MONROE COUNTY, GA - MILITARY PENSION Stokes, James J.(widow)

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JAMES J. STOKES  FOR INDIGENT WIDOWS HERETOFORE ALLOWED PENSIONS.

STATE OF GEORGIA, Personally comes E C B STOKES

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    29TH OCTOBER 1829. That she is the Widow of
JAMES J. STOKES who was a soldier in Company
K       of the     1ST        Regiment of GEORGIA
Volunteers, that he enlisted in said regiment on or
about the month of.APRIL1861   and served in the
Army up to CLOSE OF WAR, 1865. That he  died on the
10TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER 1867. (State here full
particulars of husband's death, when, where and from
what cause). James J. Stokes died on the 10th day of
September 1867 at his home in Monroe County from
Chronic (? dion rhoca) which said disease was
contacted while in the service of the Confederacy
and from which he never recovered. 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 
1850, that Georgia is her home and she resided in
this State 23rd day of December 1890, and has not
lived in any other state or locality since that
date.

I have been allowed an Indigent pension as a
resident of Monroe County, for the year ending
February 15th 1895 and now apply for the pension
provided by law for the year ending February 18,
1896. Sworn to and subscribed before me, the   2    
day of     January 1896 Stephen D. Mobly, Ordinary  
SS: E. C. B. STOKES

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Affidavit to be Made by the Widow State of Georgia

County of Monroe (File contributed by Jane Newton,
transcribed by E. Robertson)


In person comes before me, the undersigned Ordinary
Mrs.ELIZABETH C. B. STOKES, Sworn according to law,
says under oath that she is the widow of     JAMES
J. STOKES, who was a soldier in the service of the
Confederate States, and served as a member of
Company       K , of the     FIRST Regiment of
GEORGIA Volunteers; that he enlisted in said service
on or about the   18TH    day of    MARCH 1861, And
was in the CONFEDERATE Army up to    MARCH 10,1862. 
That while in the Army, he was on the    10TH   day
of  MARCH  1862, When he returned from the Army on
said above date, he had a severe cough and was
suffering from diarrhea. He remained at home
suffering from said cough and diarrhea  until Oct.
1864 when he reenlisted with Georgia state troops
and (?)  until the close of the war. He never
recovered from his cough and diarrhea the later
became chronic. His attending physician in his last
illness (Dr. Stephens) has been dead for a number of
years which prevents my securing certificate as
required by law. My husband took his bed on April
1st and died 10th September 1867.  He was a stout
and healthy man when he first enlisted in the
Confederate service. But was not well a single day
from remainder(?) up to date of his death. Dr.
Stephens and before the (???) Widows of Confederate
Soldiers was passed.

Deponent further swears that she was the wife of
said deceased during his term of service in the
Army, and that she has never married since his
death; that she became his wife on 10th day of
September 1850 and that she has lived in Georgia
continuously since the     29th day of    October   
181829 , that Georgia is her home and was such on
the 23rd day of December 1890 and since said date
she has not resided in any other State or locality.
Deponent, as the widow of said deceased soldier
husband, applies for pension by Act of the General
Assembly of Georgia, approved December 23, 1890, for
the pension year ending February 15, 1892 and
herewith tenders the proof of her right to receive
allowance granted by said Act. Sworn to and
subscribed before me, this, the 26th Day of January
1895. Stephen D. Mobly, Ordinary   SS: E. C. B.
Stokes, Blount, Ga.

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Application for Pension Due to a Deceased Pensioner
( To Be Paid to the Ordinary for Expenses of Funeral
and Last Illness )

GEORGIA, MONROE COUNTY Personally before me, the
Ordinary of said County, comes T. H. STOKES of said
County, who, after being sworn, on oath says that he
knew MRS. E. C. B. STOKES of said County, and that
said Pensioner was on the Pension Roll of said
County at the time of death, which occurred in
Monroe County, in this State, on the             day
of MAY 1924, and that a Pension of  Two Hundred
($225.00)

Dollars was due the pensioner and unpaid at the time
of pensioner's death, and that pensioner left no
widow or dependent children surviving, and no estate
of any value sufficient to pay these funeral
expenses, which amounted to the sum of $90.00 per
sworn statements fully and completely itemized
hereto attached. Sworn to and subscribed before me,
Geo. W. Newton, Ordinary, Monroe Co., SS; T. H.
STOKES


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CERTIFICATE OF ORDINARY.  ...was paid a pension of
One Hundred $100.00 in said county for 1924.  dated
May 5, 1926.

ITEMIZED STATEMENT FOR FUNERAL EXPENSE: In Account
with S. H. THORNTON (fURNITURE AND UNDERTAKING)
(HIGH GRADE PIANOS) Jackson, Ga., dated May 7, 1926.
"1924 - May 2, Casket and Services -
$90.00......GEORGIA, BUTTS COUNTY, J. H. Ham,
Ordinary, Butts co., GA, "Paid Jul. 24, 1926".