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From: "Rebecca L. York" <>
Subject: Re: FROM A COUSIN
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 21:05:50 -0800

Very interesting, thank you.

My grgrgrandfather was Joseph Stewart. But I only have a bit on him so far
and not in GA. I'm sure Joseph Stewart was a pretty common name even then.

Thanks for sending that info.
Becky York

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From: <>
To: <>
Date: Thursday, March 02, 2000 9:01 PM
Subject: RE: FROM A COUSIN


>I am new to the list so don't know if any of you have this information.
This
>was sent to me by a cousin from another side of the family about film she
>rented of the Southern Claims Commission records. After the War Between the
>States, a commission was set up to hear claims from persons in the CSA who
>suffered losses at the hands of Union soldiers but claimed they were loyal
to
>the Union. It got so out of hand with all the desperate people trying to
get
>compensation that the commission was shut down. Gary Mills published an
index
>several years ago of the claims which is in a lot of libraries. The film
>comes through branch archives. Or hard copies may be ordered by following
the
>directions in the front of Mills' book.
>
>Linda McCain Stansell
>**************************************************
>
> If a person were really lucky, he would have
>one like Joseph Stewart of DeKalb Co., GA, who had to name his five sons
and
>three son-in-laws who were Confederate soldiers. His wife, daughter, and
>son-in-law testified and their relationship was stated. And he, his dau.
>and son-in-law signed their names.
>
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