Married	 Sept. 6. 1891	
			
No.   6501  
			
Widow’s
Indigent Pension

	Name  	 Blanch Smith	
	Filed   	Sept. 22. 16	
	Widow of    	M. F. Smith	
		 14 Tenn Inf.	
			
	Card	Sept. 22. 16
		11.314-4
		
All blanks on this filing to be filled by the Pension Board.
FOSTER & PARKER CO. NASHVILLE
NOTICE TO APPLICANTS.
The Widow’s Pension Law, passed by the Tennessee Legislature, provides for the widows of soldiers only, and they must have been residents of the State of Tennessee for three years before making application.
There is the only class of Widow’s pensionable.
Widow must have married prior to 1890.
To be eligible the applicant must have remained a widow after the death of her soldier husband, and must be indigent.
Read the questions in the application carefully and answer them fully.
Read the law, and unless you come clearly under the laws it will be useless to file application.
The Board Meets on the second Tuesday in January, April, July and October.
.

Questions for Applicant
STATE OF TENNESSEE,
	Montgomery     County.	ý
	Blanch Smith	Of said State and County, desiring to avail herself of the pension allowed to Indigent Widows of Soldiers, under the Act of General Assembly, approved April 1905, being Chapter 202 of the 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 your full name, and where do you reside? (Give State, County and Post Office)      	
	Blanch Smith, Montgomery County	Tennessee	
 2.	How long have you been a resident of this State?      	All of my life	
 3.	When and where were you born and what was your maiden name?     Tennessee	
	Blanch Payne		
 4.	When and where was your husband born-state his full name, and where you and he married, and who performed the marriage ceremony?  (Attach certified copy marriage license in every case)      Born Tennessee,   Aug 4th 1842	
  McFerrin Smith  Near Rose Hill Tenn, J. T. Southall  J.P.  Married us at the home of Ed Poweres	
 5.	When and where and in what company and Regiment did your husband enlist or serve during the war between the States?	
 6.	How long did your husband serve in said Company and Regiment?      	
 7.	When and where did your husband’s Company and Regiment surrender?     	
 8.	Was your husband present at the time and place when his Company and Regiment surrendered?     	
 9.	If not with his command at surrender, state clearly and specifically where he was, when he left his command, for what cause and by what authority?     		
10.	Was your husband a pensioner or an applicant for pension, under the laws of Tennessee?      See 11.314	
11.	Have you heretofore applied for a pension in this State?      No	
12.	When and where did your husband die?     Aug 20, 14, At home Montg Co. Tenn	
13.	At the time of you husband’s death, were you living with him as his lawful wife?     I Was	
14.	Have you married since the death of your soldier husband?     No	
15.	How many children did you have by your said husband?  Give sex and age at this time.  5 - 1 Girl 4 boys, 	
Girl 24. Boys 1-22. 1-20, 1-18. 1-15 years old 	All of my children has left me except 2 youngest	
16.	What property, real or personal, or income do you possess, and its gross value?     20 Acres  land Worth $300.	
1 Cow 30.  1 old mule $40.  My children have no property  (They are poor)	
17.	What property, real or personal, did you possess at the death of your husband or did he leave you, and what disposition if any, by sale or gift, have you made of the sale?   The above 20 acres of old land, With a mortgage on it of 300.
  made borrowed money.  That husband & I have.   I have not been able to pay for ????? or interest yet	
18.	Have you a family?   If so, who compose such family? Give their means of support.  Have they any lands or other property?	
Yes, my 2 two youngest boys no I ???????????, of all the property we have in this ???????	
19.	Name some friend, giving his name and postoffice address who will be willing to have us write to him about your case if necessary.     C. T. Shadin J.P. Woodlawn Tenn, Rt No1	
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this the	
 5th  Day of   Sept.   191  6 		    Blanche Smith	
  Alex Baynham 		   Indian Mound	
Of        Montgomery 	  County	   Tennessee	
Notary Public		R.F.D. No1 box 37, Stewart County	
		Lives in Montgomery, but gets her mail Stewart Co. Tenn

