200.00
Remarks: Nelson Poyner, a witness,
says he knew Joseph Brown; had conversations with him in which he expressed
himself as opposed to the war; never knew of his aiding the confederate army or
navy; knew he took the oath of allegiance to the United States Government and
never did anything against it, and from his acts and conduct he believed him to
be a true and loyal man to the Government. Mrs. Martha Kight, the
only other witness, says Mr. Brown never expressed himself about the war
in her presence but remained at home and attended to his own business and
family. This is all the evidence in the case touching Mr. Brown's loyalty.
Annexed to the evidence as a part thereof is a certificate of the clerk of
Currituck County, that J.W. Baxter, the petitioner, is the public
administrator of that county and as such administrator has charge of the estate
of Joseph Brown, deceased. This is the only evidence that Brown is
dead. No allusion is made to that fact by either of the witnesses, nor are
we informed who are the heirs of Mr. Brown, or whether they are loyal or
not. The testimony is materially defective and the claim must be rejected.
Claim #13229 -- 1872 Claim of
Joseph F. Baxter of Currituck Court
House, Currituck County, State of North Carolina
.
1 bay stallion -- $200.00
Remarks: Joseph F. Baxter, the
claimant, is a farmer seventy-one years of age; resides near Currituck Court
House, North Carolina. A more decidedly negative man cannot be found.
He closes his negative statements by saying, "I was too old to do anything for
or against the cause of the Union." Joshua F. Baxter, his son, who
was called to prove the taking of the property, is not questioned as to the
loyalty of his father. Nelson Poyner swears that he knew Baxter was
opposed to the war; never knew of his aiding the confederacy, and from his acts
and conduct believed him to have been loyal to the United States Government, but
does not tell us what were his acts and conduct. Aquila Roberts has
known Baxter all his life; never knew of his doing anything for either side, and
expresses no opinion at all. We are unable from the testimony to even
guess at the position of the claimant. There is nothing whatever either in
his testimony or that of his witnesses that tends to show where his feelings and
sympathies were or which side he favored. The testimony of loyalty is
unsatisfactory and the claim is rejected.
Claim #13232 -- 1872 Claim of
Elizabeth A. Bright of Currituck Court
House, Currituck County, State of North Carolina
1 lot wearing
apparel -- $50.00
1 lot bed
clothes -- $30.00
60 pounds bacon
-- $15.00
2 barrels
corn -- $10.00
200 pounds
fodder -- $3.00
20 bushels wheat
-- $30.00
1 lot carpenter's tools-- $100.00
Remarks:
The claimant presents this claim as the widow of William W. Bright who
died insolvent in 1867, leaving with his widow three small children. The
testimony was taken before a commissioner in North Carolina and is radically
defective. The printed questions required by the commissioners to be put
in every case were not answered at all and apparently were not put to either of
the witnesses. The proof of loyalty is not satisfactory and the claim is
rejected.
Claim #17904 -- 1873 Claim of
Dempsey Burton of Coinjock, Currituck County, State of North Carolina
170 cords wood -- $510.00
5,000 rails
-- $75.00
25 barrels corn
-- $100.00
Total -- $685.00
Remarks: Mr. Burton is quite old; claims to have been for the Union, but has forgotten how he voted in 1861. His two witnesses speak of him as a quiet man, who staid at home, minded his own business, and had
nothing to do with either side. They do not sweat that he was loyal.
This special commissioner adds in a note that the witnesses could not state that
the claimant was truly loyal. Loyalty is not proved.
Claim #13236 -- 1873 Claim of
Andrew Davis of Currituck Court House, Currituck County, State of North Carolina
1 sorrel mare -- $200.00
Feed for 100 men and horses -- $50.00
Total
-- $250.00
Remarks: The claimant swears to his loyal sympathies, and
that is all. He is forty years old and had a brother in the rebel army; he
does not tell how he himself kept out of it. He calls two witnesses, both
slaves during the war, one a man and the other a woman, who swear they believe
he was loyal. We are not satisfied with the sufficiency of the evidence in
support of loyalty and therefore reject the claim.
