These were families of "volunteers absent in the army," who were unable to provide for themselves. The list gives the names of the volunteers, the number of family members, and the amount of money required by each family for a year. A transcript of...
These were families of "volunteers absent in the army," who were unable to provide for themselves. The list gives the names of the volunteers, the number of family members, and the amount of money required by each family for a year.
These were families of "volunteers absent in the army," who were unable to provide for themselves. The list gives the names of the volunteers, the number of family members, and the amount of money required by each family for a year.
These were families of "volunteers absent in the army," who were unable to provide for themselves. The list gives the names of the volunteers, the number of family members, and the amount of money required by each family for a year.
These were families of "volunteers absent in the army," who were unable to provide for themselves. The list gives the names of the volunteers, the number of family members, and the amount of money required by each family for a year. A transcript of...
The report lists the date, recipient, county, and amount of each payment. Vouchers for the money were given to probate judges, who distributed funds to individual families in their counties; the state paid a total of $856,835.50.
The voucher is for $21,800, "being for first installment for Henry County out of the fund appropriated to support of indigent families of soldiers by Act of the General Assembly."
The voucher is for $13,691, "being for second installment for Lawrence County, out of the fund appropriated to the support of Indigent Families of Soldiers by Act of the General Assembly."
The voucher is for $17,195.50, "being for second installment for Franklin County, out of the fund appropriated to the support of Indigent Families of Soldiers by Act of the General Assembly."
The voucher is for $14,014.50, "being for first installment for Lawrence County, out of the fund appropriated to the support of Indigent Families of Soldiers by Act of the General Assembly."
The report is divided by town. The amount of information recorded varies by location because the data was collected by several different people: "It is proper to state that this report is not as full as desirable many of the agents not giving any...
The report lists the number of women and children in each family and ends with the following assessment by the probate judge: "It is impossible almost to enumerate the diferent [sic] reasons or causes of the indigence of these families the greater...
2009-09-15
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