CIVIL WAR WIDOW'S PENSION APPLICATION - MAGGIE M. NEWBILL (1920) Contributed by: John L. Newbill ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net *********************************************************************** Approved $60.00 Jan 6 1921 Filed in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of County of ..., Virginia This 6th day of Dec, 1920 PENSION APPLICATION FOR A Widow of a Confederate Soldier ACT 1918, Amended 1920. To save trouble for Applicant and Pension Department, please write plainly in spaces below, the County or City in which the Pension was granted and the name and Postoffice Address of the applicant. Roll No. 82 County City Gloucester Name Mrs Maggie M Newbill Post-office Hayes Store US Claim ......... Rating ........ Age ......... Filed in Auditor's office Jan 6 1921 Paid Warrant No. 21673 $60.00 Date of Payment ..........., 192... MEMORANDA 171 Form No. 8-3-18-'20 NOTICE NO FEE TO BE CHARGED FOR THE SERVICES RENDERED APPLICANT; PENALTY; EXEMPT FROM LEVY, GARISHMENT OR ATTACHMENT That no fee or other compensation shall be charged or received by any clerk, attorney, officer, or other person for any service rendered to any applicant under the provisions of this act; and any person who shall purchase from a soldier, sailor, or marine, or from any widow of any deceased soldier, sailor or marine, any claim allowed under the provisions of this act for a price or sum of money less than the full amount thereof shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon indictment and conviction thereof shall be fined not less than twenty-five, nor more than one hundred dollars, or imprisoned, or both, at the discretion of the court. The provisions hereby made for disabled soldiers, sailors, or marines and widows of deceased soldiers, sailors or marines, shall be exempt from levy, garnishment, or attachment for any debt or pecuniary demand. (Section 18, Pension Law.) The Applicant must read, or have read to her, every word in this Application. PENSIONERS now on the ROLL are NOT required to make application, but must file ... certificate. THIS APPLICATION must be filed with the Clerk of the Corporation or Circuit Court of Your City or County (No application will be entertained not on the printed form.) FORM No. 5 APPLICATION of a widow of a Soldier, Sailor, or Marine of the Late Confederacy Under Act Approved February 28, 1918 as amended by act approved, March 10, 1920. I, Mrs. Maggie M . Newbill do hereby apply for a pension under the provisions of the act of the General Assembly of Virginia, approved March 10, 1920 amending an act approved February 28, 1918, relating to Confederate pensions. I do solemnly swear that I am a citizen of the State of Virginia , and that I have been an actual resident of the said State for two years next preceding the date of this application, and that I am the widow of George Thomas Newbill who was a soldier (sailor or marine) in the service of the Confederate States in the war between the States, 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 services, 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 time of his death, and that I am a widow at the time of making this application, and that I am now entitled to receive a pension under the provisions of the said act. And that I do further swear that I do not hold any position or office, either national, State, city or county, which pays me in salary of from Three hundred ($300.00) dollars per annum, nor do I receive from any source whatever, money or other means of support amounting in the value to Three Hundred ($300.00) dollars 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, in fee or for life, of the assessed value of Two thousand ($2,000.00) dollars; nor do I receive any pension from any other State, or from the United States, or from any other source, and that I am without necessary means of support, from any source; and I do further swear that the answers given to the following questions are true: All questions must be answered fully. Widows married after May 1, 1875, are not entitled to pensions. 1. What is your name? Mrs Maggie M. Newbill 2. What is your age? seventy 3. Where were you born? Hayes store 4. How long have you resided in Virginia? Seventy years 5. How long have you resided in the City or County of your present residence? Seventy years 6. Where do you reside? If in the City - give street address, Postoffice Hayes store 7. With whom do you reside? Son, W A Newbill 8. What was your husband's full name? George Thomas Newbill 9. When, where, and by whom were you married? When? 1870 - July 9th Where? Hayes Store VA By whom? P. A. Petterson 10. When and where did your husband die? May 16, 1915 Gloucester Point VA 11. What was the cause of his death? Hardening of the arteries 12. Give name and address of physician who attended your husband at the time of his death. (See Certificate "D") Name Dr E C Taliferro Address Norfolk VA 13. Have you married since the death of your husband? If yes, give full particualrs. No 14. In what branch of the army did your husband serve? Company C Twenty six Regiment Virginia Infantry Company 15. Who were his immediate superior officers? Colonel Tage Captain W B ........ 16. Give name and addresses of two comrades who served in the same command with your husband during the war. (See certificate "B.") Name Mr Henry Glass Address HaysVA Name Mr Wm Crewes Address ................... 17. Give the names and addresses of two persons who are familiar with the circumstances of your husband's service and death. (see Certificate "C.") Name W C Richardson Address Gloucester Pt. VA Name J. D Brown Address Gloucester Pt. VA 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 $ none Personal property $ none 20. Was your husband on the pension roll of Virginia? If yes, what county or city was his pension allowed? Yes Gloucester Co 21. Have you applied for a pension before" If yes, why are you not drawing one at this time? No 22. Is there a camp of Confederate Veterans in your city or county? No 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. He served faithfully from June 12th 1861 until the close of the war A signature made by an X mark is not valid unless attested by a witness. WITNESS ............................... Mrs Maggie M Newbill Signature of Applicant I, Ann Crowder ........., a notary public, in and for the county of Gloucester, 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 herein made, the said applicant made oath before me that the said statements and answers are true. Given under my hand this 12th day of Nov, 1920 Ann Crowder ...... My commission expires Feb 9, 1922 Signature of Officer Notary Public (A) OATH OF RESIDENT WITNESSES. (Must be signed by residents of Applicant's City or County.) We, W C Richardson and J D Brown, do solemnly swear that we are residents of the County of Gloucester, in the said State, and that we have known personally and well for 24 years the applicant, whose name is signed to the foregoing application for aid under the act of the General Assembly of Virginia, approved March 10, 1920, amending an act approved February 208, 1918 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 its 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 applicant is justly entitled to aid under the said act, and that, and we have no personal interest in the allowance of the applicant's claim. A signature made by X is not valid unless attested by a witness. W C Richardson J D Brown Resident Witnesses WITNESS Q W Avery Subscribed and sworn to before me, a notary public in and for the county of Gloucester, State of Virginia, this 6th day of Dec 1920 Ann Crowder ..... Signature of Officer My commission expires Feb 7, 1922 Notary Public (B) Affidavit of Comrades (See Question No. 16 on page one.) We, ...... and ........., do solemnly swear that we are residents of the ..... of ....., in the State of ..., and that applicant whose name is signed to the foregoing application for aid under the act of the General Assembly of Virginia approved March 10, 1920, amending act approved February 28, 1918, is personally well known to us, and we have known her well for ... years, and know her to be the widow of ....... 