COBB COUNTY, GA - MILITARY PENSIONS ***************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm *********************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher irwin_ga2004@yahoo.com Bibliographic citation: List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883 Giving the Name of Each Pensioner, the Cause for Which Pensioned, the Post-Office Address, Rate of Pension Per Month, and the Date of Original Allowance, as Called for by Resolution of December 8, 1882, Vol. 5 47th Congress, 2d Session Senate Executive Document 84, Part 5 United States Pension Bureau Washington, D. C., 1883 Federal Pensions distributed for service in War of 1812, Mexican and Union Civil War. (Does not include Confederate Service Pensions in fact participation in the Confederacy may have barred men from drawing a pension from previous War service). Pension Records may be ordered from: http://www.archives.gov/research_room/obtain_copies/veterans_service_records.html See BELOW for explanation: Certif. No Last Name F Name Post Office Cause for which pensioned Monthly rate Date of Original County Allowance 22377 Landers Elizabeth Bryantville 8.00 Apr. 1879 Cobb 31849 Lewis Rebecca Lost Mountain 8.00 June 1881 Cobb 122967 Hughes James G. Marietta g.s.w. of r. elbow 6.00 May 1873 Cobb 6182 Burk Thornton Marietta 8.00 Oct. 1871 Cobb 13599 Bornwell Nilliam Marietta 8.00 Mar. 1872 Cobb 15640 Hales James Marietta 8.00 Apr. 1872 Cobb 14984 McGundy Rachel Marietta 8.00 Jan. 1879 Cobb 16612 Oliver Lydia P. Marietta 8.00 Jan. 1879 Cobb 16843 Green Piety M. Marietta 8.00 Feb. 1879 Cobb 30214 Bulse Harriet Marietta 8.00 Aug. 1880 Cobb 32404 Clark Jane Marietta 8.00 May 1882 Cobb 18890 Smith Charity Marietta 8.00 Feb. 1879 Cobb 23317 Sanders Flora Marietta 8.00 May 1879 Cobb 12412 Walden Mary Marietta 8.00 Nov. 1878 Cobb 200512 Weathington Simon Marietta g.s.w. of l. leg 4.00 Jan. 1882 Cobb 127722 Spilman Jerome Marietta g.s.w. of r. wrist 20.00 Apr. 1874 Cobb 6292 Woodward Nancy Marietta widow 8.00 Oct. 1878 Cobb 5886 Whitmond Lucinda Marietta widow 8.00 July 1869 Cobb 129522 Brown Rebecca Marietta dep. mother 8.00 May 1869 Cobb 115661 Fitzgerald Elizabeth Marietta widow 8.00 June 1868 Cobb 421 Brewer Nancy Marietta widow 8.00 Apr. 1869 Cobb 3287 Caldwell Frances Marietta widow 8.00 Jan. 1869 Cobb 9953 Devenport Nancy Marietta widow 1812 8.00 Oct. 1878 Cobb 28996 Spoor Selster Oakley Mills 8.00 Apr. 1880 Cobb 24420 Lindley James Powder Springs 8.00 Oct. 1878 Cobb 30561 Hardage Nancy Jane Powder Springs 8.00 Sep. 1880 Cobb 156374 Randolph Archibald B. Powder Springs g.s.w. leg 2.00 Nov. 1878 Cobb 7727 Benthy Luke Boswell 8.00 Nov. 1871 Cobb 29773 Medlin Mary Boswell 8.00 June 1880 Cobb 28114 Power Samantha Smyrna 8.00 Dec. 1879 Cobb EXPLANATION OF COLUMNS ON THE PENSION LIST: 1)The pension certificate numbers may differ from the actual pension file in the National Archives. 2)The post office reported is the residence of the pensioner in December 1882. 3) The cause column provides the reason for which the pension was granted (wound, injury, disease, etc.- see abbreviation explanations below) or lists the relationship of pensioners who were next of kin to those killed or who died while serving in the army or navy. 4)The rate reported was the monthly amount received by the pensioner 5)The date provided is that of the original allowance. 6)Abbreviations used in the 1883 pension roll: amp. - amputated atr. - atrophy chr. - chronic diarr. - diarrhea dis. - disease frac. - fracture g.s.w. - gun shot wound inj. - injury l. - left ls. - loss par. - partial paral. - paralysis r. - right rheum. - rheumatism or rheumatic shl., sh. - shell or shrapnel shoul. - shoulder w., wd. - wound