Military Monday - Andrew Hurst (Union) Pension (1897)

I find it very interesting to see the differences in the question formats used by the Union & Confederate military organizations. 

I also got a bit of humor from the line used in the questionaire below, "The information is requested for future use, and it may be of great value to your family."   Little they did they know that it would be very helpful to his family 110+ years after he signed this form. 

Andrew Hurst is a third cousin to Mr. Brown Eyes.

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      Southern Division
     _______ No. 599666
    Andrew Hurst
   Co. I, 2nd Reg't, Tenn Vol. Cav.                     Department of the Interior
                                                                           Bureau of Pensions
                                                                           Washington, D.C.  Sept. 3, 1897

Sir: Will you kindly answer at your earliest convenience, the questions enumerated below?  The information is requested for future use, and it may be of great value to your family.
     Very Respectfully,
        J. H. (L.?) ___________   acting commissioner

Mr. Andrew Hurst
 Girard, Crawford Co. Kansas

No. 1 Are you a married man?  If so, please state your wife's full name and her maiden name.
Answer:  Yes, her full name is Harriet L. Williams, died Oct. 1st, 1887.
No. 2. When, where and by whom were you married?  Answer: Married Oct 20/65 at Severe (Sevier) Co. Tenn, by Rev. Wm. Ogle
No. 3. What record of marriage exists? Answer: I have family record and ______ in County Clerks office in Severe (Sevier) Co., Tennessee.
No. 4. Were you previously married?  If so please state the name of your former wife and the date and place of her death or divorce.  Never previously married or divorced.
No. 5. Have you any children living? If so please state their names and their dates of birth.  Answer: Lena Petty nee Hurst born June 4, 1870, Lee Harriet born July 2, 1872, Wm Hurst born July 8, 1874, Otto Hurst born Jany 10, 1877, Milas Hurst born Dec. 28, 1880, Mary Jane Allsi May 16, 1884.

Date of reply, Sept. 11, 1897
     /s/ Andrew Hurst

Military Monday - Physicians Affidafits (Civil War)

I love the physicians affidavits I've been finding on Fold3.  With all my civil war ancestors (so far) being Confederates, finding their papers on line has pretty much been a snap using Fold3.  Yes, it does cost a bit, but its still cheaper than other ways of getting the information.   The Physician Affidavits that I have found in the pension files have been informative and a rare look into the "after affects" of the civil war.  The reminders of what these men had to live with day after day long after the war ended. 

This affidavit is for Warren Clay, a great uncle of mine.  The affidavit was signed 6 APR 1895 and reads as follows -

   State of Georgia
   Thomas County
T.S. ____________ and W.W. Bruce, both known to me as reputable physicians of said county, who being severally sworn, say on oath that they have examined carefully Warren Clay, applicant for pension under the act of 1894, and after such personal examination, say that his precise physical condition is as follows:
  Fifty four years old, chronic bronchitis, general physical disability, which renders him partially disable to do any kind of work or labor.
  We further say on oath that the physical condition of applicant renders him unable to labor at any work or calling sufficient to earn a support for himself, and that we have no interest in said pension being allowed.
  Sworn to and subscribed before me, this the 6th day of April 1895. 

[The affidavit is signed by both physicians, but true to form the hand writing is not legible.]

Military Monday - William Ligon (Rev. War)

                                                                     Treasury Department
                                                                      Second Comptrollers Office
                                                                      June 7th, 1842

Sir:
    Under the date of 6th of April, 1838 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaing unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," William Ligon a Pensioner of the Roll of the Kentucky Agency, at the rate of Forty Two Dollars and 50 cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March to the 4th Sept. 1841.
      Respectfully yours,
   /s/Thomas E. Parris
                   Comptroller
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
                                       Present

Military Monday - Blind Widows Pension (Confederate 1921)

Confederate Pension for Widow with total blindness of Millie Ann Clay Hesters, widow of David Andrew Jackson Hester. 

Military Monday - Revolutionary War Pension - Mandley Winstead (1760-1846)

 This is page 23 of the Revolutionary War pension file of Mandley Winstead.  The pension file actually contains over 200+ pages of testimony & information.  Well worth looking into if you are a descendant.

He was the son of Samuel Winstead (1723-1806) & his wife, Elizabeth Jones (1723-1812).  One of nine children born to the couple.  He married three times:

• Elizabeth Tapp (1769-1808), marr 1785, had 7 issue
• Elizabeth Cox (1794-1818), marr 1809, had 3 issue
• Amy Brown (1770-1857), marr 1821, no issue

His will was signed on 13 July 1833 in Hopkins County, Kentucky and was proven in January Court 1850, Hopkins County, Kentucky.  (note: no spelling or gramar errors were corrected during the typing of this will.  It has been transcribed exactly as found in court documents.)

