WIDOW'S CLAIM FOR PENSION
ELIZABETH WEBSTER wife of CHAS. F. WEBSTER
OF ALAMANCE COUNTY, N.C.
from the Archives in Raleigh, NC
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,}
COUNTY OF
}
On this 5th day of July
A. D. 192 6 , personally appeared before me,
, C. S. C., in and for the State and County
aforesaid,
Annie G. Webster (For Mrs. Elizabeth Webster)
, age 80
,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 and consolidate the pension laws of the State of North Carolina,"
ratified March 8, 1921; that she
is the widow of the late Chas
F. Webster
who enlisted in Co. G , 8 South Carolina
Reg. North South Carolina State
Troops,
on or about the
13
day of April
, 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 98;
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 any aid from the State of North
Carolina or under an other stature pro-
viding for the relief of the maimed and blind soldiers of this or any other State.
Sworn and subscribed before me, this 5 }
day of June , 192 6 }
Mrs. Elizabeth
Webster
Eli Murray
}
(by
Annie G. Webster) Signature of Applicant
Signature of C.S.C. }
(Agent)
CERTIFIED OF WITNESSES
Also personally appeared before me D.
J. Walker
, who
resides at Burlington,
NC
post-office, and H.J. Stockard
who resides at Grobern (?) NC
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 Mrs.
Elizabeth Webster
,
the widow of the late
Chas. F.
Webster ,
of Co. G 8
S.C.
Regiment North South 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 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 5 }
day of June , 192 6
}
D. J. Walker
Eli Murray
}
H. J. Stockard
Signature of C.S.C.
}
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
Elizabeth.
Webster
the widow of the late
Chas. F. Webster
,
who enlisted in Company G.
8 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, Sailors, and Widows,"
ratified March 8,1921, and
the proofs filed in support thereof; that we are satisfied that the said Elizabeth
Webster
is the widow of the late Chas
F. Webster who
enlisted in Company
,
Regiment of North Carolina State Troops, on or about the
day of
186 . 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 ($2,000), 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.
Eli Murray
Clerk Superior Court.
{IMPRESS COUNTY SEAL HERE}
Approved: J.D.
Bason
H. C. ??????
R. M. Cook
County Pension Board
(Hand written on top of page)
Alamance co. 1926
WIDOW'S
APPLICATION FOR PENSION
Act of March 8, 1921, and S.S., 1921
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Mrs. Elizabeth
Webster
Widow of Chas F Webster
Company G , 8 Regiment, ---S.C.
North Carolina State Troops
(stamped)
APPROVED
1926
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Filed by Board of Pensions of
County, N.C.
day of
192__
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