Confederate Widow’s Pension Application of Sarah M. Cochran
Under Act 1910, Who Lost a Husband During War as a
Soldier, Remarried and is Now a Widow.
County..Banks
Name..Mrs. S. M. Cochran
Soldier Husband’s Name..J. F. Garrison
Company..B
Regiment..29 Ga.
Name of Last Husband..W. T. Cochran
Widow’s Affidavit...Who Lost Husband..Killed During
War and Afterwards Married..now a Widow.
State of Georgia,
Banks County.
Personally before me comes Mrs. S. M. Cochran of said
county who after being sworn on oath says that she became the lawful wife of J.
F. Garrison on the day of Sept. 15th 1859 and that he did on the
[blank] day of February 1862 enlist in Company B 29 Ga. Regiment, and was on
the 20 day of June 1864 killed or died as a result of injury received while in
line of duty on the [blank] day of June 1864 leaving this applicant, his
widow. That on the 15 day of January
1869 she was married to W. T. Cochran of Banks county, and that on the 6 day of
April 1898 in the county of Banks State of Georgia, the said W. T. Cochran died
and that this deponent is now a widow.
That she was on the 4th day of November,
1908 or at the death of her last husband left in the use, possession and
control of the property. Stated in
Schedule A.
1/8 interest in 127 acres of land cash value..
$1200.00
X Horses of mules
X Hogs and cows and other stock
X money, notes etc.
Actual income and savings..Nothing only a little rents
barely a living, with all my work added.
Total..$1200.00.
Schedule B.
That since the 4 of November, 1908 or the death of her
husband, she has sold or given away the following property of the cash value of
X as follows. [no entries regarding any disposition of property.]
Schedule C.
That she is now in the use, possession and control of
the following property at the cash value attached.
1/8 interest 127 acres of land of the cash value..
$1200.00
Horses and cows of the cash value.. [blank]
Hogs and other stock:.. [blank]
Cotton and other farm products, worth..$75.00
Total value of all property..$1275.00
and that the valuation of all of said property is
stated at its true cash price.
Signed: S. M. Cochran
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 28 day of Sept.
1910
Logan Perkins Ordinary.
Banks County.
Affidavit of the Witness to the Service and Death of
Soldier Husband and Her Marriage.
State of Georgia,
Banks County.
Personally before me came G. W. Jones who after being
duly sworn on oath says that he knew J. F. Garrison, that he enlisted in
Company B Regiment of 29 veterans on the [blank] day of February 1862 and that
on the [blank] day of June 1864 he was killed or died as a result of injury
received [blank] while in line of duty as a soldier, in the Confederate army,
and that he knows Mrs. S. M. Cochran the applicant. She and her soldier husband were married on the [blank] day of
[blank] 1859 and she was his widow at his death, that he knows the said S. M.
Cochran and that her said husband Cochran [last name only] died on the 6 day of
April 1898 and that the Said applicant is now a widow.
Signed: G. W. Jones [X his mark]
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 8 day of Nov.
1910
Logan Perkins Ordinary of Banks County.
Affidavit of the Witness to the Property and its
Value.
State of Georgia,
Banks County.
Personally before me Robert Henson & L. J.
Ragsdale who after being sworn on oath says they are Free Holders of said
County of Banks and that they know Mrs. Cochran and that she was on the 4th
day of November or at the death of her last husband, on the [blank] day of April
1898 and that he left her in the use, possession and control of property and it
true cash value, as follows.
Schedule A.
1/8 interest 127 acres of Lands whose cash
value..$1200.00
[livestock, money, notes and accounts are all blank
value amounts.]
Schedule B.
[states there was no disposition of any property of
cash value disposed of by applicant.]
Schedule C.
We know that the applicant is now in the use,
possession and control of property of the actual cash value as follows, to-wit:
127 acres Land cash value of $1200.00
[No horses or mules, cows, hogs or other stock, no
wagon of buggy, no other personal property, no money notes or accounts.]
