KNOX COUNTY, TN - MILITARY - Martha E. Hickey, Civil War Widow's Pension Application

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Knox Co, TN Civil War Widow's Pension Application Abstract 



Submitted by:  dianeh@sfcn.org (Diane Heap)





Soldier: Thomas Hickey, Certificate 68,388 issued March 31, 1866.  Private,

Company K, 2nd Tennessee Volunteers.



Widow: Martha E. Hickey, Widow's Claim # 105466



On June 22, 1867 Martha Hickey, age 35 years, appeared before the court in

Knox County, Tennessee to apply for a pension on the service of her late

husband, Thomas Hickey.  She was a resident of Knox County, Tennessee.

Address: Box 74, Knoxville, Tennessee.  She stated that she had the following

children under the age of 16 years:



David H. Hickey b. 23 Feb 1838

Wm. R. Hickey b. 1 April 1859

Joseph H. Hickey b. 29 Dec. 1861

Edward T. Hickey b. 27 Apr 1862

Samuel C. Hickey b. 2 June 1864



Thomas Hickey was enrolled on 9 Jan 1862 at Malvern, VA in Co. K, 2nd Regiment

of Tennessee Volunteers to serve three years. He served under Colonel Samuel

Carter.  He was mustered in as a private at Somerset, KY.  On the muster roll

dated Dec. 15, 1864 he was reported a prisoner of war, captured at

Rogersville, Tennessee November 6, 1863.  He died at Andersonville, GA on May

8, 1864 of dysentery.



There is a guardian's application and declaration in the packet by Elijah P.

Pedigo requesting guardianship of the children of Thomas and Martha E. Hickey

upon the death of Martha Hickey in Knox County, Tennessee on 9 August 1878.

This application was witnessed by James Hilton and R.M. Brown who state Awe

have lived near neighbors to all of them since the war closed.  Elijah Pedigo

requested guardianship of William R., Joseph, Edward and Samuel C. on 9

November 1878.  They also state that they know that Samuel C. Hickey, minor

child of Thomas and Martha is living and that they know Martha died because

they saw her dead body and attended her funeral in Knox County, Tennessee.



The widow's application states that she and Thomas were married in Knox

County, Tennessee on 27 November 1856 by Isaac Hinds, a minister of the

Gospel.  Her maiden name before her marriage was Martha E. Eddington. Martha

could not read or write and all the papers that she certified were marked with

her X.



There are additional papers explaining discrepancies in dates that were

reported and other witnesses who vouched for her marriage to Thomas Hickey and

that the children belonged to both of them. Mary Cunningham and Nancy Giffin,

residents of Knox County stated that the births of the children are from

personal knowledge and that there is no baptismal or other public record of

said births available.



Pension was awarded at the rate of $8 per month plus $2 per month for each

child under the age of 16 years.







Copied at the National Archives in Washington D.C. by Diane Heap 8-27-96





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