MONROE COUNTY, GA - MILITARY PENSION Sneed, Archibald Henderson (widow's pension) 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 A. H. SNEED... (File contributed by Jane Newton, transcribed by E. Robertson) Questions for Applicant. STATE OF GEORGIA, MONROE CO. MRS. M. L. SNEED , 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). MRS. M. L. SNEED, FORSYTH,M MONROE CO., GA 2. How long and since when have you been a resident of this State? ALL MY LIFE 3. When and where were you born? SINCE MY BIRTH 4. When and where was your husband born - state his full name, and when were you and he married? ARCHIBALD HENDERSON SNEED, OCTOBER 11, 1829, WASHINGTON, WILKES CO., GA. MARRIED NOVEMBER 24, 1853 5. When and where, and in what Company and Regiment did your husband enlist or serve during the war between the States? ENLISTED MARCH 18, 1861 CO. K., FIRST, GA. REG. GA VOL. AT MACON, GA. 6. How long did your husband serve in said Company and Regiment? ONE YEAR 7. When and where did your husband’s Company and Regiment surrender and was discharged? REGIMENT DISBANDED AT AUGUSTA GA, MARCH 18, 1862 8. Was your husband present at the time and place when his Company Regiment surrendered? PRESENT WHEN DISBANDED AND NEVER RE-ENLISTED. 9. If not with his command at surrender, state clearly and specifically where he was, when he left command, and by what authority? (ILLEGIBLE) ...STEWRT AT SAVANNAH FOR A FEW MONTHS. 10. When and were did your husband die? MARCH 17, 1889, FORSYTH, 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 TWO 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. COULD NOT DO IT HAVING SUFFERED FROM RHEUMATISM FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. 13. What has been your occupation since your husband's death? KEEPING THIS HOME FOR MY CHILDREN 14. How much can you earn gross, by your own exertion or labor? NOT ABLE TO EARN ANY 15. What property, real or personal, or income do you have or possess, and its gross value? _____ $9.00 HOME. 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? SAME AS ABOVE 17. In what counties did you reside in 1899 and 1900, and what property did you return for taxation? MONROE GA, HOME PLACE 18. How have you been supported since death of husband, and especially for 1899 and1900? BY LABOR OF 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? DO NOT KNOW . NONE 20. What was your employment during 1899 and 1900—how much did you receive for each year? KEEPING THE HOME FOR CHILDREN 21. Have you a family? If so, who composes such family? Give their means of support. Have they any lands or other property? YES. 8 CHILDREN ...DAILY LABOR, NONE 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 29TH day of DECEMBER, 1903 SS: MRS. M. L. SNEED T. E. FLETCHER, Ordinary of MONROE County ***************************** Application for Pension by a Widow under Act of 1910, Questions for Applicant STATE OF GA., MONROE CO (File contributed by Jane Newton, transcribed by E. Robertson) Personally before me comes MRS. M. L. SNEED of Monroe County, and after being duly sworn, on oath says that she desires to apply for a pension under the Act of ............1910, and submit testimony to make out the same , true answers makes to the following questions to-wit: 1. What is your name, and where do you reside? MRS. M. L. SNEED, FORSYTH, GA. 2. How long and since when have you been a continuing resident of the State of Georgia? 24 years, since 1896 3. When, where and to whom were you married? 1852 (*Note: Above application gives date of marriage as November 24, 1853, E. Robertson). A. H. SNEED 4. When, where and in what Company and Regiment did your husband enlist as a soldier in Confederate Army or Georgia Militia: APRIL 1861, FORSYTH, GA., CO. K, 1ST GA. REG., SERGEANT 5. When and where did the Commands of your husband surrender or discharge from the army? DISCHARGED APRIL 1862, AUGUSTA GA 6. Was your husband personally present at the time of surrender or discharge of this command? YES, PRESENT WHEN DISCHARGED AT AUGUSTA, GA. 1861 7. If he was not present state clearly where he was? PRESENT 8. Where was his command when he left? AUGUSTA, GA., DID NOT FINISH OUT TIME(*Note: copy bad, unable to clearly read-ER). a. For what cause did he leave his command? (copy illegible) b. By whose authority did he leave his Command? c. For how long was he granted leave of absence? e. (*note: No "D") What was his physical condition when he left his command? f. What effort did he make to return to his command? None g. In what way was he prevented from going back to Command? h. Was he captured by the enemy at any time? No SERVICE i. If so, when and where captured and where held as a prisoner, and when and for what cause released? NEVER WS CAPTURED. THE COMPANY ENLISTED .....1861....FOR ONE YEAR AND SERVED OUT THE 12 MONTHS . MY HUSBAND A. H. SNEED CAME HOME AND WAS NOT ABLE TO ENLIST IN ANOTHER COMPANY. j. When and where did your husband die? Were you residing with him at time of death, if not, how long had you resided apart? MARCH 1889 (*Note: Above application states date of death as MARCH 17, 1889, ER) , FORSYTH, GA. 9. What property of any description did you own, hold or control.................. AS OF Nov. 4, 1908? 