Finding Aids @ Georgia Archives

This series consists of newsletters published by the Area Planning and Development Commissions. These newsletters are listed below. The type of material found in them is limited to small news items (no depth coverage), all concerned with the commission's activities. These issues give an adequate account of the monthly activities of the commission. There are often missing issues within the dates.

The audits give a summary of the appropriations and expenditures of the Commission. There is one report for each year except that a single report covers 1924 and 1925. There are two copies of the 1930 report. These reports were printed by the mimeograph method and bound in soft covers.

Correspondence is arranged alphabetically by name of writer and consists mostly of letters received by the Commission. Included also are a few reports of the superintendent for 1904 and 1905. Summaries of the military service of a few individual soldiers are included. The source for these summaries is not included.

3 x 5 Card Alphabet Index to Deceased Widows, 1940 to 1950. Contains Initials of Husband, County, Date of Widow's death, Enrollment Date and other information.

Letters are primarily concerned with requests for information searches of the pension and service records, and inquiries concerning requirements for admission to the pension roll and other facets of the pension law. Usually both the letter to the Pension Office and a carbon copy of the reply are included, but in some cases only one or the other were found.

Georgia law required that the county grand juries periodically inspect the pension rolls to ascertain that all pensioners' claims were legitimate. In this series are the reports to the Pension Office of these inspections. Included in many instances are the lists of pensioners provided by the Pension Office for the convenience of the grand juries. In some cases letters of transmittal are included. Most of the presentments have been found for many counties.

This series consists of typed lists, one for each year. Two lists are undated but appear to be for 1886 and 1890.

This book contains the carbon duplicate copies of the receipts for the ordinary's fees paid. The receipts show date, amount paid and the county.

These reports were sent by the ordinaries to the Pension Office annually as a final accounting of the pension payments for the county. They give: (1) a list of the refunds by name of the pensioner, cause of refund and amount; (2) a list of pensions paid to widows on the death of soldier pensioners, giving the dates of death and marriage and the amount paid; (3) a list of funds paid for expenses of last illness and funeral, showing name of pensioner, date of death and amount paid

This volume gives: (1) the pensioners' county of residence, (2) the date of the assignment, (3) the name of the pensioner, and (4) the name of the person to whom the pension was assigned. This volume was made up from certificates of transfer or assignment which were sent to the Pension Office and are presently filed in Series 1.

These payrolls show: (1) name of pensioner; (2) amount of pension; (3) pensioners' post office address; (4) date of payment; (5) signature showing receipt of payment

Some of these payrolls appear to be lists of those persons approved for pension payment and in these cases date of payment and signature showing receipt of payment is not filled in. Payrolls for funeral expenses are also included.

The lists of soldiers and widows are filed separately. The lists are arranged by county of pensioners' residence at the time of payment, thereunder by year admitted to the rolls, and thereunder alphabetically by name of pensioner. Usually, only the name is given, but sometimes date of death or date of transfer to another county is included also. There are duplicate copies of many lists. No indexes available.

Information found in volumes: (1) name of pensioner, (2) post office address, (3) amount paid, usually left blank, (4) date paid, (5) remarks. Soldiers and widows are listed in separate volumes.

In many cases the requisition made to the Supervisor of Purchases and a copy of his purchase order are accompanied by the corresponding invoices or receipts, but in some cases only the invoices or receipts have been found.

These dockets were used by the Pension Office to record pension applications received. Soldiers' applications give: (1) date filed, (2) name of applicant, (3) his type of disability, if any, (4) his company and regiment, (5) date application was returned for additional information or disapproved, (6) date application as approved Widows' docket books are similar except that they also give the husband's name.