1883 Pensioners on the Roll
Wyoming Territory
Genealogy and Family History Resource
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.

Counties: Albany - Carbon - Johnson - Laramie - Sweetwater - Uintah

Albany County

No. of
certifi-
cate.
Last name
of pensioner
First name
of pensioner
Post-office
address
Cause for which pensionedMonthly
rate
Date of
original
allowance.
128768 Kearney Francis J. Deer Creek inj. spleen $4.00 June 1874
35697 Sleeper Daniel For Fetterman w. l. hand 2.00 Dec. 1864
9370 Boyd John do var. veins legs 8.00 ---
107840 Wheelock Benjamin C. do rheum. & debility 2.00 Feb. 1871
102622 George Peter do g.s.w.r. knee 4.00 Apr. 1870
182615 Doolan Thomas do minor of 16.00 Dec. 1882
17223 Goode John P. Laramie g.s.w.l. leg 6.00 Sept. 1863
117463 Burk William K. do g.s.w.l. shoul. 4.00 June 1872
49205 Harper George do g.s.w.l.arm 6.00 Sept. 1865
48826 Bailey James E. do loss l. arm 24.00 ---
72811 Coult George do g.s.w.l. hip 12.00 Oct. 1866
116103 Donnellan John W. do g.s.w.r.leg & thigh 30.00 ---
159154 House Addison J. do g.s.w.l. leg, inj. to abdomen 8.00 Apr. 1879
153712 Kenrick James do dis. heart 8.00 June 1878
146758 Jones Edw'd do g.s.w.r. forearm 4.00 June 1877
211998 Olmstead F.L. do shell w. breast, g.s.w.r. foot 4.00 June 1882
89468 Yelton Oliver P. do inj. to abd., g.s.w.r. thigh 10.00 Mar. 1868
--- Schenk William do g.s.w.head 8.00 Apr. 1878
21450 Sodegreen Charles do g.s.w.r. foot 6.00 Dec. 1863
--- McLennon Mary do widow 8.00 ---
25273 Wheeler Elizabeth do widow 8.00 ---
71469 Phillips Amelia do mother 8.00 Apr. 1866
--- Taylor Wm. Rock Creek g.s.w.r.hand & shoulder 18.00 ---

Carbon County

No. of
certifi-
cate.
Last name
of pensioner
First name
of pensioner
Post-office
address
Cause for which pensionedMonthly
rate
Date of
original
allowance.
36366 Wright Wm. Carbon w.l. arm $8.00 Jan. 1865
112455 Brown Joel R. Fort Fred Steele hypertrophy liver 6.00 Aug. 1871
133401 Sullivan James Rawlins chr. diarr. 8.00 May 1875
11559 Merell Homer do g.s.w.l. forearm 6.00 May 1863
122854 Miller Joseph E. do sh.w.r.thigh 6.00 Apr. 1873
186514 Sonders Mortimer do dis. back; kidneys 8.00 Apr. 1881
200265 Chase Nelson W. do g.s.w.r. side head 6.00 Jan. 1882
217354 Volkert George do g.s.w.r. arm 4.00 Aug. 1882
167256 Doty Malcolm S. do father 8.00 Feb. 1875
72676 Crawford John F. Warm Springs w.l.hand 10.00 Oct. 1866

Johnson County

No. of
certifi-
cate.
Last name
of pensioner
First name
of pensioner
Post-office
address
Cause for which pensionedMonthly
rate
Date of
original
allowance.
13623 Coats Andrew J. Big Horn g.s.w.r.thigh $8.00 June 1863
118515 Jackson William E. do do 6.00 Aug. 1872
133240 Hackney William H. Buffalo injury to abdomen 7.50 Apr. 1875
54010 Martin Anna Waity do widow 8.00 Aug. 1865

