WIDOW’S APPLICATION FOR PENSION

STATE OF ARKANSAS }

COUNTY OF Cleveland }

I, Mary E. Lizzie Ashcraft, do solemnly swear that I was born on the ________day of _______________ 18 42 or 43 and that I am the widow of Uriah Ashcraft

who served as a soldier in the army (or sailor in the navy) of the Confederate States, being a member of ______________________ Regiment of __________________________ from the sate of Arkansas or a member of the crew of the ship called __________________; that he was honorably discharged yes (paroled or released) from such service on or about the at the close of the Civil War , 18 65, and did not desert the same; that I am now, and for the past twelve months have been, a bona fide resident of this State; that I do not own property, real or personal, or both, or moneys, or choses in action, in excess of the value of $500 (not including the value of homestead, or household goods); nor have I conveyed title to any property to enable me to draw a pension, and that I am not in receipt of any income, annuity, pension or wages for any services, the emoluments of an office in excess of $250.00 per year; that my Uriah Ashcraft husband died 26^th day of April 1895 and that I have not since remarried, so help me God.

Attest (Signature:) Mary Elizabeth x Aschraft her mark

Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 18^{th day} of of July 1927.

R.N. Garmin

Notrs [Notary] Public

My comshon [commission] Expires

February 16, 1929.

 

(No widow born subsequent to 1878 is entitled to a pension.)

 

FOR ORIGINAL APPLICANTS

 

PROOF OF SERVICE

(By Comrades if possible)

STATE OF ARKANSAS

County of Cleveland

On this day personally came before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Cleveland and State of Arkansas citizens of Rye, Drew County, Arkansas whom I certify to be credible persons and worthy of confidence, who, being duly sworn, state that they are each personally, well acquainted with applicant Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Ashcraft and have known her for 35 years, respectively.

That Her husband, Uriah Ashcraft, was a Confederate soldier, belonging to Company _________________ Regiment of _____________________. That as such soldier he served from ___________________ to the end of the war in 1865. That as such soldier he was honorably (paroled or released) from such service and did not desert the same. That we have no interest in this claim.

Attest J.H. Meek, J.P. H. X H. Kinsbrell his own mark

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 18^th day of July, 1927.

J.H. Meek, J.P.

FOR ORIGINAL APPLICANTS

PROOF OF INDIGENCY

STATE OF ARKANSAS

County of Cleveland

On this day personally came before the undersigned, a A Notary Public within and for the County of Bradley, and State of Arkansas, citizens of New Edinburg, Cleveland County Ark whom I certify to be credible persons and worthy of confidence, who, being duly sworn, state that they are each, personally well acquainted with applicant Mary Elizabeth Ashcraft and have known her several years years, respectively.

That he is now and has been for the past twelve months a bona fide resident of Arkansas. The he is incapacitated for manual labor by reason of Age & affliction and that such incapacity (or disability) is not the result of her own vicious habits still persisted in. That to the best of our knowledge all property now owned by him and his wife, together, is not worth exceeding $500.00, not including the value of his or her homestead,* or household goods. That neither he nor his wife is in receipt of any income, annuity, pension or wages for any service, or the emoluments of an office, in excess of $250.00 per year. That we have no interest in this claim.

G. A. Williams

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 18^th day of July, 1927.

R.N. Garmin

notrs [Notary] public

my Commission Expires February 16, 1927.

*In city or town homestead shall not exceed 1 acre in extent, or $2,500 in value; in country shall not exceed 160 acres in extent; or $2,500 in value.

FOR ORIGINAL APPLICANTS

PROOF OF INDIGENCY

STATE OF ARKANSAS

County of Cleveland

On this day personally came before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Cleveland, and State of Arkansas, citizens of Rye, Drew County Ark whom I certify to be credible persons and worthy of confidence, who, being duly sworn, state that they are each, personally well acquainted with applicant Mary Elizabeth Ashcraft and have known her 35 ~ years, respectively.

That she is now and has been for the past twelve months a bona fide resident of Arkansas. The she is incapacitated for manual labor by reason of Age and affliction and that such incapacity (or disability) is not the result of her own vicious habits still persisted in. That to the best of our knowledge all property now owned by her and his wife, together, is not worth exceeding $500.00, not including the value of his or her homestead,* or household goods. That neither he nor his wife is in receipt of any income, annuity, pension or wages for any service, or the emoluments of an office, in excess of $250.00 per year. That we have no interest in this claim.

