Joy Fisher has provided us with the below information on
the 1883 Pension roll for Carroll County participants.
Federal Pensions
were 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:
National Archives
and Records Administration (NARA):
http://www.archives.gov/research_room/obtain_copies/veterans_service_records.html
IF YOU HAVE A COPY OF THE PENSION OR APPLICATION, PLEASE SHARE IT WITH US.
WE WILL PUT IT ON LINE HERE FOR ALL RESEARCHERS.
See BELOW for explanation:
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| Certif. No. |
Last Name | First Name | Post Office | Cause for which Pensioned |
Monthly Rate | Date of Original Allowance |
County |
| 10851 | Ashmore | Frances | Bowdon | 8.00 | Nov. 1878 | Carroll | |
| 31262 | Ashmore | Frances E. | Bowdon | 8.00 | Feb. 1881 | Carroll | |
| 18274 | Carter | Mary | Bowdon | 8.00 | Feb. 1879 | Carroll | |
| 25685 | Selman | Drady Ann | Bowdon | 8.00 | July 1879 | Carroll | |
| 9536 | Turner | Rebecca | Bowdon | 8.00 | Oct. 1878 | Carroll | |
| 13121 | Williamson | Sarah | Bowdon | 8.00 | Dec. 1878 | Carroll | |
| 19755 | Smith | Anderson | Bowdon | 8.00 | Nov. 1872 | Carroll | |
| 22860 | McPherson | Sarah | Carrollton | 8.00 | May 1879 | Carroll | |
| 7130 | Spencer | John | Carrollton | 8.00 | Oct. 1871 | Carroll | |
| 5841 | Gray | Nancy | Carrollton | 8.00 | Dec.1873 | Carroll | |
| 28873 | O'Neal | Permelia | Carrollton | 8.00 | Mar. 1880 | Carroll | |
| 3270 | Weir | Rhoda D. | Carrollton widow | 8.00 | Feb. 1869 | Carroll | |
| 15571 | Tilman | Maranda | Carrollton | 8.00 | Jan. 1879 | Carroll | |
| 29105 | Turnley | Atlanta E. | Carrollton | 8.00 | Apr. 1880 | Carroll | |
| 20670 | Welborn | Margaret S. | Holland's Mills | 8.00 | Mar. 1879 | Carroll | |
| 12371 | Breed | Permelia | Holland's Mills | 8.00 | Nov. 1878 | Carroll | |
| 18520 | Veal | John | Lairdsborough | 8.00 | Aug. 1872 | Carroll | |
| 17018 | Macon | Pamela R. | Victory | 8.00 | Feb. 1879 | Carroll | |
| 14018 | Loving | Ginsey | Villa Rica | 8.00 | Jan. 1879 | Carroll | |
| 9568 | Williams | Leroy | Villa Rica | 8.00 | Dec. 1871 | Carroll | |
| 18308 | Scudder | Sarah | Whitesburg | 8.00 | Feb. 1879 | Carroll |
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