Haralson-Pike-Spalding County GaArchives Military Records.....HOLMES, HENRY W (LUCY O. HOLMES) June 19, 1902 Civilwar - Pension Georgia Battery ************************************************ 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: E. Robertson http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00013.html#0003232 May 31, 2007, 3:01 pm WIDOWS APPLICATION HOLMES, HENRY W. Letter: GEORGIA SPALDING COUNTY We the undersigned witnesses for Mrs. Lucy O. Holmes, for indigent pension, we each of us do swear that to the best of our knowledge and belief that Henry W. Holmes husband of applicant was with us and served during the war and was discharged at close of the war when we were discharged in April 1865. T. J. Clark, S. A. Bennett J. A. Deewry(?), Ordinary, Spalding Co., GA. Ordinary do certify that T. J. Clark and S. A. Bennett are citizens of this county that they are truthful in their statements and entitled to full faith and credit. J. A. Deewry, Ordinary ---------------------------------- QUESTIONS FOR APPLICANT State of Georgia Haralson, County. Mrs. Lucy O. Holmes of said State and County, desiring to avail herself of the Pension allowed to Indigent Widows of Confederate Soldiers, under Act of General Assembly, passed 1900, hereby submits her proofs, and after being duly sworn true answers to make to the following questions, deposes and answers as follows: 1. What is your name and where do you reside> Lucy O. Holmes, Tallapoosa, Haralson Co., GA 2. How long and since when have you been a resident of this state? 65 years old, Since 1836. 3. When and where were you born? Sept. 4, 1836, Henry Co., GA. 4. When and where was your husband born - state his full name and when were you and he married? 1831, Pike Co., GA. Henry William Holmes 5. When and where, and in what Company and Regiment did your husband enlist or serve during the war between the States? May 1862, Pike Co., GA. SC__ battery, Robinson Battalion. 6. How long did your husband serve in said Company and Regiment? From 1862 to close of war. 7. When and where did your husband's Company and Regiment surrender and were discharged? Bentonville, N. C., May 29, 1865 8. Was your husband present at the time and place when his Company and Regiment surrendered? Yes 9. If not with his command at surrender, state clearly and specifically where he was and when he left command, for what cause and by what authority? Present 10. When and where did your husband die? June 9, 1896 11. Which of the following grounds do you base your application for Pension, viz: First - Age and Poverty; Second-Infirmity and Poverty, or Third - Blindness and Poverty? Infirmity and Poverty 12. If upon the first ground, state how long you have been in such a condition that you cannot earn your support. If upon the second, give a full and complete history of the infirmity and its extent.. If upon the third, state whether you are totally blind and when and where you lost your sight? I suffered of cough. I am 66 years old and suffered of general breakdown. 13. What has been your occupation since your husband died? Been living with my relatives. 14. How much can you earn gross, by your own exertion or labor? Nothing 15. What property, real or personal, or income do you have or possess, and its gross value. NONE 16. What property, real or personal, did you possess at death of husband or he left you, or of the year 1899, 1900 and what disposition if any, by sale or gift, have you made of the same? NONE 17. In what counties did you reside in 1899 and 1900, and what property did you return for taxation. Haralson Co., GA., no property 18. How have you been supported since death of husband and especially for 1899 and 1900? by my relatives. 19. How much did your support cost for each of those years, and how much did you contribute by your own labor or income? By ironing - nothing. 20. What was your employment during 1899 and 1900 - how much did you receive for both years. Nothing 21. Have you a family? If so, who composes such family? Give their means of support? Have they any lands or other property? No. No property 22. Have you ever made an application for pension before? No 23. How many applications have you made for a Pension, and under what class? None Sworn to and subscribed before me this 19th day of June 1902. Thos. O. Hutchison, Ordinary, Haralson County ------------------------------------------- QUESTIONS FOR WITNESS State of Georgia __________________County S. A. Bennett and C. S. Wright of said State and County, having been presented as a witness in support of the Application of Mrs._________________ for a pension under the Act of ________1900, and after having been duly sworn true answers to make to the following questions, deposes and answers as follows: 1. What is your name and where do you reside?