Military: Ruthy A. THACKER, 1908, Albemarle Co., VA 

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Albemarle County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Military Records 
     Ruthy A. THACKER, Widow's Pension Application, 
        widow of Elias THACKER (I2/46th Va. Inf.) 


[Official Form (printed); handwriting notes <thus>] 

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[panel 1 of 3] 

<Sir  Pension Board 
<approves of this applica= 
<tion provided she (the 
<applicant) was married 
<previous to May 1.st 1868. 
<   Date of Marriage has 
<not been filled in. 
<        H.C. Michie 
<            Chairman > 
< 
<[underlined note, illegible] > 

[panel 2 of 3] 

Filed in the Clerk's Office of the <Circuit> Court, 
on <May 8> 190<8> 
__________________________________________________ 

<Albemarle> County.     No. <175> 
Name <Mrs. Ruthy A. Thacker> 
Post-office  <Covesville> 
___________________________________________________ 
   The Circuit Court of the county (or the Corporation or 
Hustings Court of the city) of <Albemarle> 
from an examination of the within application of 
<Ruthy A Thacker> 
and of the affadavits and certificates therewith filed, and 
hereto annexed, and of such witnesses as were required and 
called by the court, being satisfied that the said application is 
supported by the affidavits and certificates, and oral testimony 
(if any oral testimony is required by the court) of persons of 
well-known reputation for truth, honesty and integrity, and 
that the claim of the said applicant is just, and in due form, 
doth certify the same to the Auditor of Public Accounts, 
this <6> day of <Jany> 190<8> 
                                   <John M. White> 
                                               Judge. 
___________________________________________________ 
Received and filed in the office of the Auditor of Public Accounts 


___________________________________________________ 
___________________________________________________ 
Class  <blank>  Rating $ <25.00>  Age <blank> 
Paid by Warrant No. <140508[?]>  <9/30> 190<9> 

<[underlined note, illegible] > 


[panel 3 of 3] 

                             INSTRUCTIONS. 
                                ______ 

            [dingbat] READ BEFORE THE FORM IS FILLED IN. 


     A widow married after May 1, 1868, is not entitled to a pension. 
     It is necessary to have Certificates A, B, D and F filled out in full. 
All questions must be answered. 
     If comrades cannot be found to fill in Certificate B, then Certificate C 
must be filled. 
     Where there is a camp of Confederate Veterans, Certificate E must be 
filled. 
     When there is no camp, then Certificate F must be filled. 
     When the name of the applicant, or any one making affidavit, is made by 
X mark, a witness must always be had to the mark. 
     After this application is completed file it with the clerk of the Circuit 
Court of your county. 



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[Official Form (printed); handwriting notes <thus>] 

                              Pension Form No. 3. 
                             Application of Widow. 
                                  __________ 

     I, <Ruthy A. Thacker>, do hereby apply for aid under the act of the 
General Assembly of Virginia, approved April 2, 1902, and subsequent acts, as 
amended by an act approved March 10, 1908, entitled an act to aid the citizens 
of Virginia who were disabled by wounds received during the war between the 
States while serving as soldiers, sailors, or marines of Virginia, and such as 
served during the said war as soldiers, sailors, or marines of Virginia, who 
are now disabled by disease contracted during the war, or by the infirmities 
of age, and the widows of soldiers, sailors, or marines of Virginia who lost 
their lives in said service, or whose death resulted from wounds received or 
disease contracted in said service, and providing penalties for violating the 
provisions of this act, I do solemnly swear that I am a citizen of the State 
of Virginia, resident of <illegible> in the <illegible>  in the said State, 
and that I have been an actual resident of the said State for two years, and 
of the city (or county) for one year preceding the date of this application, 
and that I am the widow of <Elias Thacker>, who was a soldier (sailor or 
marine) in the service of the State of Virginia in the war between the States, 
who was a member of (here state specifically the command and branch of the 
service in which the husband of the applicant belonged, and, if possible, the 
names of his immediate superior officers) <illegible> 
<Rives  46.th Va Regiment Co. I> 
             <Capt Robert Coles was the first Capt. and was killed> 

