No. 5345

Name C. C. Payne
Filed March 30, 1914
Widow of J. C. Payne
C 11 Ala Cav

FILE IS STAMPED Rejected

STATE OF TENNESSEE
Crockett County

Mrs. C. C. Payne 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: C. C. Payne, State of Tenn. Crockett Chestnut Bluff

2. How long and since when have you been a resident of this State?
ANSWER: 8 months

3. When and where were you born and what was your maiden name?
ANSWER: Sheby [Shelby] County Alabama, C. C. Standly

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: Lorance County, Ala., Jackson Calhune Payne, Lorance Cty Ala, J. P. Molton? Ala, haven't it.

5. When and where and in what Company and Regiment did you husband enlist or serve during the war between the States?
ANSWER: 1862 at Dacatur, Ala. Co. C 11 Ala. yes he enlisted

6. How long did your husband serve in said Company and Regiment?
ANSWER: Until May 17th 1865

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

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: (Blank)

10. Was your husband a pensioner or an applicant for pension, under the laws of Tennessee?
ANSWER: No

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

12. When and where did your husband die?
ANSWER: 18 Jan 1913 at Lourance Co. Ala

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: 5 Boys 2 Girls 1 Boy 48 one 46 - 28 one 25 Girls 30 one 22 - one Boy Dead 29 years

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

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: We had about 5 acres add it took it to bury him

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 - - no

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. D. J. Conyers Chestnut Bluff Tenn.

(Signed) ________

Sworn to and subscribed before me, this the 28 day of March 1914
J. M. Neal, Notary Public
of Crockett County

Mrs. Payne & Husband lived in Tennessee from 1877 until 1886 and then moved back to Alabama and he died there and Mrs. C. C. Payne moved back here 8 months ago and lives with her Niece in this county. J. M. Neal, Notary Public

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County

A. W. Payne of the said State and County, having been presented as a witness in support of the application of Mrs. C. C. Payne 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. Payne, Chestnut Bluff Tenn.

2. Are you acquainted with the applicant, Mrs. C. C. Payne
ANSWER: Yes

If so, how long have you known her?
ANSWER: 48 years

3. Where does she reside, and how long and since when has she been a resident of this State?
ANSWER: Resides near Chestnut Bluff bin in state 8 months

4. When and where was she born?
ANSWER: Jefferson County, Ala

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

6. When and by whom were they married?
ANSWER: Dec. 17? 1866 by a J. P. at Malton Ala

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

8. How long did you know him?
ANSWER: 48 years

9. When and where did Dacutur Ala 1862 enlist in the war between the States, and in what Company and Regiment did he enlist, and how do you know this?
ANSWER: No

10. Were you a member of the same Company and Regiment?
ANSWER: No

11. How long did he perform regular military duty?
ANSWER: Can't tell

12. When and where was his Company and Regiment surrendered?
ANSWER: I don't now only from Papers herin Inclosed

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

14. Was Yes the husband of applicant present?
ANSWER: ________

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

16. When and where did he leave his command? Franklin Co. Ala
For what cause? War closed
By whose authority did he leave? Mustered out & Paroled
How do you know all this? (State fully and clearly) No only by papers

17. When and where did Larance Ala 18th Jan 1913 die?
ANSWER: _________

18. Where did he reside at his death and how long had he been a resident of Tennessee at his death?
ANSWER: Larance Co. Ala, Died in Ala

19. Do you of your own knowledge know that applicant is the lawful widow of J. C. Payne
ANSWER: Yes

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

21. What property, effects or income has the applicant, if any, and how do you know this of your own knowledge?
ANSWER: She now lives with me?

22. Has applicant conveyed any property in last two years or given any away, if so, what was it and to whom?
ANSWER: No, none of any kind

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 28 day of March 1913

A. W. Payne (witness)
J. M. Neal (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. C. C. Payne the widow of J. C. Payne, amounts to $Nothing; real estate and $No personal.

John F. Peal Trustee
For Crockett County, Tenn.

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County

I, J. M. Neal Notary Public, in and for said County, hereby certify that the applicant, Mrs. C. C. Payne resides in said County, and has been a bona fide resident of this State since the 21st day of June, 1913, and that the witnesses, Mr. A. W. Payne 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 March 1914

J. M. Neal, Notary Public
Crockett County

Handwritten letter included in file:

Chestnut Bluff Tenn.
May 11?, 1914?

Mr. John P. Hickman

------- (page torn, can't read it) you will pleas to send me the Parole and amnasity oath my husband to ?? when he surrendered as I am going to return to Alabama. My application no. is 5345.

Hoping to hear from you soon.

C. C. Payne

Typed letter included in file:

May 4, ---4

Mrs. C. C. Payne 5345

Mrs. C. C. Payne,
Chestnut Bluff, Tenn.

Dear Madam,

I see from your application for pension that you have been an actual resident in the State of Tennessee for about nine months. Under the Tennessee pension law we cannot consider an application for pension until the applicant has been an actual resident of the State of Tennessee for three years.

Yours truly,
(Not signed)
Special Examiner