____ 2. Are you acquainted with the applicant, Mrs. Henry W. Holmes. If so, how long have you know her? Almost 10 years or more 3. Where does she reside, and how long and since when has she been a resident of this State? Haralson County 4. When and where was she born? Henry County, GA. 5. Were you ever acquainted with her husband? I have 6. Where did he reside in 1861. Barnesville, Pike Co., GA. 7. When and to whom was he married? 1862 8. When and where was he born? Pike Co. 9. How long have you know hem. Ever since 1860 l0. When and where did Henry W. Holmes enlist in the war between the States, and in what Company and Regiment did he enlist and how do you know this? Georgia Battery, June 1862. I was in same company. 11. Were you a member of the same Company and Regiment? I was 12. How long did he perform regular military duty? Up to fight at Atlanta. 13. When and where was his Company and Regiment surrendered and discharged from service? I can't tell, was not there 14. Were you with the command when it surrendered? I was not 15. Was Henry W. Holmes, the husband of applicant present? He was 16. If not present, where was he? I cant tell 17. When and where did he leave his command? I was not there at that time. For what Cause? Cant tell - don't know. By whose authority he left: Don't know How do you know all this? (State fully and clearly.) I state what I know to be so. 18. When and where did - I don't know was not there - die? 19. Where did he reside at his death and how long had he been a resident of Georgia at his death? Died in Haralson Co. 20. Do you of your own knowledge that applicant is lawful widow of. I know she was the wife of applicant. 21. Has she remained unmarried since her soldier husband's death, and is not his widow? She has 22. What property, effects or income has the applicant, if any, and how do you know this of your own knowledge? I don't know 23. What property, effects or income did applicant possess in 1899 and 1900 and what disposition did she make of it? I don't know 24. Has applicant conveyed any property in last two years or given any away, if so what was it and to whom? I don't know 25. What is applicant's physical condition and her chances and ability to earn a support? I don't know, I am not there. 26. Is applicant able to earn a support at labor of any sort, if not why? I don't think she is - hard to know 27. How was she supported in 1899 and 1900? I don't know 28. How much did applicant contribute to her support for last two years? I don't know 29. Give a full and complete statement of applicant's physician condition? I can't say, not there. 30. What interest have you in the recovery of this pension by the applicant? None Sworn to and subscribed before me this 24th day of May 1902. J. A. Deewry, Ordinary, Spalding Co. SS: C. S. Wright, S. A. Bennett ------------------------ AFFIDAVITS OF PHYSICIANS  State of Georgia Haralson County Personally before me comes J. T. Cobb, M. D., and E. B. Hutcheson, both known to me to be reputable physicians of said county, who, being severally sworn, say on oath that they have examined carefully Mrs. __________, applicant for a Pension under act of 1900, and after such personal examination say that her physical condition is this. She suffers with a very severe cough and general debility. Also catarrh of the head, which renders her almost deaf. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 20th day of June 1902. Thos. A. Hutchison, J. T. Cobb, M.D., E. B. Hutcheson, M. D. ------------------- Ordinary's Certificate State of Georgia, Haralson County I, Thos. A. Hutcheson, Ordinary in and for said county hereby certify that the applicant, Mrs. Lucy O. Holmes, resides in said county, and has been a bona fide resident of this state since January 1, 1886, and that the witnesses, Mr. J. T. Cob and E. B. Hutcheson, MDs are of trustworthy character, and that their statements are entitled to full faith and credit. --- I further certify that the tax digest of Haralson County shows that application returned for taxation in her own name in 1899? No/100 dollars worth of property and in 1900 NO/100 dollars. ---------------------------- (Apparently folded form entitled WIDOW'S INDIGENT PENSION 1901) Name: Lucy O. Holmes County Haralson Widow of Henry W. Robins Battalion disapproved 4/24/1906 Pension office - 8-13-1902 Must furnish some evidence of husbands service from July 1864 and of his presence with his command at the time of surrender as she states. This must be proven. J. W. Lindsey, Com. of Pensions. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/haralson/military/civilwar/pensions/holmes358gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 10.1 Kb