No. 1446

Name Mary A. Jewell
Filed May 8 1907
Widow of H. H. Jewell
C 9 Tenn Cav

FILE IS STAMPED Accepted

STATE OF TENNESSEE
Crockett County

Mrs. Mary Ann Jewell 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. Mary Ann Jewell, Bells, Tenn. Crockett Co.

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: Hickman Co. Tenn Nov. 26, 1845, Mary Ann Leek.

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: Hickman Co. Tenn May 22 1840, Henry Hutton Jewell, Married in Hickman Co. Tenn May 24 1866 Rev. J. G. Bolton

5. When and where and in what Company and Regiment did you husband enlist or serve during the war between the States?
ANSWER: Hickman Co. Tenn 1861 in Co. C. 9 Tenn Cavalry

6. How long did your husband serve in said Company and Regiment?
ANSWER: Served 4 years

7. When and where did your husband's Company and Regiment surrender?
ANSWER: In Charlotte North Carolina April 26 1865

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

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: Surrendered with his Redgment

10. When and where did your husband die?
ANSWER: Union City Tenn. Nov 3 1899

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

12. How many children did you have by your said husband? Give sex and age at this time.
ANSWER: 7 children, 5 girls and 2 boy youngest girl 22 next 29 next 36 the next girl 38 & 40. 2 Boys 26 and 33 app---ly.

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

14. 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

15. 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 my oldest son. He is a unter?

(Signed) Mrs. Mary Ann Jewell

Sworn to and subscribed before me, this the 11 day of Mch 1907
J. C. Humphreys, Notary Public
of Crockett County

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Hickman County

P. P. Anderson & J. N. Miller of the said State and County, having been presented as a witness in support of the application of Mrs. Mary Ann Jewell 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: P. P. Anderson, Franklin Tennessee, R. F. -.? 6 J. N. Miller duchiver?

2. Are you acquainted with the applicant, Mrs. Mary Ann Jewell
ANSWER: Yes

If so, how long have you known her?
ANSWER: fifty 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: Hickman County Tennessee

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

6. When and by whom were they married?
ANSWER: by Rev. J. G. Bolton

7. Were either or both of you present at the marriage?
ANSWER: Hickman County Tennessee

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

9. When and where did Henry Hutton Jewell enlist in the war between the States, and in what Company and Regiment did he enlist, and how do you know this?
ANSWER: Co. C. 9. Tennessee Cavalry. I belonged to same

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

11. How long did he perform regular military duty?
ANSWER: four years

12. When and where was his Company and Regiment surrendered?
ANSWER: Charlotte North Carolina. Apr 26, 1865

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

14. Was Henry Hutton Jewell the husband of applicant present?
ANSWER: he was

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

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 Henry Hutton Jewell die?
ANSWER: Union City Tennessee

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

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

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: I do not kno

22. Has applicant conveyed any property in last two years or given any away, if so, what was it and to whom?
ANSWER: ________________

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 third day of May 1907

P. P. Anderson (witness)
J. N. Miller (witness)
T. L. Grimes (Notary Public)

I, Jno H. Perry Trustee of Crockett County, Tennessee, hereby certify that the property assessed on the tax books of this County to Mrs. Mary Ann Jewell the widow of H. H. Jewell, amounts to $none real estate and $none personal

Jno H. Perry Trustee
For Crockett County, Tenn.

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
[scribble] County

I, ____ Clerk or Notary Public, in and for said County, hereby certify that the applicant, Mrs. ____ resides in said County, and has been a bona fide resident of this State since the ____ day of ____, 18____, and that the witnesses, Mr. P. P. Anderson & J. N. Miller 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 third day of May 1907

T. L. Grimes, Notary Public
Hickman County

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Marriage License
State of Tennessee
County of Hickman

Henry H. Jewell and Mary A. Leek were married 24th day of May 1866.
M. H. Puckett

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Tennessee Board of Pension Examiners. Nashville, Tenn. June 27, 1907 Gen. F. C. Ainsworth,
Military Secretary,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

Mrs. Mary A. Jewell who is an applicant for pension under the Tennessee Widows Pension Law, claims that her husband H. H. Jewell was a member of Company C. 9th Battle? Tenn? Cav C.S.A., and was paroled at Charlotte N.C. at the close of the war.

Please give us the record of this soldier.

Respectfully,
George B. Guild
President

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Nashville, Tenn.
Jun 27/07

H. H. Jewell
6, 9 Battln? Tenn Cavy

Pres. Tenn. Bd. Pens. Examiners

War Department,
The Adjutant General's Office
Washington, June 29, 1907.

Respectfully returned to the

President, Tennessee Board of
Pension Examiners,
Nashville.

It is shown by the records of this office that Henry H. Jewell, Company C, 9th Battalion, Tennessee Cavalry, C.S.A., enlisted November 29, 1861, and that he was paroled at Charlotte, North Carolina, May 3?, 1865.

F. C. Dismuke?
The Adjutant General

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Nashville, Tenn., Jany 12, 1910

Postmaster,
Union City, Tenn.

Dear Sir:

Mrs. Mary A. Jewell, a pensioner, has not sent in her voucher for December 1909.

We suppose she has died or removed from the State. In order that we may correct our roll, will you kindly make inquiry of a carrier, justice of the peace, or a school director of her district and let me know the result of the inquiry on the back of this sheet?

The last address given by her was Union City Tenn.

In case of death the legal representative is entitled to the pension for the full quarter in which the pensioner dies, upon making an affidavit before an officer using a seal, stating the date of death and name of the legal representative.

I enclose stamp for reply, and will appreciate your courtesy.

Yours truly,
Frank A. Moses
Special Examiner.

Dear Sir,

I am informed by W. W. Jewell son of Mrs. Mary A. Jewell, that his mother died Aug. 26th 1909, and that he returned her last check to you some time ago.

Very respectfully,
G. T. Taylor, P.M.