Questions for Witnesses
STATE OF TENNESSEE,
	Montgomery     County.	ý
I	Ed B. Powers	                       Of said State and County, having been presented as a witness in support of the application of  Mrs.     Blanch Smith	
For a pension under Chapter 202, Acts of 1905; Chapter 103, Acts of 1907; 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 what is your postoffice address?     Ed B. Powers  Woodlawn Tenn.  Route No.1 Box 82	
 2.	Are you acquainted with the applicant, Mrs.     Blanch Smith     I am	
If so, how long have you known her?     I have known her all of her life	
 3.	Where does she reside, and how long and since when has she been a resident of this State?     To my	
  knowledge, she has lived in Tenn all her life		
 4.	When and where was she born?     About the time of her birth I don’t remember  (born Mont Co Tenn)	
 5.	Were you ever acquainted with her husband?     I have known him all of my life	
 6.	When and by whom were they married?     6th Sept 1891 at my home by J. T. Southall  J. P.	
 7.	Were either or both of you present at the marriage?     	I was present and saw them married	
8.	How long did you know him?     All of my life		
9.	When and where did     		enlist in the war between the
States, and in what company and Regiment did he enlist, and how do you know this?      	
10.	Were you a member of the same Company and Regiment at the close of the war?     	
11.	How long did he perform regular military duty?     		
12.	When and where was his Company and Regiment surrendered?     	
13.	Were you with the command when it surrendered?     		
14.	Was    		  , the husband of the applicant present? 
15.	If not present, where was he?     		
16.	When and where did he leave his command?     		
For what cause?     		
By whose authority did he leave?     		
How do you know all this?  (State fully and clearly)     		
17.	When and where did     at his little home Aug 20, 1914	   die?
18.	Where did he reside at his death, and how long had he been a resident of Tennessee at his death?     At home	
  all of his life, except for 4 years in Army     C.S.A.	
19.	Do you know of your own knowledge that applicant is the lawful widow of     Yes I do	
20.	Has she remained unmarried since her soldier husband’s death, and is she now his widow?     Yes	
21.	What property, effects or income has the applicant, if any, and do you know this of your own knowledge?	
  I live in 1 mile of Mrs. Blanch Smith.  I am satisfied she is very needy,	
  She has 20 acres land (a poor ???? farm) 1 cow, 1 old mule.	
	Has applicant conveyed any property, in the last two years or given any away, if so, what was it, and to whom? 	
 She did not have any to give away, only that stated above Her land has a mortgage on it & not paid yet.	
Note. --	Let the witness who can answer the greatest number of 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.   I, T. J. Powers, live close to M. F. Smith & wife Blanch,	
I am satisfied the statements & answers made by Ed B. Powers are true	
Sworn to and subscribed before me this     16th		   Ed B. Powers	
day of   Sept 5th                      191   6		  Alex Baynham	
         T. J. Powers			Witnesses
      Notary Public 	
			
The Following Certificate of the County Trustee Must be Filled Out Whether the Applicant Owns
Any Taxable Property – or Not

	I,      	Trustee of      	County, Tennessee
Hereby certify that the property assessed on the tax books of this County to Mrs.     	
The widow of     	                           acres amounts to $      	
Real estate and $                                 personal	          	Trustee
		         For	County, Tenn.
			
Certificate of Clerk of Court or Notary Public.

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
	Montgomery     County.	ý
	I,     Alex Baynham		   clerk or Notary Public, in and for said County, hereby
Certify that the applicant, Mrs.    	Blanch Smith	     Resides in said county, and has been
A bona fide resident of this State since the  her birth  	  day of   to the present Sept 5  	    191 6     , and that the wit-
nesses     Ed B. Powers	T. J. Powers	
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 hand and official seal this    5th	      day of  Sept            191   6      	
	My Commission
	       (SEAL)	      Alex Baynham	
	Expires July 1917		Notary Public Montgomery County, Tenn
Note –1.	Before any questions are answered, the Clerk or Notary shall swear the applicant and the witnesses in the following words:  “you do solemnly swear that you will true answers make to each of the questions asked of you, and the evidence you shall give will be the whole truth; so help you God.”
2.	Additional affidavits may be attached, if blank spaces are insufficient.
3.	All affidavits must be made before an officer using a seal.
4.	Only widows who were the wives of soldiers need apply – and are now widows.  Those married since December 31, 1889, not entitled.
5.	Two witnesses are necessary to make out claims.
6.	Attach certified copy marriage license in every case, or certificate of County Court Clerk, under seal, that license is filed in his office duly certified by officiating minister, or the affidavit of the officiating minister, or the affidavit of a witness of the ceremony, or the affidavit of two witnesses who knew them as man and wife, prior to January 1, 1890, and knew they were living together on the date of his death.

