Lowndes-Butler County AlArchives Military Records.....Harris, Polly April 19, 1902
Civilwar - Pension 1st Alabama Batalion Company B
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Widows Pension Application For John Harris
APPLICATION OF WIDOWS OF DECEASED SOLIDERS OR SAILORS OF THE ARMIES OF THE
CONFEDERATE
STATES OR THE STATE OF ALABAMA

STATE OF ALABAMA
Lowndes County  }
To the Honorable Board of Examiners of said County:
  Your petitioner, Pollie Harris, respectfully represents to your
Honorable Board, that she is a citizn of Lowndes County, in the State of
Alabama, and was such on the 1st day of January 1899. That she is the widow of
John Harris, who served as a private in company B of the 1st batalion Volunteers;
That ger husband was killed;
or died, on the 6 day of February, 1887; That he did not desert the service of
the State of Alabama, nor the Confederate States; That she has not since remarried;
and that
she has no children upon whom she can depend for support; That all her property does
not
exceed four hundred dollars in value, and that her annual income from all sources
does not ex-
ceed four hundred dollars.  She therefore respectfully asks your honorable board to
place
her name upon the pension rolls of the State as a member of the fourth class, that
she may
participate in the division of the fund provided for the relief of needy Confederate
soldiers
and sailors, and their widows, by an act of the General Assembly of Alabama,
approved Feb-
ruary 10 1899.
    Respectfully, 
     pollie Harris (signature)

Affidavit for Witnesses to Application of Widows

THE STATE OF ALABAMA 
  County of Butler }

I, E. J. Luckie, do solemnly swear that I was personally ac-
quainted with John Harris, whose widow's name is signed to the fore-
going application, and that I know of my own knowledge, the the services set forth
int the
application were rendered by said John Harris, and that he did not desert
the service of the Confederate States or the State of Alabama.
 E. J. Luckie (signature)
Sworn and subscribed before me the 1st dayof May 1902
I hereby certify that affiant is known to me, and that he is a person of integrity
and
veracity.
  D W M Call (signature)
  Justice of the Peace

THE STATE OF ALABAMA 
  County of Lowndes }

Affidavit for Witnesses to Application of Widows
I, W. H. Luckie, do solemnly swear that I was personally ac-
quainted with John Harris, whose widow's name is signed to the fore-
going application, and that I know of my own knowledge, the the services set forth
int the
application were rendered by said John Harris, and that he did not desert
the service of the Confederate States or the State of Alabama.
 W. H. Luckie (signature)
Sworn and subscribed before me the 2nd dayof April 1902
I hereby certify that affiant is known to me, and that he is a person of integrity
and
veracity.
  T L S Bender (signature)
  Justice of the Peace

We, the undersigned Board of Examiners for Lowndes County, certify that we
have examined into the application of Mrs. Polly Harris and find the facts
as stated to be correct: we aprove petition
July 7/02     M H Hagood M.D (signature)



Additional Comments:
John J. Harris b. April 15 1838 d. February 7 1887 and is buried in
New Bethel Cemetery in Braggs, Lowndes Co., Alabama. John J. Harris married
Mary F. Lovett on Dec. 14 1865 in Butler County Alabama. John Harris was the
s/o William Harris and Eliza Unknown.

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