William CAMPBELL
April 17, 1842 - Sept. 15, 1912
Widow's Pension Application
| It was from a piece of paper with the following
written on it that I first realized Buford was a Campbell Cousin!
William Campbell born 1842 died Sept. 15 1912
Children by 1st marriage:
Married Sarah Eudora WARBRITTON ROGERS on March 8, 1893
APPLICATION FOR WIDOWS PENSION Application for Widowís Indigent Pension Notice to Applicants: The Widow's Pension Law, passed by the Tennessee Legislature, provides for the widows of Soldiers only, and they must have been residents of State of Tennessee for three years if widow of Tennessee soldiers, if widows of soldiers of other states, ten years before making application. There is only one class of Widows pensionable. Widows must have married prior to 1900. To be eligible the applicant must have remained a widow after the death of her soldier husband, and must be indigent.
Married March 8, 1893..proof inside
NAME: Sarah E. Campbell
She Died 1935
QUESTIONS FOR APPLICANT State of Tennessee Madison County. Mrs Sarah Eudora Campbell of said State and County desiring to avail herself of the pension allowed to indigent Widows of Soldiers, under Act of General Assembly, approved April 1905, being Chapter 202 of the Acts of 1905; Chapter 103, Acts of 1907; Chapter 18, Acts of 1909; and Chapter 7, Acts of 1911, hereby submits her proofs, and after being duly sworn true answers to make to the following questions, deposes and answers as follows: 1. What is your full name and where do you
reside, give State, County and Post Office.
2. How long and since when have you been a
resident of this State?
3. When and where were you born and what was
your maiden name?
4. When and where was your husband born - state
his full name and where were you and he married, and who performed the
marriage ceremony? (attach certified copy of marriage licensee in every
case).
5. When and where and in Company and Regiment
did your husband enlist or serve during the War between the States?
Questions 6-9 are not answered. They are questions
about his service which were answered in # 5 above
10. Was your husband a pensioner or an applicant
for pension, under the laws of Tennessee?
11. Have you heretofore applied for a pension
to this State?
12. When and where did your husband die?
13. At the time of your husbandís death, were
you living with him as his lawful wife?
14. Have you married since the death of your
soldier husband?
15. How many children did you have by your
said husband? Give sex and age at this time.
16. What property, real or personal, or income
do you have or possess, and its gross value?
17. What property, real or personal,
did you possess at death of husband or did he leave you, and what disposition,
if any, by sale or gift, have you made of the same?
18. Have you a family? If so, who
composes such family? Give their means of support. Have they any lands
or other property.
19. Name some friend, giving his name and postoffice
address, who will be willing to have us write to him about your case,
if necessary.
Signed by Sarah Eudora Campbell Sworn to and subscribed before me this 3 day
of Dec 1929 - A. M. Young, Clerk of Madison County.
Questions for Witnesses cover the above info. They were J. M. Nesbitt and G. W. Johnson. Everything sworn before Notary Public, G. M. Blair, on 28 November 1929. The following certificate of the County Trustee must be filled out whether the applicant owns any taxable property or not. I J. T. Hester, Trustee of Carroll County,
Tennessee, hereby certify that the property assessed on the tax books of
this county to A. C. Rogers (heirs) in which Eudora Campbell owns only
life interest, the widow of William Campbell. 75 acres; $350 Valuation.
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