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Gilmer County - Probate Court - Poor School Fund of the Court of Ordinary

 Series
Identifier: 161-02-007

Scope and Contents

This series contains records of the Poor School. These records include (1) audit reports of the County School Commissioner, (2) teacher's certificates, (3) teacher's accounts for wages and (4) lists of indigent children eligible for participation in the Poor School Fund. The majority of these papers consists of the poor school tuition vouchers which contain (a) the names of the indigent children, (b) the subjects they were taught, (c) the number of days they were in school and (d) the costs of their schooling for that period as reported by the teacher to the trustee of the Poor School Fund.

Dates

  • Created: 1851-1889

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Unrestricted

Extent

6 folders

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement Note

These records have been arranged in chronological order by year.

Related Materials

Additional Gilmer County Poor School Records (1835 - 1840) and Gilmer County Poor School Records (1852 - 1863) are available in the microfilm library (microfilm drawer 103, box 9 and microfilm drawer 80, box 60).

Title
Gilmer County - Probate Court - Poor School Fund of the Court of Ordinary
Author
Georgia Archives
Description rules
Local
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Georgia Archives Repository

Contact:
5800 Jonesboro Rd
Morrow GA 30260 United States