FIRST APPLICATION

No. 7971

Name Mary Eliza Hayse
Filed Oct. 13, 1923
Widow of W. L. Hays
H 19 Ala Inf

FILE ISN'T STAMPED Rejected or Accepted

STATE OF TENNESSEE
Crockett County

Mary Eliza Hays 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: Mary Eliza Hays, Tennessee, Crockett Count, Maury City.

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

3. When and where were you born and what was your maiden name?
ANSWER: North Carolina, Mary Eliza Peal

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: Georgia or Lousiana, William Lawson Hays, Johnson's Grove, Esqr. Fife, Haywood County Tenn.

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

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

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

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: See 9784

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

12. When and where did your husband die?
ANSWER: Near Maury City Tenn, Sept. 11 1923

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: Eight - 4 Boys & 4 Girls

16. What property, real or personal, or income do you have or possess, and its gross value?
ANSWER: None of either kind

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: None?

18. Have you a family? If so, who composes such family? Give their means of support? Have they any lands or other property?
ANSWER: None

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: A. W. Jetton, Maury City, Tenn.

(Signed) Mary Eliza (her X mark) Hays

Sworn to and subscribed before me, this the 26 day of Sept 1923
J. M. Neal, Notary Public
of Crockett County

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County

A. W. Jetton and D. Standly of the said State and County, having been presented as a witness in support of the application of Mrs. Mary Eliza Hayse 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: A. W. Jetton & D. Standly

2. Are you acquainted with the applicant, Mrs. Mary Eliza Hayse
ANSWER: Yes
If so, how long have you known her?
ANSWER: 12 years & 25 years

3. Where does she reside, and how long and since when has she been a resident of this State?
ANSWER: Near Maury City. We now she has resided here 12 & 25 years

4. When and where was she born?
ANSWER: Don't know

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

6. When and by whom were they married?
ANSWER: Don't know

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

8. How long did you know him?
ANSWER: Abt. 12 & abt. 25 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: ___________

12. When and where was his Company and Regiment surrendered?
ANSWER: ___________

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

14. Was ___________ the husband of applicant present?
ANSWER: ___________

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

16. When and where did he leave his command? __________
For what cause? ____________
By whose authority did he leave? ________
How do you know all this? (State fully and clearly) _______

17. When and where did Sept. 11th 1923, near 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: near Maury City, Tenn, Don't know

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

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

21. What property, effects or income has the applicant, if any, and how do you know this of your own knowledge?
ANSWER: She has none and we now this

22. Has applicant conveyed any property in last two years or given any away, if so, what was it and to whom?
ANSWER: None, 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: Both witnesses testifies? to the above answers

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 26 day of Sept 1923

A. W. Jetton (witness)
D. Standley (witness)
J. M. Neal (Notary Public)

TWO FORMS, PICK ONE FOR EARLY OR OTHER FOR LATER:: I, H. P. Wilson Trustee of Crockett County, Tennessee, hereby certify that the property assessed on the tax books of this County to Mrs. Mary Eliza Hays the widow of _______, ____ lots, $XX, _____ acres, $XXX; real estate and personal $XXX

H. P. Wilson Trustee For Crockett County, Tenn.

SECOND APPLICATION

No. 7971

Name Mary Eliza Hays
Filed Mar 15, 1924
Widow of Wm. L. Hays
H 19 Ala Inf

FILE IS STAMPED Accepted

STATE OF TENNESSEE
Crockett County

Mary Eliza Hayse 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, 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: Mary Eliza Hayse

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

3. When and where were you born and what was your maiden name?
ANSWER: North Carolina, Mary Eliza Peal

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: I think in Georgia, William Lawson Hayse

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

6. How long did your husband serve in said Company and Regiment?
ANSWER: Whole time war was on

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

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

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 there

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

11. Have you heretofore applied for a pension in this State?
ANSWER: Yes

12. When and where did your husband die?
ANSWER: Near Maury City, Tenn, Sept. 11, 1923

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: 8, 4 boys & 4 girls all Decd but 3 and they are over 35 years old

16. What property, real or personal, or income do you have or possess, and its gross value?
ANSWER: None at all

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: None at all

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 Sir I live with my son in law

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: G. W. Robertson, Maury City Tenn., Dr. Frost, Maury City, Tenn.

