Carter County KY Research Tips

If you have an ancestor born in the 1820 to 1850 era, try to determine if he served in the American Civil War.
Civil War pension records contain valuable information that just can't be obtained anywhere else.

My application

NARA site (some libaries have these applications too)

What I found on my 2nd great grandfather is probably pretty typical:
(note: viewing the images using "View - Full Screen" makes them a little easier to see)

Ferdinand Grace's pension declaration from 1923

Foot of his declaration (the docment is too long for my scanner)

1915 pension document

Foot of above page

Pensioner death notification from 1924

Widow's pension declaration from 1924

Foot of above page

Apparently a file page for the National Archives

Bureau of Pensions document from 1894

Claim for pension document from 1924

Death certificate sent to the Bureau of Pensions

Acknowledgement of application for a persion from 1878

Pension document recording death of pensioner