Mary C. Sylar McKeehan's Pension Application

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APPLICATION FOR WIDOW'S PENSION

Questions for Applicant

STATE OF TENNESSEE, Knox County. Mary C. McKeehan 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, and Senate Bill No. 41, Acts of 1909, hereby submits her proofs, and after being durly sworn true answers to make to the following questions, deposes and answers as follows:

1. What is your full name and address? Mary C. McKeehan East PO Hamilton Tennessee
2. How long and since when have you been a resident of this state? Three years and nine months
3. When and where were you born and what was your maiden name? Roane County Tennessee Mary C. Sylar
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) In Munroe County Haywood Alexander McKeehan in 1852. ???? Lewis. Marriage Licens was burned up in Harrison, Hamilton county now James county.
5. When and where in what Company and Regiment did your husband enlist or serve during the war between the States? 1861 James Co. Co. B 1st Tennessee Calv.
6. How long did your husband serve in said Company and Regiment? from 1861 to surrender
7. When and where did your husband's Company and Regiment surrender? May 1865 Washington GA
8. Was your husband present at the time and place when his Company and Regiment surrendered? he was
9. [not applicable]
10. Was your husband a pensioner or an applicant for pension under the laws of Tennessee? no
11. When and where did your husband die? Memphis Tennessee 1892
12. At the time of your husband's death, were you living with him as his lawful wife? yes
13. Have you married since the death of your soldier husband? no
14. How many children did you have by your said husband? Give sex and age at this time. Five Three Boys and Two Girls Girls both dead 36 and 48 and 51--
15. What property, real or personal, or income do you have or possess, and its gross value? $12 Dol per month from Mexico war
16. What property, real or personal....? none
17. Have you a family? none
15 October 1910 Signed Mary C. McKeehan

Questions for Witnesses

STATE OF TENNESSEE, Knox County. W. W. McKeehan of said State and County, having been presented as a witness in support of the application of Mrs. Mary C. McKeehan for a pension under Chapter 202, Acts of 1905, and Senate bill No. 41, Acts of 1909, and after being duly sworn true answeres to make to the following wuestions, deposes and answers as follows:

1. What is your name and where do you reside? W. W. McKeehan, 233 E. Oldham st., Knoxville, Tennessee
2. Are you acquainted with the applicant, Mrs. Mary C. McKeehan. If so how long have you known her? about 51 years.
3. Where does she reside, and how long and since when has she been a resident of this State? resides in Chattanooga. Three years & nine months.
4. When and where was she born? I do not know
5. Were you ever acquainted with her husband? yes sir
6. When and by whom were they married? I dont know
7. Were either or both of you present at the marriage? no sir
8. How long did you know him? about 50 years
9. When and where did 61 Hamilton Co enlist in the war between the States, and in what Company and Regiment did he enlist, and how do you know this? Co. B. 1st Tenn cvaly I belong to the same Company
10. Were you a member of the same Company and Regiment? yes
11. How long did he perform regular military duty? during the rebellion
12. When and where was his Company and Regiment surrendered? 65 In May at Washington
13. Were you with the command when it surrendered? was with a detachment
14. Was Haywood A. McKeehan the husband of the applicant? yes
15. If not present, where was he?
16. When and where did he leave his command? Washington GA For what cause? surrender and disbanded By whose authority did he leave? disbanded How do you know all this? (State fully and clearly) I was present and saw it
17. When and where did died in 1902 at Memphis die?
18. Where did he reside at his death and how long had he been a resident of Tennessee at his death? at Knoxville Tenn. with eseption of 6 years his whole life
19. Do you know of your own knowledge that applicant is the lawful widow of Haywood A. McKeehan? yes
20. Has she remained unmarried since her soldier husband's death, and is hse 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? nothing except a Mecicins Pensions
Sworn to and subscribed 15 October 1910. [signed] W. W. McKeehan

No. 3351. Headquarters. Tennessee Board of Pension Examiners. Nashville, Tenn. Oct 19 1910
Gen. F.C. Ainsworth, Adjutant General, Washington, DC.
Dear Sir: Mrs. Mary C. McKeehan who is an applicant for pension under the Tennessee Widows Pension Law, claims that her husband Alex McKeehan was a member of Company B Regiment 1 Tenn Cav Col. Carter CSA. Please give us the record of this soldier. Respectfully, ????? President

3351. 1706446. War Department, The Adjutant General's Office, Washington, October 22, 1910. Respectfully returned to the President, Tennessee Board of Pension Examiners, Nashville.

The records show that A.H. McKeehan, corporal, Company B, 1st Tennessee Cavalry, Confederate States Army, enlisted August 7, 1861. There are no rolls of the company on file in this office subsequent to the date of his enlistment. A return for June, 1862, shows him absent without leave since June 1, 1862. No later record of him has been found.

#3351. Feb 9th 1916. East Lake Tenn.
Mr. F. A. Moses. Dear Sir. Will you pleas inform me if you recd any mail from me last Oct. I wrote you concerning my state pension at Knoxville and haven't heard anything from you. Will you pleas look this up for me let me know if I am entitled to that pension pleas let me hear from you at once. Respect. Mrs. M. C. McKeehan. East Lake Tenn.