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
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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
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Sarah F. x
Sykes
J. D. Kernodle
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Signature of Applicant
Signature of C.S.C.
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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
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Henry C. x Batchelor
J. D. Kernodle
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Signature of C.S.C.
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Geo. E. Holt, Sr.
Signature of Witnesses.
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, }
Alamance
County.
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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 F , 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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