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Widow's Application for a Pension The Commissioner of Pensions reserves the right to call for additional testimony if he deems it necessary. Name of Applicant. Eliza Jane Cate Mason County. Postoffice Fredonia, Texas Filed JUN 19, 1919 Approved July 2, 1919 Pension allowed from June 1, 1919 H. B. Terrell Commissioner of Pensions. FORM B For Use of Widows of Soldiers Who are in Indigent Circumstances THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF Mason I, Mrs. Eliza Jane Cate, do hereby make application to the Commissioner of Pensions for a pension, to be granted me under the Act passed by the Thirty-third Legislature of the State of Texas, and approved April 7, A. D. 1913, on the following grounds: I am the widow of James Abner Cate, deceased, who departed this life on the 12 day of April, A.D. 1919, in the county of Mason, in the State of Texas. I have not remarried since the death of my said husband, and I do solemnly swear that I was never divorced from my said husband, and that I never voluntarily abandoned him during his life, but remained his true, faithful and lawful wife up to the date of his death. I was married to him on the 15 day of January, A.D. 1867, in the county of Burnet, in the State of Texas. My husband, the said J. A. Cate, enlisted and served in the military service of the Confederate States during the war between the States of the United States, and that he did not desert the Confederate Service. I have been a resident of the State of Texas since prior to January 1, A. D. 1900, and have been continuously since a citizen of the State of Texas. I do further state that I do not receive from any source whatever money or other means of support amounting in value to the sum of $300.00 per annum, nor do I own in my own right, nor does anyone hold in trust for my benefit or use, estate or property, either real, personal or mixed, either in fee or for life, of the value of one thousand dollars, exclusive of the home of the value of not over $1,000.00; nor do I receive any aid or pension from any other State, or from the United States, or from any other source, and I do further state that the answers given to the following questions are true: 1. What is your age? 71 years 2. Where were you born? Hickory Co. Missouri 3. How long have you resided in the State of Texas? 63 years 4. How long have you resided in the county of your present residence? And what is your postoffice address? 34 years, Fredonia 5. Did husband draw pension? If so, give his file number. Yes, 6727 Mason. 6. What was your husband's full name? James Abner Cate 7. What was the date of his death? April 12, 1919 8. In what State was your husband's command originally organized? Texas 9. How long did your husband serve? If known to you give date of enlistment and discharge. About 3 years. 10. What was the name or letter of the company, or number of the battalion, regiment or battery of artillery in which your husband served? If he was transferred from one branch of service to another, give time of transfer, description of command and time of service. I do not remember. 11. Name branch of service in which your husband served, whether infantry, cavalry, artillery or the navy, or if commissioned as an officer by the President, his rank and line of duty, or if detailed for special service, under the law of conscription, the nature of such service, and time of service. Infantry, Private 12. Have not transferred to others any property of any kind for the purpose of becoming a beneficiary under this law? No. Wherefore your petitioner prays that her application for a pension may be approved and such other proceedings be had in the premises as are required by law. Signature of Applicant: Eliza Jane Cate X her mark Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 16 day of June, A.D. 1919, S. C. Brockman County Clerk, Mason County, Texas By J. H. King, Deputy. AFFIDAVIT OF WITNESSES [Note.—There must be at least two creditable witnesses.] THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF Mason Before me, S. C. Brockman, County Clerk of Mason County, State of Texas, on this day personally appeared J. T. McCarty and T. E. McCarty, who are personally known to me to be creditable citizens, who, being by me duly sworn, on oath state that they personally know that Mrs. Eliza Jane Cate, applicant for a pension as the widow of J. A. Cate deceased, is in truth and fact the widow of J. A. Cate deceased; that they personally know that she has not remarried since the death of her husband, for whose service in the army she claims a pension, and that they have no interest in this claim. (Signature of Witness) J. T. McCarty (Signature of Witness) T. E. McCarty Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 16 day of June, A.D. 1919. S. C. Brockman County Clerk, Mason County, Texas. By J. H. King, Deputy. AFFIDAVIT OF WITNESSES [Note.