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Application for Confederate Pension
Refugio County
Helen M. Hughes, widow of Charles Hughes
The following
information was abstracted from a copy of the original
Confederate Pension Application File available at Barnhart Library, Beeville, Texas. There were several documents
attached to the Application. I have abstracted information from all documents.
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Application
#R3588
Dated 1st of August 1899
Rejected 21st September 1899
(This application was refiled and the information from that
application is on a separate page on this site.)
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Helen M. Hughes, 66 years old
11 years residence in the County of Refugio and current post
office was at Rockport, Aransas Co., Texas
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Date of Marriage: 20th June 1867
Death of Charles Hughes: 24th June 1887
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Physical Condition of Mrs. Hughes:
bad
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Charles Hughes served in
Captain Borden's Co. D, Buchell Regiment
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Affidavit of Witnesses
Dated 14th August 1899
B.M. Sheldon, Aransas County Judge
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R.H. Wood, S. Phillips
and P.H. Terry made sworn statements.
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Certificate of County
Commissioners
Commissioners: Jno. A.C.
Parlee, Henry Thompson, Geo. A. Brundrett and J.B. Fapery (??)
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Homestead Value: $500
2 Lots in town is homestead on tax rolls.
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