Laramie County

No. of
certifi-
cate.
Last name
of pensioner
First name
of pensioner
Post-office
address
Cause for which pensionedMonthly
rate
Date of
original
allowance.
133131 Solomon John J. Cheyenne g.s.w.l. leg $4.00 Apr. 1875
93736 Smith William O. do w.legs 6.00 Nov. 1868
120428 Buffon Hugh P. do w.r.arm 4.00 Dec. 1872
18286 Horrie Robert B. do w.l.hand 8.00 Oct. 1863
60824 Thompson James do w.leg 6.00 Mar. 1866
97944 Williams Rees do g.s.w.r. side 8.00 May 1869
200109 Whipple Daniel F. do chr. diarr. 8.00 Jan. 1882
167344 Thomis John W. do g.s.w.l. hand 4.00 Apr. 1880
--- McDonough Patrick do total blindness 72.00 Jan. 1882
218100 Merrill John do g.s.w.l. shoul. 6.00 Sept. 1882
24113 Helphinstine Henry H. do g.s.w.l. thigh 8.00 May 1865
218733 Loeb Louis do g.s.w.l. leg 4.00 Oct. 1882
--- Foster Joseph W. do chr. rheum. 30.00 Sept. 1881
146813 Gluer Frederick do g.s.w.r.forearm 8.00 June 1877
168127 Ryder John do g.s.w.r. arm 4.00 May 1880
166017 Couch Perry M. do dis. eyes 8.00 Mar. 1880
222003 Burns Edward do frac. r. clavicle 4.00 Dec. 1882
170499 Edwards Hugh J. do g.s.w.chest 4.00 June 1880
178903 Davis John do inj. l. leg & dis. of adb. vis. 12.00 Nov. 1880
19693 Sanford Peter do g.s.w.r.shoul 6.00 Nov. 1863
222306 Smith John do w.r.hand 12.00 Dec. 1882
170070 Russell Benj. F. do chr. diarr. 8.50 Jan. 1880
557 Swartz Sophia P. do widow 8.00 Nov. 1869
194927 Taylor Annie do do 14.00 Mar. 1882
98354 Rehmeyer William H. Chug Water dis. from scurvy 12.00 June 1869
88112 Hill James Egbert g.s.w.chest 8.00 Aug. 1869
96155 Sutherland James H. Fort Laramie amp. grt. toe r. foot 4.00 Mar. 1869
87256 Saffell Samuel H. do g.s.w.l. leg 4.00 Nov. 1867
212725 Miller Charles do injury to abdomen 8.00 June 1882
193684 Bahr Maggie Fort Sanders widow 14.00 Nov. 1881

Sweetwater County

No. of
certifi-
cate.
Last name
of pensioner
First name
of pensioner
Post-office
address
Cause for which pensionedMonthly
rate
Date of
original
allowance.
204324 Leifer Otto - alias Lifer Big Piney g.s.w.r.foot $6.00 Mar. 1882
153523 Johnson John H. Green River City g.s.w.r.arm 6.00 June 1878
178441 Conoway Ashbury B. do g.s.w.l. leg 7.50 Nov. 1880
129614 Riley John Lander heart dis. 8.00 Sept. 1874
12316 Conant Albert A. do g.s.w.r. wrist 18.00 ---
125713 Nollah Frederick - alias Eslinger do g.s.w.l. arm 6.00 Nov. 1873
216610 Wilson Asil T. North Fork var. vein l. leg &c. 4.00 Aug. 1882
104147 Tisdel James M. Rock Springs w.l.leg 5.00 July 1870

Uintah County

No. of
certifi-
cate.
Last name
of pensioner
First name
of pensioner
Post-office
address
Cause for which pensionedMonthly
rate
Date of
original
allowance.
136599 Westfall William T. Cokeville g.s.w.l. leg $6.00 Nov. 1875
179758 Stroud Alonzo L. do g.s.w.r.shoul. 2.00 Dec. 1880
10335 Blanchard W.H.H. Evanston w.l.elbow 12.00 Feb. 1863
27015 Shaw Joseph do g.s.w.l. lung 15.00 Apr. 1864
80122 Gould James A. do g.s.w. face 6.00 Apr. 1867
34008 Huff Frederick H. do g.s.w.r. thigh & results 12.00 Oct. 1864
--- Ludwig Oscar do g.s.w.r.shoul. 24.00 ---
190762 Goodman Elias do chr. diarr. 8.00 June 1881
130640 Jones Reese do g.s.w.r.chest 8.00 Oct. 1874
69144 Brewer Chas. W. do dis. lungs 6.00 Aug. 1866
188634 Whittier Edwin S. do g.s.w.head 6.00 May 1881
175948 Hudson John Piedmont shell w. l. ear 4.00 Oct. 1880

Transcribed by Jennifer Godwin, 10 June 2000.
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