Oregon State Archives

Oregon Historical County Records Guide

Curry County Records Inventory

Pension and Relief Records

1920-1937

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 Curry County Courthouse, Clerk's Office Vault:
Widow's Pension Ledger [includes indigent pensions-with index], vol. 1, 1920-1937 (1 volume).

Records at the Curry County Courthouse Annex, Archives:
Old Age Pension [Applications], 1933-1935 (.20 cu.ft.).

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