THE DATES ARE NOT THE DATES OF DISCHARGE FROM THE MILITARY SERVICE - I am looking over the copy I have of a discharge notice for Obadiah Sprowls. What I have is a photo copy of records that the clerk hand wrote into the record log. *The top left entry is dated November 20th, 1893, and is for a indenture . *The bottom left entry is UNITED STATES TO OBADIAH SPROWLS - it is NOT dated Nov. 1893, but iT records Obadiahs discharge for July 15th, 1865. *The top right of page is discharge for George Kiehl (who is listed directly below Obadiah in the discharge list from the Observer-Reporter). It also is not dated 1893, but is UNITED STATES TO GEORGE KIEHL discharge info. (May 24, 1865 -if copy needed let me know.) *The bottom right, directly below George Kiehl info, is an indenture dated November 1893. SO FOLKS - just from what I have in my hands, I would say that the dates are the recorded date. NOW - if we look at the column heading for the dates on the 10 pages, it DOES say DATE OF RECORD and VOL. and PAGE. (Obadiah's discharge info is on page 192, and that is what the listing also says.) So, to me this solves the mystery. But am glad the problem arose, as I noticed info in the pension papers of Obadiah that I had "overlooked" in my excitement of receiving them in May 2004 !!! Ruth

Ruth, Could you shoot a copy of the O-R pdf to me via email (or even snail mail)? O-R site lets 6 pages "come in" on my computer and stops (probably my broadband is messing up). By the way, I tried looking up the article where the O-R used this source, but it's now on fee-service. Judy On 11/19/07, Ruth Sprowls <sprowls@ncweb.com> wrote: > > THE DATES ARE NOT THE DATES OF DISCHARGE FROM THE MILITARY SERVICE - > > I am looking over the copy I have of a discharge notice for Obadiah > Sprowls. > What I have is a photo copy of records that the clerk hand wrote into > the record log. > <snipped>

Yes Judy I will snail mail a copy. Will mail it tomorrow. FOR THOSE THAT FOUND AN ANCESTOR in that list and would like a copy of the discharge info: I found Obadiahs by accident while researching the deeds for hubbys line of Sprowls. So you would need to go to the Washington County Court house and go to the deeds office and locate the volume of microfilm that you need. At the time, the only copy I could obtain was by using their map reader and I think it cost me $2.50 and printed out on large 17" x 24" (est.) Ruth