MONROE COUNTY, GA - MILITARY PENSION Roquemore, F.L. (widow) Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: (File contributed by Jane Newton, transcribed by E. Robertson) (*SOME NOTES HAVE BEEN ADDED BY TRANSCRIBER THESE ARE INDICATED BY (*Notes:) Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm F. L. ROQUEMORE FOR INDIGENT WIDOWS HERETOFORE ALLOWED PENSIONS. (File contributed by Jane Newton, transcribed by E. Robertson) STATE OF GEORGIA, Personally comes M. A. ROQUEMORE 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 JULY 30TH, 1835. That she is the Widow of F. L. ROQUEMORE who was a soldier in Company D of the 7YH Regiment of RESERVES Volunteers, that he enlisted in said regiment on or about the month of JULY 1864 and served in the Army up to APRIL 1865. That he died on the 12TH day of OCTOBER 1904. AGE AND POVERTY Deponent 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 1860. I have been allowed an Indigent pension as a resident of Monroe County, under Act 1900, for the year 1906, and now apply for the pension provided by law for the year ending December 31, 1907. Sworn to and subscribed before me, the 4 day of JANUARY 1907. T. E. FLETCHER, Ordinary SS: M A. ROQUEMORE C/B ------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------------- --------State of Georgia, I. F. E. Fletcher Monroe County. Ordinary of said County, certify that I am well acquainted with Mrs . M. A. ROQUEMORE 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 31ST day of JULY 1835 . Given under my official signature and seal, this the 4TH DAY OF JANUARY 1907. T. E. FLETCHER, Ordinary of Monroe County. **************************************** (File contributed by Jane Newton, transcribed by E. Robertson) Questions for Witnesses STATE OF GEORGIA, MONROE County. LEE B ALEXANDER of said State and County, having been presented as a witness in support of the Application of MRS. MARTHA A ROQUEMORE for a Pension under the Act of 1900, and after having been duly sworn true answer, to make to the following questions, deposes and answers as follows: 1. What is your name and where do you reside? LEE B. ALEXANDER, MONROE COUNTY, GA 2. Are you acquainted with the applicant, MrS. MARTHA A ROQUEMORE If so, how long have you known her? 15 OR 20 YEARS 3. Where does she reside, and how long and since when has she been a resident of this State. MONROE COUNTY HAS BEEN RESIDENT OF STATE ALL HER LIFE 4. When and where was she born. JULY 30 TH, 1835 5. Were you ever acquainted with her husband? YES 6. Where did he reside in 1861? MONROE COUNTY, GA 7. When and to whom was he married? SEPT. 19TH, 1860, MISS M. A. JOHNSON 8. When and where was he born? JULY 1833, JONES COUNTY, GA. 9. How long have you known him? SINCE HIS ENLISTMENT IN ARMY 10.When and where did F. L. ROQUEMORE enlist in the war between the States, and in what Company and regiment did he enlist and how do you know this? JULY 1864, MONROE CO. CO. D., 7TH RESERVE. I WAS THEN IN SAME REGIMENT 11. Were you a member of the same Company and Regiment ? SAME REGIMENT 12. How long did he perform regular military duty? UNTIL CLOSE OF WAR, APRIL 1865 13. When and where was his Company and Regiment surrendered and discharged from service? APRIL 1865, AUGUSTA GA. 14. Were you with the command when it surrendered? YES 15. Was F. L. ROQUEMORE the husband of applicant present? YES 16. If not present, where was he? PRESENT 17. When and where did he leave his Command? PRESENT For what cause? PRESENT By whose authority he left? PRESENT How do you know all this? State fully and clearly. I WAS PRESENT AND KNEW HIM 18. When and where did F. L. ROQUEMORE die? OCTOBER 12, 1904, MONROE COUNTY 19. Where did he reside at his death and how long had he been a resident of Georgia at his death? MONROE COUNTY, I KNEW SINCE ENLISTMENT 20. Do you of your own knowledge know that applicant is the lawful widow of: F. L. ROQUEMORE, YES 21. Has she remained unmarried since her soldier husband’s death, and is now his widow? YES 22. What property, effects or income has the applicant, if any, and how do you know this of your own knowledge? NOTHING 23. What property, effects or income did applicant possess in 1899 and 1900 and what disposition did she make of it? AS ABOVE 24. Has conveyed any property in last two years or given any away, if so what was it and to whom NO 25. What is applicant’s physical condition and her chances and ability to earn a support? VERY OLD AND FEEBLE 26. Is applicant able to earn a support at labor of any sort, if not why? 27. How was she supported for 1899 and 1900, 1901 AND 1902? BY HUSBAND 28. How much did applicant contribute to her support for last two years? NOTHING 29. Give a full and complete statement of applicant’s physical condition? OLD AND FEEBLE 30. What interest have you in the recovery of this pension by the applicant? NONE Sworn to and subscribed before me this 20 day of MAY1905, Ordinary: T. E. Fletcher Witness: Lee. B. Alexander ******************************************* AFFIDAVITS OF PHYSICIANS STATE OF GEORGIA MONROE COUNTY, Personally before me comes E. J. SPRATLING, M.D. and D. C. COLLINS both known to me to be reputable physicians of said county, who, being severally sworn, said an oath that they have examined carefully Mrs.MARTHA ANN ROQUEMORE, Applicant for a Pension under Act of 1900, and after such personal examination say that her physical condition is this: SHE IS VERY FEEBLE AND TOTALLY UNABLE TO DO ANY WORK. EYESIGHT VERY BAD. IS VERY RHEUMATIC. HAS BIFEOID SHTHISIS (??) OF LONG STANDING. IS ALMOST HELPLESS. And we have no interest in said pension if allowed. