QUESTIONS FOR APPLICANT

 

STATE OF GEORGIA

BANKS COUNTY

 

Martha Goode of said State and County, desiring to avail herself of the Pension allowed to Indigent Widows of Confederate Soldiers, under the Act of General Assembly passed _____ 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 you name and where do you reside?  (Give State, County and Post Office)

Martha Goode,  Banks County, Ga., Gailey Post Office

 

2. How long and since when have you been a resident of this State?

since 1851

 

3. When and where were you born?

In 1812 in North Carolina

 

4.  Where and when was your husband born-state his full name and when were you married?

I do not remember.  James C. Goode borned in N. C. about 1822.  Married Feby. about 1840.

 

5. When and where, and in what Compnay and Regiment did your husband enlist or serve during the war between the States?

In March 1862,  Co. H. 34 GA. Regt.

 

6. How long did your husband serve in said Company and Regiment?

3 years.

 

7. When and where did your husband's Company and Regiment surrender and was discharged?

At Greensborough North Carolina April 1865

 

8. Was your husband present at the time and place when his Company and Regiment surrendered?

I do not know.

 

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?

I do not know.  Have heard that he was sick at time of surrender at Hospital.

 

10.  When and where did your husband die?

In May 1898,  Banks County Ga.

 

11.  Whish of the follwing grounds do you base your application for Pension, viz: First-Age and Poverty; Second-Infirmity and Poverty; or Third-Blindness and Poverty?

Age and Poverty

 

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 it's extent.  If upon the third, state whether you are totally blind, and when you lost your sight?

80 years old, worn out and not able to earn anu money.   Near helpless.

 

13. What has been you occupation since your husband's death?

Have no occupation.

 

14.  How much can you earn gross, by your own exertion or labor?

Nothing.

 

15.  What property, real or personal, or income do you have or possess, and it's gross value?

I own no property whatsoever.

 

16. What property, real or personal, did you possess at death of husband or he left you, and of the year 1899-1900, and what disposition, if any, by sale or gift, have you made of the same?

Nothing.

 

17.  In what counties did you reside in 1899 and 1900, and what property did you return for taxation?

Banks County, Ga.

 

18.  How have you been supported since death of husband, and especially for 1899 and 1900?

By her children and County.

 

19.  How much did your support cost for each of those years, and how much did you contribute by your own labor  or income? 

I do not know.

 

20.  What was your employment during 1899 and 1900-how much did you receive for each year?

I have no employment.

 

21.  Have you a family?  If so, who composes such family?  Give their means of support?  Have they any lands or other property?

No family.

 

22.  Have you ever made an application for a pension before?

Once and it was lost.

 

23.  How many applications have you made for a Pension, and under what date?

None but one.  Indigent.

 

Sworn and subscribed before me this 26 day of May 1902

T. F. Hill, Ordinary of Banks County

 

Signed: Martha X (her mark) Goode

 

Handwritten notation at bottom of page  "Mr. James C. Goode was drawing a pension at time of his death. (Indigent Pension)"

 

 

QUESTIONS FOR WITNESSES

STATE OF GEORGIA
BANKS COUNTY

 

W. O . Hopper of said State and County, having been presented as a witness in support of the Application of  Mrs. Martha Goode for a Pension under the Act of _____ 1900, and after being duly sworn true answers to make to the following questions, depose and answer as follows:

 

1.  What is your name and where do you reside?

William O. Hopper.  I reside in Banks County, Ga.

 

2. Are you acquainted with the applicant, Mrs. Martha Goode?

I am.  How long have you known her? about 50 years of more.

 

3.  Where does she reside, and how long and since when has she been a resident of this State?

In Banks County Ga., & has resided there since 1851.

 

4. When and where was she born?

In 1812, North Carolina

 

5. Were you ever acquainted with her husband?

I was.

 

6. Where did he reside in 1861?

In Banks County

 

7. When and to whom was he married?

In 1840 Feby., Martha Canady

 

8. Where and when was he born?

In 1822 North Carolina

 

9. How long have you known him?

I knew him 50 years or more.

 

10. When and where did James C. Goode enlist in the war between the States, and in what Company and Regiment did he enlist and how do you know this?

In March 1862 Co. H. 34 Ga. Regt.  I was with him.

 

11. Were you a member of the same Company and Regiment?

I was.

 

12. How long did he perform regular military duty?

3 years.

 

13. When and where did his Company and Regiment surrendered and discharged from service?

April 1865.  Greensborough, North Carolina

 

14. Were you with the command when it surrendered?

I was.

 

15. Was James C. Goode the husband of applicant present?

He was sick at Hospital at the time of surrender.

 

16. If not present, where was he?

He was left sick in Tenn.

 

17. When and where did he leave his Command?  Sometime in March 1865.

For what cause?  He was sick and not able to travel.  By whose authority he left?  Surgeon of Regt. Dr. Gordon.  How do you know all of this?  (State fully and clearly)  I was present and know all the facts.

 

18. When and where did James C. Goode die?

In May 1898 Banks County

 

19. Where did he reside at his death and how long had he been a resident of Georgia at his death?

Banks County Ga.-resided in Banks County for 50 years.

 

20. Do you of your own knowledge know the applicant is the lawful widow of  James C. Goode?

I do.  I saw them married.

 

21. Has she remained unmarried since her soldier husband's death, and is not his widow?

Yes, she has never married since her husband's death.

 

22. What property, effects or income has the applicant, if any, and how do you  know this of your own knowledge?

She owns no property whatsoever.  I know because I reside near her.

 

23. What property, effects or income did the applicant possess in 1899 and 1900 and what disposition did she make of it?

Nothing.

 

24. Has applicant conveyed any property in the last two years or given any away, if so what was it and to whom?

She has not.

 

25. What is the applicant's physical condition and her chances and ability to earn a support?

She is old and feeble and not able to do anything.

 

26. Is applicant able to earn a support at labor of any sort, if not why?

She is not.

 

27. How was she supported for 1899 and 1900?

Her children supported her with a little mite from Banks County.

 

28. How much did the applicant contribute to her suppoet for last two years?

Nothing.

 

29. Give a full statement of applicant's physical condition.

She is 80 years old, rundown and worn out.

 

30. What interest have you in the recovery of this pension by this applicant?

None.

 

Sworn and subscribed before me this day of 26th May 1902

T. F. Hill,  Ordinary, Banks County

 

Signed: William O. X( his mark)  Hopper

 

 

AFFIDAVITS  OF PHYSICIANS
STATE OF GEORGIA
BANKS COUNTY

 

Personally before me come Dr. O. N. Harden and W. P. Harden both known to me to be reputable physicians of said county, who, being severally sworn, say on oath that they have examined carefully Mrs. Martha Goode applicant for a Pension under the Act of 1900, and after such personal examination say that her physical condition is this: She has chronic inflammation of bladder and kidneys.  She is very feeble and infirm, and is in a helpless condition generally.

and we have no interest  in said pension if allowed.

 

Sworn and subscribed before me this 26 day of May 1902

T. F. Hill, Ordinary, Banks County

 

Signed: O. N. Harden M. D.

              W. P. Harden M. D.

 

 

 

Note on bottom of Ordinary's Certificate-Only widows who were wives of the dead husbands while they were soldiers need apply-and are now widows.  Those married after April 25th 1865 not entitled.

 

 

Transcribed from microfilm located at Washington Memorial Library, Macon Ga. 2004 by Jacqueline King