Confederate Widow’s Pension Application of Blanche
Bowden Alexander
Application for Pension Due
Deceased Soldier
(To Be Paid to His Widow or
Dependent Children)
Under Act Approved October 9,
1891.
State of Georgia, Banks County.
Personally before me comes Mrs. R.
C. Alexander, of said County, who after being duly sworn, on oath says that she
is the widow of R. C. Alexander who was duly enrolled as “New Law” Pensioner
from the County of Banks and was due a Pension of [blank] Dollars from Banks
County for 1921, and that the said R. C. Alexander died in Banks County on the
11 day of Jan. 1921, and at the time of his death a Pension of [blank] was due
him from Banks County and unpaid for 1921.
Applicant further swears that she married the said R. C. Alexander on
the 4 day of Jan., 1882, in Banks County and State of Ga., and resided with him
from the date of marriage to his death as his lawful wife, and is now his
dependent widow, and she asks that the Pension so due and unpaid be paid to
her.
Signed: Mrs. R. C. Alexander
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 29 day of Sept., 1921.
W. M. Thomas, Ordinary, Banks
County.
Affidavit of Witness.
State of Georgia, Banks County.
Personally before me comes L. N.
Turk, who on oath says that he knew R. C. Alexander while in life and that he
knows Mrs. R. C. Alexander, the above applicant; that he knows the said R. C.
Alexander and Mrs. R. C. Alexander were in due form married in the County of
Banks in the State of Georgia on the 4 day of Jan. 1882, and that they resided
together as husband and wife from date of marriage to the day of his death on
the 11 day of Jan. 1921, and I now know that she is his dependent widow.
Signed: L. N. Turk
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 29 day of Sept. 1921.
W. M. Thomas Ordinary,
Banks County.
Application for Pension by a Widow
of a Confederate Soldier.
(Under Act of 1910, as Amended by
Act of 1919, and Constitutional Amendments of 1920 and 1937.)
Questions for Applicant to Answer.
State of Georgia,
Banks County.
Personally appears before me, Mrs.
R. C. Alexander of said State and County and hereby applies for the pension
allowed by the Act of 1910, as amended by the Act of 1919 and the
Constitutional Amendments of 1920 and 1937, and submits testimony to support
the same, and, after being duly sworn, true answers to make to the questions
propounded, answers to make true answers to make to the questions propounded,
answers as follow, to wit :
Section I.
1. What is your name, and where do
you reside? (Give Post Office and
County)
Mrs. R. C. Alexander, Homer,
GA. Banks County.
2. How long and since when have
you been, continuously, a bona fide resident citizen of the State of Georgia?
All my life.
Give date, or year, of your birth.
Jan. 3 day 1863
Age?
74
3. (1) When, (2) where and (3) to
whom were you married?
Jan. 4th 1882, Banks
County. R. C. Alexander.
a, Have you married since the
death of first and soldier husband?
No.
b. When and where did your first
husband die?
Jan. 11th 1921.
c. Were you residing together when
he died?
Yes.
d. If not, how long had you
resided apart?
[blank]
e. Are you now a widow?
Yes.
f. Have you or your husband
heretofore been paid a pension by the State?
Yes.
g. If so, then and for what cause
were you or your husband placed on the roll?
Service, 1921.
[Section II. deals with questions
to be answered if soldier husband was not a pensioner, and therefore all
questions are unanswered in this application.]
Signed: Mrs. R. C. Alexander,
Applicant.
Sworn to and subscribed before me,
this the 4 day of Sept. 1937.
R. L. Sullivan, Ordinary of Banks
County.
Proof of Marriage [certificate]:
State of Georgia Marriage
Certificate
Banks County.
This certifies that R. C.
Alexander and Blanch [sic] Bowden were united in the Holy Bonds of Matrimony By
Groves H. Cartledge M. G.
On the 4th day of
January, in the year of our Lord 1882 as appears of record in my office in
Marriage Record book B page 93.
This 24 day of August 1937.
R. L. Sullivan, Ordinary
Note-[Ida] Blanche Bowden
Alexander rests beside her husband, Robert C. Alexander at Homer Presbyterian
Church cemetery in Homer, Banks County, Georgia. Dates on her gravestone are: born January 3, 1863-died May 17,
1946.
Transcribed 2006 by Jacqueline
King
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