WIDOW'S CLAIM FOR PENSION.
Mrs. Esperan Sykes wife of Wm. P. Sykes
OF Alamance COUNTY
from the Archives in Raleigh, NC
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,}
COUNTY OF Alamance }
On this 7 day of July A. D. 190 2 ,
personally appeared before me,
J. d. Kernodle , C. S. C., in and for the
State and County aforesaid,
Mrs. Esperan Sykes
, age 70 , 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 198 of the Laws of 1889, for the relief of certain Confederate Soldiers and
Widows," ratified March 2, 1901; that she is the widow of the late
Wm P Sykes
who enlisted in Co. G , 44th Reg. N. C.
State Troops, on or about the 6th day of
March
, 1861 , 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
April, 1865, and she has never re-married;
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.
Sworn and subscribed before me, this 7th }
her
day of July , 190 2 }
Esperan x A. Sykes
J. d. Kernodle }
mark
Signature of C.S.C. }
Signature of Applicant
PHYSICIAN'S CERTIFICATE
Also personally appeared before me R.
A. Freeman , who
resides at Burlington
post-office, and
standing, whom I know to be respectable and entitled to credit, and being by me duly
sworn, say that
acquainted with
Mrs.
E. A. Sykes ,
the widow of the late
W.
P.
Sykes ,
of Co. G 44
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 7th }
day of July , 190 2
} R.
A. Freeman
J. D. Kernodle
}
Signature of Physician…
Signature of C.S.C.
}
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
Esperan Sykes
the widow of the
late Wm
P Sykes
, who enlisted in
Company G
,
forty fourth Regiment,
North Carolina State Troops, for a pension under the provisions of an act entitled
"An Act
to amend chapter 198 of the Laws of 1889, for the relief of certain Confederate Soldiers
and Widows," ratified March 2,1901, and
the proofs filed in support thereof; that we are satisfied that the
said Esperan Sykes
is the widow of the
late
Wm. P. Sykes who
enlisted in Company G ,
44th
Regiment of North Carolina State Troops, on or about the
6th
day of March
186 1,
We certify the following allegations set forth in her application to be true, namely: That
she has never re-married; 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.
{Seal } T. H. Webb
Ch'mn Board Com'r
"
A. J. Albright
Commissioner.
"
J. G. Dialey
"
"
S. E. Tate
"
{IMPRESS COUNTY SEAL HERE}
"
Jas. W. Somers
"
"
L. B. McAdams
Sheriff
{Seal} J. D. Kernodle
Clerk of Superior Court
Approved: E. S. Parker by @@ Thompson Proxy
L. Banks Holt
? Anderson
R. L. Walker
County Advisory Board.
WIDOWS CLAIM FOR PENSION
ACT OF MARCH 2nd 1901
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Mrs. Esperan Sykes
Widow of Wm P Sykes
Company G , 44th Regiment,
North Carolina State Troops
70
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APPROVED S. B. P. FOURTH CLASS
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Filed by board of Inquiry of Alamance
County, N.C. 7 day of July
190 2
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