WIDOW'S CLAIM FOR PENSION
ELIZA MURRAY wife of WILLIAM MURRAY
OF FRANKLIN COUNTY
from the Archives in Raleigh, NC
State
Of North Carolina,}
County of Franklin }
On this 16th day
of June A. D. 1885,
personally appeared before
me, W.H.A. Harris , C. S. C., in and for the
State and County
aforesaid, Eliza Murray
,
age 44
, years, and a resident at
Louisburg
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 Wm
Murray who enlisted in Co.
K , 24 Reg.
N. C. State Troops, on or about the. 27 day of
July , 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 24 day of
June ,
1864 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 16th
day of June
, 1885.
her
W H A Harris
Eliza x Murray
Signature of C.S. C.
mark
Also, personally appeared before me, Bryant
Freeman ,who resides at
Louisburg 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
Eliza Murray
,the widow of the late
William Murray
of Company K , 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 16th
day of June , 1885
W H A Harris
his
Signature of C.S. C.
Bryant x Freeman
mark
Signature of Witness
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, }
Franklin County.
}
To the Auditor of the State of North Carolina:
We certify that we have carefully examined the
application of Eliza Murray
the widow of the late Wm Murray , who enlisted in Company
K
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 Eliza
Murray
_______________ is the widow of the late Wm
Murray
who enlisted in Company K , 24
Reg. N.C. State Troops, on or about the 27 day of
July 186 1 , and who lost his life in
consequences of a wound received in battle on
or about the 24 day of June
186 4 , that she is now a bona fide resident of the
County of Franklin 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}
C A Nash
Ch'mn Board Com'rs.
W P Bridges
Commissioner.
G. L. Collie?
"
(IMPRESS COUNTY SEAL HERE)
S J Crudus?
"
J S Joyner
"
H C Kinny ?
Sheriff.
{Seal} W H A Harris
Clerk Superior Court.
1986
WIDOWS CLAIM FOR PENSION
ACT OF MARCH 11th 1885
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Mrs. Eliza Murray
Widow of Wm Murray
Company K , 24th Regiment, North
Carolina State Troops
Held: for further proof
as to identity - Wm
Murray's name not
on muster roll. In
which battle was he
wounded when ????
was did he die?
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Filed by board of Inquiry of Franklin
County, N.C. 25 day of July
1885.
Approved
(Hand Written letter)
North Carolina
Franklin County
Personally Appeared before me
W H A Harris, Clerk of the Superior Court, for said
County , Joseph Moy a person whom I know to be
respectable and entitled to Credit, and being sworn by
me says William S Murray husband of Eliza Murray
of Company K - 24th Regiment of North Carolina
State Troops was killed near Petersburg in State of
Virginia in fight, as He saw him lying dead
on the field after the Battle was over.
his
Joseph x Moy
mark
Sworn to and subscribed to before
me this 7th day of September 1885
W H A Harris
CSC
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