Claim #13235 -- 1873 Claim of
A.O. Dey, administrator of J.S. Dey, of Currituck Court House, Currituck County, State of North Carolina
137 cords wood -- $411.00
3,475 feet planking -- $50.00
5,000 pounds fodder -- $75.00
2,000 pounds oats -- $30.00
450 bushels potatoes -- $225.00
7 beds, 27 pillows, 15 sheets -- $233.00
2 horses -- $300.00
2 horse-carts and harness and 1 pair wheels --
$75.00
1 ox -- $35.00
1 yoke oxen -- $150.00
20 barrels corn -- $80.00
1,000 pounds pork -- $125.00
200 poultry -- $40.00
1 lot cooking utensils -- $50.00
Total
-- $1879.00
Remarks: There are but two witnesses in this case and they
were the slaves of the deceased. The first one testifies that the deceased
staid at home and attended to his own business and he never knew of his
furnishing any supplies for the rebel army, but he did furnish a substitute for
a son in the rebel army; and the other witness never knew of the deceased giving
any aid or furnishing any supplies; he generally staid at home, &c. It is
useless to comment on this kind of evidence of loyalty. The records of the
rebel archives furnish evidence of disloyalty and we file herewith memoranda
thereof. We reject the claim.
Claim #13239 -- 1873 Claim of
William Dudley of Currituck Court House, Currituck County, State of North Carolina
1 black horse -- $175.00
Remarks:
The claimant swears to his loyal sympathies, but does not remember how he voted
in 1861 and thinks he did not go to the election. Two witnesses swear in
the same set words that he was a peaceable citizen and that they never knew of
his furnishing any supplies or giving any aid to the confederacy. That is
all the evidence. It appears that he was within conscript age, and that he
was never disturbed or molested, but pursued his usual avocations in the midst
of his secessionist neighbors. We cannot regard the evidence in support of
loyalty as sufficient and therefore reject the claim.
Claim #13227 -- 1873 Claim of
John Fanshaw, of Currituck Court House, Currituck County, State of North Carolina
1 dark-bay filly -- $250.00
10 barrels corn -- $50.00
600 pounds fodder -- $9.00
150 pounds bacon -- $30.00
12 geese -- $12.00
3 turkeys -- $9.00
6 ducks -- $3.00
1 bolt calico --
$7.50
3
boxes soap -- $15.00
1 yoke oxen -- $150.00
12 pounds sugar -- $3.60
1
pair boots -- $5.00
1 pair shoes -- $2.50
Total
-- $396.60
Remarks: The claimant swears to his loyalty; he calls two
witnesses in support, his daughter, thirty-one years old, and his son, now
twenty-one years old; he had two sons in the rebel army. We are not
satisfied with the character of the witnesses or the sufficiency of the evidence
of loyalty. If the claimant had been loyal to any purpose he might have
proved it without depending solely on the testimony of his children, one of whom
was but nine years old when the war broke out. We reject the claim.
Claim #13231 -- 1873 Claim of
James M. Ferebee, of Indian Ridge, Currituck County, State of North Carolina
1 mule -- $150.00
1 cart -- $25.00
2 barrels corn -- $8.00
1 bar mare -- $150.00
1 black colt -- $160.00
1 gray colt -- $150.00
Total
-- $643.00
Remarks: The claimant answers only a few of the printed
questions in reference to loyalty, and there is no witness whatever called in
support of his loyalty. He had therefore failed utterly to establish his
loyalty to our satisfaction, and we are constrained for that reason to reject
his claim.
