WIDOW'S CLAIM FOR PENSION
CAROLINE D MURRAY wife of JEREMIAH MURRAY
OF ALAMANCE COUNTY
from the Archives in Raleigh, NC
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,}
COUNTY OF Alamance
}
On this 20 th day of June
A. D. 190 1, personally appeared before me,
L. D. Rippy, J.P.
,
C. S. C., in and for the State and County aforesaid,
Caroline D. Murry
, age 64
,years, and a resident at
Altamahaw
post-office
in said County and State, and who being duly sworn,
makes the following declaration in order to obtain the pension under the provisions of an
act entitled "An Act to amend
Chapter 198 of the Laws of 1889, for the relief of certain Confederate Soldiers and
Widows," ratified March 2, 1901; that she is
the widow of the late
Jeremiah Murry
who enlisted in Co. I ,
8th Reg. N. C. State Troops, on or about the
16th
day of
March
, 186 1 , to serve in the
armies of the late Confederate States.
She further states that she was married to said Soldier or Sailor before the first day of
April, 1865, and she has never re-married;
that she is, and has been for twelve months immediately preceding this Application for
Pension, a bona fide resident of North
Carolina; that she holds no office under the United States, or under any State or county,
from which she is receiving the sum of
three hundred dollars as fees or as salary annually; that she is not worth in her own
right, or the right of her late husband;
property at its assessed value for taxation to the amount of five hundred dollars ($500).
Nor has she disposed of property of such
value by gift or voluntary conveyance since the 11th of March, 1885.
Jeremiah Murry died the 6th day of
May 1893.
Sworn and subscribed before me, this 20 }
her
day of June , 1901 }
Caroline D x Murry
L. D. Rippy, J.P. }
mark
Signature
of Applicant
Signature of C.S.C. }
PHYSICIAN'S CERTIFICATE
Also personally appeared before me
W. D. Herndon, M.D.
, who
resides at Elon College
post-office, and
who resides at
post-office, in said County and State, physician in good
standing, whom I know to be respectable and entitled to credit, and being by me
duly sworn, say that he is
acquainted with
Caroline D Murry
,
the widow of the late
Jeremiah Murry
,
of Co. I 8
th
Regiment North Carolina State Troops, and that they believe her to be the
identical person she represents herself to be, and
that the facts set forth in her affidavit are correct to the best of their knowledge
and belief, and that they have no interest, direct or indirect, in this claim.
Sworn and subscribed before me, this 20 }
day of June , 1901
}
W. D. Herndon, M.D
L. D. Rippy, J.P.
}
Signature
of Physician
Signature of C.S.C
}
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, }
County.
}
To the Auditor of the State of North Carolina:
We certify that we have carefully examined the application of
Caroline
D Murray
the widow of the late Calvin
Jeremiah Murray ,
who enlisted in Company
I ,
8th
Regiment,
North Carolina State Troops, for a pension under the provisions of an act entitled
"An Act
to amend chapter 198 of the Laws of 1889, for the relief of certain Confederate Soldiers
and Widows," ratified March 2,1901, and
the proofs filed in support thereof; that we are satisfied that the said
Caroline D Murry
is the widow of the late
Calvin Jeremiah Murry
who
enlisted in Company I
,
8th
Regiment of North Carolina State Troops, on or about the 16
day of Mar
186 1,
We certify the following allegations set forth in her application to be true, namely: That
she has never re-married; that she is, and has been for twelve months immediately
preceding this Application for Pension, a bona fide resident of North Carolina;
that she holds no office under the United States, or under any State or County, from which
she is receiving the sum of three hundred dollars as fees or as salary annually; that she
is not worth in her own right, or the right of her late husband; property
at its assessed value for taxation to the amount of five hundred dollars ($500). Nor has
she disposed of property of such value by
gift or voluntary conveyance since the 11th of March, 1885, and therefore her application
is correct and just under the act.
{Seal } S. H. Webb
Ch'mn Board Com'r
"
A. J. Albright
Commissioner.
"
J. G. Dialey
"
"
S.E. Tate
"
"
Jas. W. Somers
"
{IMPRESS COUNTY SEAL HERE}
"
L.B.
McAdams
Sheriff
{Seal} J D. Kernodle Clerk of Superior Court
Approved: W.M. Andrews
J. T. Roney ?
L. B. Holt
R. L. Walker
#58
County Advisory Board
WIDOW'S APPLICATION FOR PENSION
ACT OF
MARCH 2d 1901
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Mrs. Caroline D
Murry
Widow of Calvin
Jeremiah Murry
Company I
, 8th Regiment,
North Carolina State Troops
( Stamped )
APPROVED S. B. P. FOURTH CLASS
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Filed by board of Inquiry of Alamance
County, N.C . 1 day of
June
190 1
Nov. 25, 2000