Civil War Pension: Martha widow of Rhesa 'Reese' CRABTREE; Grayson Co., TX Contributed to the USGenWeb Archives by Mary Lu Nelson Johnson http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ********************************************************* Crabtree, Rhesa, CSA Pension Extract by Mary Lu Nelson Johnson, from Texas Dept. of Archives & History, CSA pension #299.59. #29959, State of Texas, Confederate Pension Application filed by Martha Crabtree Dec 1st 1914, living Gordonville, Grayson Co., TX. Application (Printed form, blanks filled in): Martha widow of Rhesa Crabtree, also called Reese Crabtree. Rhesa d 2 September 1904, Grayson Co., TX. Married 5 March 1871, Grayson Co., TX. Martha was age 64 at time of filing in 1914, resided in Grayson County about 46 years, current P.O. is Gordonville, TX. Martha born in Hopkins Co., TX. Husband served from "the beginning of the war until the closing in 1865". Co. F, 19th Regt, TX Cavalry. Witnesses on document were G. P. Webb and B. F. Crabtree, dated 30 November, 1914. Affidavit: Parker Co., TX, J. W. Graham and R. A. Strain affirm they were personally known to Rheasa Crabtree and served with him in Co. F. of the 19th Regt. of Texas Cavalry from the early part of the war to its close in the spring of 1865; that Rheasa was generally known as Reace, and they are aware the widow of said Rheasa Crabtree, Mrs. Martha Crabtree, is an applicant for a Cofederate pension. S/S J. W. Graham and R. A. Strain, dated 16 (?Nov.) 1914.