Claim #13226 -- 1879 Claim of
Joseph B. Forbes, of Currituck Court House, Currituck County, State of North Carolina
1 lot boots and shoes -- $250.00
1 lot dry goods -- $450.00
36 barrels corn -- $144.00
50 bushels pease -- $37.50
30 turkeys -- $37.50
3000 pounds fodder -- $45.00
Total
-- $964.00
Remarks: Mr. Forbes was a resident of Camden County,
North Carolina throughout the war; was about fifty years of age when the war
broke out. No witnesses are called to prove his loyalty except two colored
men. They believe him, from his acts and conduct, to have been a loyal
man. The opinion of these colored men is not the kind of evidence that
satisfies us. If he were loyal, very little, if anything, could be allowed
on this claim. His premises were pillaged of the boots, shoes, and dry
goods and the growing corn was cut down as a military necessity and not for a
supply to the Army. The claim is disallowed.
Claim #17914 -- 1873 Claim of
Abner Gibson, of Powell's Point, Currituck County, State of North Carolina
1 horse -- $300.00
50 pounds bacon -- $10.00
100 pounds sausage meat -- $20.00
Total
-- $330.00
Remarks: Mr. Gibson resided in Currituck County
during the war; did not vote in 1861; says he was sick but he claims to have
been for the Union from first to last. He calls two neighbors as witnesses
who say he was a quiet man and staid at home. The special commissioner,
Pendleton, says: "The witnesses could not answer questions as to the loyalty
of the claimant, indicating that he was not very loyal." Loyalty is not
proved.
Claim #17933 -- 1879 Claim of
Jordan Payne, administrator of the estate of Nathan
Payne, deceased, of Conyock [sic], Currituck County, State of North Carolina
1 horse -- $140.00
1 horse -- $125.00
30,000 shingles -- $240.00
Total
-- $505.00
Remarks: Nathan Payne died in October 1868 leaving
a widow and five children, on whose behalf this claim is presented by the
administrator.
1. There is no proof whatsoever of the loyalty of
the widow and heirs.
2. The proof as to the loyalty of Nathan Payne,
deceased, is insufficient. One witness (the only one) says he "staid at
home attending to his business and had nothing to do with the war on either
side." Loyalty not proved. Claim disallowed.
Claim #13233 -- 1873 Claim of
E.B. Simmons, of Currituck Court House, Currituck County, State of North Carolina
1 black horse -- $200.00
1 bay horse -- $200.00
2 carts and harness -- $60.00
1200 pounds bacon -- $240.00
50 pounds white lead -- $6.25
Total
-- $706.25
Remarks: The claimant swears to his loyal sympathies and
the only witness he calls to loyalty is a neighbor who says he had several
conversations with him during the war, and he expressed himself opposed to the
war and believes from the claimant's language that he was a Union man. He
had a brother in the rebel army and was never threatened or molested, but lived
peaceably and quietly among his secessionist neighbors, evidently with no
suspicion on their part or on his, probably during the war, that there was any
difference between them. At all events, we are not satisfied with the
sufficiency of this evidence of loyalty. We reject the claim.
Claim #21723 -- 1879 Claim of
Edmund Simmons [deceased], of Currituck Court House, Currituck County, State of North Carolina
goods from store and warehouse and damage to property -- $1300.00
3000 rails -- $410.00
fence -- $190.00
stock-house and pound -- $250.00
2000 rails and stakes -- $60.00
House burned, tobacco, tools and corn -- $550.00
5000 pounds fodder, flax and oats -- $100.00
3 oxen and three carts -- $260.00
1 cart-body, harness and wheat patch -- $120.00
Damage to windmill, fall and tackle -- $80.00
75 bushels sweet potatoes and two feather beds --
$120.00
Damage to house -- $70.00
1 mare -- $200.00
Total
-- $3710.00
Remarks: The only witnesses to loyalty are the widow of
claimant (he having died) and one Munden. She says they were
opposed to the war at first but after it began their sympathies were with their
own people and they went with the State but never did anything actively for the
confederacy. Claim disallowed. Loyalty not proved. No proof of
loyalty of widow and heirs.