Rents about $60.00
Total cash value of all property..$1260.00
Signed: Robert Henson [X his mark], L. J. Ragsdale
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 8 day of
November 1910.
Logan Perkins, Ordinary of Banks County.
Application for Pension Due Deceased Pensioner.
(Under Act of 1919-to pay expenses of last illness and
funeral)
1928-For Banks County, W. M. Thomas Ordinary
For Mrs. S. M. Cochran
Date of Death May 13 1928
Amount $100.00
Approved and ordered paid 1 Sept. 1928
John W. Clark, Commissioner of Pensions.
Georgia, Fulton County.
Personally before me, the Ordinary of said County,
comes Dr. A. H. Cochran of said County, who, after being sworn, on oath says
that he knew Mrs. S. M. Cochran of said County, and that said Pensioner was on
the Pension Roll of Banks County at the time of death, which occurred in Fulton
County, in this State, on the 13 day of May 1928, and that the pensioner left
no estate of any value sufficient to pay these funeral expenses, which amounted
to the sum of $325..., per sworn statements fully and completely itemized
hereto attached.
Signed: A. H. Cochran
Sworn to and subscribed before me,
Thomas H. Jenkins, Ordinary
Fulton County.
Certificate of Ordinary
Georgia, Banks County.
I. W. M. Thomas, Ordinary of said County, do certify
that I personally know A. H. Cochran, who is a resident citizen of Fulton
County, and that said person is of truthful and trustworthy character, entitled
to full faith and credit; that I also knew Mrs. S. M. Cochran while in life and
that this was the same person whose name appears on the Pension Roll of Banks
County, and was paid a Pension of Two Hundred Dollars in said County for 1927,
and I know believe said Pensioner to be dead; and that the instructions at the
foot of this voucher have been carefully observed in making up this voucher and
the bills which are attached hereto.
Given under my hand and official seal this 11 day of
June1928.
W. M. Thomas, Ordinary of Banks County.
[Funeral Bill of Sarah. M. Cochran]
Ed. Bond & Condon Co.
Funeral Directors
135 Ivy Street....Phone Walnut 1768
Atlanta, GA.
Sold to..Funeral expenses of Mrs. Sarah M. Cochran
376 Holderness Street, Atlanta Ga.
5/13/1928
Casket..$250.00
Burial Case..$10.00
Embalming..$10.00
Dress..$27.50
P. B. Gloves..$3.00
Hearse..$10.00
Flower Wagon..$5.00
Flowers for door..$5.00
Funeral Notices..$3.00
Total..$323.50
Georgia, Fulton County.
Personally appeared J. J. Condon (of Ed. Bond and
Condon Co.) who swears the above bill is just and true and was for funeral
expenses of Mrs. Sarah M. Cochran, deceased.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this June 7, 1928
Thomas Jenkins, Ordinary.
Homer, July 9, 1928.
To Hon. J. W. Clark, Comsr. Of Pensions
Atlanta, GA.
This is to certify that I have examined my Tax Digest
and fail to find any property given in for taxation by Mrs. Sarah M. Cochran,
Mrs. C. B. Pool or Mr. W. B. Caudell, who are deceased Pensioners on Banks Co.
Pension Rolls.
W. M. Thomas, Ordinary, Banks Co. GA.
Homer, Ga., Sept. 12, 1928.
Received from W. M. Thomas Ordinary of Banks Co. Ga.,
One Hundred and No/100 Dollars ($100.00) in payment of my Account for burial
expenses of Mrs. S. M. Cochran, who was on Banks Co. Pension Roll.
R. W. Freeman, Member of Ed Bond & Condon Co.
Note-Sarah M. Hill Garrison Cochran is buried at
Westview Cemetery in Atlanta, Ga. John
F. Garrison (Sept. 11, 1838-June 20, 1864) and W. T. (William Terrell) Cochran
(Feb. 10 1848-April 6, 1898) are both buried at Mount Pleasant Methodist Church
Cemetery in Banks County, Ga.
Transcribed 2006 by Jacqueline King