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1 FORM B. {3.~ t.,,' ~. '-~'~.".' ~~ ~!.U!-- 1~ ~ {~ t~ ~!cj~".., ~.~.: ~. ell,,0 ~! tl [~' 11: t m (j :;:::J ~E! ~ ~.- '1&1-!t:~. Q: -. ~~'; r:---=:::: ~",.-.. '" ':0 j/. ~..,.:.: rm \~l 0r" ~":;l -".;... ~,.! () C"J ",,",. c:":) 1\. r'r\ \.'" 1;".:) 1\"'" ~..-. -:1.,:'-:../'.' %';1 t;;;",.,. ('",.; (.P p'~ 'f'f'\,-;.) [" ('j \ C " :..\... \" l- ' ; \. ~...,..;. WDOW'S APPLCATON FOR A PENSON The Comptroller of Publc Accounts reserves the rght to call for addtonal testmony f he deems t necessary. Mrs. Belle Approved Name of Applcant. Sfford, \ ' Henderson County. ~ R. F. D. or Street No Postoffce ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ Fl ed D..~~~m.Q.E;) l~;?-~-L P ens 0n all owed fron -".:,~ t t..~ ft, 1-'-- -- 'f Falure to prove servce. ::~..,, } ~

2 .,;: f (Sgnature AFFDAVT OF WTNESSES [Note.-There must be at least two credtable wtnesses.] County ol ~.\ P r, f Before.me, y: -:,County Judge OL~ county, State of Texas, on ths day personally appeare<l m !~.!;'!,', ~ ~, who 'are personally known to me to be credble ct- z~~s,.who, ~eng by :m,;~duly sworn, on oat~ state that they personally know that Mrs.~ j ~, applcant for a penso~ as the WdOWO.LA, h!:l~ :-- d~ceased, s n truth and fact the wdow of tjj-- ~ deceased; that they personally know that she has not remarred snce the death of her husband, for whose servces n the army she clams. u: 'f,~'.r'-r: ": r ~' 4'. ~ ':... a;pe~sfo~!,:~nd that they have (Sgnature no nterest of nwtness) ths clam ~-~----- ~ t rt c.,.,.'. ~. of WtneSS)~ Lf:.l--tZ-.:.!...-~--- ~m-----~~-- Sworn to' and subscrbed before me, thsm k. hday of J0tLC m m ' A. D. 1~ 2: [Seal.) CountyJUdge~nty, Texas. 'Where applcant has remarred t s necessary that she state tacts coverng partculars ot last marrage, date, to whom marred, and date ot last husband's death She must also state that she s now a wdow. AFFDAVT OF WTNESSES [Note.-There must be at least two credtable wtnesses.]..., ' THE;rT TE OF TEXAS, } c'ounty ol /,'j StateBefore of Texas, me, on ths day personally appea.red----~-r-c----~-~-:::::::.---!!::= , CountyJUd,::/~~ounty, 2:4~~,.-~-- ---;-----,who are personally known to me to be credtable ctzens, who, beng by me duly sworn, on oath state that they personally know the above named applcant for 'pen~~n,and that they personally know that: the sad~---~j.~--~ m---- has been a bona fde resdent ctzen of the ~tate of Texas snce---l-=-~~-:'2--=--l.$!-f------~ and that they have no nterest n ths clarr. ~?/ ~. / '/~7":; ~~ (Sgnature of Wtness).L&(a ~ /~and/~bscrbed before me, t~a---';day :!:<:7~~~-1; /7 (Sgnature o~wtn )~L;~.4-&-~ /, J /'-"~' : c" '. ~;~" :'..- / J. ~ ft '. /7, ~ D. 191~ '/ : -,.,; -.f".'.' '.. ',.' -/..~~"~ f '!' Z)bv, Texas.

3 AFFDAVT OF WTNESSES (f possble the one wtness should have served wth the applcant's husband n the army, and f so, let hm state t n hs oath, also any other nformaton regardng the army servce of applcant's husband.) Before me,, County Judge of County, State of Texas, on ths day personally appeared, who s personally known to me to be a credtable ct- )zen, who, beng by me sworn, on oath states that (he or she) s personally acquanted wth the foregong ap-. plcant, and that the facts set forth and statements made n her applcaton are correct and true, to the best of (hs or her) knowledge and belef, and that (he Or she) has no nterest n ths clam. And further make oath to the followng facts touchng the servce of applcant's husband n the Confederate Army: (Wtness must state fully the source of (hs or her) knowledge of servce of applcant's husband),! -~ T--..-:: ~ ' ".~ "~... ' (Sgnature of Wtness). m Sworn to and subscrbed before me, ths day of, A. D. 19. [Seal.] County Judge County, Texas.

4 REPRODUCED FROM THE HOLDNGS OF THE TEXAS STA TE ARCHVES, "; o' '''::.~,.~ /-:,. \ - " '.

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6 REPRODUCED FROM THE HOLDNGS OF THE TEXAS STATE ARCHVES., --, ".. e,j.t ' / January 5, '1, " " Mr.'S.. Stto~. M~oh1son. Texas. Dear srs., have on: f11e the appl oat on for,penson of Mrs. Della Sfford of Muroh1son, Texas.,,! Before th.o"apploaton of Mrs. Sfford may ba approved, 1~ wll be neoess'ary that aha, make proof of the servoe reoord of her deoease4t husband. S. W. Sfford' as a Confederate solder as requred by the law of ths state., The faot that },~s. Sfford has, faled to gve any nfordu;\tonrequested 1n,~uost1ons 11, 12, and 13 of her apploaton as to the oompany and regment n' moh har husband served. th1s bft'1oe has no ntormaton on whch to request a report from the War Department,washngton, De, -C. on the sorvoe reoord of V~. Sfford. f proof of the servce of Jv~e Sfford oan be furnshed as requred by the law, the apploaton of Mrs. Sfford wll have further oon~1deraton. Jln' E 00 Mrs. Belle M~rchson, 'f sl~ord, 'r exas. Yours vary truly, Comptrolle r of Publo AOoo un t "."1.(.< "