WIDOW'S CLAIM FOR PENSION
WINNIFRED TART wife of WESTBROOK TART
OF HARNETT COUNTY
from the Archives in Raleigh, NC
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,}
COUNTY OF Harnett }
On this 17 day of June A. D. 1901,
personally appeared before me,
W.A. Stuart N.P. , C. S. C., in
and for the State and County aforesaid,
Winniford Tart
, age 67 ,years,
and a resident at
Dunn 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
Westbrook Tart
who enlisted in Co. "B" , 10th Reg. N. C. State
Troops, on or about the. day of
, 186 , 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.
That She is now old and unable to earn a
Support for herself.
Sworn and subscribed before me, this 17 }
her
day of June , 1901 }
Winniford x Tart
W.A. Stuart }
mark
Signature
of Applicant
Signature of C.S.C. }
N.P.
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PHYSICIAN'S CERTIFICATE
Also personally appeared before me Chas
Highsmith , who
resides at Dunn
post-office,
and
physician – in good
who resides at ________________________ post-office, in said County and State,
standing, whom I know to be respectable and entitled to credit, and being by me duly
sworn, say that
acquainted with
Winniford
Tart ,
the widow of the late
Westbrook
Tart ,
of Co. B 10
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 17th }
day of June , 1901
} Chas
HighSmith
W.A. Stuart N.P.
}
Signature of Physician…
Signature of C.S.C.
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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, }
Harnett
County.
}
To the Auditor of the State of North Carolina:
We certify that we have carefully examined the application of
Winneford Tart
the widow of the
late Westbrook
Tart
, who enlisted in
Company B
,
10 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 Winneford Tart
is the widow of the
late Westbrook
Tart who
enlisted in Company B ,
10
Regiment of 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 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 } C A ??
Ch'mn Board Com'r
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N A Smith
Commissioner.
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T A Harry
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A Salmis?
Sheriff
{Seal} J A Wichers
Clerk of Superior Court
Approved: J. Alnum ??????
W. F. Marsh
WIDOWS CLAIM FOR PENSION
ACT OF MARCH 2nd 1901
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Mrs. Winneford Tart
Widow of Westbrook Tart
Company B , 10 Regiment,
North Carolina State Troops
67
(has a big check mark through it.)
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Filed by board of Inquiry of
County, N.C. day of
190…
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