Claim #13240 -- 1873 Claim of
Edmund Simmons, of Currituck Court House, Currituck County, State of North Carolina
150
pounds tobacco -- $95.00
1 lot medicines -- $25.00
30 pounds coffee -- $9.50
50 cords wood -- $200.00
5000 feet lumber -- $100.00
5000 pounds fodder -- $50.00
2000 pounds oats -- $20.00
3 beef cattle -- $150.00
3 carts -- $110.00
75 bushels sweet potatoes --
$75.00
75
bushels corn -- $75.00
75 bushels meal -- $75.00
50 barrels corn -- $250.00
5000 pounds fodder -- $$50.00
75 bushels potatoes -- $37.50
1 sorrel mare -- $150.00
Total
-- $3710.00
Remarks: The claimant thinks he voted for secession.
He went with his State after the ordinance of secession was adopted but he says
he never of his own free will did anything against the cause of the Union,
except voting. But, on the other hand, he did nothing for it, and voting
to dissolve the Union and overthrow the Government is about as heinous a piece
of treason and disloyalty as an old man could commit. We reject the claim.
Claim #13238 -- 1873 Claim of
Hilliard H. Simmons, of Currituck Court House, Currituck County, State of North Carolina
1
bay mare -- $200.00
60 pounds bacon -- $15.00
500 pounds fodder -- $7.50
2 bushels corn meal -- $2.00
Total -- $224.50
Remarks: The claimant swears to his Union
sympathies but does not know how he voted in 1861. He had a brother in the
rebel army. It doesn't appear how he kept out, as he was within conscript
age. He was not molested; he lived in peace and concord with his
secessionist neighbors. And notwithstanding, two witnesses swear that he
was opposed to the war and persuaded his friends not to go into the army.
We are not satisfied with the sufficiency of the evidence in support of loyalty
and we therefore reject the claim.
Claim #13230 -- 1873 Claim of
George Snowden, administrator of William Snowden,
of Currituck Court House, Currituck County, State of North Carolina
1 bay mare -- $100.00
1 ox-cart -- $35.00
1 horse-cart and harness -- $35.00
Total
-- $170.00
Remarks: The claimant is administrator of William
Snowden. There is but little evidence in the case, and what there is
as to loyalty is utterly inconclusive, insufficient, and unsatisfactory.
We reject the claim.
Claim #13329 -- 1872 Claim of
E. H. Walker, of
Currituck County, State of North Carolina
160 cords wood -- $640.00
1 hog, 191 pounds -- $23.75
Salt works -- $750.00
8 cattle -- $160.00
1/8 of schooner Sallie Tillett -- $400.00
Total -- $1973.75
Remarks:
The claimant swears to his loyalty but although he calls half a dozen witnesses
to prove taking or destruction of property, he does not confirm his claim to
loyalty by a single witness, and the only thing bearing is two or three lines
dated 1865 and signed by some Army officer certifying that claimant was a good
Union man. The evidence in regard to loyalty is insufficient and
unsatisfactory. The greater portion of the claim is for destruction of
salt works and a schooner, and not for supplies. There is no evidence but
that of claimant that the wood was taken, and it does not appear, even from his
statement, that it was taken by proper authority and for use of the Army; and
there is no evidence in regard to the beef cattle except the testimony of
claimant himself, which needs some confirmation under the circumstances.
We reject the claim altogether, however, for lack of satisfactory proof of
loyalty.
Claim #6393 -- 1874 Claim of
Edward H. Walker, administrator of the John H. Walker, of
Coinjock, Currituck County, State of North Carolina
1 bay mare -- $500.00
Remarks:
None of the questions which our rules require to be put to the claimant are
answered by him. He only says that the deceased was loyal. Whether
the deceased took the oath of allegiance, was in the rebel army, held civil
office, furnished a substitute, &c., is not stated. The administrator
could have answered many and probably most of these questions. J.
