Confederate Widow’s Affidavit of Nancy Nunnally,
widow of Ashley Nunnally.
State of Georgia
County of Banks
In person came before me, the
undersigned Ordinary in and for the County of Banks, Mrs. Nancy Nunnally, who
being sworn according to law, says under oath that she is the widow of Ashley
Nunnally, who was a soldier in the service of the Confederate States, and
served as a member of Company G, of the 1st Regiment of Ga. State
Line, Ga. Volunteers; that he enlisted in said service on or about the [blank]
day of February 1863, and was in the Western Army up to Sept. 1863. That while in the Army, he was on the 27th
day of Sept. 1863, (See Note No. 1) “ while at Pettits Creek Bridge near Cartersville,
Ga., guarding the bridge his gun slipped from his hands and was discharged
causing his death instantly or some three hours afterwards on Sept. 1863.”
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 of the
7th day of December 1848, and that she has resided in Georgia
continuously since the 28th day of November 1828; 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 the widow of said deceased
soldier husband, applies for the pension provided by Act of the General
Assembly of Georgia, approved December 23rd, 1890, for the pension
year ending February 15th, 1892, and herewith tenders the proof of
her right to receive the allowance granted by such Act.
Signed: Nancy Nunnally [X her
mark]
Sworn to and subscribed before me,
this, the 9th day of April 1891
T. F. Hill , Ordinary
Note 1. State in blank above the
date of death of the husband, and how, and when, and where he died. And in case his death resulted from disease,
state how the disease is known positively to have resulted from the service of
the soldier in the Army and not from any other cause.
Transcribed 2005 by Jacqueline King