Harris Co. GA - Civil War Pension - Mrs. E.M. Murrah, widow of M.H. Murrah
     
Submitted by Vicki Burress Roach <roachbug@tsixroads.com>
                                      
     (Found by the Alcorn Co. Mississippi Gen. Society in a Confederate
     Pension roll book.)
     
     Application for Pension
     Form 4-widows
     
     1. What is your name? Mrs. E.M. Murrah
     2. In what state and county do you reside? Alcorn County,
     Mississippi
     3. What is the name of your post office? Corinth, Miss.
     4. Are you a bona fide resident of the United States? yes
     5. Are you a bona fide resident of the State of Miss.? yes
     6. What was your husband's name? M.H. Murrah
     7. When and where were you married? 1886
     8. Have you since remarried? no
     9. Are you an inmate of the Beauvoir Soldier's Home? no
     10. Was your husband a bona fide citizen of the United Staes and of
     the State of Mississippi? yes
     11. What was the date of your husband's enlistment? 1861
     12. In what state, county and place did he reside when he enlisted?
     Harris County, Georgia
     13. Give the names of officers of his company, regiment or vessel?
     Second Georgia Volunteers, Co. E. Paul J. Simmons and Capt. James
     Denson
     14. Was he ever discharged from his command? no
     15. If so, for what cause?
     16. Was he in active service at the surrender in 1865? yes
     17. If not, why?
     Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 17th day of June, 1924.
     (Document indicates she was "allowed" through April 5, 1948.)

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