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Harrison County Black Confederate Pension Recipients
(Compiled from Harrison County original Confederate pension applications) by Paul E. Puebla ? 2001
Age at
NAME application _________________Dates________ Home State Years served
Nathan Best*	81	1930,1931, 1932, 1940	NC	1863-1865
James Burney**	96	1930,1931, 1932	NC	1863-1865
Albert Clayton #		1915	?	
Butler G. Cox @	75	1922, 1923	MS	1862-1864
Joe Dixon	109	1930, 1931, 1932	MS	1861-1864
Chesterfield Goode 80		1922 through 1929	MS	1861-1865
Robert Jimerson @		1932 through 1944	AL	1858-1865
Jule Lewis	77	1914,1915, 1916	MS	1862-1863
Jerry Rhodes		1923 through 1927	GA	1861-1865
Ed Thomas @		1931, 1932	GA	1861-1865
West Chapman	82	Applied Apr & Sep 1930 Probably died before receiving a pension.	AL	1861-1865
*	August 1932 - 1939 Lived at Beauvior. Born Snow Hill, NC May 19,1849. Mr. Best died January 17, 1940, Biloxi, MS.
** Mr. Burney lived at Beauvoir from August 1932 to April 1933 when he died.
#	Could not locate Mr. Clayton's application.
@ Could read and write.