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The Augusta Courier
Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia
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Georgia has the most Confederate widows applying for federal pensions under a new law passed last May, with 180 applicants so far, leading nearly 900 from 20 states and DC. Texas follows with 130, Alabama and Virginia with 114 each. Eligibility requires no remarriage; most receive state pensions unaffected except in TN and NC.
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ATLANTA, Ga.-To date, Georgia has the largest number of Confederate widows to apply for pensions under a new federal law passed last May, according to Veteran Administration officials in Washington. The Georgia total so far: 180.
In all, nearly 900 Confederate widows from 20 states and the District of Columbia have applied. An estimated 1,400 are still alive and eligible.
To be eligible, the widow must not have remarried. In most cases, the Confederate widows already are drawing pensions from the state of their residence.
The new pension from the federal government will not interfere with their state money except in Tennessee and North Carolina, where the state money will be automatically cut off if the federal funds are accepted.
Texas is second in the number of applicants so far with 130. Alabama and Virginia are third with 114 each.
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Georgia
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Last May
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nearly 900 applications from 20 states and dc; estimated 1,400 eligible widows alive; georgia: 180, texas: 130, alabama: 114, virginia: 114
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Georgia leads in Confederate widows applying for pensions under new federal law; eligibility: unmarried widows, most already on state pensions; federal aid does not interfere except in Tennessee and North Carolina where state funds cut off if federal accepted.