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National
and State Homes
National & State Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
Congress established national homes for disabled veterans in 1866. Veterans were eligible for admittance if they were honorably discharged; had served in the regular, volunteer, or militia forces mustered into federal service; were disabled and without support; and were unable to earn a living. In 1930 the homes were combined with other agencies to form the Veterans Administration (now the Department of Veteran Affairs).
The registers are divided into four sections: military, domestic, home, and general remarks. The military section includes information such as enlistment, rank, company, regiment, and discharge. The domestic section includes the veterans birthplace, age, height, religion, occupation, residence, marital status, and name and address of nearest relative. The home section includes the veterans rate of pension, date of admission to the home, discharge, death date, and burial place.
The National homes were in:
Sawtelle, California Pacific Branch
St. Petersburg, Florida St. Petersburg Home
Danville, Illinois Danville Branch
Marion, Indiana Marion Branch
Leavenworth, Kansas Western Branch
Togus, Maine Eastern Branch
Biloxi, Mississippi Biloxi Home
Tuskegee, Mississippi Tuskegee Home
Bath, New York Bath Branch
Dayton, Ohio Central Branch
Roseburg, Oregon Roseburg Branch
Hot Springs, S.D Battle Mountain Sanitarium
Johnson City, Tennessee Mountain Branch
Kecoughton, Virginia Southern Branch
Wood, Wisconsin Northwestern Branch
The FHL has microfilms of the following:
Registers of Veterans at National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866 - 1937.The registers are indexed individually by the name of the veteran for each home. Upon admission each veteran was given a number. The registers are arranged numerically by these numbers. To find specific microfilm numbers, look in the Locality search of the Family History Library Catalog under: UNITED STATES - MILITARY RECORDS.
Many states also maintained soldier homes as well. The FHL also has records for some state homes, including:
Georgia - Index to registers of inmates of the Confederate Soldiers Home of Georgia.
Louisiana - Soldiers' Home of Louisiana (New Orleans, Louisiana).
Michigan - Soldiers' Home (Grand Rapids, Michigan).
Ohio - Ohio State Soldiers' and Sailors' Home (Sandusky).
Missouri - Confederate pension applications and soldiers' home admission applications.
Missouri. Adjutant General's Office.
Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania soldiers and sailors homes, 1864-1872 - Philadelphia soldier's home records, 1866-1883.
Tennessee - The Tennessee Confederate Soldier's Home.
Texas - Roster of the residents of the Texas Confederate Old Soldier's Home in Austin, Texas.
Virginia - Robert E. Lee Camp Confederate Soldiers' Home (Richmond, Virginia).
Note: Original records for the National & State Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers are at the National Archives in Washington DC.
Source: LDS Research Outline: United States Military
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Some reports published by the Board of Managers for the National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers contain alphabetical rosters of soldiers. The rosters provide name, rank, company, organization, length of service, war, pension rate, birthplace, admission date, age when admitted, and status (including death date). A *few* examples of these are below:
BOYDs in some National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in 1895:
Illinois:
Name: Thomas Boyd; Regiment: K; Rank: Private; Months Served: 9; Birth Place: Indiana; Age: 61; Disability: rheumatism; Place of Admittance: Missouri; Status: Western Branch present.
Indiana:
Name: Alexander V. Boyd; Regiment: H; Rank: Private; Months Served: 33; Birth Place: Ohio; Age: 56; Disability: rheumatism; Place of Admittance: Idaho; Status: Pacific Branch present.
Kansas:
Name: F. W. Boyd; Regiment: K, Ill. Bat. Art.; Rank: Private; Months Served: 42; Birth Place: United States; Age: 51; Disability: injuries to right leg, and heart disease; Place of Admittance: Ford County; Occupation: Farmer; Marital Status: Married; Status: Present.
Massachusetts:
Name: Francis D. Boyd; Regiment: L; Rank: Private; Months Served: 18; Birth Place: Pennsylvania; Age: 63; Disability: rheumatism; Place of Admittance: Pennsylvania; Status: Southern Branch present.
Michigan:
Name: Thomas Boyd; Regiment: D, 4th Mich. Inf.; Rank: Private; Months Served: 36; Birth Place: New York; Age: 53; Disability: g. s. w. left arm; Place of Admittance: Michigan; Occupation: Cooper; Marital Status: Single.
New York:
Name: Duncan W. Boyd; Regiment: C; Rank: Private; Months Served: 46; Birth Place: Scotland; Age:73; Disability: general debility; Place of Admittance: New York; Status: Southern Branch discharged 02 Jan 1895.
Ohio:
Name: James A. Boyd; Regiment: A, 20th Ohio V. Inf.; Rank: Private; Months Served: 5; Birth Place: Ohio; Age: 52; Disability: rheumatism; Place of Admittance: Ohio; Occupation: Laborer; Marital Status: Widower; Regiment: D, 54th Ohio V. Inf.; Rank: Private; Months Served: 17.
Name: Allen Boyd; Regiment: D; Rank: Private; Months Served: 43; Birth Place: Ohio; Age: 51; Disability: hernia; Place of Admittance: Colorado; Status: Central Branch present.
Name: John M. Boyd; Rank: Sergeant; Months Served: 28; Birth Place: Ohio; Age: 60; Disability: heart disease; Place of Admittance: Ohio; Status: Central Branch deceased 31 Jan 1895.
Pennsylvania:
Name: Samuel W. Boyd; Regiment: A; Rank: Private; Months Served: 9; Birth Place: Pennsylvania; Age: 50; Disability: rheumatism; Place of Admittance: Pennsylvania; Status: Central Branch dropped 06 Sep 1894.
Name: Alexander Boyd; Regiment: E; Rank: Private; Months Served: 36; Birth Place: Ireland; Age: 60; Disability: varicose veins; Place of Admittance: Pennsylvania; Status: Central Branch deceased 29 May 1895.
Vermont:
Name: Robert Boyd; Regiment: K; Rank: Private; Months Served: 13; Birth Place: New York; Age: 49; Disability: ulcer eye; Place of Admittance: Vermont; Status: Northwestern Branch dropped 19 Jul 1894.
Source: House of Representatives Report of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers for the Fiscal Year ended June 30, 1895. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1896.
CALL NUMBER: UB383.A2
NOTE:
Use this data as a finding tool, just as you would any other secondary
source. When you find the name of an ancestor listed, confirm the facts
in original sources.
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