STEWART, Elizabeth - wife of W.M. Stewart - #17392

Pension Application #17392
Name of Applicant Elizabeth Stewart
Post Office Lampasas
Filed Dec 30 1909
Approved Feb 28 1910
Pension allowed from __blank_______
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Form B
For Use of Widows of Soldiers who are in Indigent Circumstances
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THE STATE OF TEXAS Countyy of Burnet

I, Mrs. Elizabeth Stewart, do hereby make application to the Commissioner of Pensions for a pension, to be granted me under the Act passed by the Thirty-first Legislature of the State of Texas and approved March 26, A.D. 1909, on the following grounds:

I am the widow of Wm. M. Stewart, deceased, who departed this life on the 5 day of March, A.D. 1905, 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 24th day of Jan A.D. 1851; in the county of Colorado, in the state of Texas.

My husband, the said Wm Stewart, enlisted and served in the military service of the Confederate States during the war between the States of the United States, and that he did not desert the Confederate Service. I have been a resident of the State of Texas since prior to March 1, A.D. 1880, and have been continuously since a citizen of the State of Texas. I do further state that I do not receive from anysource whatever money or orther means of support amounting in value to the sum of $150.00 per annum, nor do I own in my own right, nor does anyone hold in trust for my benefit or use, estate or property, either real, personal or mixed, either in fee or for life, of the value of one thousand dollars, exclusive of the home of the value of not over $1000.00; nor do I receive any aid or pension from any other State, or from the United States, or from any other source, and I do further state that the answers given to the following questions are true:

1. What is your age? Seventy five

2. Where were you born? Pike County, Alabama

3. How long have you resided in the State of Texas? Seventy one years

4. How long have you resided in the county of your present residence? And what is your postoffice address? left blank

5. What was your husbandÂ’s full name? William Myrick Stewart

6. When and where were you married? January 24 1851

7. What was the date of his death? March 5 1905

8. In what State was your husband's command originally organized? Texas

9. How long did your husband serve? If known to you, give date of enlistment and discharge. enlisted in March or April 1862, served till close of the war.

10. What was the name or letter of the company, or number of the battalion...See husbands application. He enlisted and served in Company “C” 16th Texas Infantry. He enlisted at Hempstead, Texas

11. Name branch of service in which your husband served... Infantry

12. Have you transferred to others any property of any kind for the purpose of becoming a beneficiary under this law? left blank

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 Elizabeth Stewart

Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 24th day of July 1909
J.G. Cook, County Judge, Burnet County, Texas

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AFFIDAVIT OF WITNESSES
THE STATE OF TEXAS Countyy of Lampasas

Before me, M.M.White, County Judge of Lampasas County, State ofTexas, on this day personally appeared C.L. Mosteller and J.W. Blair, who are personally known to me to be creditable citizens, who, being by me duly sworn on oath state that they personally know that Elizabeth Stewart, applicant for a pension as the widow of Wm M. Stewart deceased, is in truth and fact the widow of Wm M. Stewart, 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 C.L. Mosteller
and by J.W. Blair

Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 24 day of July, A.D. 1909
Signed by M.M.White, County Judge Lampasas County, Texas

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AFFIDAVIT OF WITNESSES
THE STATE OF TEXAS Countyy of Lampasas

Before me, M.M. White, County Judge of Lampasas County, State ofTexas, on this day personally appeared C.L. Mosteller and J.W. Blair, 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 Elizabeth Stewart, has been a bona fide resident citizen of the State of Texas since prior to March 1, A.D. 1880, and that they have no interest in this claim.

Signed by C.L. Mosteller
and by J.W. Blair

Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 24 day of July, A.D. 1909
Signed by M.M.White, County Judge Lampasas County, Texas

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CERTIFICATE OF STATE AND COUNTY ASSESSOR

I, J.F. Pangle, State and County Assessor in the County of Burnet, State of Texas, do certify that Elizabeth Stewart, whose name is signed to the foregoing application for a pension, under the Act of the Thirty-first Legislature, approved March 26, A.D. 1909, is charged on the tax rolls of said county with a homestead of the value of nothing Dollars, and of other property, real or personal, or both, of the value of nothing Dollars.

