CIVIL WAR PENSION APPLICATION EXTRACT - JULIA FRANCES CHANEY

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Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection


WIDOW OF A DECEASED SOLDIER, SAILOR OR MARINE FOR A PENSION. 

NAME:: JULIA FRANCES CHANEY, AGE 80 AS OF 1932, WIDOW OF GEBRT WATSON CHANEY, 
LIVED WITH HER DAUGHTER J. E. CHANEY, MARRIED NOV. 15, 1869 BY A JP, HUSBAND 
DIED SEPT. 17, 1911 OF ACUTE DIGESTION.

PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY, VA  (SUTHERLIN)

MEMBER OF: 1ST VA REGT., 2ND RESERVES, E COMPANY UNDER COL. B. L. FARINGHOLT AND 
CAPT. OSCAR BRANCH
    
 APPROVED BY D. JEFFERSON, CHM. OF PENSION BOARD ON NOV. 1932

HANDWRITTEN LETTER: 
      I, ABRAM WHITE, DO SOLEMLY SWEAR THAT WHEN I RETURNED FROM THE WAR IN 1865 
AFTER LEE HAD SURRENDED THAT I MADE INQUIRY ABOUT HENRY WATSON CHANEY, HUSBAND 
OF THE APPLICANT, MRS. JUDITH (ACTUAL NAME WRITTEN) FRANCES CHANEY AND WAS TOLD 
THAT HE HAD GONE TO THE WAR AND WAS WITH THE BTY BIGRADE OR RESERVE CO. AND HAD 
NOT AT THAT TIME RETURNED HOME.    SIGNED: ABRAM WHITE-- WITNESS: P. S. CLARK. 
      SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO BEFORE ME A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE IN AND FOR THE 
COUNTY OF PITTSYLVANIA THIS 13 DAY OF OCTOBER 1932.  SIGNED: C. J. FORELACE, JP

LETTER FROM WAR DEPT: DEC. 7, 1932 TO COMPTROLLER:  

     THE RECORDS SHOW THAT H. W. CHANEY, NOT BORNE AS HENRY WATSON CHANEY, 
PRIVATE, COMPANY E, 1ST (FARINHOLT'S) VA RESERVE, C S A, ENLISTED MAY 23, 186-, 
AT HALIFAX COURT HOUSE.  MUSTER ROLL CALL FOR JAN. AND FEB. 1865, LAST ROLL ON 
FILE, SHOWS HIM ABSENT, WITH LEAVE, NEGRO SUBSTITUTE FOR 60 DAYS FROM JAN. 13, 
1865.  NO LATER RECORD HAS BEEN FOUND.  
     B. L. FARINHOLT WAS COL. OF THE REGT, AND WM R. BRANCH THE CAPT. OF COMPANY 
E.  SIGNED: C. H. BRIDGES, MAJOR GENERAL