[margin notes] <No Regt or^ > 
               < Co given> 
               <OK        ^ > 
                
and who, while in the discharge of his duty in the military or naval service 
of the State of Virginia, or of the Confederate States, during the said war, 
lost his life (if the husband of such widow was killed or died during the war 
as the result of wounds received, state the facts of the case as near as 
possible, giving the date of the husband's death <March [illegible] 1908> 
(if the husband died after the war, strike out all relating to his death 
during the war, and proceed as follows:), and who has since the said war died 
(here state specifically the cause of the death of the husband of the 
applicant and the date thereof) <[illegible] of Blader> 
<& dropsy> 
           <illegible> 
and that, to the best of my knowledge, during the said war my husband was 
loyal and true to his duty, and never, at any time, deserted his command or 
voluntarily abandoned his post of duty in the said service, and 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, and that I am a widow at the date of making this 
application, and that I am now entitled to receive, under the said act, the 
sum of Twenty-Five dollars annually.  And I do further swear that I do not 
hold any position or office, either national, State, city or county, which 
pays me in salary or fees Two Hundred dollars per annum; nor have I an income 
from any other employment or other source whatever which amounts to Two 
Hundred dollars per annum; nor do I own in my own right, nor does any one 
hold in trust for my benefit or use estate or property, either real, personal, 
or mixed, either in fee or for life, of the assessed value of Seven Hundred 
and Fifty ($750.00) dollars; nor do I receive any aid or pension from any 
other State, or from the United States, or from any other source, and that I 
am without means of support, direct or indirect; and I do further swear that 
the answers given to the following questions are true: 
   1. What is your age? Ans <75 years> 
   2. Where were you born? Ans <Albemarle County> 
   3. How long have you resided in Virginia? Ans <all my life> 
   
5. How long have you resided in your City or County of your present residence? 
   <illegible> years. 
6. Where do you reside?  If in a city, give street address. 
   Post-office <[illegible] RFD# [illegible]> 
   County of <Nelson>, Virginia. 
7. With whom do you reside? <illegible> 
8. What was your husband's full name? <Lewis Thacker> 
9. When, where, and by whom were you married? 
   When? <illegible> 
   Where? <illegible> 
   By whom? <illegible> 
10. When and where did your husband die? <illegible> 
11. What was the cause of his death? <illegible> 
12. Give name and address of physician who attended your husband at the time 
    of his death. 
    Name <illegible> 
    Address <illegible> 
    [dingbat] See Certificate "D." 
13. Have you married since the death of your said husband?  If yes, give full 
    particulars. <No> 
14. In what branch of the army did your husband serve? <blank> 
    <Infantry>                                          Regiment. 
                                                        Company 
15. Who were his immediate superior officers? 
    Colonel <Wise> 
    Captain <Rivers> 
16. Give the names and addresses of two comrades who served in the same 
    command with your husband during the war. 
    Name <illegible> 
    Address <illegible> 
    Name <blank> 
    Address <blank> 
    See Certificate "B". 
17. Give the names and addresses of two persons who are familiar with the 
    circustances of your husband's service and death. 
    Name <S.D. Thacker > 
    Address <Covesville, V.a> 
    Name <C.T. Drumheller> 
    Address <RFD [illegible] Faber, V.a> 
    See Certificate "G." 
18. What assistance do you receive, and what income have you from all sources? 
    <None> 
    NOTE- By income is meant the total gross receipts derived by you from all 
    crops (whether sold or used) wages and other sources valued in dollars. 
19. How much property do you own? 
    Real Estate $ <illegible> 
    Personal Property $ <illegible> 
20. Was your husband on the pension roll of Virginia?  If yes, in what county 
    or city was his pension allowed? <illegible> 
21. Have you ever applied for a pension in Virginia before?  If so, why are 
    you not drawing one at this time? <No> 
22. Is there a camp of Confederate Veterans in your city or county? 
    <illegible> <Yes [noted in margin]> 
23. Give here any other information you may possess relating to the service of 
    your husband or the cause of his death which will support the justice of 
    your claim. 
    <illegible> 