—There must be at least two creditable witnesses.] THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF Mason Before me, S. C. Brockman, County Clerk of Mason County, State of Texas, on this day personally appeared J. T. McCarty and T. E. McCarty, who are personally known to me to be creditable citizens, who, being by me duly sworn, on oath state that they personally know the above named applicant for pension, and that they personally know that the said Mrs. Eliza Jane Cate has been a bona fide resident citizen of the State of Texas since prior to January 1, A. D. 1900, and that they have no interest in this claim. (Signature of Witness) J. T. McCarty (Signature of Witness) T. E. McCarty Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 16 day of June, A.D. 1919. S. C. Brockman County Clerk, Mason County, Texas. By J. H. King, Deputy. CERTIFICATE OF STATE AND COUNTY ASSESSOR I, R. E. L. Clark State and County Assessor in the County of Mason State of Texas, do certify that Mrs. Eliza Jane Cate whose name is signed to the foregoing application for a pension under the Act of the Thirty-third Legislature, approved April 7, 1913, is charged on the tax rolls of said county with a homestead of the value of nothing Dollars, and of other property, real or personal, or both, of the value of nothing dollars. Given under my hand, this 30 day of June A. D. 1919. R. E. L. Clark State and County Assessor. June 20, 1919 Mrs. Eliza Jane Cate Fredonia, Texas Dear Madam: Your application for a Confederate pension cannot be approved in its present form, due to your failure to furnish the certificate of your State and County Tax Assessor, as to your tax rendition. A duplicate form for this purpose is being enclosed. On receipt of this certificate, properly filled out, your application will again be taken up and given consideration. Yours very truly, Comptroller. KR*GS Encl APPLICATION FOR MORTUARY WARRANT THE STATE OF TEXAS County of Blanco, I, T.E. Cates, do hereby certify that I am the person to whom is entrusted the paying of the accounts and indebtedness of the late Mrs. Eliza Jane Cates, who was a pensioner of the State of Texas, and whose file number was 3595I and whose original county was Mason. The said pensioner Mrs. Eliza Jane Cates, died on the 10th day of January, 1934, in the town of Cypress Mill, County of Blanco, Texas. The pensioner died in the home of T.E. Cates, who was related to the pensioner as son. That the warrant, which application is hereby made for, shall be applied to paying all or part of the funeral expenses incurred by the said pensioner Mrs. Eliza Jane Cates. I further certify that the warrant for the current quarter has not been cashed by the pensioner, to the best of my knowledge and belief. I am related to the pensioner as son, that my postoffice address is Cypress Mill, Texas. Signed T.E. Cates Sworn to me this 3rd day of February, 1934. V.B. Goar Notary Public in and for Blanco State of Texas. CERTIFICATE OF UNDERTAKER I, E. P. Ross, do certify that I am undertaker in the town of Johnson City, County of Blanco, State of Texas that I had charge of the body of Mrs. Eliza Jane Cates, who died in the town of Cypress Mill, County of Blanco, State of Texas on the 10th day of January 1934. That said body was prepared for burial by me on the 11th day of January 1934, and that I am of the opinion that warrant herein applied for should be issued to the said T. E. Cates who makes the foregoing application. Signed E. P. Ross Undertaker. CERTIFICATE OF PHYSICIAN I, L.T. Martin, do certify that I am a practicing physician, and that I prescribed for Liza Jane Cates in her last illness, and am of the opinion that her ailments were chronic myocarditis and arteriosclerosis. I further certify that I am of the opinion that the Mortuary Warrant above requested should be issued in the name of the aforementioned applicant, in accordance with Act passed by the Thirty-eighth Legislature and approved March 2, 1923. Signed L.T. Martin, M. D. Physician's Address Johnson City, Texas