No. 9081

Name Mrs. Ida Maie Ellington
Filed May 12, 1928
Widow of James Edward Ellington
Company "F", 7th Tennessee Calvary

Died July 22, 1952

Married 8 Feb 1882 in Crockett Co., TN

FILE IS STAMPED Accepted

STATE OF TENNESSEE
Crockett County

Mrs. Ida Maie Ellington of said State and County, desiring to avail herself of the Pension allowed to Indigent Widows of Soldiers, under Act of General Assembly, approved April, 1905, being Chapter 202 of the Acts of 1905; Chapter 103, Acts of 1909; and Chapter 7, Acts of 1911, hereby submits her proofs, and after begin duly sworn true answers to make to the following questions, deposes and answers as follows:

1. What is your full name and where do you reside? (Give State, County and Postoffice.)
ANSWER: Bells, Ida Maie Ellington. Crockett Co. West Tennessee

2. How long and since when have you been a resident of this State?
ANSWER: All my life

3. When and where were you born and what was your maiden name?
ANSWER: I was born in West Tennessee. Ida Maie Williams May 19, 1859

4. When and where was your husband born -- state his full name, and when and where were you and he married, and who performed the marriage ceremony? (Attach certified copy marriage license in every case.)
ANSWER: Jan. 31, 1842. James Edward Ellington, born in West Tennessee. Married in Crockett County. Sq. Lin Humpheys

5. When and where and in what Company and Regiment did you husband enlist or serve during the war between the States?
ANSWER: Of Tenn C C Clay Co. F Tenn Regiment of Calvery

6. How long did your husband serve in said Company and Regiment?
ANSWER: 12 months

7. When and where did your husband's Company and Regiment surrender?
ANSWER: Left the army

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

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?
ANSWER: ______________

10. Was your husband a pensioner or an applicant for pension, under the laws of Tennessee?
ANSWER: No

11. Have you heretofore applied for a pension in this State?
ANSWER: No

12. When and where did your husband die?
ANSWER: Crockett County. Feb. 17, 1908

13. At the time of your husband's death, were you living with him as his lawful wife?
ANSWER: Yes

14. Have you married since the death of your soldier husband?
ANSWER: No

15. How many children did you have by your said husband? Give sex and age at this time.
ANSWER: 7. 6 girls and 1 boy. 1 boy 41 years. 1 girl 37 years. 1 girl 30 years

16. What property, real or personal, or income do you have or possess, and its gross value?
ANSWER: ______________

17. What property, real or personal, did you possess at death of husband or did he leave you, and what disposition, if any, by sale or gift, have you made of the same?
ANSWER: ______________

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

19. Name some friend, giving his name and postoffice address, who will be willing to have us write to him about your case, if neccessary
ANSWER: Mr. D. T. Williams, Bells Tenn. Route 1

(Signed) Ida May Ellington

Sworn to and subscribed before me, this the 15 day of Feb 1928
Walter B. Bell, N.P.
of Crockett County Tenn

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Lauderdale County

J. R. Freano of the said State and County, having been presented as a witness in support of the application of Mrs. Ida Mai Ellington for a Pension under Chapter 202, Acts of 1905, Chapter 18, Acts of 1909; and Chapter 7, Acts of 1911, and after being duly sworn true answers to make to the following questions, deposes and answers as follows:

1. What is your name and where do you reside?
ANSWER: J. R. Freano, RFD #1 Dyersburg, Tenn

2. Are you acquainted with the applicant, Mrs. Ida Mai Ellington
ANSWER: Yes

If so, how long have you known her?
ANSWER: I have known her all of her life

3. Where does she reside, and how long and since when has she been a resident of this State?
ANSWER: Crockett County, Tenn. and a resident of Tennessee all her life

4. When and where was she born?
ANSWER: In Madison County, May 15th, 1859

5. Were you ever acquainted with her husband?
ANSWER: Yes

6. When and by whom were they married?
ANSWER: Lin Humphreys in Crockett County Tenn

7. Were either or both of you present at the marriage?
ANSWER: No

8. How long did you know him?
ANSWER: All his life

9. When and where did James Edward Ellington enlist in the war between the States, and in what Company and Regiment did he enlist, and how do you know this?
ANSWER: At Bells Depot in what was then Haywood Co. Tenn. in the Spring of 1861. Sworn in, in November of the same year at Union City, Tenn. in Company F 7th Tennessee Calvary, Capt. Clem Clay, 1st Leuit. Hardy Jones, 2nd Leuit. Jim Gregory.

10. Were you a member of the same Company and Regiment?
ANSWER: Yes

11. How long did he perform regular military duty?
ANSWER: 18 months

12. When and where was his Company and Regiment surrendered?
ANSWER: Gainsville, Alabama, sometime I believe in May 1865

13. Were you with the command when it surrendered?
ANSWER: No

14. Was No the husband of applicant present?
ANSWER: _______________

15. If not present, where was he?
ANSWER: At home

16. When and where did he leave his command? At Tupelo, Miss. sometime in 1863
For what cause? Time of enlistment cut
By whose authority did he leave? By authority of Capt. Clay
How do you know all this? (State fully and clearly) I was there with them

17. When and where did James Edward Ellington die?
ANSWER: In Crockett County Tenn, in Feb. 1908. I was present he was stricken with parallysis

18. Where did he reside at his death and how long had he been a resident of Tennessee at his death?
ANSWER: Raised in Tennessee and lived there all his life

19. Do you of your own knowledge know that applicant is the lawful widow of James Edward Ellington
ANSWER: Yes
Note: Jim Gregory, Mose Medlin and myself are the only three of the members of the company who are living now, that I know of.

20. Has she remained unmarried since her soldier husband's death, and is she now his widow?
ANSWER: Yes, she has never married since his death

21. What property, effects or income has the applicant, if any, and how do you know this of your own knowledge?
ANSWER: Life interest in a small farm of about 60 acres

22. Has applicant conveyed any property in last two years or given any away, if so, what was it and to whom?
ANSWER: No

NOTE -- Let the witness who can answer the greater number of the questions do so; then let the other witness state in the space below how much of the testimony of the first witness he concurs in, and whether or not he can answer any of the questions not answered by the first witness.
ANSWER: _________________

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 3rd day of May 1928

J. R. Freano (witness)
J. L. Sloan (Notary Public)

I, E. C. Pittman Trustee of Crockett County, Tennessee, hereby certify that the property assessed on the tax books of this County to Mrs. J. E. Elington the widow of J. E. Elington, Lots $____; 63 acres, $2000; real estate and personal $______

E. C. Pittman Trustee
For Crockett County, Tenn.

Document included in file:

STATE OF TENNESSEE
Crockett COUNTY

I, Mrs. Roy Hawkins state under oath that Mrs. Ida M. Ellington a pensioner, under the Pension Laws of Tennessee, died on the 22nd day of July 1952, and that I, as the Daughter of the pensioner, am entitled under said laws, to balance due the estate of deceased.

(Signed) Mrs. Roy Hawkins
Route #1 P.O. Address
Bells, Tennessee

Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 19th day of Aug 1952

(Signed) E. C. Smothers, N.P.

Approved for payment in the amount of $100.00 in lieu of pension check for the month of July 1952