WIDOW'S CLAIM FOR PENSION
PHOEBIE TART wife of THOMAS R. TART
OF JOHNSTON COUNTY
from the Archives in Raleigh, NC
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,}
COUNTY OF Johnston
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On this 25th day of
June A. D. 1923, personally appeared before me,
Ed F Ward
,
C. S. C., in and for the State and County aforesaid,
Phoebie Tart
, age 68
,years, and a resident at
Benson Rtd #2, 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 and consolidate the pension laws of the Sate of North Carolina ,"
ratified March 8, 1921; that she
is the widow of the late
Thos R Tart
who enlisted in Co. H
,
20th
Regiment,. North Carolina State Troops,
on or about the. day of 14
day of
April , 186 2
, 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 January, 1880;
That she is now a widow, 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 receiv-
ing 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 two thousand dollars ($2,000), nor has she disposed of
property of such value by gift
or voluntary conveyance since the 11th of March, 1885.
And that she is not now receiving and aid from the State of North
Carolina or under any other statute pro-
viding for the relief of the maimed and blind soldiers of this or any other state.
Sworn and subscribed before me, this 25th
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her
day of June , 192 3
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Phoebie x Tart
Ed F Ward
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mark
Signature of C.S.C. }
Signature of Applicant
CERTIFICATE OF WITNESS
Also personally appeared before me
G W Jones
, who
resides at Benson, N.
C.
postoffice, and Amelia F. Tart
who resides at Benson,
N. C. postoffice, in said County and
State,
whom I know to be respectable and entitled to credit, and being by me duly sworn,
say they are acquainted
with Phoebie Tart
, the widow of the late
Thos. R. Tart
, of Co.
H ,
20th
Regiment, North Carolina State Troops, and that they believe her to be the identical
person she represents her-
self to be, and that the facts set forth in this affidavit are correct, to the best
of their knowledge and belief, and
that he has no interest, direct or indirect, in this claim.
Sworn and subscribed before me, this 25
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day of June , 19 23
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G. W. Jones
Ed. F. Ward
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Wesley F Tart
Signature of C.S.C.
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Signature of Witnesses..
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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, }
Johnston
County.
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To the Auditor of the State of North Carolina:
We certify that we have carefully examined the application of
Phoebie Tart
the widow of the late Thos R Tart
who enlisted in Company
H
, 20 Regiment,
North Carolina State Troops, for a pension
under the provisions of an act entitled "An Act to amend and consolidate the pension
laws of the State of
North Carolina, for the relief of certain Confederate Soldiers and Widows," ratified
March 8,1921,
and the proofs filed in support thereof; that we are satisfied that the
said
Phoebie Tart
is the widow of the late Thos R
Tart
who
enlisted in Company
H , 20
Regiment, North Carolina State Troops, on or about the 24
day of April
186 2 . We certify the following allegations set forth in her
application to be true, namely: That she is now
a widow; 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 two thousand dollars ($2000), nor has she disposed of property of such
value by gift or vol-
untary conveyance since the 11th of March, 1885, and therefore her application is correct
and just under
the act.
Ed F. Ward
Clerk Superior Court
{IMPRESS COUNTY SEAL HERE}
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Approved:
J. A. T. Jones
W. G. Warren
J T Barham
County Pension Board
WIDOW'S
APPLICATION FOR PENSION
ACT OF MARCH 8, 1921 and S.S., 1921
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Mrs. Phoebie Tart
Widow of Thos R Tart
Company H , 20
Regiment,
North Carolina State Troops
(Stamped)
Approved, Fourth Class
Benson
RTD #
2
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Filed by board of Inquiry of
Johnston
County, N.C.
__________ day of _______192…
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