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Record Group Number: 001026
Series/Collection Number: .S 1565
Creator: Georgia. State Division of Confederate Pensions and Records
Title, Dates: Georgia Confederate pension records index, 1879-1960.
Amount: 39.00 microfilm reel 16 mm.
Medium Included:
Organization/Arrangement: Alphabetical by name of pensioner.
Restrictions:
Terms Governing Use:
Biographical/Historical:     In 1879, the state of Georgia began providing pensions for the confederate soldiers of Georgia.  In 1891, the laws were changed to include the widows of the soldiers.  The last pension was received in 1960.
Summary:     This series consists of microfilm of the Georgia Confederate pension records card index from 1879 to 1960.  Each card contains the soldier's and/or the widow's name, the county of residence, and unit designation.  The pension applications are in Series 1658, Georgia Confederate Pension records.
Finding Aids: Microfilm listing available.
Additional Physical Form: "Index to Georgia Civil War Confederate Pension Files," transcribed by Virgil D. White, National Historical Publishing Company, Waynesboro, TN, 1996, is a published alphabetical name index providing county and military unit.
Reproduction Note: Microfilm.
Location of Originals/Duplicates: Originals held by Georgia Department of Archives and History, Atlanta, Georgia.
Associated Materials: S1658, Georgia Confederate Pension Records, is indexed by this series.
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Ownership/Custodial History:
Publication Note:
General Note: To obtain a pension record, contact the Georgia Department of Archives and History with the name of the pensioner and their county of residence.
Electronic Records Access:
Subject Access Fields: Veterans Florida
Military pensions.
Confederate pensions.
Georgia History Civil War, 1861-1865
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