Ja. T. A-- ?

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 18^th day of July , 1927. J.H. Meek, J.P.

*In city or town homestead shall not exceed 1 acre in extent, or $2,500 in value; in country shall not exceed 160 acres in extent; or $2,500 in value.

 

STATE OF ARKANSAS}

County of Cleveland }

We, the undersigned, sitting as a Pension Board for Cleveland County, do certify that we have examined the application of the within named Mary Elizabeth Ashcraft for pension, under Act of the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, as approved March 11, 1901, and the proof in support of same, and find that said applicant is the widow of a Confederate soldier, is in indigent circumstances and that her claim is just, and that she should be allowed $ _______________pension.

Woodson Mosley (SEAL)

J.H, Atkins (SEAL)

J. M. Strait (SEAL)

QUESTIONAIRE

TO SUPPLEMENT PENSION APPLICATION ON FILE IN THE AUDITOR’S OFFICE

It is necessary that this Questionnaire be properly filled out, sworn to, and filed in the Auditor’s office in order that your name may remain on the Confederate pension Roll. Under authority of a rule of the State Pension Board and Advisory Board, appointed by the Governor, at a meeting of said Boards on the 7^th day of January, 1932.

1. What is your full name? Mary E. Ashcraft

2. Your present address? Warren, Arkansas

√ 3. When and where were you born? On the _______ of __________, 18___ Drew County,

√ Arkansas County of Cleveland State of Arkansas.

4. To whom, when and where were you married to the Veteran whose was record you are now

drawing your Confederate Pension? (To be answered by widows only.) To Uriah Ashcraft

√ On the 12 day of August 1846, year of _______ , County of _________________ , State

of _____________________________.

5. With whom do you make your home? Maggie Jeffers

Address. Warren Arkansas

6. What relation are they to you? Daughter

7. Have you lived continuously in Arkansas for the past five years? Yes

8. Do you own any property or any interest in property? No If so, give value of same No

9. Do you have any income other than Arkansas Confederate Pensions? No If so, how much

per month? ______________

10. How much of your pension each month is spent for your benefit? $ All

STATE OF ARKANSAS CERTIFICATE OF CONFEDERATE PENSIONER

COUNTY OF Bradley

I, Mary E. Ashcraft, a resident of the County and State aforesaid, do solemnly swear that I fully understand the questions above set forth and that I have truthfully and to the best of my knowledge and ability given the answers set opposite each question.

Attest R. N. Garmin Mary E. x Aschraft her mark

Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 20 ^day of of February 1932.

R.N. Garmin J.P.

Any false statement made in this Questionnaire will be considered as a fraud, and the party making such false statement is subject or prosecution.

(Check marks appear in left margin of the original and indicate clerical errors contained in those lines based on the information in the following statement made by Mary E. Ashcraft.)

 

 

AUDITOR’S COPY

CERTIFICATE OF COUNTY CLERK

(Of Pension Due Estate of Deceased Pensioner)

Under Authority Sec. 8192-8193-8194 of Crawford & Moses’ Digest

STATE OF ARKANSAS,

County of Cleveland

I, Henry Young, Clerk of the County Court within and for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify the Mrs. Mary E. Ashcraft was a Confederate pensioner, residing in said State, that the application of the said Frazer’s Funeral Home was originally filed in said County; that said Mary E. Ashcraft died on or about the 2^nd day of March, 1939; that the last allowance or issuance of a pension warrant to said deceased pensioner was made in __________________, 193___, and there being no administrator of the estate of said Mrs. Mary E. Ashcraft, therefore, T.H. Glover, Sheriff of said county, as public administrator, is entitled to receive, under the provisions of Section 8193 of Crawford & Moses’ Digest, and to be disbursed by him under authority of Section 8194 of said Digest, the pro rata amount accruing from ______________, 193___, to date of death of said pensioner, subject to the apportionment of the pension fund made by the State Board of Pensioners for the present year.

Given under my hand and official seal this 16^th day of March, 1939. Henry Young County Clerk

Original filed with Auditor of State, copy filed with administrator, and copy with pension record of County Clerk’s office.

Submitted by Sharon Ashcraft  ashcraft329@yahoo.com

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