H. G. Smith Pension Application, Titus Co, Texas

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Confederate Pension Application
#4075
H. G. Smith was Henry Givens Smith
S. A. Smith was Sarah Ann Clinton Smith
Mrs. S. A. Smith
Titus Co., TX
Post Office Cason	
Comptroller's File No. 3879
I have carefully examined the within application for pension together with the 
proof in support there of and I remmended that ht eapplication be Disapproved 
this 11 day Oct. 1899.
County of Titus
Your petitioner, Mrs. S. A. Smith respectfully represents that she is a resident 
citizen of Titus County in the State of Texas; that she is the widow of H. G. 
Smith, deceased who was a Confederate soldier and that she makes this application 
for the purpose of obtaining a pension as the widow of said H. G. Smith..........
What is your name? S. A. Smith
What is your age? seventy-three years old
In what County do you reside? In Titus County
How long have you resided in said County and what is your post office address? 27 
years residence in the county. P. O. Address Cason, TX
Have you applied for a pension under the Confederate Pension Law heretofore, and 
been rejected?  I have never before applied.
What is your occupation is able to engage in one?  Not able to engage in any.
What is your physical condition? Bad, old age, diseased.
What was the name of your deceased husband? H. G. Smith
Were you married to him anterior to March 1, 1866?  Yes, on 22nd day of Sept 1843 
in Henry County, Georgia.
What was the date of his death?  He died on the 19th day of March 1893.
Are you unmarried? Yes
State in what company and regiment your deceased husband for whose services you 
claim a pension enlisted in the Confederate Army. Company__ Captain ___Hamner; 
37th Alabama Inf. He served 9 months.
If your deceased husband served in the Confederate Navy state when and where. He 
never served in the navy.
State whether or not you have received any pension or veteran donation land 
certificate.  I have never received any.
What real and personal property do you now own and what is the present value of 
such property?  65 acres of land valued at $150.00
What property and what was the value thereof have you sold or conveyed within two 
years peior to the date of this application?  I have sold one cow to pay a debt.
What income, if any do you receive? I do not receive any.
Are you in indigent circumstances? Yes except as above stated.
Have you tranferred to others any property of value? No
Did you deceased husband ever desert the Confederacy? No
Have you been continuously since the first day of January 1880, a bona fide 
resident citizen of this State? yes
Signature S. A. Smith (her mark).
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 8 day of August 1899 D. H. Rogers County 
Judge Titus Co., TX
Avidavit of Witnesses
Before me D. H. Rogers County Judge....personally appeared James M. Smith and W. 
T. Smith who are personally know to me to be credible citizens, who being by me 
duly sworn on oath, state that they personally know that Mrs. S. A. Smith 
applicant for the pension as the widow of H. G. Smith deceased is in truth and 
fact the widow of the said H. G. Smith deaceased, that they personally know that 
the said H. G. Smith, deceased enlisted in the service of the Confederacy and 
performed the duties of a soldier as claimed by hsi said widow in the above and 
forgoing application and that they further know that the said Mrs. S. A. Smith 
widow of the said H. G. Smith deaceased is unable to support herself.
Signature James M. Smith
W. T. Smith