Macon-Dooly County GaArchives Marriages.....Bryan, Elizabeth L. - Griggs, Richard August 27, 1848
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Declaration of Widow for Pension, Oct 10, 1890
MEXICAN WAR PENSIOIN
Act of January 29, 1887
DECLARATION OF WIDOW FOR PENSION
[Date stamped Pensions Office Oct 10 1890]


State of Georgia
County of Dooly
     On this 24 day of September, A.D. 1890 personally appeared before me, 
clerk of the Superior Court Dooly County, the same being a court of record in 
the State of Georgia, Mrs. Elizabeth L Griggs, a resident of near Unadilla in 
the county of Dooly, in the State of Georgia who being by me first duly sworn 
according to law deposes and says:

    I am the widow of Richard Griggs, who served under the name of Richard 
Griggs, as a private also a musician commanded by Captain J.A.S. Turner 
Sumpter County Volunteers, in the Georgia regiment of Volunteers commanded by 
Gen. Henry R. Jackson in the war with Mexico; That my said husband enlisted at 
________________ on or about the 21 day of ___________, A.D. _______, for the 
term of ____________; That I was married under my name of Elizabeth Bryan to 
my said husband, by Rev. John Wade on or about the 27th day of August, A.D. 
1848 at near Marshallville, Macon County, in the State of Georgia, and lived 
with my said husband from the date of my said marriage until the day of his 
death, to wit: the 31st day of August, A.D. 1875, when my said husband died 
near Snow in the State of Georgia, and that I have not since remarried; That 
there was never any legal impediment to said marriage.
     No. 1. [this section not completed]
     No. 2. [this section not completed]
     No. 3. [this section not completed]
     No. 4. That I am 61 years of age, and that I was born on or about the 
14th day of April, A.D. 1829, near Marshallville Macon County, in the State of 
Georgia.
     No. 5. [this section not completed]
     No. 6. That I claim pension by reason of the fact that I am dependent in 
whole or in part for my support upon my labor, not legally bound for my 
support, and that such dependence as alleged consists in this, to wit:  that I 
have to work for my living
     That I have not heretofore made application for pension or bounty-land, 
which said claim is number _______
     That I am a pensioner of the United States as __________
     That in support and proof of my right to pension, I tender herewith, 
under the regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, the 
following evidence:  _______________  and the affidavits of R.A. Gordon and 
Thos. R. Branning.
     That since the death of my said husband I have resided at the following 
places, to wit:  near Unadilla in Dooly County,
     That I am not laboring under any political disabilities imposed by the 
fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

                                  Mrs. Elizabeth L Griggs (signed)

Witnesses:
  R. A. Gordon
  T. R. Branning
State of Georgia
County of Dooly

     Before me, Z T Perry, a clerk of a court of record, on this 24th day of 
September, A.D. 1980, personally appeared Mrs. Elizabeth L Griggs known to me 
as the person described in, and who executed and signed the foregoing 
declaration for pension as widow of Richard Griggs, and whom I certify to be a 
credible person and of good report for truth and veracity in the community in 
which she lives, who being by me first duly sworn, deposes and says that she 
has read (if claimant cannot read, read to her and so state in acknowledgment) 
the foregoing declaration and knows the contents thereof, and that all the 
fact therein stated are true.
				Z T Perry, Clk (signed)
                                Superior Court Dooly Co GA


Additional Comments:
Affadavits were also filed with the pension by Wm A Bryan and by Sarah Parham 
that they were present at the wedding and saw the couple married.  The full 
pension dossier is transcribed under 'Military Pensions' for Dooly County.

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