State of Indiana, County of Scott, SS. On this twenty eighth day of July A. D. one thousand eight hundred and sixty four personally appeared before me Jessamine G. W. Traylor, Co. Clerk of the Circuit Court within and for the County and State aforesaid Catharine Whitson a resident of Austin in the County of Scott and State of Indiana aged thirty two years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress, approved July 14, 1862. That she is the widow of Thomas W. Whitson who enlisted in the service of United States at Austin in the State of Indiana on the or about the 10th day of August 1862 as a Private in Company K commanded by A. H. Campbell in the Sixty Sixth Regiment of Indiana Volunteers in the War of 1861; who while in the service aforesaid and in the line of his duty was wounded in battle in northern Georgia and died at Murfreesboro in the State of Tennessee on the fifteenth day of June A. D. 1864. She further declares that she was married to the said Thomas W. Whitson on the eleventh day of June in the year 1855 that her name before her said marriage was Catherine Christy that her husband, the aforesaid Thomas W. Whitson died on the day above-mentioned, and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed; that the names and ages of her children under sixteen years of age, at her husband's decease, and the place of their residence is as follows:  Edgar R. Whitson aged seven years William M. Whitson aged five years Alice (?) C. Whitson aged four years Ida F. Whitson aged three years That they reside with me at in Scott County Indiana and that the post office address is Austin Scott County Indiana. --------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. --------------------------------------------------------------------- File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Mark W. Anderson (© 2002 Mark W. Anderson)