DAWSON 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 164896 Hall John W. Dawsonville arrow wd. l. knee 2.00 Feb. 1880 Dawson 10848 Blasingame John Dawsonville surv. 1812 8.00 Jan. 1872 Dawson 20867 Clark Solomon Dawsonville surv. 1812 8.00 June 1873 Dawson 31679 Lawless Polly Dawsonville widow 1812 8.00 May 1881 Dawson 15735 Cochran Rebecca Dawsonville widow 1812 8.00 Jan. 1879 Dawson 17836 Smith Anna Dawsonville widow 1812 8.00 Feb. 1879 Dawson 7920 Baird James L. Dawsonville ch. diarr. 8.00 Apr. 1866 Dawson 92087 Evans John Dawsonville bronch. And rheum. 12.00 Dawson 15569 Smith Eliz'th Susann'h Dixon widow 1812 8.00 Jan. 1879 Dawson 4718 Childers John Dixon ch. diarr. 6.00 Dawson 31865 Smith Margaret Juno widow 1812 8.00 June 1881 Dawson 124684 Phillips Selena Yellow Creek widow 8.00 Feb. 1869 Dawson 98492 Kirby Hannah Yellow Creek widow 8.00 Aug. 1867 Dawson 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