Given under my hand, this 6 day of November A.D. 1909.
Signed by J.F. Pangle, State and County Assessor

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Form No. 2. amended Oct 1, 1902
APPLICATION OF INDIGENT WIDOW OF SOLDIER OR SAILOR OF THE LATE CONFEDERACY FOR PENSION UNDER THE ACT OF MAY 12, 1899.

-Summary-
[application dated 4 April 1905, in which Mrs. Stewart states she is 72 years old, unable to engage in any occupation, in bad health, and a widow of W.M. Stewart. Married in Colorado Co. Texas. Owns personal property consisting of 2 horses; 4 cows and calves and household effects. Homestead interest in 160 acres of land in Burnet County. Value of personal property = $100; value of real estate= $800. Witnesses on her behalf are S.L. Dupree and S. Alexander. Application DISAPPROVED SEP 27 1905]

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WAR DEPARTMENT
THE ADJUTANT GENERALÂ’S OFFICE, WASHINGTON
February 12, 1910

Respectfully returned to the
Commissioner of Pensions,
State of Texas,
Austin

The name of William M. Stewart or similar name, has not been found on the rolls, on file in this office, of Company C, 16th Texas Infantry, Confederate States Army.

The records show, however, that one William _ Stewart, private, company H, 16th texas Infantry, Confederate States Army, enlisted March 2, 1862; was captured april 9, 1864, at Pleasant Hill, and was received at BlairÂ’s Landing, Louisiana, April 20, 1864, for exchange.

No further record of him has been found.

signed by The ADJUTANT General
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APPLICATION FOR MORTUARY WARRANT
STATE OF TEXAS Countyy of Mills

I, J.W. Stewart do hereby certify that I am the person to whom is entrusted the paying of the accounts and indebtedness of the late Mrs. Elizabeth Stewart, who was a pensioner of the State of Texas, and whose file number is 17392 and whose original county is Burnet.

The said pensioner, Mrs. Elizabeth Stewart,, died on the 26 day of Feb, 1925, in the town of Scallum, County of Mills, Texas.

The pensioner died in the home of J.W. Stewart who was related to the pensioner as son.

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. Elizabeth Stewart,.

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 and that my home is in the town of Scalloren, County of Mills, State of Texas, that my postoffice address is Scallorn Tex.

Signed by J. W. Stewart

Before me, the undersigned notary public in and for the County of Mills, State of Texas, personally appeared J.W. Stewart, who being by me duly sworn did certify to, and sign the foregoing statement.

Signed [not legible]

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CERTIFICATE OF UNDERTAKER

I, E.T. Fairman, do certify that I am an undertaker in the town of Goldthwaite, County of Mills State of Tex., that I had charge of the body of Mrs. Elizabeth Stewart,, who died in the town of Scallorn, County of Mills, State of Texas, on the 26th day of Feb 1925. That said body was prepared for burial by me on the 27 day of Feb, 1925. That said body was buried in the Lampasas Cemetery, which is located in the County of Lampasas, State of Texas, and that I am of the opinion that warrant herein applied for, should be issued to the said J.W. Stewart who makes the foregoing application.

Signed by E.T. Fairman, Undertaker

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CERTIFICATE OF PHYSICIAN
I, J.E. Brooking, do certify that I am a practicing physician and that I attended Mrs. Elizabeth Stewart, in her last illness, and am of the opinion that her ailments were senility, valverian heart dis., influenza.

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-fifth Legislature, and approved, March 2, 1917.

Signed J.E. Brooking, M.D.
PhysicianÂ’s address Goldthwaite Texas
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