No. 9854

Name Zilphia Randle
Filed April 17, 1930
Widow of H. S. Randle
A - 46th Tennessee Regt.

FILE IS STAMPED Accepted

Died January 2, 1935
[View Pension Application for husband, Henry Smith Randle]

STATE OF TENNESSEE
Crockett County

Mrs. H. S. Randle 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: Zilphia Randle, Crockett Co. Alamo Tenn.

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

3. When and where were you born and what was your maiden name?
ANSWER: Two & 1/2 miles north of Alamo, Crockett Co. Tenn, Feb. 8th 1849

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: Dec. 15, 1843, Henry County Tenn. Henry Smith Randle, married at home by Allen Cook

5. When and where and in what Company and Regiment did you husband enlist or serve during the war between the States?
ANSWER: Co. A. 46th Tenn Reg. Co. F. Green Cav. Co. F. Green & Russell

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

7. When and where did your husband's Company and Regiment surrender?
ANSWER: Can't say

8. Was your husband present at the time and place when his Company and Regiment surrendered?
ANSWER: Think not

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: All shown on his pension application #15684

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

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

12. When and where did your husband die?
ANSWER: Jan 17th 1930 near Alamo Tenn.

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: Four girls Age 51 - 49 Deceased 41 & 38 Two boys 48 & 44

16. What property, real or personal, or income do you have or possess, and its gross value?
ANSWER: 42 acres Farm land valued at $2,000, no other income

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: Fourty Two acres land about $100.00 personal property

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 family all married

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: W. I. Hunt, Alamo Tenn R #3

(Signed)

Sworn to and subscribed before me, this the
16 day of April 1930
H. W. Darden
State of Tenn
of Crockett County

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County

Jno. H. Perry and R. F. Tanner of the said State and County, having been presented as a witness in support of the application of Mrs. Zilphia Randle 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: Jno. H. Perry, Alamo Tenn

2. Are you acquainted with the applicant, Mrs. Zilphia Randle
ANSWER: Yes
If so, how long have you known her?
ANSWER: 40 years

3. Where does she reside, and how long and since when has she been a resident of this State?
ANSWER: Alamo Tenn. Born here in Crockett County

4. When and where was she born?
ANSWER: Can't say

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

6. When and by whom were they married?
ANSWER: Can't say. Lived together since I knew them

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

8. How long did you know him?
ANSWER: 40 years

9. When and where did H. S. Randle enlist in the war between the States, and in what Company and Regiment did he enlist, and how do you know this?
ANSWER: Can't say

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

11. How long did he perform regular military duty?
ANSWER: None

12. When and where was his Company and Regiment surrendered?
ANSWER: Can't say

13. Were you with the command when it surrendered?
ANSWER: No not a veteran

14. Was ______________ the husband of applicant present?
ANSWER: Can't say

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

16. When and where did he leave his command? Can't say
For what cause? ______________
By whose authority did he leave? ______________
How do you know all this? (State fully and clearly) We have known them here in Crockett County living together as husband & wife for 40 years - do not personally know his army record.

17. When and where did H. S. Randle die?
ANSWER: Alamo Tenn, Jan. 17, 1930

18. Where did he reside at his death and how long had he been a resident of Tennessee at his death?
ANSWER: Alamo Tenn, All his life

19. Do you of your own knowledge know that applicant is the lawful widow of H. S. Randle
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: Small farm in 7th Civil District

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: ______________

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 16th
day of April 1930

Jno. H. Perry (witness)
R. T. Turner (witness)
Eweill? S. ??rum (Notary Public)

I, E. C. Pittman Trustee of Crockett County, Tennessee, hereby certify that the property assessed on the tax books of this County to Mrs. H. S. Randle the widow of H. S. Randle, ____ lots, $none?, 42 acres, $1,500; real estate and personal $none?

E. C. Pittman Trustee
For Crockett County, Tenn.

Letter enclosed in file:

Alamo, Tenn
Jan 4, 1935

Pension Dept.
Nashville, Tenn.

My dear Sir:

This is to notify you my mother, Zilphia Randle, one of your pensioners died Jan. 2nd

If you se fit to aid in defraying burial expenses it will be appreciated by her daughter

Mrs. Eunice Branch
Alamo, Tenn
Route 3

(Zilphia Stallings Randle was the daughter of Noah Lee Stallings & Paulina Robason)