MONROE COUNTY, GA - MILITARY PENSION Ridgeway, S.B. 
Co F 32nd (widow)

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S. B. RIDGEWAY (File contributed by Jane Newton,
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FOR INDIGENT WIDOWS HERETOFORE ALLOWED PENSIONS.

STATE OF GEORGIA, Personally comes Mrs. M. E.
Ridgeway County of         Monroe            who,
being sworn, says on oath, that she is a bona fide
resident of said County of     Monroe, State of
Georgia, and that she has RESIDED in said State
Continuously ever since  28th Day of February 1838. 
That she is the Widow of    S. B. RIDGEWAY  who was
a soldier in Company     F          of the 32ND
Regiment of Georgia Volunteers, that he enlisted in
said regiment on or about the month of MAY 1862     
and served in the Army up to 14TH DAY OF MAY 1963.
That he lost his life on the 12th day of February
1891. (State here particulars of the husbands death,
when and from what cause). At the battle of Jackson
Mississippi on the 14th day of May 1893 he received
a gunshot wound in right knee (fracturing bones of
joint.  Said wound never healed but remained a
running sore. In December 1890 blood  poison
developed necessitating amputation of right leg
above his knee.  This did not arrest the blood
poison .  He died from the effect of blood poison
February 12, 1901.

Depondent 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   20th day of SEPTEMBER 1861.

I have been allowed an Indigent pension as a
resident of (blank) Monroe County,, for the year
ending December 31, 1905, and now apply for the
pension provided by law for the year ending December
31, 1906.

signed by: Mrs. M. E. Ridgeway

Sworn to and subscribed before me, the   10    day
of February 1906.  T. E. FLETCHER, Ordinary

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State of Georgia, Monroe County.   Ordinary of said
County, certify that I am well acquainted with Mrs .
M. E. Ridgeway  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 she has continuously resided
in  this State since the day of   28th day of
February 1838.                . Given under my
official signature and seal, this the 10   day of   
January 1906.          ss: T. E. Fletcher           
. Ordinary of Monroe County.

NOTE.—A11 blanks must be filled.

Vouchers and affidavits must bear date after January
1st, 1906

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AFFIDAVIT TO BE MADE BY THE WIDOW. Dated April 11,
1899 High Falls Ga,

AFFIDAVIT FOR THREE WITNESSES. STATE OF GEORGIA }

County of Monroe        }

In person came before me, the undersigned Ordinary
in and for said County, Witnesses: L. A. Henson, W.
R. Parker and J. C. Flynt (each known to said
Attesting Officer as truthful, reliable and
reputable citizens), who severally says under oath
that, from their own personal knowledge, Mrs. M. E.
Ridgeway now a resident of County of        MONROE, 
State of Georgia, is the widow of  E. B. RIDGEWAY
who was a soldier in Company  of the      30TH      
Regiment of Georgia Volunteers.  The said soldier
enlisted in the service of the Confederate State (or
the Georgia State Troops) on or about the   1st day
of May 1862.   That he died on the  12th     day of 
February  1890   from the following causes:   On or
about the 14th day of May 1863 in Battle near
Jackson, Miss. he rec'd gunshot wound in right knee,
fracturing bones of knee.  Wound never healed, blood
poison set in in fall of 1889 (?) On the 15th day of
Dec. 1889, he had his right leg taken off above the
knee.  This did not arrest the course of the blood
poison.  On the 12 day of Feby. 1890, he died from
the effects of the blood poison caused as stated
above.

(Witness J. C. Flynt was not in Army with him but
knows of own personal knowledge that applicant's
husband was wounded as stated and that said wound
caused his death) W. R. Parker & L. A. Henson  - We
were in Army with him lived near him after war until
his death and know of our own personal knowledge
that his death was caused by the blood poison
developing in the wound rec'd in battle as stated
above.

We further swear that she became the wife of said
soldier on the    20th         day of  September    
1861        and so remained until his death, since
then she has not again married, and that she resided
in said State of Georgia continuously since the
28th     day of        Feby                   1838
We further swear that we have no personal interest
in the pension asked for.

Sworn to and subscribed before me this the      11th
day of April, 1899    Stephen D. Mobly, Ordinary SS:
Witnesses: W. R. Parker, L. A. Henson, J. C. Flynt

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GEORGIA - MONROE COUNTY (handwritten statement)
Personally comes before Z. T. ENGLISH, a Justice of
the Peace, in and for Said County, T. J. COLLINS, M.
D., who is known by me as a reputable practicing
physician, who has sworn, according to law, says
under oath, That as the practicing family physician
of E. B. RIDGEWAY who was the husband of Mrs. M. E.
Ridgeway, applicant for War Act Approved Dec. 23rd
1890 - for several years prior to his death, that
the said Ridgeway suffered from the effects of gun
shot wound in the right knee. Gun shot wound
received in battle during war between the States,
that said wound never healed. That blood poison
developed in said wound during the fall of 1889
necessitating the amputation of the leg above the
knee. That deponent did 10th day of Dec. 1889
amputate the right leg of the said E. B. Ridgeway.
That this did not arrest the course of the blood
poison  having already permeated his whole system.
That the said E. B. Ridgeway died from the effects
of blood poison on the 15th day of Feb. 1890.
Deponent further swears that of his own personal
knowledge he knows that the S. B. Ridgeway received
the gun shot while in battle as stated, and that
said wound was the cause of the blood poison from
the effects of which he died on the 15th Feb. 1890.

Deponent further swears that he has no interest
personally in the pension asked for. Sworn to and
subscribed   before me on the 15th March 1899.  Z.
T. English, JP        THOS. J. COLLINS, M. D