No. 6010

Name Martha Palmore
Filed July 2, 1915
Widow of B. B. Palmore
I 33 Tenn Inf

FILE IS STAMPED Accepted

STATE OF TENNESSEE
Crockett County

Mrs. Marthy Palmore 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: Mrs. Marthy Palmore, Chestnut Bluff Tenn

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

3. When and where were you born and what was your maiden name?
ANSWER: In Dyer Co. Since changed Crockette Co.

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: B. B. Palmore. We were married here or near Chestnut Bluff Ten by Rev. James Robertson

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 9776

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

12. When and where did your husband die?
ANSWER: Chestnut Bluff Tenn Feby 4 1915

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: 14 in all. 6 dead and 8 living. 6 boys and 8 girls

16. What property, real or personal, or income do you have or possess, and its gross value?
ANSWER: I have none since our little homestead was deeded to our youngest daughter before my husbands death

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: Yes one daughter Hortense - this daughter owns the little home we live on

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: Dr. Wm. B. York

(Signed) Martha Palmore

Sworn to and subscribed before me, this the 16 day of July 1915
Sam Young N. P.
of Crockett County

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County

Wm. B. York of the said State and County, having been presented as a witness in support of the application of Mrs. Marthy 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: Wm. B. York, Chestnut Bluff Tenn

2. Are you acquainted with the applicant, Mrs. Marthy Palmore
ANSWER: Yes

If so, how long have you known her?
ANSWER: All her life

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: Chestnut Bluff Tenn 63 years of age

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

6. When and by whom were they married?
ANSWER: Rev. Jas. Robertson 15 Nov 1872

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

8. How long did you know him?
ANSWER: _____________________

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 B. B. Palmore die?
ANSWER: At Chestnut Bluff Tenn Jul 6 1915

18. Where did he reside at his death and how long had he been a resident of Tennessee at his death?
ANSWER: Chestnut Bluff Ten - All his life

19. Do you of your own knowledge know that applicant is the lawful widow of B. B. Palmore
ANSWER: Yes I am personally knowing to the fact

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: She has none - I was intimate with B. B. Palmore and knew all about him and his

22. Has applicant conveyed any property in last two years or given any away, if so, what was it and to whom?
ANSWER: Nothing except the deed of the small homestead that she assyned at the request of her husband to daughter

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 ____ day of ________ 19____

[Blank] (witness)
[Blank] (witness)
[Blank] (Notary Public)

I, John F. Peal Trustee of Crockett County, Tennessee, hereby certify that the property assessed on the tax books of this County to Mrs. Marthy Palmore the widow of B. B. Palmore, amounts to $Nothing real estate and $No personal

John F. Peal Trustee
For Crockett County, Tenn.

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
________________ 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. _______________ 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 ____ day of ________ 19____

________________
________________ County

Handwritten letter included in file:

Chestnut Bluff Tenn
July 14 (no year given)

Sir - B. B. Palmore an old soldier and pensioner died here last week. How must is old wife proceed to have his pension continued to her. She will surely suffer if she cannot get it. Will you kindly advise me.

Resp.
Wm. B. York

To Board of Pension
Nashville Ten

Typed letter included in file:

Aug. 21, 1915.

Mrs. Martha Palmore, No. 6010

Dr. Wm. D. York
Chestnut Bluff, Tenn.

Dear Sir:

In this application about which you wrote on July 14th, I find that the evidence of yourself in the case has never been signed or sworn to. I will ask you to go before a Notary Public and make an affidavit that your evidence in the application for pension of Mrs. Palmore filed in the pension office July 21, 1915 is true to the best of your knowledge and belief and send to me. Tell me also why the property which belonged to her husband and which is said to have been transferred to her daughter at the request of her husband was so transferred. What was the amount of it, and value of it?

Your truly,
(not signed)
Special Examiner.

Handwritten letter included in file:

Chestnut Bluff Tenn
Aug. 24, 1915

Tenn Board of Pension Examiners

Sir,

My evidence given before a Notary Public in regard to the widow of B. B. Palmore, Mrs. Marthy Palmore was correct in every particular.

He gave his little home worth about $400.00 to an afflicted daughter who is incapable of surporting herself.

He and his wife wished this daughter to have the home after their death and thought the surest way to do this was before he died.

This small home - a house and lot in this place is all the property he had.

Wm. B. York, M.D.
Witness for Mrs. Marthy Palmore, No 6010

Personally appeard before me, Sam Young Notry Public for Crockett County Tennessee Wm. B. York, and makes oath in Due form of Law, that the above Statment is True to the best of his knowledged and belief.

This Aug 25 1915
Sam Young, N.P.

Typed letter included in file:

Tennessee Board of Pension Examiners
Nashville, Tenn
Sept. 2, 1915.

Mrs. Martha Palmore, No. 6010

Dr. Wm. B. York,
Chestnut Bluff, Tenn.

Dear Sir:

I have your affidavit dated Aug. 24th. There is another matter in connection with this case which I overlooked. There is not sufficient proof of the date of the Lady's marriage. She does not give the date herself, and while you give the date you say you were not present. Please give me a copy of the marriage record, or the affidavit of two persons who knew them as man and wife before January 1st 1890, and up to the time of his death.

Yours truly,
(signed) Frank A. Moses
Special Examiner.

Handwritten letter included in file:

Chestnut Bluff Tenn
Sept. 6, 1915

Bord Pension
Nashville Tenn

My dear Sir,

Mrs. Marthy Palmore wife of B. B. Palmore, a pensioner who died a few weeks ago was married to him Nov. 15th 1872.

I am personally knowing to the fact although I was not present at the ceremony.

The married service was performed by Rev. James Robertson who has been dead many years. It has been so long ago and as the new County of Crockette has since been organized here we do not know where to find any record of the above marriage. I was the family physician of both families herin and knew the facts.

Wm. B. York

We the undersigned citizens of Crockette Co. knew that B. B. and Marthy Palmore were lawfully married previous to the year 1880.
J. -?. Speight?
J. S. Vaughn

The above personally apeard before me Sam Young N.P. and makes oath that the above facts herein set forth are True to the best of there knowledge and Belief.

Sam Young
Notry Public for Crockett County

Typed document included in file

War Department
The Adjutant General's Office
Washington, January 7, 1908

Respectfully returned to the
President,
Tennessee Board of Pension Examiners,
Nashville

The name B. B. Palmore has not been found on the rolls, on file in this office, of Company D. 31st (Stafford's) Tennessee Infantry, C. S. A., which organization formed part of Strahn's brigade.

The records of this office show that one Benj. Palmore, Company I, 33d (Stafford's) Regiment Tennessee Infantry, C. S. A., was captured December 17, 1864, and was held as a prisoner of war until May 12, 1865, when he was released from confinement at Camp Chase, Ohio, upon taking the oath of allegiance.

The name Benj. Palmore, or similar name, has not been found on the rolls, on file in this office, of the last mentioned company and regiment.

(signed) F. C. Dismuke
The Adjutant General