Habersham County GaArchives Military Records.....Sellers, Mrs. Artemissa (Widow of Conrad) May 21 1891 Civilwar - Pension ************************************************ 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: Carole S. Walker mott@cetlink.net August 1, 2003, 9:46 pm AFFIDAVIT TO BE MADE BY THE WIDOW STATE OF GEORGIA COUNTY of Habersham In person came before me, the undersigned Ordinary in and for the County of Habersham, Mrs. Artemissa Sellers, who being sworn according to law, says under oath that she is the widow of Conrad Sellers, who was a soldier in the service of the Confederate States, and served as a member of Company C, of the 66 Regiment of Georgia Volunteers; that he enlisted in said service on or about the 17 day of September, 1863, and was in the Confederate Army up to January, 1864. That while in the Army he was on the _____ day of December, 1863, sent to the hospital at Kingston, Ga. Sick with fever from the effects of which he died sometime in January, 1866. She further swears, these facts. She has obtained from his comrades who were with him in the service. She further swears that he has never returned from the war, and that has never saw or heard from him since the time she heard he was dead. 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 25th day of August, 1839, and that she has resided in Georgia continuously since the _____ day of _____, 1841; that Georgia is her home, and was such on the 23rd day of December, 1890, 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 the General Assembly of Georgia, approved December 23, 1890, for the pension year ending February 15, 1892, and herewith tenders the proof of her right to receive the allowance granted by said Act. Sworn to and subscribed before me, this the 21st day of May, 1891. B.E. EDGE: Signed ARTEMISSA (X) SELLERS ------ POWER OF ATTORNEY STATE OF GEORGIA HABERSHAM COUNTY Know all Men by these Presents, That I, Artemissa Sellers of Habersham County, in said State, do hereby appoint B. E. Edge of Habersham County, my true and lawful attorney in fact, for me and in my name, to receive and receipt for whatever amount of money I may be entitled to from the State of Georgia as a widow of a Confederate Soldier, as stated in the foregoing affidavit; hereby authorizing my said attorney to receipt in my name for any Warrant that may be issued by the Governor, or for any sum of money which may be coming to me for the reason aforesaid. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal the 21 day of May, 1891. ARTEMISSA (X) SELLERS (L.S.) Executed in the presence of us: J. B. Ervin J. ? (Unreadable) ---- AFFIDAVIT FOR THREE WITNESSES STATE OF GEORGIA COUNTY OF HABERSHAM In person came before me, the undersigned Ordinary in and for said County, witnesses, J. W. Dooly, James M. Blair, James A. Hunter and John Payne Kimsey, (each known to said Attesting Officer as truthful, Mrs. Artemissia Sellers, of the County of Habersham, State of Georgia), is the widow of Conrad Sellers, who was a soldier in Company C, of the 66th Regiment of Georgia Volunteers. That said soldier enlisted in the service of the Confederate States on or about the 17 day of September 1863. That while in said service, or by reason of said service in the Army, he lost his life as follows: By an attack of fever while in the service in the hospital at Kingston, Ga. Mr. J.W. Dooly swears that he was in service with Sellers and that he knew that Sellers was taken sick in camps near Dalton, Ga. sometime in December 1863 and sent to the hospital with fever and some short time after that he heard that Sellers was dead and that he has never saw or heard of him since then. Mr. J. P. Kimsey was in the service in Co. ?. (I think 144) (Blurred), Regiment of Ga. ??, and says that he saw the grave of Conrad Sellers at Kingston, Georgia sometimes within early part of 64, and he further swears that he has never returned since the war. James A. Hunter swears that Sellers was in the service with him in camps near Dalton, Ga. from time in the latter part of 1863 or the early part of 64 and that Sellers was taken sick and was sent from camps and that he has never seen or heard of him since then. We, that is, J. P. Kimsey, J. M. Blair and J. W. Dooley, further swear that Mrs. Artemissa Sellers was the wife of said soldier during the service, and that she has not intermarried since his death, and that she resides in Habersham County of the State of Georgia. Sworn to and subscribed before me, this the 20th day of November, 1891. B. E. EDGE, ORDINARY J.P. (X) KIMSEY JAMES W. DOOLEY JAMES M. BLAIR JAMES A. HUNTER ------ CERTIFICATE OF ORDINARY OF THE COUNTY OF APPLICANT'S RESIDENCE STATE OF GEORGIA COUNTY OF HABERSHAM I, B. E. Edge, Ordinary in and for said County of Habersham, State of Georgia, hereby certify that I am acquainted with Mrs. Artemissa Sellers 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 the County, and that she resided in the State of Georgia on December 23, 1890, and has not lived out of the State since that date. I also certify that the witnesses whose testimony she presents to sustain her claim are known to me to be truthful witnesses, entitled to full faith and credit as such. I am fully satisfied that this claim is made in good faith, and that 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 the seal of my office, this, the 20th day of November 1891. SEAL B. E. EDGE, Ordinary ----- 1891 C66 No. 3896 WIDOW'S PENSION Paid to Mrs. Artemissa Sellers (wife of Conrad Sellers) Habersham, County $100.00 Warrant Issued 1891 And Handed to (Unreadable) This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 6.7 Kb