Annis H. Kilzer Widow's Indigent Pension — Kilzer Annis

Annis H. Kilzer Widow's Indigent Pension

 
 

Widow’s Indigent Pension for Annis H. Kilzer, wife of John W. Kilzer. John was the

son of Elijah Kilzer who had been a resident of Gibson County since the late 1830s.

Submitted by the great-great grandson of Elijah Kilzer, Bobby J. Williams.

1916 ACCEPTED

Widow’s

Indigent Pension

Name: Annis H. Kilzer

Filed: April 21, 08

Widow of: John W. Kilzer

H, 12th Tenn Cav.

QUESTIONS FOR APPLICANT.

State of Tennessee.

Gibson County.

Annis Hawkins Kilzer 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

1907; Chapter 18, Acts of 1909; and Chapter 7, Acts of 1911, hereby submits her

proofs, and after being duly sworn true answers to make to the following questions,

deposes and answers as follows:

1. What is you full name and where do you reside? (Give State, County and Postoffice.)

Annis H. Kilzer, Humboldt, RFD # Gibson County, Tennessee.

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

I have lived in Gibson County, Tennessee since 1848 .

3. When and where were you born and what was your maiden name?

Born in Wake County, NC–Feb. 12, 1843, My maiden name was Annis H. Bailey.

4. When and where was your husband born–state his full name, and where were you and he

married, and who performed the marriage ceremony?(Attach certified copy marriage license

in every case.) My husband’s name was John W. Kilzer, born Sept. 2nd 1841 and married

Sept 16– 1866, Esq. Hardin .

5. When and where and what Company and Regiment did you husband enlist or serve during the

war between the States? Co-H– 12th Tenn. May 23–1861 and later he enlisted in Bennetts

Battalion–in Co– G–afterwards–12th Tenn–Cavalry.

6. How long did you husband serve in said Company and Regiment? Blank

7. When and where did your husband’s Company and Regiment surrender? Blank

8. Was you husband present at the time and place when his Company and Regiment surrendered?

No

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? Was at home on furlough, on account of

Wound – from Maj. G. W. Bennett.

10. When and where did your husband die? March 2– 1905

11. At the time of your husband’s death were you living with him as his lawful wife? Yes

12. How many children did you have by your said husband? Give sex and age at this time.

One Male, W. L. Kilzer, age 40 years.

13. What property, real or personal, or income do you have or possess, and the gross value?

A live estate in 35 acres of land in 4th Civil District of Gibson County worth $300.00.

14. What property, real or personal, did you possess at death of husband or he left you and what

disposition, if any by sale or gift, have you made of the same? Tract of land above

is all that he left and all that I have had since his death.

15. Have you a family? If so, who composes such family? Give their means of support? Have

They any lands or other property? M-family, my son is living with me and has no property.

Except 50 acres of swamp land worth about $200 or $300 all the timber having been cut and

sold.

Sworn to and subscribed before me, this the

20 day of April 1908.

Her H. W. House Annis H. X Kilzer

Notary Public Mark

of Gibson County Tennessee

QUESTIONS FOR WITNESSES.

State of Tennessee

Gibson County.

I, G. W. Bennett , of said State and County, having been presented as a witness in

support of the application of Mrs. Annis H. Kilzer 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 you name and where do you reside? G. W. Bennett– Trenton, Tenn.

2. Are you acquainted with the applicant, Mrs. Annis H. Kilzer— , if so, how long have you

known her? Yes—About 40 years.

3. Where does she reside, and how long and since when has she been a resident of this state?

4 District–Gibson Co.-------- 50 years.

4. When and where was she born? Blank

5. Were you ever acquainted with her husband? Yes

6. When and to whom was he married? Blank

7. When and where was he born? Blank

8. How long have you known him? About 60 years

9. When and where did John W. Kilzer enlist in the war between the States, and in what

Company and Regiment did he enlist, and how do you know this? I don’t know

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

11. How long did he perform regular military duty? Don’t know, but was with me several

months.

12. When and where was his Company and Regiment surrendered? Gainsville, Ala.

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

14. Was John W. Kilzer the husband of applicant present? No–he was not able to be

there.

15. If not present, where was he? At home on furlough

16. When and where did he leave his command? Don’t recollect. For what cause?

Crippled by kick from horse. By whose authority he left? Mine How do you know

all this? State fully and clearly. I was in command

17. When and where did John W. Kilzer die? 4 Dist., Gibson Co., Tenn. March 2, 1905

18. Where did he reside at his death and how long had he been a resident of Tennessee at his

death? 4 Dist. Gibson Co. Tenn. All his life.

19. Do you of your own knowledge know that applicant is the lawful widow of John W. Kilzer

Yes

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

21. What property, effects or income has the applicant, if any, and how do you know this of your own knowledge? Blank

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

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 17th day of April 1908. G. W. Bennett

At Trenton, Tenn. Witnesses.

