Surry County, NC - Widow's Pension Application, Martha Mathis

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                WIDOWS'S APPLICATION FOR PENSION

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA }
COUNTY OF SURRY         }

On this 15 day of August, A.D. 1918, personally appeared before me,
A.L. Sparger J.P., in and for the State and County aforesaid, Martha
Mathis, age 90 years, and a resident at Mount Airy 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 to amend chapter 674 of the Laws of 1907, for the
relief of certain Confederate Soldiers, Sailors and Widows," ratified
March 8, 1909 ; that she is the widow of the late Bradley Mathis who
enlisted in Company H 4th Regiment, North Carolina State Troops, on 
or about the 1st day of July, 1861, to serve in the armies of the late
Confederate States. She further states :

That she was married to said Soldier or Sailor before the first day
of January, 1868 ;
That she is now a widow, and has been for twelve months immediately
preceding this Application for Pension a bona fide resident of North
Carolina ;
That she holds no office under the United States, or under any State
or County, from which she is receiving the sum of three hundred dollars
as fees or as salary annually ;
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), nor has she disposed of property of such value by gift
or voluntary conveyance since the 11th of March, 1885.

Sworn and subscribed to before me, this 15 }
day of August, 1918                        }  Martha (her x mark) Mathis
                                           }    Signature of Applicant
      A.L. Sparger, J.P.                   }


                          CERTIFICATE OF WITNESSES

Also personally appeared before me J.B. Sparger, who resides at Mt. Airy 
post-office, and U.G. Belton who resides at Mt. Airy post-office, in said 
County and State, whom I know to be respectable and entitled to credit, 
and being by me duly sworn, say that they are acquainted with Bradley 
Mathis of Co. K, 4th Regiment, North Carolina State Troops, and that they 
believe 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 their 
knowledge and belief, and that they have no interest, direct or indirect, 
in this claim.

Sworn and subscribed to before me, this 15 }
day of August, 1918                        }       J.B. Sparger
                                           }       U.G. Belton
      A.L. Sparger, J.P.                   }   Signature of Witnesses


STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA }
SURRY COUNTY            }

To the Auditor of the State of North Carolina :

We certify that we have carefully examined the application of Mrs. Martha
Mathis, widow of the late Bradley Mathis who enlisted in Co. K 4th Regiment, 
North Carolina State Troops, for a pension under the provisions of an act
entitled "An act to amend chapter 674 of the Laws of 1907, for the
relief of certain Confederate Soldiers, Sailors and Widows," ratified
March 8, 1909, and the proofs filed in support thereof ; that we are satisfied
the said Martha Mathis is a widow of the late Bradley Mathis, who enlisted
in Company K, 4th Regiment, North Carolina State Troops, on or about the
1st day of July, 1861. We certify the following allegations set forth in her 
application to be true, namely : That she is, and has been for twelve months 
preceding this Application for Pension, a bona fide resident of North 
Carolina ; that she holds no office under the United States, or under any 
State or County, from which she is receiving the sum of three hundred dollars 
as fees or as salary annually ; 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), nor has she disposed of property of 
such value by gift or voluntary conveyance since the 11th of March, 1885 ; 
and therefore her application is correct and just under the act.

                                               J.A. ____
                                              Clerk Superior Court

(IMPRESS COUNTY SEAL HERE)

Approved:
            J.G. Burris
            S.C. Franklin
            R.S. Folger
               County Pension Board

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