WIDOW'S CLAIM FOR PENSION.
MARY C. WEBSTER wife of HENRY L. WEBSTER
from CHATHAM COUNTY
from the Archives in Raleigh, NC
State OF North Carolina,}
County of Chatham }
On this 25th day
of June A.
D. 1885, personally appeared before
me, Wm, F. Foushee , C.
S. C., in and for the State and County
aforesaid, Mary C. Webster , age
57 , years, and
a resident at
Merry Oaks
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 Henry L. Webster
who enlisted in Co. A
, 5th
Reg.
N. C. State Troops, on or about the. 15th day
of July
, 186 2
, 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 July
,
1863 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 25th
day of June ,
1885.
her
Wm. F. Foushee
Mary C. x
Webster
Signature of C.S. C.
mark
Also, personally appeared before me, J.
M. Farrell ,who
resides at
Merry
Oaks 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
C.
Webster
, the widow of the late Henry L.
Webster
of Company A , 5th
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 25th
day of June
, 1885
Wm. F.
Foushee
J?
Howell
Signature of C.S. C.
Signature of Witness
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, }
Chatham County.
}
To the Auditor of the State of North Carolina:
We certify that we have carefully examined the
application of Mary C.
Webster
the widow of the late Henry L.
Webster
, who enlisted in Company A
,
5th
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
C.
Webster
is the widow of the late Henry
L.
Webster
who enlisted in Company A ,
5 Reg. N.C.
State Troops, on or about the 15th
day of
July
186 2 , and who lost his life in consequences of a wound
received in battle on
or about the 5th
day of July
186 3 , that she is now a bona fide resident of
the
County of Chatham 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.R.
Scott
Ch'mn Board Com'rs.
W.H. Hatch
Commissioner.
L?.A. Pugh
"
(IMPRESS COUNTY SEAL HERE)
"
"
S. W. Brewer
Sheriff.
{Seal} Wm. F.
Foushee
Clerk Superior Court.
No. 2795
WIDOWS CLAIM FOR PENSION
ACT OF MARCH 11th 1885
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Mrs. Mary C.
Webster
Widow of Henry L. Webster
Company A , 5th
Regiment, North
Carolina State Troops
Approved
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Filed by board of Inquiry of Chatham
County, N.C. 5 day
of August
1885.
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