In the name of God Amen



I Mandley Winstead of Hopkins County and the State of Kentucky being of sound mind and disposing memory but calling to mind that it is appointed once for man to die, do therefore proceed to make this my last Will and Testament in manner and form as followeth, to wit, My body I resign to its mother dust when it may please God to remove my spirit and my soul I bequeath to God who gave it hoping to participate with him in the hapiness of Heaven where he dwelleth.


As to my property I make the following disposition,


First I give and bequath to my beloved wife Amy Winstead all the property of every description which she had in possession at the time I married her consisting of one tract of land in Hopkins County on Bull Creek containing one hundred and seventy acres and one negro man named Bob and one boy named Henry and two feather beds and furniture and one common work horse and one cow and calf also two breeding sows and barrows other articles of less value and may be known by the families as her former property also one full year's provisions for my said wife.


Secondly I give and direct one hundred dollars to be paid out of my estate to each of my son Mandley Winstead's two sons whose names are not known to me.


Thirdly I give and bequath my lower tract of land attached to the tract of which I now live containing two hundred twenty two and one half acres to my sons Bushard D. Winstead and Charles T, Winstead to be equally divided by a line running east and west. Charles T. Winstead to have the part on which he now lives and Bushard D, Winstead the other part.


Fourthly , I give and bequath to my two sons William M. Winstead and Pleasant B. Winstead the tract of land on which I now live containing one hundred ninety five acres to be divided between them as they may agree.


Fifthly Now in as much as I give all the land I own to my four sons above named my will and direction is that each of them pay one hundred dollars to the estate to enable me to do equal justice to my other children that get no land.


Sixthly I have heretofore given my son Bushard D. Winstead one negro girl named Parthema worth two hundred dollars I have also given my son Charles T. Winstead one negro boy named Beverly worth three hundred dollars I have also given my Daughter Sally Cox one negro boy named Alfred worth two hundred and fifty dollars I have also given my daughter Elizabeth Weir one hundred and twenty dollars


I also have given my daughter Anna Yarbrough one hundred and twenty dollars, I have also given my daughter Jane Cox one hundred and twenty dollars now my will and direction is the price or value fixed upon the three negroes above named and the money above given namd be paid or divided among my first six children, to wit , Elizabeth Weir, Anna Yarbrough, Bushard D. Winstead, Jane Cox, Sally Cox, and Charles T. Winstead so each may have the same amount of the other.


Seventhly I give and bequath to my daughter Elizabeth Weir during her life and at her death the heirs of her body, Bushard D. Winstead, Anna Yarbrough during her life and at her death the heirs of her body, Jane Cox, Sally Cox, and Charles T. Winstead a certain negro man Jack, a negro Woman named Kesiah, a Negro boy named Daniel, and a negro girl namd Eliza to be equally divided among my said children as they may see fit.


Eighthly All my negroes with their increase not here before namd and disposed of I give and bequath to all of my children namely Elizabeth Weir during her life and at her death to her children, Bushard D. Winstead, Anna Yarbrough during her lifetime and at her death to her children, Jane Cox, Sally Cox, Charles T. Winstead, William M. Winstead, Pleasant B. Winstead to be equally divided between them all as they may see fit.


Ninthly I give and bequath all my personal estate consisting of stock, horses, cattle, sheep, hogs, household furniture, farming utensils and all and every species of property not herein before named and disposed of to my eight children above named.


Tenthly I nominate and appoint my son Charles T. Winstead to execute this my last will and Testament acknowledged and signed this 13th day of July eighteen hundred an thirty-three.

Test /s/Mandley Winstead


/s/ James W. Williams


/s/ Jas Metcalf Kentucky


Hopkins County January County Court 1850


This instrument of writing was this day produced in Court and proved to be the last will and Testament of Mandley Winstead deceased by the oath of James W. Williams a subscribing witness thereto, said witness also deposed that Jas Metcalf the other subscribing witness thereto resides in the State of Illinois and that the signature purporting to be his as a witness thereto was genuine.


Whereupon the same was ordered to be recorded as the last will and Testament of Mandley Winstead Dec'd which is done accordingly


/s/ Att Sam Woodson Clk
 
No headstone has been located for Mandley or any of his wives as of this writing.  He was the 5th great grandfather to Mark.  If you are a descendant of Mandley & have further information to share on his descendants or if you have photo's of anyone in this descendant line - I'd love to hear from you.  You can just leave a comment on the blog or you may contact me directly at my email karenATmiprofgenieDOTcom
 
Happy Researching!
Karen