No. 9727

Name Cynthia A. Gibbons
Filed Dec. 12, 1929
Widow of H. F. Gibbons
A. 20th Tenn. Cav.

STATE OF TENNESSEE
Crockett County

Cynthia Anna Gibbons 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: Cynthia Anna Gibbons, Maury City Tenn

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

3. When and where were you born and what was your maiden name?
ANSWER: Friendship Tenn, Cynthia Anna Stallings

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: Giles Co. Tenn, Feb 1846, Hiram Franklin Gibbons, married at Friendship 188 by W. N. Thomas.

5. When and where and in what Company and Regiment did you husband enlist or serve during the war between the States?
ANSWER: See record in your office

6. How long did your husband serve in said Company and Regiment?
ANSWER: About 3 yrs.

7. When and where did your husband's Company and Regiment surrender?
ANSWER: He was on verbal furlow when war closed

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

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: He was on verbal? by consent of his can? when war ended

10. Was your husband a pensioner or an applicant for pension, under the laws of Tennessee?
ANSWER: Yes

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

12. When and where did your husband die?
ANSWER: At Maury City Tenn, Nov. 22, 1929

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: None

16. What property, real or personal, or income do you have or possess, and its gross value?
ANSWER: House & lot in Maury City Tenn. Value $800.00

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: Just that mentioned above

18. Have you a family? If so, who composes such family? Give their means of support? Have they any lands or other property?
ANSWER: No family

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: W. A. J. Riddick & J. D. Riddick

(Signed) Mrs. H. F. Gibbons

Sworn to and subscribed before me, this the
10 day of Dec 1929
W. A. J. Riddick, Notary Public
of Crockett County

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County

I, J. D. Riddick of the said State and County, having been presented as a witness in support of the application of Mrs. H. F. Gibbons 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. D. Riddick

2. Are you acquainted with the applicant, Mrs. H. F. Gibbons
ANSWER: Yes
If so, how long have you known her?
ANSWER: 40 years

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

4. When and where was she born?
ANSWER: Friendship, Tenn

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

6. When and by whom were they married?
ANSWER: See certificate

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

8. How long did you know him?
ANSWER: 40 years

9. When and where did ______________ enlist in the war between the States, and in what Company and Regiment did he enlist, and how do you know this?
ANSWER: ______________

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

11. How long did he perform regular military duty?
ANSWER: Don't know

12. When and where was his Company and Regiment surrendered?
ANSWER: See papers in your office

13. Were you with the command when it surrendered?
ANSWER: See record

14. Was No Solders here to ask the husband of applicant present?
ANSWER: ______________

15. If not present, where was he?
ANSWER: See his statement in ??? rec.

16. When and where did he leave his command? At close of war
For what cause? War closed while he was on verbal ferlow
By whose authority did he leave? His com
How do you know all this? (State fully and clearly) Just by what I have ??? Gibbons say

17. When and where did Nov 22, 1929, Maury City Tenn die?
ANSWER: ______________

18. Where did he reside at his death and how long had he been a resident of Tennessee at his death?
ANSWER: At Maury City Tenn all life

19. Do you of your own knowledge know that applicant is the lawful widow of yes
ANSWER: ______________

20. Has she remained unmarried since her soldier husband's death, and is she now his widow?
ANSWER: Yes

21. What property, effects or income has the applicant, if any, and how do you know this of your own knowledge?
ANSWER: There house & lot here and some? cash

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: I concur to the facts as stated by J. D. Riddick above and know the applicant to be the widow of H. F. Gibbons Deceased.

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 9 day of Dec 1929

J. D. Riddick (witness)
W. H. Carter (witness)
E. C. Pittman (witness)
H. A. J. Riddick (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. H. F. Gibbons the widow of H. F. Gibbons, One lots, $800.00, X acres, $X; real estate and personal $______

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

Letter included in file:

Bells, Tenn.

State Department of Public Welfare
Nashville, Tenn.

Dear Sirs:

This is to inform you of the death of Cynthia Anna Gibbons
Route 2 Bells, Tenn, Crockett County,
on May 5, 1959.

Mrs. Mary Pitner (daughter)
R2 Bells, Tenn.

(Cynthia Anna Stallings Gibbons was the daughter of John Alfred Stallings & Millie Jane Perry)