Robeson County NcArchives Military Records.....Widow's Pension, Mary Taylor 1885
Civilwar - Pension 
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WIDOW’S CLAIM FOR PENSION OF MARY TAYLOR WIDOW OF JOHN TAYLOR WIDOW’S CLAIM 
FOR PENSION.
 
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
County of Robeson               

On this 8th day of June, A. D. 1885, personally appeared before Me, C. B. 
Townsend, C. S. C., in and for the State and County Aforesaid, Mary Taylor, 
age 59 years, and a resident at Allenton post-office in said County and State, 
and who being duly sworn makes The following declaration in order to obtain 
the pension under the provisions of an act entitled “An Act for the Relief of 
certain soldiers in the late war between the States,” ratified March 11th, 
1885, that she is the widow of The late John Taylor who enlisted in Co. A, 46 
Regiment N. C. State Troops, on or about the day of May, 1862, to serve in The 
armies of the late Confederate States, and that while in performance of duty 
in said Company and Regiment, In the State of Virginia, on or about the day of 
(blank), 1863, he died of disease.

She further states that she holds no office in the United States, State or 
County, from which she is receiving The sum of three hundred dollards in fees 
or as a salary, that she is not worth in her own right or the right of her 
Late husband, property at its assessed value for taxation to the amount of 
five hundred dollars ($500), and that She has never remarried.

Sworn and subscribed to before me, this 8 day of June, 1885

C. B. Townsend               Mary (her x mark) Taylor
Signature of C. S. C.        Signature of Claimant.

Also, personally appeared before me, Henry Taylor, who resides at Lumberton 
post-office, in said County and State, a person whom I know to be respectable 
And entitled to credit, and being by me duly sworn, says that he is acquainted 
with Mary Taylor, the widow of the late John Taylor of Company A, 46 Regiment 
North Carolina State Troops, and that he believes her to be the identical 
person she represents herself to be, and that the facts set forth in her 
affidavit are correct to the best of his knowledge and belief, and that he has 
no interest direct or indirect in this claim.

Sworn and subscribed to before me, this 8 day of June, 1885.
C. B. Townsend               Henry Taylor                          
Signature of C. S. C.        Signature of Witness.

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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
Robeson County.
 
To the Auditor of the State of North Carolina; We certify that we have 
carefully examined the application of Mary Taylor widow of the late John 
Taylor I, who enlisted in Company “A”, 46 Regiment North Carolina State 
Troops, for a pension under the provisions of an act entitled “An Act for the 
relief of certain soldiers in the late war between the States,” ratified the 
11th day of March, A. D. 1885, and the proofs filed in support thereof; that 
we are satisfied that the said Mary Taylor is the widow of the late John 
Taylor Who enlisted in Company “A”, 46 Reg. N. C. State Troops, on or about 
the day of May 1862 and who lost his life in consequence of disease on
Or about the (blank) day of (blank) 1863; that she is now a bona fide resident 
of the County of Robeson in this State; that she does not own either in her 
own Right or in the right of her late husband property of the assessed value 
of five hundred dollars; that she is not In the receipt of  a salary or fees 
arising from any office in the County, State or Nation, to the amount of $300 
Annually, and that she has never remarried, and therefore her application is 
correct under the act.
                             (Seal) J. L. McLean Chm’n Board Com’rs.
                                “   J. H. McEachern Commissioner
[IMPRESS COUNTY SEAL HERE.]     “   A. W. Fuller        “
                                “   W. P. Moore         “
                                “                       “              
                                “   F. J. Floyd      Sheriff
(Seal) C. B. Townsend  Clerk of Superior Court


Additional Comments:
Source: NC State Archives, Raleigh, NC - CSA Pension
Secretary of States Records, Taylor, John – Robeson


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