Clay County AlArchives Military Records.....Horn, James October 10 1911
Civilwar - Pension Company F 30th Alabama Regiment
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Widow's Application
DECEASED PENSIONER'S

WIDOW'S APPLICATION

State of Arkansas,
County of Montgomery

I Catherine Horn do solemnly swear that I am the widow of J M Horn, who served 
as a soldier in the army (or sailor in the navy) of the Confederate States, his 
proof of service being now filed in the Auditor's office, at Little Rock, he 
having been allowed a pension under Act of the General Assembly, approved March 
11, 1901, while a resident of Caddo Gap Montgomery County Arkansas, that I am 
now, and for the past twelve months have been a bona fide resident of this 
state;  that I do not own property, real or personal, or both, or money or 
choses in action, in excess of the value of $400.00 (exclusive of household 
goods and wearing apparel), nor have I conveyed title to any property to enable 
me to draw a pension, and that I am not in receipt of any income, annuity, 
pension, or wages for any services, the emoluments of an office, in excess of 
$150.00 per year;  that my husband died on the 27th day of April 1910

and that I have since remarried, so help me God.

Signature Catherine Horn

Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 10 day of June 1911

A D Logan
County Judge

I L A Davis so solemnly swear that I am personally acquainted with Mrs. 
Catherine Horn and that she is a widow of J M Horn, deceased.

Signature L A Davis

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 10 day of June 1911

A D Logan
County Judge

Additional Comments:
This is Catherine's Widows application after the death of J M Horn in 1910.


PROOF OF SERVICE
For Original Applicates

PROOF OF SERVICE

and PROOF OF INDEGENCY

(by Comrades if Possible)

State of Arkansas
County of Montgomery

On this day personally came before the undersigned,a Justice of the Peace 
within and for the County of Montgomery and State of Arkansas M A Thomas and J 
W Campbell citizens of Montgomery County Arkansas whom I certify to be credible 
personsand worthy of confidence, who being duly sworn, state that they are 
each, personally, well acquainted with applicant J M Horn and have known him 
over forty five years, respectively.

That he was a Confederate soldier.  Belonging to Company F 30th Regiment of 
Alabama that as such soldier he served from April 1862 to about Jan 1865 that 
he was honorably discharged (paroled or released) from such service and did not 
desert the same.  That he is now and has been for the past twelve months a bona 
fide resident of Arkansas.  That he is incapacitated for manual labor by reason 
of old age and disease and that such incapacity (or disability) is not the 
result of his own vicious habits still persisted in.  That to the best of our 
knowledge all property now owned by him and his wife, together, is not worth 
exceeding $400 (exclusive of household goods and wearing apparel).  That 
neither he nor his wife is in receipt of any income, annuity, pension, or wages 
for any services or the emoluments of an office, in excess of $150 per year.  
That we have no interest in this claim

(signature) M A Thomas
(signature) J W Campbell (X Mark)

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 28th day of June 1909

A D Logan JP

Additional Comments:
This is James Horn's proof of service for his pension application

Pension Approval For Widow
STATE OF ARKANSAS

COUNTY OF MONTGOMERY

We, the undersigned, sitting as a Pension Board for Montgomery County, do 
hereby certify that we have examined the application of the within named 
Catherine Horn for pension, under Act of the General Assembly of the State of 
Arkansas, approved March 11, 1901, and the proof in support of same, and find 
thatsaid applicant is the widow of a Confederate soldier is in indigent 
circumstances, and that her claim is just, and that she should be allow $100 
pension.

(signature) C J Watkins
(signature) R E Jackson
(signature) L E Whittington


Additional Comments:
This is the approval of Catherine Horn's application for pension showing that 
she received $100 after the death of James.
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