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     [dingbat] A signature made by X mark is not valid unless attested 
               by a witness. [dingbat] 
                                            <her> 
     WITNESS <D.M. Garland>        <Ruthy A.  X  Thacker> 
                                            <mark> (Signature of Applicant.) 
   I, <N. Garland> a <Justice of the peace>, in and for the <County> of 
<Albemarle>, in the State of Virginia, do certify that the applicant whose 
name is signed to the foregoing application, personally appeared before me in 
my <County> aforesaid, having the aforesaid application read to her and fully 
explained, as well as the statements and answers therein made, the said 
applicant oath before me that the said statements and answers are true. 
   Given under my hand this <4.th> day of <March> 191<1> 
                                   <N. Garland, J.P.> 
                                                    Signature of Officer. 


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[Official Form (printed); handwriting notes <thus>] 

                                   (A) 
                        OATH OF RESIDENT WITNESSES. 

   We, <B.L. Dillard> and <M.W. DRUMHELLER>, do solemnly swear that we are 
residents of the <County> of <Albemarle>, in the State of Virginia and that we 
have known personally and well for <15> years the applicant whose name is 
signed to the foregoing application for aid under the act of the General 
Assembly of Virginia, approved April 2, 1902, as amended, and that the said 
applicant is a resident of the said city or county and is a woman of good 
reputation for truth and honesty, and that we have read the foregoing 
application and the answers to the questions therein propounded, made by the 
said applicant, and verily believe that the said applicant has been truthful 
in the said statements and answers, and that from our personal knowledge, we 
verily believe the said applicant is justly entitled to aid under the said 
act, and that we have no personal interest in the allowance of the applicant's 
claim. 
     [dingbat] A signature made by X mark is not valid unless attested 
               by a witness. [dingbat] 
                                             <B.L. Dillard> 
                                             <M.W. Drumheller> 
                                                    Resident Witnesses. 
      WITNESS <blank> 
              <blank> 
      Subscribed and sworn to before me, a <N. Garland [sic]> in and for the 
<County> of <Albemarle>, State of Virginia, this <4.th> day of <March>, 191<1> 
                                             <N. Garland, J.P.> 
                                                    Signature of Officer. 
______________________________________________________________________________ 
                                   (B) 
                          AFFIDAVIT OF COMRADES. 
                    (See Question No. 14 on page one) 

   We, <Richard A. Winebarger> and <blank> do solemnly swear that we are 
[struck; <I am a> inserted] residents ["s" struck] of the <County> of 
<Albemarle>, in the State of <Virginia> and that the applicant whose name is 
signed to the foregoing application for aid under the act of the General 
Assembly of Virginia, approved April 2, 1902, as amended, is personally well 
known to us [struck; <me> inserted] and that we [struck; <I>] have known her 
for <50> years, and know her to be the widow of <Lewis Thacker>, who was a 
soldier (sailor or marine) in the military (or naval) service of Virginia, or 
of the Confederate States, and that we were soldiers (sailors or marines) in 
the said service during the said war, and that we were, [struck; <I was>] with 
the said applicant's husband, members of the same command, [phrase underlined] 
and that to our personal knowledge, he died on or about the <1.st> day of 
<January 1911,> from the effects of <Dropsey> and that he was a true and loyal 
soldier in the said service, and was faithful in the discharge of his duty, 
and that we [struck; <I>] have no personal interest in the allowance of the 
applicant's claim. 
     [dingbat] A signature made by X mark is not valid unless attested 
               by a witness. [dingbat] 
      WITNESS <blank>                        <Richard A. Winebarger> 
              <blank>                        <blank> 
                                                         Comrades. 
      Subscribed and sworn to before me, a <Justice of the peace> in and for 
the <County> of <Albemarle>, State of <Virginia>, 
this <4.th> day of <March>, 191<1> 
                                             <N. Garland, J.P.> 
                                                    Signature of Officer. 
______________________________________________________________________________ 

 NOTE-If only one comrade whose address is known to applicant, let him make 
affidavit B.  If no such comrade is living whose address is known to 
applicant, then let one or more reputable persons who have personal knowledge 
of the service of the applicant's husband and of cause of his death, make 
affidavit C. 

