WIDOW'S CLAIM FOR PENSION
JANE TART wife of NATHAN TART
OF JOHNSTON COUNTY
from the Archives in Raleigh, NC
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,}
COUNTY OF Johnston
}
On this 20 day of
July A. D. 19 08 , personally appeared before me,
W. S. Stevens
,
C. S. C., in and for the State and County aforesaid,
Jane Tart
, age 67
,years, and a resident at
Benson Rtd #2, 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 332 of the Laws of 1901, for the relief of certain
Confererate Soldiers, Sailors
and Widows," ratified March 21, 1903; that she is the widow of the late
Nathan Tart
who enlisted in Co.
E ,
24 Reg.
N. C. State Troops,
on or about the. day of 24
day of May
, 186 3 ,
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 that she is now a widow, 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.
The applicant has no property,
and has
to live with her children and
she is
not able to do but little labor
Her husband died during the war
in the woods
Sworn and subscribed before me, this 20 }
her
day of July , 190 8
}
Jane x Tart
W. S.
Stevens
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mark
Signature of C.S.C. }
Signature of Applicant
CERTIFICATE OF WITNESS
Also personally appeared before me
Jno W. McLam
, who
resides at Dunn, Rt. D
post-office, and N.G. Rog?????
who resides at Benson RT D2
post-office, in said County and State, whom I know to
be respectable and entitled to credit, and being by me duly sworn, say
that they are
acquainted with Jane Tart
, the widow of the late
Nathan Tart
, of Co.
E ,
24
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 he has no interest, direct or indirect, in this claim.
Sworn and subscribed before me, this 20 }
day of July , 190 8
}
Jno W. McLam
W. S. Stevens
}
M. G. Rognay?????
Signature of C.S.C.
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Signature of Witnesses..
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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, }
County.
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To the Auditor of the State of North Carolina:
We certify that we have carefully examined the application of
the widow of the late
,
who enlisted in Company
,
Regiment,
North Carolina State Troops, for a pension under the provisions of an act
entitled "An Act to amend chapter 332 of the Laws of 1901, for the relief of certain
Confederate
Soldiers and Widows," ratified March 2,1903, and the proofs filed in support thereof;
that we are
satisfied that the said
is a widow of the late
who
enlisted in Company
_________ Regiment North Carolina State Troops, on or about the
day of
186 . We certify the following allegations set forth in
her application to be true, namely: That
she is now a widow; that she is, and has been for twelve months immediately
preceding this Appli-
cation 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.
Clerk Superior Court
{IMPRESS COUNTY SEAL HERE}
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Approved:
________________
County Pension Board
(hand written - unable to read rest)
DISAPPROVED
JOHNSTON,
WIDOW'S APPLICATION FOR PENSION
ACT OF MARCH 2, 1903
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Mrs. Jane Tart
Widow of Nathan Tart
Company E , 24
Regiment,
North Carolina State Troops
This application was
rejected by the board
upon the grounds that
the husband deserted.
(Stamped)
DISALLOWED, S.D.P.
JOHNSTON,
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Filed by board of Pensions of
County, N.C.
__________ day of _______190…
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