Zack Briggs Jr. N.P.

The Following Certificate of the County Trustee Must Be Filled Out. I, N. A. Cresap

Trustee of Gibson County, Tennessee hereby certify that the property assessed on the

tax books of this County to Mrs. A. H. Kilzer the widow of John W. Kilzer amounts to

$300.00 real estate and $ No personal.

N. A. Cresap Trustee

For Gibson County, Tenn.

Certificate of Clerk of Court or Notary Public

State of Tennessee,

Gibson County

I, Zack Briggs Jr. Notary Public, in and for said County, hereby certify that the

applicant, Mrs. Annis H. Kilzer resides in said County, and has been a bona fide

resident of this State since the For many, many years , and that the witnesses, Mr.

G. W. Bennett, J. E. Clark and Jubel Bailey 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 had and official

seal this 17 day of April 1908.

Zack Briggs Jr. N.P.

Gibson County

Sworn Statements

Taylor, Caldwell & Taylor

Attorneys at Law

Trenton, Tenn.

I don’t know in what Company or Regiment he enlisted, but was at home on sick leave &

when he got able for service his command was where he could not get to it. He then

attached himself to my command & served with same until he was kicked by a horse &

disabled for further service & remained so until the end of the war & in fact as long

as he lived.

G. W. Bennett

Taylor, Caldwell, Taylor

Attorneys at Law

Trenton, Tenn.

State of Tenn. } Personally appeared before me Z. Briggs Jr. an active Notary Public

in and Gibson County} for said county and state. John E. Clark, who makes oath in due

form of law that he was a member of Co. G of Bennett’s Battalion, of which Maj. G. W.

Bennett was in command, afterwards Co. G 12th Tenn. Calvary, that John W. Kilzer was

a member of said company and did actual service, that Annis H. Kilzer was his lawful

wife and that said John W. Kilzer suffered with a crippled leg until his death. J. E.

Clark Subscribed and sworn to before me this the 17th day of April, 1908. Zack Briggs

Jr. N.P.

State of Tennessee Gibson County Personally appeared before me W. W. Howse an active

N.P. for said County. Dr. A. A. Donaldson who makes oath in due form of law that he

is the family physician of W. L. Kilzer and that his family consists of his mother

Mrs. Annis H. Kilzer the widow of John W. Kilzer and that she is old and feeble and

his wife and one small child and himself and that said W. L. Kilzer has a crippled

hand and is unable to perform hard manual labor and that he is released from work on

the public roads on account as above stated and he has only about 50 acres of river

bottom land worth about $200 or $300. This April 20, 1908. A. A. Donaldson.

Subscribed and sworn to before me this April 20, 1908. W. W. Howse, Notary Public

Taylor, Caldwell & Taylor

Attorneys at Law

Trenton, Tenn.

State of Tennessee } Personally appeared before me Z. Briggs Jr. an active N. P. For

said Gibson County } county and state. Juble Bailey, who makes oath in due form of

law that he knew John W. Kilzer in his lifetime, that he lived in Gibson County for

more than 60 years, that he enlisted in the 12th Tenn infantry in Co. H on May 23rd

1861 at Humboldt, Tenn., that Annis H. Kilzer is the widow of said John W. Kilzer,

that she has no property except a life interest in a small farm in Gibson County,

with no means of support, that she has not conveyed any land in many years she is in

need.

Juble Bailey

Subscribed and sworn to before me this the 17th day of April, 1908. Zack Briggs Jr. N.P.

No. 1916 W 2

Headquarters

Tennessee Board of Pension Examiners.

Nashville, Tenn. April 21 1908

Gen. F. C. Ainsworth,

Military Secretary

Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

Mrs. Annis H. Kilzer who is an applicant for pension under the Tennessee Widows

Pension Law, claims that her husband John W. Kilzer was a member of Company H. 12th

Regiment Tenn Infantry C.S.A., and was later a member of Co. G–Twelfth Regiment Tenn.

Cav. C.S.A. Please give us the record of this soldier.

Respectfully,

George B. Guild

President.

1370571

War Department,

The Adjutant General’s Office

Washington. April 24, 1908.

Respectfully return to the President, Tennessee Board of Pension Examiners,

Nashville. The name John W. Kilzer has not been found on the rolls, on file in this

office, of Company H, 12th Tennessee Infantry, C.S.A., or of Company G, 12th

Tennessee Cavalry, C.S.A.; nor has any record been found of the capture or parole of

a man of this name and of either organization.

Name Unreadable

The Adjutant General

The last item in the file is a copy of John W. Kilzer and Annis H. Bailey marriage

license. Transcribed by Bobby J. Williams