FRANKLIN COUNTY, GA - MILITARY PENSIONS 

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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

2123  		Towns       	Eliz'th         Bold Spring          widow 1812                       8.00               Mar. 1872          Franklin
32774 		Harris      	Dicy            Carnesville          widow 1812                       8.00               Dec. 1882          Franklin
25843 		Smith       	Martha          Martin               widow 1812                       8.00               July 1879          Franklin


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