No. 3766

Name Sallie Hiter
Filed May 2 1922
Widow of W. Y. Hiter
D 23 VA Inf

FILE IS STAMPED Accepted

Died April 30, 1933

STATE OF TENNESSEE
Crockett County

Mrs. W. Y. Hiter 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: Mrs. William Young Hiter, Tennessee, Crockett, Bells Postoffice

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

3. When and where were you born and what was your maiden name?
ANSWER: Born 1859 Feb 22 in Rutherford County near Murfreesboro. Sallie M. Hunt

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: 25 July 1845, Louisa County Virginia, William Young Hiter. Married March 12, 1878 at Maury City by W. T. Bennett

5. When and where and in what Company and Regiment did you husband enlist or serve during the war between the States?
ANSWER: June 3 1861; Virginia; Company D, 23d Infantry

6. How long did your husband serve in said Company and Regiment?
ANSWER: He served 1 yr. was then transfered to General Geore H. Stuart as his courier, was captured with Stuart and sent to prison at fort Delaware, staid there 9 mo. and got out and went back to the army to the same Brigade as courier.)

7. When and where did your husband's Company and Regiment surrender?
ANSWER: At Appomatox Court House with Lee, 1865

8. Was your husband present at the time and place when his Company and Regiment surrendered?
ANSWER: Don't know

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. When and where did your husband die?
ANSWER: Feb 28, 1911, Bells Crockett Co. Tennessee

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

13. How many children did you have by your said husband? Give sex and age at this time.
ANSWER: 10, Three Sons Three Daughters. The boys age oldest 32, next 30, next 29. Girls oldest 25, next 24, next 22. This includes the year 1911

14. What property, real or personal, or income do you have or possess, and its gross value?
ANSWER: House hold goods I suppose value would be $100 have no income.

15. 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: Had about $100 worth outside of household has been used to pay Drs. Bills and burrial expences.

16. Have you a family? If so, who composes such family? Give their means of support? Have they any lands or other property?
ANSWER: I am living with a son

(Signed) Mrs. W. Y. Hiter

Sworn to and subscribed before me, this the
First day of May 1911
J. B. James, J.P.
of Crockett County Tenn

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
___________ County

__________ of the said State and County, having been presented as a witness in support of the application of Mrs. __________ for a Pension under Chapter 202, Acts of 1905, 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. P. Baldridge, Alamo, Tenn.

2. Are you acquainted with the applicant, Mrs. W. Y. Hyter
ANSWER: Yes
If so, how long have you known her?
ANSWER: From a girl, 40 years or over

3. Where does she reside, and how long and since when has she been a resident of this State?
ANSWER: She resides near Bells, Crockett Co. Tenn. All her life.

4. When and where was she born?
ANSWER: In Rutherford Co. Tenn. I don't know when

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

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

7. When and where was he born?
ANSWER: In Virginia

8. How long did you know him?
ANSWER: Since the latter part of the sixties or early seventies

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: No

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

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

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

14. Was Yes 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) I know he married Miss Sallie Hunt & live with her until his death
17. When and where did Near Bells, Crockett Co. 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 Bells Tenn. since soon after the war of 61 to 65

19. Do you of your own knowledge know that applicant is the lawful widow of I do
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: None that I know of

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 have known Mrs. Sallie Hiter since a small child and concur in the above statements by Mr. Baldridge.

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 28 day of April 1911

J. C. Baldridge (witness)
T. W. Kelton (witness)
D. B. Dodson, Clk Cir Ct

I, Jno. F. Peal Trustee of Crockett County, Tennessee, hereby certify that there is no property assessed on the tax books of this County to Mrs. W. Y. Hiter the widow of W. Y. Hiter, amounts to $Nothing real estate and $200 personal.

Jno. F. Peal Trustee For Crockett County, Tenn.

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County

I, D. B. Dodson, Cir Ct Clerk, in and for said County, hereby certify that the applicant, Mrs. Sallie Hiter or W. Y. Hiter resides in said County, and has been a bona fide resident of this State since the early girlhood, and that the witnesses, Mr. Baldridge & Kelton are of trustworthy character, and that their statements are entitled to full faith and credit.

I do further certify that before answering the foregoing questions, the applicant and said witnesses took the oath herein prescribed, and the full text of the affidavits was read to the applicant and witnesses before the same was signed and subscribed.

Witness my hand and official seal this 28 day of April 1911

D. B. Dodson, Cir Ct Clerk
Crockett County