WIDOW'S CLAIM FOR PENSION
SARAH F. SYKES wife of JOHN G. SYKES
OF ALAMANCE COUNTY, N.C.
from the Archives in Raleigh, NC

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA.  }
COUNTY OF   Alamance                   }
On this   3rd   day of    July                   A. D. 19 11 , personally appeared before me,
  J. D. Kernodle                                 , C. S. C., in and for the State and County aforesaid,
 Sarah F. Sykes                                   , age   64    ,years, and a resident at
 Burlington                    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 674 of the Laws of 1907, for the relief of certain Confederate Soldiers, Sailors and Widows,"  ratified
March 8, 1909; that she is the widow of the late               John G. Sykes                                              
who enlisted in Co.   F   ,       6th              Regiment North Carolina State Troops,
on or about the                         day of          June                   , 186 1 , 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, 1868, and that she is now a widow, and has been for twelve months immediately preceding this Appli-
cation 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 her husband, who was on the                       
  pensions roll of Alamance                               
  Co., died Oct 27,
  1910                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                

Sworn and subscribed before me, this 3ed  }                                          her                         
day of July , 19 11                                     }                            Sarah F.  x    Sykes 
  J. D. Kernodle                                          }                                         mark     Signature of Applicant
Signature of C.S.C.                                      }                                                                             
              

CERTIFIED OF WITNESSES


       Also personally appeared before me                                      Henry C. Batchelor                , who
resides at     Altamahaw, N.C.                 post-office, and    Geo. e. Holt, Sr.                                         
who resides at         Mebane                                           post-office, in said County and State,
whom I know to be respectable and entitled to credit, and being by me duly sworn, say  that 
are acquainted with                  Sarah F. Sykes                                          , the widow of the late
          John G. Sykes                            , of Co.             F        6th                                               
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 3rd  }                                                   his
day of     July   , 19 11                                     }                                       Henry C.  x Batchelor 
    J. D. Kernodle                                            }                                                 mark
  Signature of C.S.C.                                   }                                                Geo. E. Holt, Sr.                                       
                                                                                                                                        Signature of Witnesses.
                        

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, }
           Alamance   County.                    }

To the Auditor of the State of North Carolina:

     We certify that we have carefully examined the application of        Sarah F. Sykes               
the widow of the late                     John G. Sykes                                                                     
who  enlisted in Company         F     6th     Regiment, North Carolina State Troops, for a pension under
the provisions of an act entitled "An Act to amend chapter 674 of the Laws of 1907, for the relief of certain Con-
federate Soldiers, Sailors, and Widows," ratified March 8,1909, and the proofs filed in support thereof; that we are
satisfied that the said        Sarah F. Sykes                                                       is the widow of the late   
      John G. Sykes                                              who enlisted in Company        F                  ,
  6th                 Regiment of North Carolina State Troops, on or about the                  day of   June                 
186 1  . 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 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.

                                                                                              J. d. Kernodle           
                                                                                                         Clerk Superior Court.

{IMPRESS COUNTY SEAL HERE}      

       Approved:        ????????????????? 
                         W. M. Andrews
                        J. H. Watson      
                                 County Pension Board
                                                                

         ALAMANCE
WIDOW'S APPLICATION FOR PENSION
      Act of March 8, 1909
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Mrs.   Sarah F. Sykes          
Widow of John G. Sykes   
Company , 6th   Regiment,
North Carolina State Troops

(stamped)
APPROVED FOURTH CLASS
    
  

 

       ALAMANCE
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Filed by Board of Pensions of
  Alamance       County, N.C. 
    3ed    day of    July      19 11



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