1/9 INDIVIDUAL INTEREST IN ...OF LAND IN FORSYTH GA WITH SMALL CHILDREN. VALUE $110.00, 1/9 INDIVIDUAL INTEREST IN PERSONAL PROPERTY...$200.00 10. What property of any kind have you sold or given away since Nov. 4, 1908 ......for it and what did you do with the proceeds thereof? NON SOLD, NONE GIVEN AWAY 11. What property of any description of any value have you now? Give list and cash value? 1/9 INTEREST IN HOME $150.00 AND PERSONAL PROPERTY $50.00 12. What are your annual earnings or income and their value? NONE 13. Have you heretofore been paid a pension by the State? NO Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 13th day September 1910. Geo. W. Newton, Ordinary MRS. M. L. SNEED **************************** DEATH OF HUSBAND STATE OF GEORGIA, MONROE COUNTY Personally before me come L. S. MORSE known to be responsible and truthful persons, residin in said County who after duly sworn on oath, says that of his own personal knowledge, MRS. M. L. SNEED who made the foregoing affidavit, is the lawful widow of A. H. SNEED who died in Monroe County in said State of Georgia on............day of MARCH 1889. (*Note: First application gives date of death as March 17, 1889, ER) and that she has not since remarried. That she became the wife of A. H. SNEED on or about ...day of 1852. (*Note: First application gives date of marriage as NOVEMBER 24, 1853, ER) and that she and he had resided together as man and wife continuously since about ..........day of..........1852 to his death in 1889. SS: L. S. MORSE ***************************** GEORGIA MONROE COUNTY Personally appeared before the undersigned Ordinary of said County, MRS. F. E. ROWLAND, who being duly sworn says that the above and foregoing account is rendered for funeral expense of MRS. M. L. SNEED, who died without owning sufficient property to pay this bill: SS: MRS. F. E. ROWLAND, Sworn 19 day of July 1922. Forsyth, Ga., July 19, 1922 Mrs. M. L. Sneed, Deceased To Mrs. F. E. Rowland, 1922 January 9th to Casket and box $100.00 January 9th to Digging grave 4.00 January 9th to Walling grave 40.00 January 11 to Moving dirt 1.00 I certify that Mrs. F. E. Rowland and Miss Annie Sneed is one and the same person, Miss Sneed married Rowland July 8 th, 1922. This 19th day of July 1922, Geo. W. Newton, Ordinary $100.00....Received of Geo. W. Newton, Ordinary Monroe County. Deliver as the above bill. SS: MRS. F. E. ROWLAND ******************************** to C. E. TRIBBLE MISS ANNIE SNEED FOR MRS. MARIA LOUISE SNEED JANY. 9, 1922 1 CASKET AND BOX $100.00, DIGGING GRAVE $4.00, WALL GRAVE $40.00, MOVE DIRT $2.00 TOTAL $146.00 "PAID JANY. 19, 1922, C. E. TRIBBLE" ******************************** STATE OF GEORGIA, MONROE COUNTY Personally before me L. S. Morse who upon oath does say that to his own personal knowledge that A. H. SNEED did upon his discharge from the Confederate Army in 1862 assume the Office of Post Master at Forsyth and remained as Post Master until the close of the war. At the time of his discharge he was a sufferer from asthma bronchial and kidney affection. SS; L. S. MORSE Sworn 25th day of October 1912., Geo. W. Newton, Ordinary STATE OF GEORGIA, MONROE COUNTY Personally before me come MRS. M. L. SNEED, lawful widow of A. H. SNEED who upon oath says that "After my husband (A. H. Sneed) was discharged from the Confederate Army in April 1862 he came to Forsyth Ga. and assumed the duties of Post Master, and served as Post Master until the close of the war. During his absence in the Militia Service in 1861- 1862 the Post Office was in charge of his deputy Fred N. Barnes. After my husband's discharge from the army in 1862 his state of health was such that he could not stand the duties and exposure incumbent upon further military service" SS: MRS. M. L. SNEED SWORN 25TH DAY OF OCTOBER 1912. *********************************** APPLICATION FOR PENSION DUE TO A DECEASED PENSIONER To be paid to the Ordinary for Funeral Expenses and Expense of last Illness) GEORGIA, MONROE COUNTY Personally before me, the Ordinary of said County, comes MRS. F. E. ROWLAND of said County, who after being sworn on oath says that he knew MRS. M. L. SNEED of said County, and that said pensioner was on the service widow pension roll of Monroe County at the time of death, which occurred in Monroe County, in this State, on the 8th day of January 1922, and that a Pension of One Hundred Fifty ($150.00) Dollars was due pensioner and unpaid at the time of pensioner's death. That she left no estate of any value sufficient to pay these funeral expenses, which amounted to the sum of $146.00 per sworn statement fully and completely itemized, hereto attached. Sworn, 19th day of June 1922. ALSO ATTACHED "AFFIDAVIT OF ORDINARY