Military/Pension: Sarah Stovall, Widow's Application; Jackson Par., Louisiana

Submitter: Sherri Schrat
Date: 26 Aug 2006
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15-959
Parish of Jackson
No. 10915
Widow's Application for Pension
The Board Reserves the Right to call for Additional Testimony
Mrs. Sarah M Stovall

Widow of G S Stovall
Company and Regiment  E 28th LA. Inf
P.O. Wyatt
		R. 2   LA
Filed Sept 21, 1917
Allowed Dec 12 1917
Quarterly Allowance $
	[Written across is the amount spaces is $24.00 probably a one time allowance]
Pension Allowed from
Rejected
[signed] John McGrath , President
			, Secretary Board of Pension Commissioners
Cause of Death of Widow's Husband?
Paralysis
When Did He Die?

2nd Dec. 1912
Where?
Jonesboro       LA.
Date of Granting Pension? Monthly Amount?
Date of Application?
17th Sept. 1917


To Save Delay, Applicants Should Furnish All Documentary Evidence They May Possess, And Sworn Statements of Comrades Of Their Husbands When Obtainable

All applications should be addressed to the Sec-
retary of the Pension Commissioners, at Baton Rouge.
Blanks will be furnished by the Secretary on request. Regular meetings of the Board, second Tuesdays in
March, June, September and December.
WIDOW'S APPLICATION FOR PENSION
STATE OF LOUSIANA
		PARISH OF Jackson
On this 17th day of September, 1917, personally appeared before me E. L. Walker, Clerk of the District Court, within and for said Parish and State, Mrs. Sarah Madox Stovall aged 66 years, a resident of the Wyatt, Parish of Jackson and State of Louisiana, who being duly sworn according to law, declares she is the widow of  G. S. Stooall who entered the service of the Confederate States during the civil war under the G. S. Stooall [should be Stovall] at Minden on the ____ day of February, 1864 in Company "E" & 28th Regt. From State of Louisiana that he served honorably until June 14, 1865 at Natchitoches, LA on the 14th day of June, 1865; and he remained true to the Confederate States until the surrender, at which time he was in Company "E" 28th Regm't, as Private that he was married to Sarah Madox Pyburn on the 20th day of January, 1869, by Rev. --- Waldrop at Gansville, LA; that she has not married again, and that she is now in indigent circumstances and unable to earn a livelihood by her own labor or skill; that she is not married or otherwise provided for by the State of Lousiana or by any other State or Government; that her husband died on the 2nd day of December, 1912 at Jonesboro, LA,; that she has resided in the State of Louisiana for 66 years next preceding the date of this application and that she claims the aid and benefit of Article 303 of the Constitution of 1898 and subsequent acts of the Legislature of the State thereunder, as is further shown by her answers to the following questions, which she swears to be true and correct:
1.   Under what circumstances did your husband die? Answer: Paralysis
	2.   Where is he buried?
Answer: Transport Cemetery, 6 Miles NE from Dodson, La
	3.   What are your means of support?
	Answer: I live with my children -

4.   What is the value of your property, real and personal,
		if any?
Answer: About Eight Hundred Dollars - principally land

5.   Have you conveyed property to anyone in the past few years?
Answer:  No
6.   If any, how much and to whom conveyed?
Answer: None
7.   Give your Post Office Address and that of your two witnesses.
Answer:  Wyatt, LA  RFD No. 2
Witness my hand this 17th day of September, 1917
[signed] Sarah Madox Stovall
			Applicant
Witness:
[signed]  R. L. Dickenson

[signed]   W. C. McDonald
	Also personally appeared R L Dickenson, residing at Chatham, La and W C McDonald, residing at Jonesboro, La, persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who being by me duly sworn, say that they were present and saw Mrs. Sarah Madox Stovall, the claimant sign her name to the foregoing declaration and that they verily believe that the facts and declaration of said claimant are true and correct, that their acquaintance with her for Eleven years and Fifty years, respectively, justify them in making this statement, and that she is the identical person she represents herself to be and that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim.
[signed]  R. L. Dickenson

[signed]  W. C. McDonald
	Sworn to and subscribed before me on this, the 17th of September, 1917, and I hereby certify that the contents of the above declaration were fully made known and explained to the applicant and witness, and that I have no interest, direct or indirect, in the prosecution of this claim.
	[signed] E L Walker

		Clerk of Court