Baxter, attorney, was present. It was his duty, as well as that of the
claimant, to have the questions answered. The taking is shown by a receipt
in which Thomas H. Butler, lieutenant commanding Company G. Twentieth New
York Cavalry, says he has seized the horse by order of Brigadier-General
Shepley on the 9th of June, 1864 and valued the horse at $500.00. we
cannot but regard such a receipt as suspicious. The daughter appears to
have been eighteen years old in 1868. Nothing is said of her loyalty.
The claim is rejected.
Claim #17731 -- 1876 Claim of
William H. Varser, of Manteo,
Dare County, State of North Carolina
1 building -- $1000.00
Remarks:
The claimant lived in Suffolk County, Virginia in 1861 and 1862 and afterward on
Roanoke Island, North Carolina. His loyalty is not proved previous to
1863. He was in the confederate military service. We find his name
to a petition as a member of the militia of Nansemond County, Virginia, at
Suffolk, to be allowed to choose their own officers. They call themselves
"true and loyal citizens of the Confederate States." Mr. Varser
swears that he was not in the militia. The name is an unusual one and
although he resided at Suffolk there may have been another of the same name.
he is certainly mistaken in one particular in his testimony, and may be as to
the militia. He swears emphatically that he was conscripted in March 182
and served as a conscript till December of that year, a script law of the
confederate congress was passed April 16, 1862. There is some evidence to
show that Mr. Varser favored the Federals after he moved to Roanoke
Island. Previous to that period the testimony is against him. The
claim is disallowed.
Claim #17729 -- 1873 Claim of
John Wescott, of Manteo,
Dare County, State of North Carolina
3000
trees -- $1500.00
Remarks: The
claimant swears to his loyal sympathies but does not know how he voted in 1861.
Two colored persons, slaves during the war, testify that he was a Union man but
neither claimant nor his witnesses state any facts whatever in support of his
claim to loyalty. It does not appear that he was disturbed or molested
when rebels had possession. It would seem that if the claimant had been
loyal during the war he might had established the fact by some of his associates
and neighbors and not have to solely depend on persons who were slaves at the
time. The claim is for pine timber cut and used for fuel and other
purposes by the Army and a large number of fugitive slaves who gathered there
under protection of the Army. They timber used by them cannot be regarded
as supplies for the Army. It doesn't appear how much the used nor how much
should really be paid, if anything. We must therefore reject this claim
because the evidence on both branches of the inquiry is insufficient and
unsatisfactory. In his petition as first filed the claimant demands $1500
but in the application to take testimony he enlarges it to $3375. To cover
the matter in full, we enter the latter sum and reject it.
Claim #17941 -- 1873 Claim of
John Williams, Sr., of Poplar Branch,
Currituck County, State of North Carolina
1 horse -- $200.00
1 hog -- $9.00
Total -- $209.00
Remarks: The claimant says he voted for
secession in 1861. In answer to questions 40 and 41 he says, "From the
beginning to the end of the war I had nothing to do with either side." He
does not pretend that his feelings were on the Union side. The claim is
rejected.
CURRITUCK COUNTY
This is an alphabetical index of the Currituck
County (and some Dare) claims. Some of these claims were not included in
the above list.