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 20 day of MAY 1905. Ordinary: T. E. FLETCHER MD: E. J. SPRATLING, MD: D. C. COLLINS *********************** ORDINARYS CERTIFICATE AS TO CHARACTER OF WITNESSES: Lee B. Alexander and Mrs. L. A. King ************************** Questions for Applicant. S TATE OF GEORGIA, MONROE CO. MRS. MARTHA A ROQUEMORE, of said State and County, desiring to avail herself of the Pension allowed to ‘Indigent Widows of Soldiers, under Act of General Assembly, passed 1900, hereby submits her proofs, and after being duly sworn true answers to make to the following questions, deposes and answers as follows: 1. What is your name and where do you reside (Give State, County and Post Office). MARTHA A ROQUEMORE, MONROE COUNTY GA, FORSYTH RFD# 2. How long and since when have you been a resident of this State? ALL MY LIFE 3. When and where were you born? JULY 30, 1835, MONROE COUNTY 4. When and where was your husband born - state his full name, and when were you and he married? JULY 1ST, 1833, JONES CO. LAFAYETTE F. ROQUEMORE MARRIED IN MONROE COUNTY, 19TH SEPT. 1859 (?) 5. When and where, and in what Company and Regiment did your husband enlist or serve during the war between the States? JULY 1864 MONROE CO., GA, CO. D, 7TH GA RESERVES 6. How long did your husband serve in said Company and Regiment? UNTIL CLOSE OF WAR APRIL 1865 7. When and where did your husband’s Company and Regiment surrender and was discharged? APRIL 1865, AUGUSTA, GA 8. Was your husband present at the time and place when his Company Regiment surrendered? YES 9. If not with his command at surrender, state clearly and specifically where he was, when he left command, and by what authority? PRESENT 10. When and were did your husband die? OCT. 12, 1904, MONROE CO., GA 11. Which of the following grounds do you base your application for Pension, viz: First—Age and Poverty; Second—Infirmity and Poverty , or Third—Blindness and Poverty? FIRST 12. If upon the first ground, state how long you have been in such a condition that you cannot earn your support. If upon the second, give a full and complete history of the infirmity and its extent , the third, state whether you are totally blind, and when and where you lost your sight. I HAVE GROWN SO FROM AGE 13. What has been your occupation since your husband's death? LIVING WITH MY CHILDREN 14. How much can you earn gross, by your own exertion or labor? NOTHING 15. What property, real or personal, or income do you have or possess, and its gross value? NOTHING 16. What property, real or personal, did you possess at death of husband or he left you, and of the year 1899— 1900, and what disposition, if any, by sale or gift, have you made of the same? NONE 17. In what counties did you reside in 1899 and 1900, and what property did you return for taxation? MONROE 18. How have you been supported since death of husband, and especially for 1899 and1900? BY CHILDREN 19. How much did your support cost for each of those years and how much did you contribute by your own labor or income? VERY LITTLE 20. What was your employment during 1899 and 1900—how much did you receive for each year? NOT ABLE TO WORK 21. Have you a family? If so, who composes such family? Give their means of support. Have they any lands or other property? CHILDREN ALL GROWN AND MOVED AWAY. 22. Have you ever made an application for pension before? NO. 23. How many applications have you made for a Pension, and under what class? NONE Sworn to and subscribed before me this 21ST day of MARCH , 1905 T. E. FLETCHER, Ordinary of MONROE County **************************************** STATE OF GEORGIA, MONROE COUNTY: Personally appeared before me, T. E. Fletcher, Ordinary, in and for said County MRS. L. A. KING WHO ON OATH says that she is a sister of MRS. M. A. ROQUEMORE and is sixty two years of age, that she was one of the attendants at the marriage of F. L. Roquemore and MISS M. A. JOHNSON in Monroe County, Georgia, on September 19, 1860. That they remained married until the death of F. L. Roquemore, October 12, 1904, that she is still the widow of F. L. Roquemore. Sworn 3rd day of June 1905. T. E. Fletcher, Ordinary, Monroe Co., ***************************************** Head-Quarters, Cavalry Corps, M. D. M Macon, Ga., May 11, 1865 I, the undersigned, F. L. Roquemore, a p. corpl. of the 7th Regiment of Ga. Mil. Co. D, do solmnly swear that I will not bear arms against the United States of America, or give any information, or do any military duty whatsoever until regularly exchanged as a prisoner of war. ss: F. L. Roquemore Description: Height 5 - 10 Hair: DARK Eyes: GREY Complexion: DARK I certify that the above parole was given by me on the date above written, on the following conditions: The above named person is allowed to return to his home, not to be disturbed by the military authorities of the United States, so long as he observes this parole and obeys the laws which were in force previous to January 1, 1861, where he resided. By order of Brevet Maj. Gen. WILSON ss: Jno. Ashford , Capt. and Provost Marshal, C.C.M.D.M