                                   (C) 
                  AFFIDAVIT OF WITNESSES, NOT COMRADES. 
            (Not necessary when Certificate B can be filled.) 

   We, <blank> and <blank> do solemnly swear that we are residents of the 
<blank> of <blank> in the State of <blank> and that we personally know, and 
are well acquainted with the applicant whose name is signed to the foregoing 
application, and who is applying for aid under the act of the General Assembly 
of Virginia, approved April 2, 1902, as amended, and that we have known the 
said applicant for <blank> years, and that to our personal knowledge the said 
applicant is the widow of <blank> who was a loyal and true soldier (sailor or 
marine) in the military (or naval) service of Virginia, or of the Confederate 
States, in the war between the States, and that on or about the <blank> day of 
<blank> the said applicant's husband died, and that they lived as husband and 
wife up to the date of the death of said husband, and that we have no personal 
interest in the allowance of the applicant's claim. 
     [dingbat] A signature made by X mark is not valid unless attested 
               by a witness. [dingbat] 
      WITNESS <blank>                        <blank> 
              <blank>                        <blank> 
                                                   Witnesses, not Comrades. 
      Subscribed and sworn to before me, a <blank> in and for the <blank> of 
<blank>, State of <blank>, this <blank> day of <blank>, 191<blank> 
______________________________________________________________________________ 
 NOTE-If no comrade in arms or other person who has knowledge of the service 
of the applicant's husband and of the cause of his death be living, whose 
address is known to the applicant, state that fact here <blank> 
______________________________________________________________________________ 
                                   (D) 
                         CERTIFICATE OF PHYSICIAN. 
[dingbat] Physician will please read carefully the answers to 
  questions 10, 11, and 12 and the following certificate before filling out. 

   I, <J.F. Hubbard, M.D.>, a practising physician in the <County> of 
<Albemarle>, in the State of Virginia, do certify that I am personally 
acquainted with the applicant, whose name is signed to the foregoing 
application for aid under the act of the General Assembly of Virginia, 
approved April 2, 1902, as amended, and that I attended her husband, <Lewis 
Thacker> during his last illness, and that from my professional knowledge of 
the cause of his death, I verily believe that his death resulted from 
<illegible> 
and that I have no personal interest in the allowance of the applicant's claim.
     Given under my hand, this <15th> day of <February>, 191<1> 
                                                    <J.F. HUBBARD> M.D. 
______________________________________________________________________________ 


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[Official Form (printed); handwriting notes <thus>] 

[margin note <Fill> underlined]
                                   (E) 
              CERTIFICATE OF CAMP OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS. 
       (Must be filled up when there is a camp in applicant's city or county) 

   I, <C.H. Walker 1st Lieut. Commander & acting> Commander of <Jno. Bowie 
Strange> Camp of Confederate Veterans of the <City> of <Charlottesville> in 
the State of Virginia, hereby certify that the said camp has [phrase struck; 
<I have>] examined into the merits of the foregoing application for aid under 
the act of the General Assembly of Virginia, approved April 2, 1902, as 
amended, and being satisfied of the justice of said claim, hereby recommend 
the same, under the provisions of the said act, and that the said camp has 
[phrase struck; <I have>] no personal interest in the allowance of the 
applicant's claim. 
                                             <C.H. Walker 1st Liet. Commander> 
                                                <acting---> Commander. 
      Given under my hand <11.th> day of <July>, 191<1> 
______________________________________________________________________________ 
 NOTE-If there is no camp of Confederate Veterans in applicant's city or 
county, the certificate of two ex-Confederate soldiers, well known and of good 
reputation, residing in said city or county must be obtained to certificate F. 

