Confederate Widow’s Pension of Cynthia Pruitt Allan
Affidavit to be Made by the Widow.
State of Georgia
County of Banks.
In person came before me, the
undersigned Ordinary in and for the County of Banks, Mrs. Cynthia Allan, who
being duly sworn according to law, says under oath that she is the widow of
William Allan, who was a soldier in the service of the Confederate States, and
served as a member of Company D, of the 43rd Regiment of Georgia
Volunteers; that he enlisted in said service on or about the tenth day of March
1862, and while in the Army, and was in the Army up to October 1862. That while in the Army, he was on the
[blank] day of [blank] 1860_, “He was on the march from Kentucky to Lenoir
Station Tenn. the last that [ ink smudge-“disease”?] I ever heard from him as
he never came home.”
Deponent further swears that she
was the wife of said deceased soldier during is term of service in the Army,
and that she has never married since his death; that she became his wife on the
7th day of October 1858 [there is a record of a marriage in Franklin
County, Ga. between William J. Allen and Cynthia Pruett on 19 Jan. 1859], and
that she has resided in the State of Georgia continuously since the 17th
day of November 1826, and since said date she has not lived in any other State
of locality. Deponent, as the widow of
a deceased soldier husband, applies for the pension provided for by Act of the
General Assembly of Georgia, approved December 23rd, 1890, for the
pension year ending February 15th, 1892, and herewith tenders the
proof of her right to receive the allowance granted by said Act.
Signed: Cyntha Allan (X her mark)
Sworn to and subscribed before me,
this, the 15th day of April 1891.
T. F. Hill, Ordinary.
Certificate of Ordinary of the
County of Applicant’s Residence.
State of Georgia, County of Banks.
I, T. F. Hill Ordinary in and for
said County of Banks State of Georgia, hereby certify that I am acquainted with
Mrs. Cyntha Allan the applicant for a pension in this case, and know from my
own knowledge (or from positive proof presented to me by reputable witnesses)
that she resides in this County, and that she resided in the State of Georgia
on December 23, 1890, and has not lived out of the State since that date. That she is the widow of William Allan
deceased, and as such has heretofore been allowed a pension for the year ending
February 15th, 1896.
In Witness Whereof, I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of my office, this the 11th
day of January 1897.
T. F. Hill, Ordinary.
Power of Attorney.
State of Georgia, Banks County.
I. Cyntha Allan hereby authorize
T. F. Hill of Homer Ga. to receive and receipt for the pension paid hereon and
request that he remit the same to me at Homer GA.
In Witness Whereof, I have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this 11th day of January 1897.
Cyntha Allan (X her mark)
Executed in the presence of: Oscar
Brown, R. M. Kesler, J. P.
Note-The 1897 folio for Cynthia
Allan has a note stating “To Franklin Co., 1898.”
The surname Allan is also spelled
Allen in many records. Service records
for William J. Allen/Allan, Co. D. 43rd Regt.-“Roll for March
10-Oct. 31 1862, last on which borne, shows him absent, left in Kentucky. Died of fever October 2, 1862.”
Transcribed 2006 by Jacqueline
King
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