Confederate Widow’s Pension Application of Flora A. McDonald Brewer
Questions for Applicant
State of Georgia
Banks County.
Florah (sic) A. Brewer of said State and County,
desiring to avail herself of the Pension allowed to Indigent Widows of
Confederate Soldiers, under Act of General Assembly, passed [Blank] 1900,
hereby submits her proofs, and after being duly sworn true answers to make to
the following questions, deposes and answers as follows”
1.
What is your name and where do you reside? (Give State, County and Post Ofice.)
Florah A. Brewer, Maysville, Banks County, Ga.
2.
How long and since when have you been a resident of this State?
All my life.
3.
When and where were you born?
In Clark [Clarke] County, Ga., March 11 1838.
4.
When and where was your husband born-state his full name, and when were you and
he married?
Joseph H. Brewer.
Born in Anderson, S. C. March 17, 1833.
Married in Franklin County [Ga.] Jan. 15, 1857.
5.
When and where, and in what Company and Regiment did your husband enlist or
serve during the war between the States?
26 April 1861, Co. A 2nd Ga. Volunteers.
6.
How long did your husband serve in said Company and Regiment?
Until the Surrender April 9, 1865.
7.
When and where did your husband’s Company and Regiment surrender and was
discharged?
9 April 1865 Appomatox.
8.
Was your husband present at the time and place when his Company and Regiment
surrendered?
No.
9. If
not with his command at surrender, state clearly and specifically where he was,
when he left command, for what cause, and by what authority?
He was home on [large ink splotch...probably
“furlough”] at the time of Surrender.
He was unable to march on account of Rheumatic Pains.
10.
When and where did your husband die?
In Banks County Jan. 24th 1885.
11.
Which of the following grounds do you base your application for Pension, viz:
First-Age and Poverty; Second-Infirmity and Poverty, or Third-Blindness and
Poverty?
Second Ground.
12.
If upon the first ground, state how long you have been in such a condition that
you cannot earn your support. If upon
the second, give a full and complete history of the infirmity and its
extent. If upon the third, state
whether you are totally blind, and when and where you lost your sight?
I have been suffering with Bronchitis, am not able to
work any at present.
13.
What has been your occupation since your husband’s death?
Cooking.
14.
How much can you earn gross, by your own exertion or labor?
Nothing.
15.
What property, real or personal, or income do you possess, and its gross value?
Nothing at all.
16. What property, real or personal, or income
do you have or possess, and its gross value?
Nothing.
17.
In what counties did you reside in 1899 and 1900, and what property did you
return for taxation?
In Banks county, returned no property.
18. How have you been supported since death of
husband, and especially for 1899 and 1900?
By my single daughter.
19.
How much did your support cost for each of those years, and how much did you
contribute by your own labor or income?
Seventy five Dollars, contributed nothing.
20. What was your employment during 1899 an
d1900-how much did you receive for each year?
Nothing.
21.
Have you a family? If so, who composes
such family? Give their means of
support. Have they any lands or
property?
I have one single daughter named Maud has no property.
22.
Have you ever made an application for pension before?
No.
23.
How many applications have you made for Pension, and under what class?
None.
Signed: F. A Brewer
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 3rd
day of April 1901,
T. F. Hill, Ordinary of Banks County.
Power of Attorney
State of Georgia
Banks County.
I, F. A. Brewer hereby authorize T. F. Hill of Banks
County, to receive and receipt for the pension allowed and that he remit the
same to me at Homer, Ga., by his check or registered mail.
Witness my hand this 3rd day of April 1901.
Signed: F. A. Brewer, Applicant
Executed in the presence of T. F. Hill Ordinary of Banks County.
Transcribed 2006 by Jacqueline King