Confederate Widow’s Pension Application of Isabella
S. Ash Turk
Widow’s Pension 1897.
Paid to Mrs. Turk, I. S.
Of Banks County
Widow of William H. Turk
Warrant Issued 8/10 1897
And Handed To T. F. Hill-mail.
Affidavit to be Made by the Widow.
State of Georgia,
County of Banks.
In person came before me, the
undersigned Ordinary in and for said County of Banks, Mrs. I. S. Turk, who
being sworn according to law, says under oath that she is the widow of William
H. Turk, who was a soldier in the service of the Confederate States, and served
as a member of Company A of the 24 Regiment of Georgia Volunteers; that he
enlisted in said Confederate Army on or about last of February 1862, and was in
the Confederate Army up to 1st November 1864. That while in the Army, he was on the
[blank] day of [blank] 186_:
He was discharged at or near
Richmond, Va., the first November 1864 on account of his disability and came
home suffering with Chronic Diarrhoea & kidney trouble, was treated by
several Physicians but without any permanent relief. His bowels never could be controlled but a short time which kept him down so that he
was not able to do but a little manual labor after he came home in 1864 to his
death in January 1885. [January 9, 1885]
Deponent further swears that she
was the wife of said deceased soldier during his term of service in the Army,
and that she has never married since his death; that she became his wife on the
2nd January 1845, and that she was born in Franklin County Ga. and
has resided in Georgia continuously since the her birth day of 12th
February 1827; that Georgia is her home, and was such on the 23rd
day of December, 1890, and since said date she has not lived in any other State
or locality. Deponent, as widow of said
deceased soldier husband, applies for the pension provided by Act of General
Assembly of Georgia, approved December 23rd, 1890, for the pension
year ending February 15th, 1897, and herewith tenders the proof of
her right to receive the pension granted by said Act.
Signed: Isabella S. Turk
Post Office Homer.
Sworn to and subscribed before me,
this the 24th of March 1897.
T. F. Hill Ordinary
Affidavit for Three Witnesses.
State of Georgia,
County of Banks.
In person came before me, the undersigned
Ordinary in and for said County, witnesses W. M. Boling, B. T. Smith and W. H.
Meeks (each known to said Attesting Officer as
truthful, reliable and reputable citizens), who severally say under
oath, that, from their own personal knowledge, Mrs. I. S. Turk, now a resident
of the County of Banks State of Georgia, is the widow of William H. Turk who
was soldier in Company A of the 24th Regiment of Georgia
Volunteers. That said soldier enlisted
in the service of the Confederate States (or the Georgia State troops) on or
about the Last day of February 1862.
That while in said service or by reason of said service in the Army, he
died on the Sixth day of January 1885 from the following causes:
While on the march to Gettysburg,
Pa., in June 1863 he contracted Chronic Diarrhoea and that he remained in the
Army until last October or first November 1864 but was not able to do much
Service and was discharged in Nov. 1864 on account of the failure of his
health. At the time of his discharge he
was threatened with Dropsy, feet and legs swollen and we further testify that
we have been acquainted with said soldier until his death and know what he has
never had good health since the War.
That at times he was troubles with Diarrhoea and that he died with
Diarrhoea and Dropsy January 6th 1885.
Our opportunity for knowing the
facts stated in reference to death of applicant’s husband were:
That we belong to said Company and
was with him all the time he was in the Army and since the War. We have been within 5 or 6 miles of him and
met with him often.
We further swear that she became
the wife of said soldier on the [blank] day of [blank] 18_, and so remained to
his death, and since then she has not again married, and that she resided in
said State of Georgia on the 23rd of December, 1890, and that she
has continued to reside up to this date.
We further swear that we have no
personal interest in the pension asked for.
Signed: W. M. Boling, B. T. Smith,
W. H. Meeks
Sworn to and subscribed before me,
this the 24 day of March 1897.
T. F. Hill, Ordinary.
Additional Witnesses Affidavit.
[Handwritten]
Georgia,
Banks County.
Personally came before me W. M.
Ash and T. B. Griffin known to me to be truthful witnesses entitled to full faith
and credit as such and on oath says that they were personally acquainted with
W. H. Turk, the deceased husband of Isabella S. Turk applicant for
pension. We knew him from before the
war and we know that he served in the Confederate war up to Nov. 1864 and was
discharged on account of his disability, and was sent home and he was confined
to his bed for a long time. He was
suffering with Chronic Diarrhoea and Kidney trouble which he contracted while
in the Army. We swear that he done but
little work after he came home from the Army, and we are satisfied that the
disease contracted while in the army was the cause of his death.
Signed: T. B. Griffin, William M.
Ash
Sworn to and subscribed before me,
5th April 1897.
T. F. Hill Ordinary
Affidavit to Proof of Marriage.
[Handwritten]
Georgia,
Banks County.
Personally before me came W. M.
Ash and Margret [sic] Neal who are personally known to me to be truthful
witnesses and entitled to full faith and credit as such, and afterebing duly
sworn says that they were present and saw William H. Turk and Isabella S. Ash
married on the 2nd day of January 1845 in Franklin County Ga. by H.
C. Carter M. G., and that we further swear that Isabella S. Turk, widow of Wm.
H. Turk deceased, has not remarried since.
Signed: William M. Ash, Margret
Neal [siblings of Isabella Semira Ash Turk]
Sworn to and subscribed before me
July 19th 1897.
T. F. Hill Ordinary.
Affidavit regarding Physicians’
Treatment. [Handwritten]
Georgia,
Banks County.
In person before me came Mrs. I.
S. Turk widow of W. H. Turk deceased and after being duly sworn says that Drs.
A. P. Henley, D. C. Young and A. D. Chenault who treated her husband, W. H.
Turk, from the time he came home from the Confederate Army up to his death and
now all dead.
Signed: Isabella S. Turk
Sworn to and subscribed before me,
May 6th 1897.
T. F. Hill Ordinary.
Power of Attorney
State of Georgia,
Banks County.
I, I. S. Turk hereby authorize T.
F. Hill of Banks County to receive and receipt for the pension allows and
request that he remit the same to me at [blank] by [blank].
In Witness Whereof, I have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this 5th day of April 1897.
Signed: Isabella S. Turk
Executed in the presence of
William M. Ash, Logan Perkins, Clerk of Superior Court
Notes- Isabella Semira Ash, born
Feb. 12, 1827, in Franklin County, Ga., to Alexander Fleming Ash and Elizabeth
McCracken, died 31 January 1900 and is buried beside her husband at Homer
Presbyterian Church cemetery in Banks County, Georgia.
Children of William Harvey Turk
and Isabella Semira Ash:
William Rutherford Turk, Alexander
Ash Turk, Elizabeth Turk, Lucas Newton Turk, Cynthia Jane Turk, John Irenus
Turk, James Jackson Turk, William Harvey Turk, Jr., Mary Malinda Turk,
Cornelius Addison Turk and Joseph Columbus Turk.
Transcribed 2006 by Jacqueline
King