                                   (F) 
                 CERTIFICATE OF EX-CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS. 
            (Not necessary when certificate E can be filled) 

   We, <C.T. Jones> and <John Y. Gravel> of the <County> of <Albemarle>, State 
of Virginia, do certify that we were soldiers (sailors or marines) of the 
Confederate States in the war between the States, and that we have examined 
into the merits of the foregoing application for aid under the act of the 
General Assembly of Virginia, approved April 2, 1902, as amended, and that we 
are satisfied of the justice of said claim, and recommend the same under the 
provisions of the said act, and that we have no personal interest in the 
allowance of the applicant's claim. 
      Given under our hands this <18.th> day of <April> 191<1> 
                                             <C.T. Jones> 
                                             <John Y. Gravel> 
                                                    Ex-Confederate Soldiers. 
______________________________________________________________________________ 
[margin note <Fill> underlined]
                                   (G) 
                 CERTIFICATE OF COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE. 

   I, <Geo.T. Omohundro>, Commissioner of Revenue in the <County> of 
<Albemarle>, in the State of Virginia, do certify that the applicant (or her 
trustee) whose name is signed to the foregoing application for aid under the 
act of the General Assembly of Virginia, approved April 2, 1902, as amended, 
is charged on the land and personal property books of the said <County> with 
estate, real, personal or mixed, of the assessed value of $ <143.00> 
      Given under my hand this <19.th> day of <June>, 191<1> 
                                             <Geo.T. Omohundro> 
                                                    Commissioner of Revenue. 
_____ 
   The actual amount due or unpaid upon any deed of trust or mortgage to 
secure the payment of a debt shall be deducted from the assessed value of the 
property of claimants under this act. 
   In computing the value of the estate held by any person or for his or her 
benefit, all property conveyed by deed for consideration not deemed valuable 
in law or parted with by gift since March 3, 1911[?], shall be considered as 
his or her estate. 
______________________________________________________________________________ 
                                   (H) 
                      CERTIFICATE OF PENSION BOARD. 

   I, <illegible>, chairman of the Pension Board of the <County> of 
<Albemarle>, State of Virginia, do hereby certify that the foregoing 
application has been examined and approved for by said Board. 
   In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand, 
this <19.th> day of <April>, 191<1> 
                                             <[illegible]> 
                                                    Chairman Pension Board. 
______________________________________________________________________________ 
                                   (I) 
                          CERTIFICATE OF JUDGE. 

  This Court, from an examination of the foregoing application and of the 
  affidavits, certificates, etc., therewith filed, and hereto annexed, and of 
such witnesses as were required and called by the court, being satisfied that 
the said application is supported by the affidavits, certificates, etc., of 
persons of well-known reputation for truth, honesty and integrity, and that 
the claim of the said applicant is just, and in due form, doth certify the 
same to the Auditor of Public Accounts. 
  Given under my hand this <25> day of <April>, 191<1> 
                                             <John M. White> 
                                                              Judge. 
[end] 

[DILLARD, DRUMHELLER, GARLAND, GRAVEL, HUBBARD, JONES, OMOHUNDRO, THACKER, 
 WALKER, WHITE, WINEBARGER] 

The Library of Virginia 
Confederate Pension Rolls, Veterans and Widows database 
http://www.lva.lib.va.us/index.htm 

[Elias, son of Ellis and Martha (MAYO) THACKER, m. ca. 1861, first cousin 
 Ruth A., daughter of Lewis Sr. and Nancy (CLEMENTS) THACKER.] 

[DILLARD, DRUMHELLER, GARLAND, GRAVES, HUBBARD, JONES, MICHIE, OMOHUNDRO, 
 THACKER, WALKER, WHITE, WINEBARGER]