Hanover County, VA - Widow's Pension Application: Josephine Atkisson, 1927


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(Official Form)
APPLICATION OF A WIDOW OF A DECEASED SOLDIER, SAILOR OR MARINE FOR A
PENSION.

Date of Application: Aug. 3, 1927
Josephine Atkisson, age 74; Place of birth: Goochland County, VA
Hanover County, Virginia
Resident of Hanover County: 47 years
Resides with Mrs. Martha Brooks
Widow of: John Joseph Atkisson
Member of: Capt. John Guy's Coast Artillery Company
Enlisted: CSA Jun 06, 1861 at Goochland Court House
Service: captured at Ft. Donelson Feb 16, 1862 sent to Vicksburg to be exchanged

Swore to:

Name of applicant's deceased husband: John Joseph Atkisson

When and were, as nearly as can be ascertained, did the applicant's
husband die, and from what cause? 

Feb. 26, 1923; old age; Hanover County, VA

When and where were the applicant and her deceased husband married:
Feb. 12, 1878, Goochland County, VA, by L. B. Johnston

Has the applicant ever married again: no

                         Signed: Josephine Atkisson

Witnesses:

E. D. Gammon, Louisa Co., VA gives comrade affidavit

C. K. Atkisson, C. D. Purcell of Hanover Co., VA give non-comrade affidavits