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 with the said applicant's husband, members of the same command, and that to our personal knowledge he died on or about .... day of ... from the effects of ........ and that the said he was a loyal and true soldier in the said service and was faithful in the discharge of his duty and that we have no personal interest in the allowance of the applicant's claim. A signature made by X is not valid unless attested by a witness. ................................... .................................. Comrades Subscribed and sworn to before me, a ......... in and for the ........... of ......., State of Virginia, this ... day of .... 19. ............................. Signature of Officer NOTE - If only one comrade whose address is known to the applicant let him make affidavit B. If no such comrade is living whose address is known to the applicant, then let one or more reputable persons who have personal knowledge of the service of the applicant's husband and cause of his death make affidavit C. (C) AFFIDAVIT OF WITNESSES, NOT COMRADES (Not necessary when Certificate B filled in) We, ........ and ........, do solemnly swear that we are residents of the County of Gloucester, in the State of VA, 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 March 10, 1920 amending act approved February 28, 1918, and that to our personal knowledge the said applicant is the widow of Geo T Newbill 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 16th day of April 1915 the said applicant's husband died, and that they lived as husband and wife up to the death of the death of the said husband and that we have no personal interest in the allowance of the applicant's claim. A signature made by X mark is not valid unless attested by a witness. ............................................. ............................................. Witnesses not Comrades WITNESS O W Fary Subscribed and sworn to before me, a notary public in and for the county of Gloucester State of Virginia, this 6th day of Dec, 1920. Ann Crowder ...... notary public Signature of Officer my commission expires Feb 7, 1922 NOTE - If no comrade in arms or other person who has knowledge of the services of the applicant's husband and the cause of his death is living, whose address is known to the applicant, state that fact here. ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... (D) CERTIFICATE OF PHYSICIAN Physician will please read carefully the answers in question 10, 11 and 12, and the folowing certificate before filling out. I, E C Talifero, a practicing physician in the City of Norfolk, in the State of Virginia, do certify that I am personally acquainted with applicant, whose name is signed to the foregoing application for aid under the act of the General Assembly of Virginia approved March 10, 1920, amending an act approved February 28, 1918 and that I attended her husband Mr. Thomas Newbill during his last illness, and that from my professional knowledge of the cause of his death I verily believe that his death resulted from hardened artery Osterclerosis and that I have no personal interest in the allowance of the applicant's claim. Given under my hand this 29 day of Nov, 1920 E C Talifero MD (E) CERTIFICATE OF CAMP OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS (Must be filled in where there is a camp in the applicant's city or county.) I, ........... commander of ............. Camp of Confederate Veterans of the ..... of .... In the State of Virginia hereby certify that the said camp examined into the merits of the foregoing application for aid under the act of the General Assembly of Virginia, approved March 10, 1920, amending act approved February 28, 1918 , 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 no personal interest in the allowance of the applicant's claim. ........................................... Commander Given under my hand this ...... day of ......... 192... NOTE - If there is no Camp of Confederate Veterans in the applicant's city or county, the certificate of two ex-Confederate soldiers, well known and of good reputation, residing in the city or county, must be obtained to certificate F. (F) CERTIFICATE OF EX-CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS. (Not necessary when certificate E can be filled.) We, John N Tubb, and L H ............ of the County of Gloucester Virginia, State of Virginia, do certify that we were soldiers (sailor or marines), of the Confederate States in the war between the States, and that we have examined into the merit of the foregoing application for aid under the act of the General Assembly of Virginia approved March 10, 1920, amending an act approved February 28, 1918, 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 calim. Given under my hand this 6th day of Dec, 1920. J N Tabb L H ....... Ex-Confederate Soldiers (G) CERTIFICATE OF COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE I, Hannibal Rowe, Commissioner of Revenue in the county of Gloucester 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 the State of Virginia, approved March 10, 1920, amending act approved February 28, 1918, is charged on the land and personal property books of said county with estate, real, personal or mixed, of the assessed value of *$ none. Given under my hand this 6th day of Dec, 1920 Hannibal Rowe .... 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 .... value of the property of claimants under this act. In computing the value of estate held by any person or his or her benefit, all property conveyed by deed for consideration not deemed valuable in law or parted with by gift since March 2, 1902, shall be considered as his or her estate. _______________________________________________________________________ (H) CERTIFICATE OF PENSION BOARD I, James Nuttal, Chairman of the Pension Board of the county of Gloucester State of Virginia, do hereby certify that the foregoing application been examined and approved by said board. In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand this 6th day of Dec, 1920. Jas Nuttal Chairman Pension Board (I) CERTIFICATE OF JUDGE This Court, from an examination of the foregoing application and 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 do form, doth certify the same to the Auditor of Public Accounts. Given under my hand this 4 day of January, 1921. .................................... Judge