This "index is arranged alphabetically and lists the applicant's name, county of residence at the time the application was made, the date the application was received in the Confederate pensions office, and the application number. The listings for the widow's applications provide maiden names if stated on the application. The veteran husbands' names are listed in parentheses."--Introd.

"Information herein is from the index of Confederate Pension Applications, and the inventory of Confederate Pension Applications, as compiled by Alicia Simpson, Archivist, of the Division of Archives and Records Management, Department of Library and Archives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, with supplemental information added."--Verso.