Marriage Certificate
STATE of TENNESSEE
County of  MONTGOMERY
This Certifies, That     M. F. Smith	
And                     Mrs. Blanch Allen 	
Were united by       J. T. Southall, J. P. 	in the
Holy Bonds of Matrimony
On the     sixth                    day of     September	
In the year of our Lord, 19   1891      as appears of record in my office in Marriage Record Book        12	
Page   146                           S. W. Kelly	
Clerk of the County Court

Woodlawn, Tenn, Sept. 6 1916
To whom it ^may concern, This is to certify that I have known M. F. Smith & wife Blanch Smith from childhood to the grave & death of M. F. Smith, Mack Smith the (M. F. Smith mentioned above)
Mack was born in Aug. 1842 & I was born Dec 10 1842.  We went to school together.   Mack joined the army 14th Tenn, a little while ^before I joined 50th Tenn.  After the war we lived in a few miles of each other.  Mack was unfortunate in business, did not accumulate any property of value, in fact he spent more ^than he made  all of land that was owned was the 20 acres of very poor land, & sometime before he died he got his wife to let him mortgage ^that to borrow $130..  His wife being a good woman, to please him she consented.  They have not ^paid 1 cent on it yet.  The widow Mrs. Blanch Smith has her 2 youngest ^children living with her but do not furnish a living.  The neighbor ?????????. She told ^me only yesterday she has not had any meat in the house for some time & the sons quit ?????ing. (I reckon ^her sons no good).
Mrs. Smith is a good & industrious ^old woman & she certainly needs help.  Respectfully
Alex. Baynham
	Added July 1929	
	Married Sept 6.91	
	
	No.   6501   	
		ACCEPTED
	
	Widow’s	
	Indigent Pension	
	S. A.# 11,314	
	
	Name    	Mrs. Blanche Smith	
	Filed   	May 2, 29	
	Widow of    	M. F. Smith	
		14 Tenn Inf	
			
	11.314-4	
	1929
	1858
	71
	4
	
	FOSTER & PARKER CO. NASHVILLE	
	All blanks on this filing to be filled by the Pension Board.	
	Died Aug 20. 14		
	NOTICE TO APPLICANTS.	
The Widow’s Pension Law, passed by the Tennessee Legislature, provides for the widows of soldiers only, and they must have been residents of the State of Tennessee for three years before making application.	
There is the only class of Widow’s pensionable.	
Widow must have married prior to 1890.	
To be eligible the applicant must have remained a widow after the death of her soldier husband, and must be indigent.	
Read the questions in the application carefully and answer them fully.	
Read the law, and unless you come clearly under the laws it will be useless to file application.	
The Board Meets on the second Tuesday in January, April, July and October.	

	Questions for Applicant	
STATE OF TENNESSEE,		
	Montgomery     County.	ý	
	Tenn    /   Mrs. Blanch Smith   	Of said State and County, desiring to avail herself of the pension allowed to Indigent Widows of Soldiers, under the Act of General Assembly, approved April 1905, being Chapter 202 of the 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 your full name, and where do you reside? (Give State, County and Post Office)      Mrs. Blanch Smith  	
  636 Main St. Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tenn     	
 2.	How long have you been a resident of this State?      	Life Long Resident     	
 3.	When and where were you born and what was your maiden name?     April 26, 1858     	
   Montgomery County Tennessee     Blanch Payne     	
 4.	When and where was your husband born-state his full name, and where you and he married, and who performed the marriage ceremony?  (Attach certified copy marriage license in every case)      	
5.	When and where and in what company and Regiment did your husband enlist or serve during the war between the States?	
 6.	How long did your husband serve in said Company and Regiment?      	
 7.	When and where did your husband’s Company and Regiment surrender?     	
 8.	Was your husband present at the time and place when his Company and Regiment surrendered?     	
 9.	If not with his command at surrender, state clearly and specifically where he was, when he left his command, for what cause and by what authority?     		
10.	Was your husband a pensioner or an applicant for pension, under the laws of Tennessee?       Yes – sa 11.314     	
11.	Have you heretofore applied for a pension in this State?        No       	
12.	When and where did your husband die?      Aug 20, 1914     	
13.	At the time of you husband’s death, were you living with him as his lawful wife?          Yes     	
14.	Have you married since the death of your soldier husband?          No      	
15.	How many children did you have by your said husband?  Give sex and age at this time.          5 children     	
   one girl, age 37 – 4 boys ages 35 – 33 – 31 – 29     	
16.	What property, real or personal, or income do you possess, and its gross value?  Owns no property real or personal	
 except 2 notes of $100.00 each.  Living with my only unmarried Son upon an whom I am wholly dependent	
  on for support.		
17.	What property, real or personal, did you possess at the death of your husband or did he leave you, and what disposition if any, by sale or gift, have you made of the sale?          Life Time Interest in a 20 acres tract of land in District 4	
 of Montgomery County Tenn which I have since sold.	
18.	Have you a family?   If so, who compose such family? Give their means of support.  Have they any lands or other property?	
     See answers to above questions 15 and 16      		
19.	Name some friend, giving his name and postoffice address who will be willing to have us write to him about your case if necessary.           Henry Whitfield   Clarksville Tenn.	
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this the	          Mrs. Blanche Smith          	
   1st   	Day of           May                      19    29   		
     W. B. ??????      Notary Public      		
Of        Montgomery               County		
My Commission expires Oct. 9-1930	 	

