Pension Application #50170
Name of Applicant Sarah E. Key
Post Office Burnet Texas
Filed September 9th, 1931
Approved Sept 9th, 1931
Pension allowed from Oct 1st, 1931
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Form 2327b
Widow’s Application for Confederate Pension
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THE STATE OF TEXAS, County of Burnet
I,
Mrs. Sarah E. Key, do hereby make application for a pension pursuant to
the provisions of Articles 6204 to 6227, inclusive, of the Revised
Civil Statutes of 1925 as amended by H.B. No. 150, passed by the
Forty-second Legislature at its Regular Session and all other laws of
this State relating thereto.
I am the widow of John W. Key,
deceased, who departed this life on the 28th day of June, A.D. 1909, in
the county of Burnet, in the State of Texas.
I have not
remarried since the death of my said husband, and I do solemnly swear
that I was never divorced from my said husband, and that I never
voluntarily abandoned him during his life, but remained his true,
faithful and lawful wife up to the date of his death. I was married to
him on the 29th day of March A.D. 1865; in the county of Lavaca, in the
state of Texas.
My husband, the said John W. Key, enlisted and
served in the military service of the Confederate States during the war
between the States of the United States; that he was a soldier who
under special laws of the State of Texas during said war, that he was a
soldier of the militia of the State of Texas who was in active service
during said war. That my said husband served honorably from the date of
his enlistment until the close of the war....He was honorable discharge
or paroled June 30th 1865, at the close of War
That I have been a bona fide resident of this state continuously since the 10th day of November A.D. 1845.
1. What is your age and date of birth? age 85, born November 10th 1845
2. How long have you resided in the State of Texas? 31 years
3. What is your post office address? Burnet, Texas
4. Have you applied for a pension under the Confederate pension law and been rejected? no
5. If rejected, state when and where.
6. Did your husband draw a pension? no
7. Give, if possible, the post office address of your deceased husband at the time of his enlistment. Moulton, Texas
8. What was your husband's full name? John W. Key
9. In what State was your husband's command originally organized? Texas
10. How long did your husband serve? about four years
11. If known to you, give date of enlistment and discharge. Sept 23, 1861, discharged June 30th 1865, shown by the record.
12.
What was the name or letter of the company, or number of the regiment
in which your husband served? Company K, 2nd Regiment Texas Cavalry,
Confederate States Army, as shown by the Record
13. Name branch
of service in which your husband served... Cavalry, the Record shows
“detached service Courier line Columbus by order General Drayton”
14. To what race do you belong? White Race, (American)
Wherefore
your petitioner prays that her application for a pension may be
approved and such other proceedings be had in the premises as are
required by law.
Signed by Mrs. Sarah Key
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 5th day of September A.D. 1931
O.B. Zimmerman,
County Judge, Burnet County, Texas
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AFFIDAVIT OF WITNESSES
THE STATE OF TEXAS, County of Burnet
Before
me, O.B. Zimmerman, County Judge of Burnet County, State of Texas, on
this day personally appeared James Jennings and Mrs. Sitha Jennings,
who are personally known to me to be creditable citizens, who, being by
me duly sworn on oath state that they personally know that Mrs. Sarah
E. Key, applicant for a pension as the widow of John W. Key deceased,
is in truth and fact the widow of John W. Key , deceased; that they
personally know that she has not remarried since the death of her
husband, for whose service in the army she claims a pension, and that
they have no interest in this claim.
Signed by James Jennings
and by Sitha Jennings
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 5th day of September, A.D. 1931
Signed by O.B. Zimmerman, County Judge Burnet County, Texas
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AFFIDAVIT OF WITNESSES
THE STATE OF TEXAS, County of Burnet
Before
me, O.B. Zimmerman, County Judge of Burnet County, State ofTexas, on
this day personally appeared James Jennings and Mrs. Sitha Jennings,
who are personally known to me to be creditable citizens, who, being by
me duly sworn on oath state that they personally know that said Mrs.
Sarah E. Key, has been a bona fide resident citizen of the State of
Texas since the year 1900, and that they have no interest in this claim.
Signed by James Jennings
and by Sitha Jennings
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 5th day of September, A.D. 1931
Signed by O.B. Zimmerman,
County Judge Burnet County, Texas
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Letter from the WAR DEPARTMENT
The Adjutant General’s Office
Washington
August 27, 1931
Respectfully returned to
Hon. O.B. Zimmerman
County Judge, Burnet county,
Burnet, Texas
The
records show that John W. Key, not borne as John Willis Key, private,
Company K, 2nd Regiment Texas Cavalry (2nd Texas Mounted Rifles),
Confederate States Army, was enrolled September 23, 1861, at
Brownsville, age 23 years.
Muster roll for January and Febuary, 1864, last roll on file, shows him Absent, “sick furlough since October 1, 1863.”
His name appears on regimental Return for the month of April, 1865, which shows him on June 30, 1865, at Columbus, Texas.
(signed ) C.H. Bridges
The Adjutant General.
By ISI
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APPLICATION FOR MORTUARY WARRANT
STATE OF TEXAS, County of Gillespie
I,
Charley Althaus, do hereby certify that I am the person to whom is
entrusted the paying of the accounts and indebtedness of the late Mrs.
Sarah E. Key, who was a pensioner of the State of Texas, and whose file
number is 50170 and whose original county was Burnet.
The said
pensioner, Mrs. Sarah E. Key, died on the 15th day of March, 1935, near
the town of Fredericksburg, County of Gillespie, Texas.
The pensioner died in the home of Charley Althaus who was related to the pensioner as son-in-law.
That
the warrant which application is hereby made for, shall be applied to
paying all or part of the expenses incurred by the said pensioner, Mrs.
Sarah E. Key.
I further certify that the warrant for the current
quarter has not been cashed by the pensioner, to the best of my
knowledge and belief.
I am related to the pensioner as son-in-law that my post office address is Johnson City, Tex.
Signed by Charley Althaus
Sworn to before me this 18th day of April, 1935
(signed by) Albert E. Klett, Co. Clk
Notary Public in and for Gillespie, State of Texas
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CERTIFICATE OF UNDERTAKER
I,
Arthur Schoetter, do certify that I am an undertaker in the town of
Fredericksburg, County of Gillespie, State of Tex., that I had charge
of the body of Mrs. Sarah E. Key, who died near the town of
Fredericksburg, County of Gillespie, State of Texas, on the 15th day of
March 1935. That said body was prepared for burial by me on the 15th
day of March, 1935 and that I am of the opinion that warrant herein
applied for, should be issued to the said Charley Althaus who makes the
foregoing application.
Signed by Arthur Schoetter, Undertaker
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CERTIFICATE OF PHYSICIAN
I,
Joseph J. Hannus, M.D. , do certify that I am a practicing physician
and that I attended Mrs. Sarah E. Key in her last illness, and am of
the opinion that her ailments were (old age) senility.
I further
certify that I am of the opinion that the Mortuary Warrant above
requested should be issued in the name of the aforementioned applicant,
in accordance with Act passed by the Thirty-eighth Legislature, and
approved, March 2, 1923
Signed Joseph J. Hanus, M.D.
Physician’s address Fredericksburg, Tex
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