Schley County GaArchives Military Records.....Mrs. C.E. Reese, widow of J.J. Reese April 15 1891
Civilwar - Pension Co. A, 12th Ga. Inf.
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AFFIDAVIT TO BE MADE BY THE WIDOW

State of Georgia
County of Schley

In person came before me, the undersigned Ordinary ina and for the county of 
Schley, Mrs. C.E. Reese, who being sworn according to law, says under oath that 
she is the widow of J.J. Reese, who was a soldier in the service of the 
Confederate States, and served as a member of Company A, of the 12th Regiment 
of Georgia Volunteers; that he enlisted in said service on or about the 15th 
day of May 1861, and was in the Virginia Army up to June 1862.  That while in 
the Army, he was on the ____ day of May 1862, 

That he was in in the Confederate service, & Army of Virginia for 13 months, 
when he was furloughed home, very sick with the disease of chronic diarrhea & 
there remained for the space of 4 months when he joined the 29th Georgia 
Cavalry, which command he remained with to the close of the war & when he 
returned home said disease was still praying upon him which was contracted in 
service & which I positively know was the immediate cause of his death, which 
occurred on the 2nd June 1882 in Schley County, Ga. at his home. Further(?) he 
was promptly discharged from Virginia Army.

Deponent further swears that she was the wife of said deceased soldier during 
his term of service in the army, and that she has never married since his 
death; that she became his wife on the 13th day of November 1851, an that she 
has resided in Georgia continuously since the 6th day of October 1828; that 
Georgia is her home, and was such on the 23d day of December, 1890, and since 
said date she has not lived in any other state or locality.  Deponent, as the 
widow of said deceased soldier, applies for the pension provided by Act of the 
General Assembly of Georgia, approved December 23d, 1890, for the pension year 
ending February 15th, 1892, and herewith tenders the proof of her right to 
receive the allowance granted by said act.

C.E. Reese

Sworn to and subscribed before me, this the 15th day of April 1891.

T.B. Myers, Ordinary.



AFFIDAVIT FOR THREE WITNESSES

State of Georgia
Schley County

In person came before me, the undersigned Ordinary, in and for said county, 
witnesses R.H. Slappy, E.S. Baldwin and B.S. Teel (each known to said Attesting 
Officer as truthful, reliable and reputable citizens), who severally say under 
oath, that, from their own personal knowledge, Mrs. C.E. Reese, of the County 
of Schley, State of Georgia, is the widow of J.J. Reese, who was a soldier in 
Company A of the 12th Regiment of Georgia Volunteers on or about the 15th day 
of May 1861.  That while in said service, or by reason of said service in the 
army, he lost his life as follows:

That while in the Army of Virginia near Alleghany Mountains he was on or about 
May 1862.  He contracted the disease of chronic diarrhea while in camp & 
remained with army about one month when he was furloughed home & there remained 
for 4 months.  When he joined the 29th Georgia Cavalry which company he 
remained with to the close of the war which disease continued during his whole 
service & also continued to the day of his death which occurred on the 2nd June 
1882.  We were comrades in the army & his near neighbors after the war & 
positively believe & know that said disease was the immediate cause of his 
death.  Further that he was positively discharged from the Virginia Army.  (The 
following is in a different handwritting and quite difficult to read)  I knew 
him well and r?????? his My??????? that he was never well of severe 
diarrhea.  ??  ?????? from the day of his discharge from the army to the day of 
his death.  John (?) R. Westbrook, M.D.

We further swear that Mrs. C.E. Reese was the wife of said soldier during the 
service, and that she has not intermarried since his death, and that she 
resides in Schley County of the State of Georgia.

R.H. Slappey
E.S. Baldwin
B.S. Teel (his mark)

Sworn to and subscribed before me, this, the 15th day of April 1891.

T. B. Myers, Ordinary.






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