	Questions for Witnesses	
STATE OF TENNESSEE,		
	Montgomery     County.	ý	
	        Mr. Hervey Whitfield          	                        of said State and County, having been presented as a witness in support of the application of  Mrs.       Mrs. Blanche Smith        	
For a pension under Chapter 202, Acts of 1905; Chapter 103, Acts of 1907; 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 what is your post office address?       Hervey Whitfield      Clarksville Tenn      	
 2.	Are you acquainted with the applicant, Mrs.      Blanche Smith       	
If so, how long have you known her?       10 or 12 years         	
 3.	Where does she reside, and how long and since when has she been a resident of this State?           	
  I have heard of her living in this County for about 20 years          	
 4.	When and where was she born?         In this County       	
5.	Were you ever acquainted with her husband?         I knew him well        	
 6.	When and by whom were they married?         I do not know       	
 7.	Were either or both of you present at the marriage?         No        	
 8.	How long did you know him?         25 or30 years      	
 9.	When and where did     		enlist in the war between the
States, and in what company and Regiment did he enlist, and how do you know this?      	
10.	Were you a member of the same Company and Regiment at the close of the war?     	
11.	How long did he perform regular military duty?     		
12.	When and where was his Company and Regiment surrendered?     	
13.	Were you with the command when it surrendered?     		
14.	Was    		  , the husband of the applicant present?
15.	If not present, where was he?     		
16.	When and where did he leave his command?     		
For what cause?     		
By whose authority did he leave?     		
How do you know all this?  (State fully and clearly)     		
17.	When and where did            M. F. Smith  		  die?
       In district 4 this County about 15 years ago          	
18.	Where did he reside at his death, and how long had he been a resident of Tennessee at his death?                           	
  He was born and died in Montgomery County                  	
19.	Do you know of your own knowledge that applicant is the lawful widow of   I do    M. F. Smith     Yes	
20.	Has she remained unmarried since her soldier husband’s death, and is she now his widow?       She has       	
  and is now a widow.          		
21.	What property, effects or income has the applicant, if any, and do you know this of your own knowledge?   She does not	
 now own her own little home where her husband lived, but has about two notes of about $100 each, 	
 by our own knowledge of that fact.           		
	Has applicant conveyed any property, in the last two years or given any away, if so, what was it, and to whom?      	
      This was answered above, but I do not know Who purchased the old home.	
Note. --Let the witness who can answer the greatest number of 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.      I concur in all the above questions and answers.	
	Sworn to and subscribed before me this      22nd     		  Hervey Whitfield            	
	day of            April            192    9       		  S. W. Kelly                 	
	    S. G. Ginsberg, Notary Public       	 		Witnesses
	   Montgomery Co Tenn       			
	       My commission expires April 10, 19??			
	
	The Following Certificate of the County Trustee Must be Filled Out Whether the Applicant Owns	
	Any Taxable Property – or Not	
	I,           J. E. Staton            	Trustee of          Montgomery            	County, Tennessee
Hereby certify that the property assessed on the tax books of this County to Mrs.         Blanche Smith              	
The widow of          M. F. Smith         	 lots        none         acres $        none          	
Real estate and personal $         none          		
		          J. E. Staton          	Trustee			         For       Montgomery           	County, Tenn.
	
		Marriage Certificate		
		STATE OF TENNESSEE, MONTGOMERY COUNTY		
	This Certifies,  that     M. F. Smith		
	and             Mrs. Blanch Allen		
		Were united in the Holy Bonds of Matrimony		
	by       J. T. Southall, Justice of the Peace		
	On the  6th   day of  September  In the year of our Lord, 19   1891		
	as appears of record in my office in Marriage Record, book  1891-92		
	Page   146      This    22nd   day of   April  ,  19   29		
	   W. Elerotzer		
Clerk of the County Court     	
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