| Name | Claim # | Amt. Claimed | Amt. Allowed | Year | Description |
| Baswood, Gideon | 13234 | $250.00 | $0.00 | 1872 | 1 bay filly |
| Baum, Samuel (Dare Co. claim) | 18982 | $1237.50 | $320.00 | 1878 | wood |
| Baxter, Joseph F. | 13229 | $200.00 | $0.00 | 1872 | bay Stallion |
| Bliven, George B. (Dare Co. claim) | 4171 | $975.00 | $650.00 | 1877 | not listed |
| Bosswood, Gideon C. | 18892 | $200.00 | $0.00 | barred | horse |
| Bright, Elizabeth A. | 13232 | $238.00 | $0.00 | 1872 | clothing, tools, farm produce, provisions |
| Brown, Joseph (estate of) | 13228 | $200.00 | $0.00 | 1872 | bay horse |
| Brown, Joseph (estate of) | 21724 | $550.00 | $0.00 | Barred | horses |
| Burton, Dempsey | 17904 | $685.00 | $0.00 | 1873 | wood, rails & corn |
| Crain, Julia | 17909 | $200.00 | $100.00 | 1872 | boat |
| Davis, Andrew J. | 13236 | $250.00 | $0.00 | 1873 | mare, rations, forage |
| Dey, J.S. (estate of) | 13235 | $1879.00 | $0.00 | 1873 | horses, oxen, wood, bedding, poultry, pork, and provisions |
| John Dickinson, Wilson Walker & James S. Whedber [Whedbee?] | 4717 | $3400.00 | $425.00 | 1874 | Schooner Zephenich |
| Dowdy, Samuel | 14140 | $250.00 | $175.00 | 1874 | horse |
| John Doxey, Tully Halstead & C.T. Sears | 17504 | $1232.00 | $0.00 | barred | horses & corn |
| Dudley, William | 13239 | $175.00 | $0.00 | 1873 | black horse |
| Dunton, Spence | 13237 | $175.00 | Not found in alpha index | ||
| John Fanshaw & Barbara Snowden | 13227 | $396.60 | $0.00 | 1874 | filly, poultry, produce & provisions |
| John Fanshaw & Barbara Snowden | 21725 | $487.50 | $0.00 | barred | horses, bacon, corn, fowls & fodder |
| Ferebe, James M. | 13231 | Not found in alpha index | |||
| Ferebee, James M. | 19758 | $493.00 | $0.00 | barred | mule, mares, corn, cart |
| Forbes, Joseph B. | 13226 | $964.00 | $0.00 | 1879 | commissary & quartermaster stores |
| Forbes, Joseph B. | 22193 | $918.00 | $0.00 | barred | stock, forage, cotton, lumber, etc. |
| Gibson, Abner | 17914 | $330.00 | $0.00 | 1873 | horse, bacon & sausage meat |
| Lee, Wilson | 17924 | $125.00 | $125.00 | 1873 | horse |
| Payne, Nathan (estate of) | 17933 | $505.00 | $0.00 | 1879 | horse & shingles |
| Shannon, Nathan (Dare Co. claim) | 17728 | $125.00 | $100.00 | 1879 | quartermaster stores |
| Simmons, E. | 21723 | $3710.00 | $0.00 | 1879 | houses, fencing, mare, oxen & produce |
| Simmons, Edmond B. | 13233 | $706.25 | $0.00 | 1873 | horses, harness, bacon & white lead |
| Simmons, Edmund B. | 13240 | $1482.00 | $0.00 | 1873 | mare, cattle, carts, tobacco, medicines, produce & provisions |
| Simmons, Hilliard H. | 13238 | $224.00 | $0.00 | 1873 | mare, bacon, fodder & meal |
| Snowden, William (estate of) | 13230 | $170.00 | $0.00 | 1873 | mare, carts, harness |
| Varser, William H. (Dare Co. claim) | 17731 | $1000.00 | $0.00 | 1876 | building destroyed |
| Walker, E.H. | 13329 | $1973.75 | $0.00 | 1872 | wood, hogs, cattle, schooner, salt works |
| Walker, John H. | 6393 | $500.00 | $0.00 | 1874 | bay mare |
| Wescott, George W. (Dare Co. claim) | 17732 | $1200.00 | $0.00 | 1878 | wood & timber |
| Wescott, John (Dare Co. claim) | 17729 | $3375.00 | $0.00 | 1873 | trees |
| Williams Sr., John | 17941 | $209.00 | $0.00 | 1873 | horse & hog |
Permission kindly given by Bill J. Markland of Overland Park, Kansas who sent me images of the claims for Currituck & Dare County.
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© 2005 Kay Midgett Sheppard
