Confederate Widow’s Pension Application of Martha
B. Wynn Allan.
Application
for Pension by a Widow Under Act of 1910.
Questions
for Applicant.
State of
Georgia
Banks
County.
Personally
before me comes Mrs. Martha B. Allan of said State and County, and after being
duly sworn, on oath says that she desires to apply for a pension allowed under
the Act of .....1910, and submit testimony to make out the same, true answers
makes to the following questions to-wit:
1. What
is your name, and where do you reside?
M. B.
Allan, Banks county Ga.
2. How
long and since when have you been a continuing resident of the State of
Georgia?
All my
life. 63 years.
3. When,
where and to whom were you married?
Nov. 30th
1869, Banks county, James C. Allan.
4. When,
where and in what Company and Regiment did your husband serve as a soldier in
the Confederate Army or Georgia Militia? (State the arms and class of service.)
April
1861. Homer Ga. Co. A 2nd Ga.
Regt.
5. When
and where did the Commands of your husband surrender or discharge from the
Army?
April
1865. Appomatox Court House.
6. Was
your husband personally present at the time of the surrender or discharge of
this Command?
No, but
was imprisoned at Point Lookout.
7. If not
present state clearly where he was?
Point
Lookout.
8. Where
was his command when he left?
Va.
a. For
what cause did he leave his Command?
Taken
Prisoner.
b. By
whose authority did he leave his Command?
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c. For
how long was he granted a leave of absence?
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e. [There
in question d.] What was his physical condition when he left his Command?
Good.
f. What
effort did he make to return to his Command?
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g. In
what way was he prevented from going back to Command?
In
Prison.
h. Was he
captured by the enemy at any time?
Yes.
i. If so,
when and where captured and where held prisoner, and when and for what cause
released?
June
1864. Captured at Waynesboro, Ga. and
held prisoner til June 22nd 1865, at Point Lookout Md.
j. When
and where did your husband die?
May 5th
1912. Banks county Georgia.
k. Were
you residing with him when he died?
Yes.
l. If
not, how long had you resided apart?
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9. What
property of any description did you own, hold or control for your use and its
cash value, Nov. 4, 1908?
None.
10. What
property of any kind have you sold or given away since Nov. 4, 1908? What was received for it and what did you do
with the proceeds thereof?
None.
11. What
property of any description of any value have you now?
8 acres
land. Give list and cash value.
$200.00.
12. What
are you annual earnings or income and their value?
About
$25.00.
13. Have
you heretofore been paid a pension by the State?
No.
Signed:
Martha B. Allan
Sworn to
and subscribed before me this the 21 day of Oct. 1912
Logan
Perkins, Ordinary of Banks County.
Note-Martha
Burns Wynn Allan is buried at the Wynne/Wynn family cemetery in Banks county,
Ga. Her stone reads: “Wife of James
Charlton Allan”, June 3, 1849-Aug. 8, 1920.
Transcribed 2006 by Jacqueline King