Schley-Marion County GaArchives Military Records.....Mary Guy widow of Wm. Levy Guy February 11 1901 Civilwar - Pension Co. H, 46th Ga. Inf. ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Harris Hill http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00011.html#0002514 December 27, 2003, 9:17 am QUESTIONS FOR APPLICANT State of Georgia Schley County Mrs. Mary Guy of said state and county, desiring to avail herself of the pension allowed to Indigent Widows of Confederate 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? Mary Guy Ellaville, Ga., Schley County 2. How long and since when have you been a resident of this state? since 1840, all my life 3. When and where were you born? Born 1840 in Schley County, originally Muscogee County 4. When and where was your husband born--state his full name, and when were you and he married? He was born in Jasper County, Ga. His name William L. Guy. Married 1857 5. When and where and in what company and regiment did your husband enlist or serve during the war between the states? Enlisted Macon (?) Co., Ga. in Co. H, 46 Regiment of Ga. 6. How long did your husband serve in said Company and Regiment? About three years 7. When and where did your husband's company and regiment surrender and was discharged? no answer 8. Was your husband present at the time and place when his company and regiment surrendered? He was present. 9. If not with his command at surrender, state clearly and specifically where he was, when he left command, for what cause and by whose authority? He was with his command at the end of the war. 10. When and where did your husband die? died 1890 in Schley 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? 1st age and poverty 12. If upon the first ground, stste howlong 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. If upon the third, state whether you are blind, and when and where you lost your sight. For the last ten years 13. What has been your occupation since your husband's death? Have no occupation 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? Have no property 16. What property, real or personal, did you possess at death of husband or he let you, and of the year 1899-1900, and what disposition, if any by sale of gift, have you made of the same? He left me no property of any kind. 17. In what counties did you reside in 1899 and 1900, and what property did you return for taxation? In Schley county--had no property 18. How have you been supported since death of husband, and especially for 1899 and 1900? By my son 19. How much did your support cost for each of those years, and how much did you contribute by your own labor or income? cost about $50.00. I contribute nothing. 20. What was your employment during 1899 and 1900--how much did you receive for each year? had no employment, not able to do anything 21. Have you a family? If so, who composes such family? Give their means of support. Have they any lands or other property? Have a family, one son and one daughter. I am support by family. Have no property. 22. Have you ever made an appliction for pension before? no 23. How many applications have you made for a pension, and under what class? made no application Mary Guy (her mark) Sworn to and subscribed before me this 11 day of Feby. 1901. Phil E. Taylor, Ordinary of Schley County. QUESTIONS FOR WITNESSES State of Georgia Marion County D.B. Wells & E. Foster of said state and county, having been presented as a witness in support of the application of Mrs. Mary Guy for a pension under the Act of _____ 1900, and after having been duly sworn true answers to make to the following questions, desposes and answers as follows: 1. What is your name and where do you reside? D.B. Wells, Marion County, Ga. E. Foster (no residence shown-presume Marion also) 2. Are you acquainted with the applicant Mrs. Mary Guy? If so, how long have you known her? since 1862 3. Where does she reside, and how long and since when has she been a resident of this state? In Schley county, Ga. since I have known her 4. When and where was she born? don't know 5. Were you acquainted with her husband? (unreadable) 6. Where did he rside in 1861? In Marion County 7. When and to whom was he married? To the applicant 8. When and where was he born? don't know 9. How long have you known him? since 1861 10. When and where did he enlist in the war between the states, and in what companyand regiment did he enlist and how do you know this? In Buena Vista, March 1862, Co. H, 46 Reg. 11. Were you a member of the same Company and Regiment? we were 12. How long did he perform regular military duty? about three years 13. When and where was his company and regiment surrendered and discharged from service? Bentonville, N.C. in Mar. 14. Were you with the command when it surrendered? No. I was (Foster) 15. Was William L. Guy, the husband of of applicant present? He was. 16. If not present, where was he? He was present at surrender. 17. When and where did he leave his command? He did not leave For what cause? No cause By whose authority he left? He did not leave How do you know all of this? Was with him. 18. When and where did he die? In Schley Co. in 1890. 19. Where did he reside at his death and how long had he been a resident of Georgia at his death? In Schley County, since I have known him 20. Do you of your own knowledge know that applicant is the lawful widow of Levi Guy? We do. 21. Has she remained unmarried since her soldier husband's death, and is she now his widow? she has never married since. 22. What property, effects or income has the applicant, if any, and how do you know this of your own knowledge? none 23. What property, effects or income did applicant possess in 1899 and 1900 and what disposition did she make of it? none 24. Has applicant 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? old and infirm, not able to work 26. Is applicant able to earn a support at labor of any sort, if not why? No 27. How was she supported for 1899 and 1900? By her children 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 infirm, not able to do any labor of any kind. 30. What interest have you in the recovery of this pension by the applicant? none D.B. Wells, 1st Lieut. Co. H, 46 Ga. Vols. E. Foster Sworn to and subscribed before me this 14 day of Feby. 1901. W.E. Butt, Ordinary, Marion County. AFFIDAVITS OF PHYSICIANS State of Georgia Schley County Personally before me comes Dr.W.D. Sears and Dr. C.G. Jones, both known to me to be reputable physicians of said county, who, being severally sworn, say on oath that they have examined carefully Mrs. Mary Guy, applicant for a pension under Act of 1900, and after such personal examination say that her physical condition is this: Extremely nervous with weak lungs, very much debilitated consequent upon old age which incapacitates her from work. and we have no interest in said pension if allowed. C.G. Jones, MD W.D. Sears, MD Sworn to and subscribed before me this 16 day of Feby. 1901. P.E. Taylor, Ordinary, Schley County. This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 8.2 Kb