Oregon Historical County Records Guide
Crook County Records Inventory
Pension and Relief Records
1883-1937
Series documents financial assistance approved by the county court for widows, mothers, dependent children, orphans, the elderly, and indigents. Information includes applicant name and address, children's names and birth dates, amount of pension or monthly support payment, and county court order. Because the provision of relief became primarily a state and federal function in the 1930s, records are inventoried through 1939.
Records at the Oregon State Archives:
Paupers and Indigents Petition, 1883-1898 (.05 cu.ft.).
Records at the Crook County Courthouse, Clerk's Elections Vault:
Record of Births [includes widows pension records in middle of volume], 1920-1937 (1 volume).