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Record of burial of ex-Union veterans (Indigent), no. 1, August 19, 1889-December 31, 1917

 Item — Volume: 1, 1889 AUG 13-
Identifier: SCG.00038.BDSU-0330.0036

Scope and Contents

Inventory of records 1847-1980, Office of the Clerk, Sonoma County, California lists this document as part of: Records of the Clerk as Clerk of the Board of Supervisors (no. 550) and as part of the subseries: Indigents.

Title in the Clerk's inventory: Record of Burial of Ex-Union Veterans (Indigent); with date range noted as: August 19, 1889-1917.

Type of document: SPF-handwritten.

Index: Indexed in-file.

Dates

  • Creation: August 19, 1889-December 31, 1917

Language of Materials

Materials entirely in English.

Conditions Governing Access

Materials stored offsite, but collection is open to research. In many cases, further details may be available through the staff at the Sonoma County History and Genealogy Library. To view these materials, please call staff at link to request they be brought from the Archives to the Library

Extent

0.15 linear feet (1 ledger volume) ; 13" x 1.75" x 18.5"

Abstract

Record of burial of Civil War veterans at County expense. Record shows name; rank (sometimes Company); occupation; nativity; date of entry and date of discharge from service; date, place and cause of death; where buried; if member of G.A.R.; expense of burial; remarks. Listed in the 1980 inventory of the Sonoma County Clerk's office as no. 550.

Physical Location

Shelved offisite.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Transfer: Sonoma County Board of Supervisors;.

Date of transfer not identified not identified ; no Deed of Gift (DoG) or Conditions of Transfer (CoT) files identified.

Physical Description

Volume noted as being in good condition in 1993 inventory.

General

Records kept by date of death, loose page on page 3 with 7 names. Volume includes index. Volume has been microfilmed. Listed in the 1980 inventory of the Sonoma County Clerk's office as no. 550; listed in the 1993 Bound Volumes Inventory as no. 2727; inventoried by Sonoma County Library staff, November 2022.

This has been reprinted in the Sonoma Searcher, Spring 1998 -. These are indigent veterans only.

Repository Details

Part of the Sonoma County Archives Repository

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