LUMPKIN  BANKS - COUNTY, GA - Military - Civil War  Cantrell, Nancy (Mrs. K.C.) 52nd Co C

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FOR WIDOWS HERETOFORE ALLOWED PENSIONS

STATE OF GEORGIA
County of Banks

Personally comes Mrs. Nancy Cantrell who, being
sworn on oath, that she is a bona fide resident
of said County of Banks, State of Georgia, and
that she has resided in said State continuously
since her birth.  That she is the Widow of K. C.
Cantrell who was a soldier in Company C of the 52
Regiment of Georgia Volunteers, that he enlisted
in said regiment on or about the month of March
1862, and served in the Army up to 1865.  That he
lost his life on the 27th day of January 1880. 

(Additional space regarding particulars of his death are left blank.)

Deponent further swears that she was the wife of
said deceased soldier, during his service in the
Army as a soldier, and that she has never married
since his death aforesaid, and that she became
his wife in the year 1850.

I have been paid a pension as a resident of Banks
County for the year ending December 31, 1903, and
now apply for the pension provided by law for the
year ending December 31, 1904.

Signed: Nancy Cantrell
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 4th day of January 1904
T. F. Hill, Ordinary

STATE OF GEORGIA
Banks County
I, T. F. Hill Ordinary of said County, certify
that I am well acquainted with Mrs. Nancy
Cantrell, who made the above affidavit and am
satisfied that the facts therein stated are true,
and I know she is the individual she represents
herself to be, and that has continuously  resided
in this State since the (blank) day of 1836.

Given under my official signature and seal, this
the 4th day of January 1904 T. F. Hill, Ordinary
of Banks County Georgia

Notes:  K. C. Cantrell was a member of Co. C 52nd
Georgia Infantry Regiment (Stovall's Brigade)
from Lumpkin County, Georgia.  Census records
show that he is also know as Kinch Cantrell and
Kinchen Cantrell.  K. C. Cantrell enlisted as a
private in Co. C 52nd Georgia Infantry Regiment
on March 25, 1862.  He transferred to Co. B 52nd
Georgia Infantry Regiment on May 25, 1861.  Roll
dated 31 December 1863, he last appears on file
as present.  He died in 1880 of a lung ailment
contracted while in Confederate Service.  I
believe Mrs. Nancy Cantrell was formerly Nancy
Etris of Lumpkin County, Georgia.  Nancy
Cantrell, born 07 May1831 and died 04 April 1907,
according to her tombstone, is buried at Pleasant
Hill Cemetery off Pea Ridge Road on the Habersham
County line with Hall County, Georgia.