WIDOW'S CLAIM FOR PENSION
KITSY TART wife of W. B. TART, SR.
OF JOHNSTON COUNTY, N.C.
from the Archives in Raleigh, NC
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,}
COUNTY OF Johnston
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On this 5th day of July
A. D. 192 3 , personally appeared before me,
R. P. Parler.
J.P.
, C. S. C., in and for the
State and County aforesaid,
Kitsy
Tart
, age 79
,years, and a resident at
Rt. D. # 2 Benson
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 and consolidate the pension laws of the State of North Carolina,"
ratified March 8, 1921; that she
is the widow of the late W.
B. Tart, Sr.
who enlisted in Co. E , 24 th
Regiment North Carolina State Troops,
on or about the 1st
day of March
, 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
January, 1880;
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 receiv-
ing 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 two thousand dollars ($2,000), nor has she disposed of property
of such value by gift
or voluntary conveyance since the 11th of March, 1885.
And that she is not now receiving any aid from the State of North
Carolina or under an other stature pro-
viding for the relief of the maimed and blind soldiers of this or any other State.
The
applicant Kitsey Tart conditions is
such that she can not be off of
her
bed and have not been able to
be up
for 3 or 4 months and is not
able to
go before the County Pension
board.
Sworn and subscribed before me, this 5 }
her
day of July , 192 3
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Kitsey X Tart
R. P. Parker , J. P.
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mark
Signature of Applicant
Signature of C.S.C. }
CERTIFIED OF WITNESSES
Also personally appeared before me D.
L. Peacock
, who
resides at Benson # 2 N.C.
postoffice, and Braddy Johnson
who resides at Benson # 2 N. C.
postoffice, in said County and State,
whom I know to be respectable and entitled to credit, and being by me duly sworn,
say that are acquainted
with Kitsey
Tart
,
the widow of the late
W. B. Tart, Sr.
,
of Co. E 24
Regiment North Carolina State Troops, and that they believe her to be the
identical person she represents her-
self 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 5 }
day of July , 192 3
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D. L. Peacock
R. P. Parker, J. P.
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Braddy Johnson
Signature of C.S.C.
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Signature of Witnesses.
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, }
Johnston
County.
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To the Auditor of the State of North Carolina:
We certify that we have carefully examined the application of
Kitsey
Tart
the widow of the late
W. B. Tart,
Sr.
,
who enlisted in Company E
, 24 Regiment, North Carolina State Troops,
for a pension
under the provisions of an act entitled "An Act to amend and consolidate the pension
laws of the State of North
Carolina, for the relief of certain Confederate Soldiers, Sailors, and Widows,"
ratified March 8,1921,
and the proofs filed in support thereof; that we are satisfied that the said
Kitsey Tart
is the widow of the late W.
B. Tart, Sr.
who
enlisted in Company
E , 24
Regiment of North Carolina State Troops, on or about the
1 day of March
186 3 . 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
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 two thousand dollars ($2,000), nor has she disposed of property of
such value by gift or vol-
untary conveyance since the 11th of March, 1885, and therefore her application is correct
and just under
the act.
Ed. F. Ward
Clerk Superior Court.
{IMPRESS COUNTY SEAL HERE}
Approved:
I A T Jones ?
W. G. Narrow
J. T. Barham
County Pension Board
WIDOW'S
APPLICATION FOR PENSION
Act of March 8, 1921, and S.S., 1921
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Mrs. Kitsey Tart
Widow of W. B. Tart, Sr.
Company E , 24 Regiment,
North Carolina State Troops
(stamped)
APPROVED
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Filed by Board of Pensions of
Johnston County,
N.C.
day of
192__
Hand written letter attached.
North Carolina Johnston County
Meadow Township
W. B. Tart Sr. as he was a confedrate
Soldier of the confeterate war
Died July 1, 1922.
His widow Kitsey Tart are 79 years
old applies to the Johnston County
Pension board for Pension.
Her conditions is such that She
is not able to go before te board
has been confined to her bed for
nearly 4 months and part of the
time is almost helpless as a baby.
Signed Ira W. Tart
Subscribed an Sworn to before
me this 30th June 1923
R. P. Parker, J.P.
To the C.S.C. as for the above affidavit
I with my own knowledge know
it to be true and I think She is
worthy of a pension as I live less
than 1 mile away.
R.P. Parker, J.P.
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