Pension Application:  Hezekiah Coffey, 1889.  Made by his wife, Mary F. Coffey
Contributor & Transcribed by:  Shirley Moore <w_moore@bellsouth.net>
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      Application of a Widow of a Deceased Soldier, Sailor or Marine for a Pension.

     I, Mary F. Coffey, residing at ____ In the County of Nelson In State of Virginia, do 
hereby apply for aid under an act of the General Assembly entitled :An act to give aid to 
soldiers, sailors or marines of Virginia, maimed or disabled in the war between the States, 
and to the widows of Virginia soldiers, sailors and marines who lost their lives in said 
war in the military service."  And I do swear that I am the widow of Hezekiah Coffey who 
was a member of Co. F 49th Infantry Regiment and who, while in the discharge of his duty 
in military service during the late war between the States, lost his life. And I do 
further swear that I am not receiving aid from or a pension from any State or from The 
United States, and that I do not hold any national, State or county office which pays me 
in fees or salary over three hundred dollars; that my income from no source amounts to 
three hundred dollars; and that I do not own in my own right property of the assessed 
value of one thousand dollars; ___ that I am now entitled to receive annually the sum of 
thirty dollars under the terms of the aforesaid act  of the General Assembly.
     And I do further swear that the following answers are true:
1st,  What was the name of the applicants deceased husband?  Ans. Hezekiah Coffey
2d    When and where, as nearly as can be ascertained, did the applicant's husband die, 
      and and from what cause? 
Ans.  In July 1863 at Gettysburg _______ 
3d.   When and where were the applicant and her deceased husband married:
Ans.  In the year 1855 in Nelson Co. Va
4th.  Has the applicant ever married again? Ans. No

                                 Mary F. Coffey (signature)


     I, T.P. Fitzpatrick, Judge of the County Court for the County of Nelson do certify 
that Mary F. Coffey, 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 F. Coffey made oath before me that said statements and answers are true.
     Given under my hand this 22nd day of April, 1889.
                                     Thos P Fitzpatrick (signature)


			

Nelson @ No 35
Virginia
Co. of Nelson, TO-WIT:
    I, Thos. P. Fitzpatrick, Judge of the ___ Court for the County of Nelson, do 
certify that I have carefully enquired and examined into and am fully satisfied from 
the evidence adduced before me that each and all of the facts set forth in the within 
application are true; that the application is for these reasons approved, and it is 
therefore certified  that Mary F. Coffey is entitled to receive annually from the 
State of Virginia the sum of thirty dollars. Given under my hand this 22 nd day of 
April, 1889. 
                                     Thos. P. Fitzpatrick (signature)


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