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DGS Newsletter
Volume 17, Number 3, May-June 1993
66
Aids The pardon application files are divided into three groups: (1) applications submitted by
persons from the South; (2) pardon applications submitted by persons from the North and
West; and (3) applications submitted by persons who designated no state, territory, or
district. Each of the first two groups is arranged alphabetically by state, territory, or district
and then alphabetically by first letter of surname. The third group is arranged alphabetically
by surname of petitioner.
The introduction to the microfilm (on reel #1) gives the classes of persons who were excluded
from the benefits of amnesty under each act. An alphabetical index of petitioners is also
contained on reel #1. Indicated beside each name in the index is the state from which the
petitioner submitted the application. Below each name are notations indicating whether the
individual's papers are to be found in the special files located at the end of the alphabetically
arranged records under each state. In some instances, an individual filed at different times
from different states. Each state will be shown under the index entry for that individual. In
some instances, pardon seekers are mentioned only in the miscellaneous file of the state from
which they sought pardon. In such instances, their names are not included in the alphabetical
name index.
Examples Petition filed by G. F. Wells of Laurens District, South Carolina, describes his worth before
the war as over $20,000 but goes on to explain that he is now unable to fix a value to his
estate. His amnesty oath is dated 5 July 1865 and the petition contains his original signature.
A description of the petitioner is given as 66 years of age, five feet six inches high, grey
hair, blue eyes, dark complexion and is a farmer by occupation. Rosanna E. Clayton of
Lynchburg, Virginia, filed application for amnesty 26 June 1865 as a femme sole with
property valued over $20,000. Her original signature is also on the petition.
Correction to March-April DGS Newsletter (Volume 17, Number 2)
The March-April issue of the DGS Newsletter contained an article entitled, My Most Interesting
Ancestor, Rebecca Towne Nurse, 1620-1692 by Barbara Roberts Baylis. This article had been an entry in
the 1992 DGS Book Award Contest. Following the article was a chart erroneously named an Ahnentafel
Chart. The chart style following this article is a lineage chart. An Ahnentafel is a numbering system which
is known as a "standard numbering system." In an Ahnentafel chart, a person's father is twice that person's
number and a person's mother is twice that person's number, plus 1. A later issue of the DGS Newsletter
will detail charts and their differences.
Please make the following corrections on page 39 of the March-April DGS Newsletter:
4th generation marriage should be 7 Apr 1875 (changed from 1912)
11th generation death should be 22 Nov 1695 (changed from 1965)
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