I am trying to discern if an ancestor of mine served in the War Between the States and have some questions that I hope some of you could provide insight into.

I found a Confedrate pension roll at the VA Library online (http://199.111.106.8/cgi-bin/drawer/disk19/CC150/0319/W0381?71) which matches as far as the name goes, but this relative of mine (James H. Ward) died in 1882 and the pension roll cites an "Act of 1902." So if he's dead, how can he attempt to collect on his pension? Does that mean that 1902 is when he tried to collect or is the reference to 1902 clerical and maybe a result of a later entry? If he was dead, who could have collected on his pension later on?
The other question I have about that pension roll is that it reads "Grayson" in the county field, but I don't understand the relevance. Where he was born, living? He is documented as having died in 1882 according to Buckingham County records.

Also, what to the roll #s and page #s refer to?

SO... if anyone can provide suggestions on what I can do next or clarify some of the meaning and relevance of the fields of into on the Confederate Pension Rolls... I would be most appreciative.

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