Haralson-Polk-Carroll County GaArchives Military Records.....Atkins, Mrs. Mary D. Peek November 7 1907 Revwar - Pension 2nd Company G, 1st Confederate Infantry ************************************************ 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: Clarence Atkins clarence@atkins.net and Joetta Ross Dobbs December 3, 2004, 11:47 am Widow's Indigent Pension Nathaniel Atkins wife, Mary D. Peek, filed a Widow's Indigent Pension, in Draketown, Haralson County, Georgia. At the time of filing, she states that she was seventy years old. In her application she states that Nathaniel had died at Jonesboro, Georgia. Her bases for the application were: age, total blindness, poverty, and she was suffering from a dislocated right hip due to a fall. She states that she had to sell the 40 acres of land they owned and use the proceeds to live on. She states that she had lived in Carroll County for a while, but has lived in Haralson County for the last three years. She signed the application with an "X." Capt. John H. Resse, of Rome, Floyd County, Georgia, was commander of the Company Nathaniel fought in. Capt. Reese states, in his affidavit in support of Mary's Indigent Pension claim, that he was Nathaniel's commanding officer and that Nathaniel had fought under his command from the time of Nathaniel's enlistment until he was "mortally wounded" on July 20, 1864, at the battle of Peach Tree Creek. Additional Comments: Mary D. Peek is the widow of Nathaniel M. Atkins, born about 1835, in DeKalb County, Georgia. Nathaniel married Mary D. Peek on May 1, 1853, in Polk County, Georgia. Nathaniel left three daughters: Louisa Emme Atkins whom married Ansec Pleasant Carroll, Sarah J. Atkins whom married John W. Waddle, and Mary Emmel Atkins whom married Robert C. McRae. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/haralson/military/revwar/pensions/mt345atkins.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb