WIDOW'S CLAIM FOR PENSION
MARY E. WEBSTER wife of CHAS. L. WEBSTER
from PERSON COUNTY
from the Archives in Raleigh, NC
State OF North Carolina,}
County of Person }
On this 5th day
of July A.
D. 1885, personally appeared before
me, Jm C Pass
, C. S.
C., in and for the State and County
aforesaid, Mary E. Webster , age
40 , years, and
a resident at
Ceffo?
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 for the
relief of certain soldiers in the late war between the States," ratified March 11th,
1885 that she is the widow of
the late Chas. L. Webster
who enlisted in Co. A
, 24 Reg.
N. C. State Troops, on or about the. 5 day of May
, 186 1
, to serve in
the armies of the late Confederate States, and that while in performance of duty in said
Company and Regiment,
in the State of Virginia
on or about the 1st
day of April
,
186 4 he received a wound or wounds which terminated his life.
She further states that she holds no office in the United States,
State or County, from which she is receiving
the sum of three hundred dollars in fees or as a salary, 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), and that
she has never remarried.
Sworn and subscribed to before me, this 26th
day of July ,
1885.
her
Jm C Pass
Mary E. x
Webster
Signature of C.S. C.
mark
Also, personally appeared before me, A.
J. Hester ,who
resides at
Winstead
post-office, in said County and State, a person whom I know to be respectable
and entitled to credit, and being by me duly sworn, says that he is acquainted with Mary
E.
Webster
, the widow of the late Chas. L.
Webster
of Company A ,
24 Regiment,
North Carolina State Troops, and that he believes 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
his knowledge and belief, and that he has no interest direct or indirect in this
claim.
Sworn and subscribed to before me, this 6th
day of July
, 1885
Jm C
Pass
A. J.
Hester
Signature of C.S. C.
Signature of Witness
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, }
Person County. }
To the Auditor of the State of North Carolina:
We certify that we have carefully examined the
application of Mary E.
Webster
the widow of the late Chas. L.
Webster
, who enlisted in Company A
,
24
Regiment, North Carolina State Troops, for a pension under the provisions of an act
entitled "An
Act for the relief of certain soldiers in the late War Between the States," ratified
the 11th day of March, A.D.
1885, and the proofs filed in support thereof; that we are satisfied that the said
Mary
E.
Webster
is the widow of the late Chas. L.
Webster
who enlisted in Company A ,
24 Reg.
N.C. State Troops, on or about the 5th
day of
May
186 1 , and who lost his life in consequences of a wound
received in battle on
or about the 1st
day of April
186 4 , that she is now a bona fide
resident of the
County of Person in this State;
that she does not own either in her own
right or in the right of her late husband, property of the assessed value of five hundred
dollars; that she is not
in the receipt of a salary or fees arising from any office in the County, State or Nation,
to the amount of $300
annually, and that she has never remarried, and therefore her application is correct under
the act.
{Seal}
W.L.
Noell
Ch'mn Board Com'rs.
D.W.K. Redmond?
Commissioner.
L. U. Street
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(IMPRESS COUNTY SEAL HERE)
"
"
C. G. Mitchell
Sheriff.
{Seal} Jm. C
Pass
Clerk Superior Court.
No. 2263
WIDOWS CLAIM FOR PENSION
ACT OF MARCH 11th 1885
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Mrs. Mary E.
Webster
Widow of Chas. L. Webster
Company A , 24
Regiment, North
Carolina State Troops
Need ?frm fnee? in proof
as to cause of death &
was he killed in
battle or did he die
of wounds s In what
battle was he shot
& when and where did
he die s
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Filed by board of Inquiry of Person
County, N.C. 29 day
of July
1885.
Approved
North Carolina }
Person County }
Mary E. Webster, widow of Chas.
L. Webster, being duly sworn according to
law says: That her husband was a
member of co. a. 24th N.C. Regt: That
she has always ^ has been told and was at the
time, told
that her husband was killed in a
fight near Petersburg, Va.: That soon
after the fight she was informed
that he was killed, and that this
is all she has ever known about
it.
her
Mary x E. Webster
mark
Subscribed & Sworn to before
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me on the 14th day of Nov. 1885 }
Jm C Pass
}
Clerk Sup Court
}
of Person County
}
North Carolina }
Person County }
J. W. Moore being duly sworn says
that he was a member of Co. A. 24th N.C. Regiment :
That Chas L. Webster was a member also of same com-
pany: That he was in a battle or Skirmish near Peters-
burg, Va. he doesn't remember the date, and that said
Webster went into the fight with him and was killed.
That he saw him go into the fight and saw him du-
ring the fight, but didn't see him killed: That he nev-
er saw him afterward, but did hear several of his
comrades of same Company say he was killed, and
that they saw him killed - And that he has no
interest in his pension claim..
J. W. Moore
Subscribed & sworn to before }
me on this 14th day of Nov. 1885 }
Jm.C. Pass
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North Carolina }
Person County }
Buckley Walker being duly
sworn according to law, says that he
was a member of Co. D. 24th Reg. N.C.
Troops: That he knew Chas L. Webster
of Co. A. said Regiment: that said
Webster was killed, of his own knowledge,
at Bermuda Hundred, in a skirmish;
That he saw said Webster after he
was killed soon thereafter..
Subscribed & sworn to
before me on this 16th
day of Nov. 1885 }
Jm.C. Pass
Clerk Sup Court
of Person County
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