Jonathan O. Corder's Confederate Pension Application Posted

Originally published February 26, 2010

I've just added a new PDF to the "Original Documents" section of the Edward Corder Memorial Library. Jonathan O. Corder's Civil War pension application contains much valuable information to help us trace his service during the four years of the war. The pension application was made during the summer of 1916, when Jonathan was 73 (and earning only $20.00 per annum as a farmer). Due to a series of frequent and convoluted transfers and splits of command of his cavalry unit, the state of Virginia required some clarification from the applicant, so we're fortunate that there was some correspondence between Jonathan and Richmond wherein he explained a service record that would have otherwise been very difficult to follow. (Sort of like that sentence.)

Jonathan was one of the sons of Elijah Corder Jr. and Nancy Osborne Corder of Scott County, VA (and my gr. gr. grandfather).

You can find the PDF near the bottom of the page at this page.