PICKENS 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 31677 Pendley Milly Jasper widow 1812 8.00 Mar. 1881 Pickens 15875 Jasper widow 1812 8.00 Jan. 1879 Pickens 27906 Tatum Rebecca A. Jasper widow 1812 8.00 Nov. 1879 Pickens 24233 Taylor Elizabeth Jasper widow 1812 8.00 May 1879 Pickens 16747 Arther Sophia Jasper widow 1812 8.00 Feb. 1879 Pickens 31705 Paul Lucy Jasper widow 1812 8.00 May 1881 Pickens 27005 Nelson Zillah Jasper widow 1812 8.00 Sep. 1879 Pickens 32344 McDuff Elizabeth Jasper widow 1812 8.00 Apr. 1882 Pickens 130301 Watkins Joseph M. Jasper chr. bronch. 8.00 Pickens 215995 Reese John R. Jasper g.s.w.l.knee 2.00 July 1882 Pickens 99488 Tarbutton Jane Jasper mother 8.00 Sep. 1867 Pickens 192784 Darnell Jasper Jasper minors 14.00 June 1881 Pickens 7552 Mann Wm. H. Jasper minors 10.00 Feb. 1868 Pickens 7320 Mann Mary Jasper widow 12.00 Dec. 1882 Pickens 106093 Hopkins Artimisla Jasper widow 8.00 Aug. 1869 Pickens 108753 Henderson Elizabeth Jasper widow 8.00 Feb. 1868 Pickens 161893 Brown Martha Jasper widow 8.00 Apr. 1873 Pickens 7282 Mann Malinda Jasper widow 8.00 Feb. 1874 Pickens 106577 Allen Elizabeth Jasper widow 8.00 Jan. 1868 Pickens 84021 Gaddis Mary Jasper widow 8.00 Apr. 1868 Pickens 9176 Paxton Martin R. Long Swamp chr. Rheum. 18.00 Pickens 143758 Forrester Ann H. Ludville widow 8.00 July 1870 Pickens 91727 Anderson Elizabeth Ludville widow 1812 8.00 May 1881 Pickens 103054 Arthur Susan E. Mica widow 8.00 Nov. 1867 Pickens 140791 Young Nancy Talking Rock widow 8.00 Mar. 1871 Pickens 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