County of Baldwin

     In person came before me, the undersigned Ordinary Mrs. Mariam M. Babb, who being sworn according to law, says under oath that she is the widow of William Babb, who was a soldier in the service of the Confederate States and served as a member of Company B, of the Third Regiment of Georgia Volunteers, that he enlisted in said service on or about the 1st day of April 1864, and was in the Confederate Army up to day of April 15. That while in the army, he was on the__ day of __ 186_, (See Note No. 1) contracted the disease of dysentery, which became chronic and he came home suffering with said disease and was never well again. His death which occurred  on July 11, 1876 and his death was caused from such disease.
Deponent further swears that she was the wife of said deceased soldier during his term of service in the Army, and that she has never married since his death; that she became his wife on the 13th day of October 1844, and that she has resided in Georgia continuously since the 15th day of July 1820; that Georgia is her home, and was such on the 23rd day of December 1890 and since that date she has not lived in any other State or locality. Deponent, as the widow of said deceased soldier husband, applies for the pension provided by the act of the General Assembly of Georgia, approved December 23rd 1890, for the pension year ending February 15th, 1892, and herewith tenders the proof of her right to receive the allowance granted by said Act.

Sworn to and subscribed before me this, the 20th day of April 1891. Mariam Babb
M R Bell, Ordinary

   In person came before me, the undersigned Ordinary in and for said County, witnesses Dr. W.H. Hall, Benjamin Brookins, and B.W. Jenkins (each known to said Attesting Officer as truthful, reliable, and reputable citizens) who severally say under oath, that, from their own personal knowledge Mrs.  Mariam M. Green, of the County of Baldwin, State of Georgia, is the widow of William Babb, who was a soldier in Company B of the Third Regiment of Georgia Volunteers. That said soldier enlisted in the service of the Confederate States (or the Georgia State Troops)
on or about the 1st day of April 1864. That while in said service, or by reason of said service in the Army, he lost his life as follows:
    by chronic dysentery, continuously ill from same illness until death.
   “ I was the family attending physician, William Babb came home from the war in April 1865
with chronic dysentery and was unable to labor. He was bedridden most of the time until his death which occurred on the 11th day of July 1876. He contracted while in the Confederate Army, the chronic dysentery and died of said disease.” W.H. Hall M.D.
   We further swear that Mrs. Mariam M. Babb was the wife of said soldier during the service, and that she has not intermarried since his death, and that she resides in Baldwin County of the State of Georgia.

Benjamin Brookins
his X  mark
B.W. Jenkins
L.B.Babb

Sworn to and subscribed before me this, the 25th day of April 1891.
M.R.Bell, Ordinary
 
 

STATE OF GEORGIA
County of Baldwin

   I, M..R. Bell, Ordinary in and for said County of Baldwin, State of Georgia, hereby certify that I am acquainted with Mrs. Mariam Babb the applicant for a pension in this case, and know, from my own knowledge, or from positive proof presented to me by reputable witnesses, that she resides in the County, and that she resided in the State of Georgia on December 23, 1890, and has not lived out of the state since that date. I also certify that the witnesses whose testimony she presents to sustain her claim are known to me to be truthful witnesses, entitled to full faith and credit as such. I am fully satisfied that this claim is made in good faith, and that I have caused the applicant to read and hear read the proofs they sign.
   In witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office, this the 26th day of April 1891.
M.R. Bell
(seal)

    Know all Men by these Presents, That I M.M. Babb of Baldwin County, in said State, do hereby appoint Hon W.A. Wright of Fulton County, GA my true and lawful attorney in fact, for me and in my name, to receive ad receipt for whatever amount of money I may be entitled to from the State of Georgia, as a widow of a Confederate Soldier, as stated in the foregoing affidavit; hereby authorizing my said attorney to receipt in my name for any Warrant that may be issued by the Governor, or for any sum of money which may be coming to me for the reason aforesaid.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this 20th day of April 1891.
Mariam Babb

Executed in the presence of us:
Walter Ra__
M.R. Bell Ordinary

DIRECTIONS

If allowed, send amount by Express to me at Milledgeville Ga and oblige, Mariam Babb
 
 
 
 

NOTES: (1) The marriage license in the Baldwin County Courthouse states she was married in 1842 not 1844 per her applications.

(2) She applied for and got the pensions in 1893 (No.19), 1894 (No. 27), 1895 (No.150),  1896 (No.30), 1897 (No. 1372), 1898 (No. 1383)  and 1899 (No. 1051).

(3)1893 witnessed by J. F. Moran, and M.R. Bell, Ordinary
1894 witnessed by J.H. Bonner and M.R. Bell, Ordinary
1895 witnessed by ________ and M.R. Bell, Ordinary
1896 witnessed by Ben J. Fowler and M.R. Bell, Ordinary
1897 witnessed by Fleming G. Grieve and M.R. Bell, Ordinary
1898 witnessed by Fleming G. Grieve and M.R. Bell, Ordinary
1899 witnessed by H.M. Clanker and M.R. Bell, Ordinary
 
 

 
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