Coweta-Paulding-Carroll County GaArchives Military Records.....Confederate Widow's Pension Application December 15 1900 Civilwar - Pension Co. C, 34th Regiment GA Volunteers ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Chris Karr karr37@msn.com August 24, 2003, 4:57 pm 1. Affidavit to be Made by the Widow State of Georgia County of Paulding In person came before me, the undersigned Ordinary in and for the County of Paulding, Mrs. S.J. KARR, who, being sworn according to law, says under oath that she is the widow of G.B. Karr who as a soldier in the service of the Confederate States or Georgia State troops, and served as a member of Company C of the 34 Regiment of Ga Volunteers, that he enlisted in said service on or about the 13 day of May, 1862 and was in the Army up to May 1865. That while in the Army, he was on the 1 day of August, 1863. He died in Jan. 1899 on the 27th day. The effects of Injury occurred while in Service, in August 1863. He had started to his Command and at the R.R. Crossing at Powell Station in Coweta Co., Ga, he was struck by the Engine and badly hurt. His right arm was broken. His skull was fractured from which injury he never really recovered. He went back to his command but was never able to do but litle Service. He complained al the time of his heart. Was never able to do but little labor of any kind and I am satisfied that the injury he received was the cause of his death. Deponent further swears that she was the wife of said deceased soldier during his term of service in the Army, and that she has never married since his death; that she became his wife on the 12th day of Jan 1854 and that she was born in the State of Ga and since said date she has not lived in any other State or locality. Deponent, as the widow of said deceased soldier husband applies for the pension provided by Act of General Assembly of Georgia, approved December 23rd, 1890, for the pension year ending February 15th, 1898, and herewith tenders the proof of her right to receive the pension granted by said Act. Sworn to and subscribed before me, this the 21st day of Dec. 1899, F.P. Henderson Post Office Ordinary. Signed, S.J. Karr (Her mark). 2.Power of Attorney, State of Georgia, Paulding County I, Mrs. S.J. Karr hereby authorize R.A. Chiles, Ordy. of Paulding Co., to receive and receipt for the pension allowed and request that he remit same to me at Dallas, Ga. By hand. Witness my hand and seal this 28th day of July 1902. Executed in presence of R.A. Chiles, Ordy. Mrs. S.J. Karr (her mark). 3. Certificate of Ordinary of the County of Applicant's Residence State of Georgia, County of Carroll. I, S.J. Brown, Ordinary in and for said County of Carroll, State of Georgia, hereby certify that I am acquainted with Mrs. S.J. Karr, the applicant for a pension in this case, and know from my own knowledge (or from positive proof presented to me by reputable witnesses)that she resides in this County, and that she has resided in the State of Georgia continuously and has not lived out of the state. I also certify that the witnesses, to wit: Jasper Williams, W.F. Couch and W.B. Caldwell, whose testimony she presents to sustain her claim, are know to me to be truthful witnesses, entitled to full faith and credit as such, and that the full text of the affidavit was read to and understood by them before same was signed. I am fully satisfied that this claim is made in good faith, and I have caused the applicant and the witnesses to read or hear read, the proofs they sign. In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed this seal of my office, this 4th day of Sept. 1902. S.J. Brown, Ordinary. 4. Statement of three Witnesses: Wm. B. Caldwell and W.F. Couch said, under oath and from their own personal knowledge that: "Mrs. Sarah Jane Karr, now a resident of the County of Paulding, State of Georgia, is the widow of G.B. Karr, who was a soldier in Company C of the 34th Regiment of Georgia Volunteers." They stated that they did not know, personally, the cause of death of said, Green B. Karr, "but the reports and rumors in the Settlement was that he died from effects of hurt rec'd. while in the Service - Said hurt being caused by accident being on his return to the Army was hurt by being run into by train at Powell's Station, causing loss of the use of one arm and seriously injuring his head to such an extent that his mind has been impaired ever since, also his physical health, rendering him unable to do full manual labor up to time of his death." 5. Affidavit of Mrs. Sallie McGee: I reside at Powellville, Coweta County, Georgia, and was well acquainted with Mr. Green B. Karr during his lifetime. During the war, I know he was a soldier and had been to the army of the Confederacy and had come home on furlough. He lived near Powellville and was there to get on the train to return to his command when his furlough was out. When the train came on which he was to start back to the Confederate Army, he was hurt by the train. He attempted to pass in front of the engine before the train stopped, and was struck and hurt in his head. He was carried into my house and I saw him. Before the wound was dressed, Mrs. S.J. Karr, his wife, carried him home. Above affidavit sworn to and subscribed before Orlando McClendon, Ordinary, Coweta County, Ga. 6. State of Georgia, Paulding County: Personally came before me, F.P. Hudson, Ordinary of said County, Wm. H. Beall and W.O. Hitchcock, both known to me as reputable Physicians of said county who, being severally sworn, say on oath, that they have carefully examined Green B. Karr, deceased, and that said Karr was woundedby crushing in of his skull, the indenture being about two and one fourth inches long which pressed directly down on anterior portion of brain; the same rendering him incapable of any business, his mind being permanently injured, and he had hernia of right side which was permanent and disabled him for life and caused his death, which occurred Jan. 27th, 1899. The said Beall has treated deceased for seven years and was present when he died and states positively that the above injuries were the cause of his death. Sworn to and Subscribed before me February 20th 1900, F.P. Hudson, Ordinary. Signed W.H. Beall,MD W.O. Hitchcock MD. 7. Information included in "Questions for Witnesses": (A)W.F. Couch and W.B. Caldwell resided in Carroll County and had known Sarah J. Karr since 1849. (B)W.B. Caldwell was in the same Company as Green Karr and W.F. Couch was in same Brigade. (C)Green Karr performed regular duty until he was captured in 1864 and sent to prison.(D)Green Karr was captured on Hood's advance into Tennessee. (E)Sarah Jane Karr owned no property except 40 acres of land, the income of same was about $10.00.(F)Sarah Karr's physical condition was bad - unable to earn a support. 8. Information included in "Questions for the Applicant" (A) Mrs. S.J. Karr was 68 years old in February of 1901, born in 1834 in Coweta County. (B) G.B. Karr was born in December of 1833 in Coweta County and she married him in 1851. (C)Since the death of her husband, she had made a living by farming and rental of some property. (D) She owned 40 acres of land, 1 cow, 1 mule and wagon. (e) She returned $215.00 of Real and Personal property in Paulding County in 1899 and 1900. (F) She applied for a pension in 1900 on the Invalid list and in 1901 under the Indigent Widows' list. Both applications were denied - the first because Green lived after his injury and they were considered "affluent" with their 40 acres, and the second becuase she still had the property. 8. Additional Comments: Also included in the attached Pension Application is a copy of the marriage license of Green and Sarah and an affidavit by R.D. Cole, Sr. who stated that he saw their marriage and that the Mrs. S.J. Karr who submitted the Pension Application was the same woman he saw married to Green B. Karr. The second application was filed on July 28, 1902 and Sarah states, under oath, that At the time of his death, as a resident of Paulding County, Ga., under the Invalid Pension Roll of the State of Georgia, Green was allowed a pension of $50.00 per annum. This income stopped at his death and Sarah had to rent some of her property and picked cotton when she could to earn her support. In 1902, she had no income because she could no longer work and was unable to rent the property. One of the witnesses named in her Pension Application, Jasper Williams, was the husband of Green's sister, Rachael Karr Williams. W. F. Couch, I believe, was Sarah's brother. This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 8.9 Kb