CIVIL WAR WIDOW'S PENSION APP. - NANCY E., WIDOW OF W. H. TATUM, PUTNAM CO., FL

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Application No. 24029
Pensioner No. 10377

WIDOW'S PENSION CLAIM

FORM A

STATE OF FLORIDA
County of Putnam
Dated: 2nd May 1933

Widow:  Nancy E. Tatum
Resident of:  Pomona, Putnam County, Florida
Husband:  W. H. Tatum
Enlistment:  6th August 1862 in Company "C", 53rd Regiment of Alabama (Partisan 
             Rangers) and that he also served in Company "C" 24 Battalion 
             Alabama Cavalry
Discharge:  Montgomery, Alabama on May 18, 1865

Note:  did not draw a pension from any other state

Marriage:  W. H. Tatum to Nancy Elizabeth Smith in Sumpter County, Georgia on 
           the 15th of April, 1888

Veterans Death:  4th December 1904 in Tift County Georgia

She has been a resident of:  Putnam County since the 13th of March 1925

Claim for Pension
Filed:  Feb 10 1934
Approved:  June 11 1934
With pay from:  Feb 10 1934
At the rate of:  $480.00 per annum

Signed: Roumelle Bowen, Secretary of Board

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WAR DEPARTMENT
Washington

February 15, 1934

The records show that W. H. Tatum, Private, Company "C", 53 Regiment Alabama 
Partisan Rangers, Confederate States Army, was enlisted August 6, 1862, at 
Pineflat, also shown as Montgomery, Alabama, by Colonel M. W. Hannor.
He was transferred November 10, 1863, to Company "C" 24 Battalion Alabama 
Cavalry.  He was in service as late as December 29, 1864, as shown by C.S.A. 
records.  He was paroled May 18, 1865, at Montgomery, Alabama as 1st Sergeant.

Signed:  James F. McKinley
         Major General
         The Adjutant General

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May 14, 1933

To Whom it May Concern:

This is to certify to the death of W.H. Tatum, husband of Nancy Elizabeth Tatum; 
died Dec. 4, 1904 and we are witnesses to this fact.  Place of death Tifton, 
Georgia.

Signed:  Miss Bessie N. Smith
         R. A. Smith

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May 14, 1933

To Whom it May Concern:

This is to certify that we were witnesses at the marriage of our Sister Nancy 
Elizabeth Smith to W.H. Tatum April 15, 1866 at Americus, Ga. by the Pastor of 
the First Baptist Church, Rev. Campbell.

Signed:  Miss Bessie N. Smith
         R. A. Smith