(Signed) ______________

Sworn to and subscribed before me, this the
12 day of Sept 1924
J. M. Neal, Notary Public
of Crockett County

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County

Sallie Standley of the said State and County, having been presented as a witness in support of the application of Mrs. Mary Eliza Hayse 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: Mary Eliza Hayse, Maury City, Tenn. (as written)

2. Are you acquainted with the applicant, Mrs. Mary Eliza Hayse If so, how long have you known her?
ANSWER: Yes, for 30 years or more

3. Where does she reside, and how long and since when has she been a resident of this State?
ANSWER: Resides with her son in law Dan Stanly

4. When and where was she born?
ANSWER: North Carolina

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

6. When and by whom were they married?
ANSWER: Near Johnson Grove now Crockett County but when she married Johnson Grove was in Haywood County

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

8. How long did you know him?
ANSWER: Since I was born

9. When and where did Don't know enlist in the war between the States, and in what Company and Regiment did he enlist, and how do you know this?
ANSWER: 15 Alabama Reg.

10. Were you a member of the same Company and Regiment?
ANSWER: No, I think not

11. How long did he perform regular military duty?
ANSWER: During whole war

12. When and where was his Company and Regiment surrendered?
ANSWER: Don't know

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

14. Was______________ the husband of applicant present?
ANSWER: ______________

15. If not present, where was he?
ANSWER: No

16. When and where did he leave his command? Didn't leave
For what cause? ______________
By whose authority did he leave? ______________
How do you know all this? (State fully and clearly) No

17. When and where did Near 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: Near Maury City, Tenn, a resident of Tenn 60 years

19. Do you of your own knowledge know that applicant is the lawful widow of Mary Eliza Hayse
ANSWER: Yes Sir

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

21. What property, effects or income has the applicant, if any, and how do you know this of your own knowledge?
ANSWER: None at all

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

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: ______________

(Signed) Sallie Standley

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 12 day of March 1924

Y. H. ??? (witness)
J. M. Neal (Notary Public)

I, H. P. Wilson Trustee of Crockett County, Tennessee, hereby certify that the property assessed on the tax books of this County to Mrs. Mary Eliza Hays the widow of ________, _______ lots, $XXX, ________ acres, $XXX; real estate and personal $XXX

H. P. Wilson Trustee
For Crockett County, Tenn.

Additional documentation, written on what appears to be company letterhead, or a reciept book.

Maury City Tenn, 4-18-1924

Pention Depart & Board of Exam
for Mrs. Mary E. Hayse

From J. M. Neal
Dealers in
General Merchandise

Mrs. Mary E. Hayse was married Aug. 10 1867. Married at Johnsons Grove Tenn this county Crockett, was then Haywood County Brownsville the County seat.

(Signed) Mary E. Hayse

I have known W. L. Hayse and wife Mary E. Hayse his wife for at least 40 years. I know she was his lawful wife lived together as man & wife until his Death. She has no way proving her marriage as it has been nearly 60 years. All the people then is now dead.

(Signed) J. M. Neal

Document included in file:

WAR DEPARTMENT,
THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE
WASHINGTON, January 8, 1908

Respectfully returned to the

President,
Tennessee Board of
Pension Examiners,
Nashville

The records show that William S. Hayes, private, Company H, 19th Alabama Infantry, C.S.A., enlisted August 14, 1861, at Centre, Alabaman, for the war. On the roll for the period from August 17 to October 31, 1861 (first roll on file), he was reported present sick in quarters. His name is not borne on the roll for January and February, 1864 (only other roll on file). A return for June, 1862, shows him, "Transferred June 21, 1862, at Tupelo Miss."

On a muster roll of officers and men paroled in accordance with the terms of a military convention entered into April 26, 1865, he is reported, as of Company I, 19th Alabama, C.S.A. paroled May 2, 1865, at Salisbury, North Carolina.

His name has not been found on the roll of Company I, 19th Alabama C.S.A., for August 17 to October 31, 1861 (only roll on file).

F.? T.? Dismuke
Tha Adjutant General