Oregon Historical County Records Guide
Morrow County Records Inventory
Pension and Relief Records
1885-1966
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 Morrow County Courthouse, Basement Vault:
Law Journal County Court [includes widow's pension
actions], vol. 2, 1919-1966 (1 volume);
List of Old Age Pensions, 1934-1936 (1 volume);
Old Age Pensions [with index], vol. 1, 1934-1936 (1
volume);
Record of Widow's Pensions, 1913-1936 (1 volume).
Records at the Morrow County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault:
[Paupers Vouchers-Poor Relief Records], ca.1904-ca.1932 (.05 cu.ft.);
[Widows and Dependent Mothers Pensions-Applications],
1908, 1913-1939 (.35 cu.ft.).
Records at the Morrow County Courthouse, Basement Records Storage Room:
Journal County Court Law [includes naturalization petitions and orders
and widow's pension actions], 1885-1919 (1 volume).
Records at the Morrow County Courthouse, Personnel Office:
Record of Care of Poor, 1910-1911 (1 volume).