Marshall Co., OK; Widows Pension Application - Mattie Webb Vaughn --------------------------------- Trudy Marlow jmarlow@texoma.net --------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any 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. Files may be printed or copied for personal use only. ---------------------------------------------------- No. A...7401 Application for Pension for Widow of Confederate Soldier or Sailor Mattie E. Vaughn PO Rush Springs, OK Filed in Pension Office 9-2-1951 Allowed: 9-2-1951 Number P: 6115 Allowed From: 7-1-1951 Signed by Commissioner State of Oklahoma, County of Grady Filed in the office of the County Judge of said county and state this 1 day of September 1931 It is hereby recommended that the within named applicant for pension be granted a pension, if found eligible by Commissioner. Signed by County Judge Source: Document 1 of Application of Indigent Widow of Confederate Soldier or Sailor ...a Pension Under the Laws of the State of Oklahoma ~ Microfilm at LDS FHL ~ 10/15/98 No. A...7401 Fill and Return Application of Indigent Widow of Confederate Soldier or Sailor For a Pension Under the Laws of the State of Oklahoma Question must be fully answered. Write the answers carefully using ink. Application must be sworn to before some officer authorized to administer oaths, and filed with ... approved by the county judge of the county wherein the applicant lives. Read the application before beginning. Observe the instructions in fine print under the line ... answers explicit. OKLAHOMA, COUNTY OF Grady ...resigned, the widow of a confederate Soldier (or Sailor), do hereby make application for a pension to ...according to the laws of the State of Oklahoma, and under oath I made answers to the following questions: What is your full name? Mattie Ellen Vaughn What is your post office address? Rush Springs, Oklahoma What is your street, route or box number? Blank Are you an actual resident of the State of Oklahoma? Yes Of what County? Grady How long have you lived in the State of Oklahoma .. the county? 40 Where were you born? Jackson County, Missouri What is your age? 72 Have you ever applied for a pension anywhere? No Where? Blank When? Blank Where were you granted a pension? Blank If no, why not? Blank Do you receive any income, annuity, pension, salary, wages, fees, money or any other means of support, form any source? None If so, state in detail the source and amount thereof. Blank Do you, your wife or both of you, own a home, or property of any kind, either real, personal or mixed (household and wearing apparel not included), either in fee simple for life, or in your own right, or an interest therein, or does anyone invest for your benefit or use any such property? (Answer yes or no.) No If yes, give value of said property over and above all encumbrances. Blank. What is your physical condition? Poor Are you able to work? No What occupation are you engaged in? None Are you an inmate of any public home or institution, charitable or otherwise? No Do you apply for a pension because you are indigent and unable to earn a livelihood by manual labor? Yes What is your husband's FULL NAME? George Washington Vaughn Is this the man named in answer to question 16 above, the one upon where military services you base the application? Yes Did you abandon your husband and live separate form him until his death? No When were you married to him? January 1, 1881 Where? Woodville, Oklahoma When did he die? February 27, 1920 Where? Aylesworth, Oklahoma Did he ever draw a pension? No State fully when and where? Blank Did he serve in the Confederate infantry, cavalry, artillery or navy? Cavalry In what state was his command organized or from what state did he enlist? Sulphur Rock When did he enlist? 1863 or 64 Where? Sulphur Rock How long did he serve? About .... What was the name or letter of his company, battery or ship? Company B State the name and number of his Regiment or battalion? Blank To what other commands if any was he ever transferred? Blank If possible, state the names and rank of this officers: Lt. Charlie Watson, Capt. Knight How was he released form the Confederate service? (captured, paroled, or honorably discharged) at home on furlough when war ended When? Blank Where? Blank Was he a commissioned officer? No When? Blank Where? Blank Was he detailed for special service in the armory or shop for the maintenance of the army or navy? Blank Have you remarried since his death? No When? Blank Where? Blank Are you separated or divorced from him? Blank When did he die? Feb 27, 1920 Where? Aylesworth, Oklahoma Marshall County Source: Document 2 of Application of Indigent Widow of Confederate Soldier or Sailor ...a Pension Under the Laws of the State of Oklahoma ~ Microfilm at LDS FHL ~ 10/15/98 Fill Affidavit No. 1 Affidavit No. 1 Residence and Widowhood. By Two Citizens Who Know the Applicant and Lived in the State of Oklahoma five Years Continuously Before Filing Application, ...That She is Now a Widow State of Oklahoma, County of Grady Before me CCChoctaw in and for said county and state on this 1 Sept 1931, personally appeared JL Coley where ...Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and M.O. Grandlin (not sure of spelling because it is hand written) where ... Madill, Oklahoma who are personally known to me to be credible citizens, who by me being ... for himself deposeth and saith: ... he is personally acquainted with the within named applicant for pension: that he has read the within and ... to the best of his knowledge and belief the ... therein are true: ... is now and has been a bona fide resident and citizen of the State of Oklahoma for (unreadable) ... preceding this date: that said applicant is in truth and in fact the widow of the man named in the application upon who service she makes this claim for pension: that the applicant's ... are good and free from dishonor: and that of no reason why said applicant should not be granted a pension under the laws of Oklahoma; and further, that ... whatever in this claim for a pension. ... And Sworn To Before Me This 1 day of Sept 1931 Signed: CCChoctaw County Judge J.S. Coley ?? Grandlin (not sure of spelling) Signature of Two Witnesses (The Rest of the Form is Blank) Source: Document 3 of Application of Indigent Widow of Confederate Soldier or Sailor ...a Pension Under the Laws of the State of Oklahoma ~ Microfilm at LDS FHL~ 10/15/98 The State of Texas, County of Grayson, Before me the undersigned authority on this day personally appeared G.W. Milkes, who being by me duly sworn on his oath, deposes and says, the he resides at Westminster Collin County, Texas, and that he was well acquainted with George Washington Vaughn, before the Civil War, that I was present and saw the said George Washington Vaughn enlist in the service of the Confederate Army, at Sulphur Rock, State of Arkansas, about the year of 1863 or 64. My recollection is that he enlisted in Company "B", do not remember the Regt. I also saw him about four months later while serving in the Army with his brother ci... vaughn, I am now aged 71 years. His Mark "X" G.W. Mikles Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 3rd day of September, A.D. 1923. E. Watson Justice of the Peace, Precinct No. 4, Ex-Officie Notary Public For Grayson county Texas. Source: Document 4 of Application of Indigent Widow of Confederate Soldier or Sailor ...a Pension Under the Laws of the State of Oklahoma ~ Microfilm at LDS FHL ~ 10/15/98