Lunenburg County, VA - Widow's Pension Application: Mary C. Laffoon, 1888

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

Mary C. Laffoon
Lunenburg County, Virginia
Widow of: Jesse G. Laffoon
Member of: Company D, 18th Va. Regiment Infantry, Pickett's Division, _____ Brigade

Swore to:

Name of applicant's deceased husband: Jesse G. Laffoon

Whe and were, as nearly as can be ascetained, did the applicant's husband die, and from
what cause?   at Point Lookout, Feb. 10th, 1864, from a wound inflicted by a musket ball.

When and where were the applicant and her deceased husband married: 8th day of August 1855.

Has the applicant ever married again: No.

                                                    Signed: Mrs. Mary C. Laffoon


I, W. H. Raney, Judge of the County Court for the County of Lunenburg do certify that 
Mary C. Laffoon, whose name is signed to the foregoing application, personally appeared
before ;me in open court, and, having the said application fully read and explained to her,
as well as the statements and answers therein made, she the said Mary C. Laffoon made oath
before me that said statements and answers are true.

Given under my hand this 9th day of April, 1888.

                                                    Signed: W. H. Raney


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Lunenburg County
No. 36

VIRGINIA:

County of Lunenburg, TO-WIT:

I, W. H. Raney, Judge
of the County Court for the County
of Lunenburg, do certify that I have care-
fully enquired and examined into, and am fully satis-
fied from the evidence adduced before me that each
and all of the facts set forth in the within application
are true; that the applicant is the identical person
name in the application; that the application is for
the reasons approved, and it is therefore certified that

Mary C. Laffoon

is entitled to receive annually from the State of
Virginia the sume of Thirty dollars.

Given under my hand this 9th day
of April, 1888.


                    Signed: W. H. Raney