WIDOW'S CLAIM FOR PENSION
Mrs. Mary A.  MURRAY wife of JAMES F. MURRAY
OF ALAMANCE  COUNTY
from the Archives in Raleigh, NC
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  State Of North Carolina,}
         County of Alamance  }
    On this   2      day of   June        A. D. 1885, personally appeared before
me,        A. Tate                           , C. S. C., in and for the State and County
aforesaid,      Mrs. Mary A.  Murray               , age       45        ,  years, and a resident at
Union Ridge              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         James F.   Murray           who enlisted in Co.    I     ,   57   Reg. 
N. C. State Troops, on or about the.    4  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     13     day of      December    ,
186 2 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   2      day of    June       , 1885.
                                                                                                          her
        A. Tate                                                                      Mrs. Mary A.  x Murray   
            Signature of C.S. C.                                                              mark

     Also, personally appeared before me,    E. C. Murray            ,who resides at
 Pleasant Grove       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   Mrs. Mary
A.  Murray                    ,the widow of the late          Jas F.  Murray                                         
of Company I  ,    8       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   2   day of   June    , 1885
  A. Tate                                                                                            
Signature of C.S. C.                                                               E. C. Murray   
                                                                                                     Signature of Witness
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   Mrs. Mary A.  Murray
the widow of the late  James F. Murray , who enlisted in Company   I
  57     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 Mrs. Mary A. 
Murray                                  is the widow of the late     James F. Murray                                   
who enlisted in Company   I     ,   57       Reg. N.C. State Troops, on or about the   4    day of
  July  186 2 , and who lost his life in consequences of a wound received in battle on
or about the 13      day of   Dec     186 2 , that she is now a bona fide resident of the
County of      Alamance   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}                             Wm Stafford                Chm'n Board Com'rs.
                                                                          E C Murray                  Commissioner.
                                                                          Thos C Foust                       "
(IMPRESS COUNTY SEAL HERE)                                W J Stockard                     "
                                                                                                                          "
                                                                              Jas T Hunter                     Sheriff.
    {Seal} A. Tate               Clerk Superior Court.
 
No. 828 

WIDOWS CLAIM FOR PENSION
ACT OF MARCH 11th 1885
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Mrs.   Mrs. Mary A.  Murray 
Widow of Jas F^. Murray  
Company I ,   37  Regiment,   North
Carolina State Troops


Approved


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Filed by board of Inquiry of Alamance  
County, N.C.   16  day of July
1885.

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