Widow's Claim for Pension  1901 -  Caroline D Murray

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.   , 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.                           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                      ,
        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   ,
       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                 ,   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




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