John A. Yates and Lizzie O'Neal, Whiteside, Marion County, Tennessee - Bridal Tour, 1903-1904

Lizzie O'Neal and John A. Yates

Bridal Tour
Dade County Sentinel (Georgia) 

Friday, 01 January 1904, page 2

[Quote from Dade County Sentinel, 1904]: 

"Mr. John Yates and bride--nee Miss Lizzie O'Neal--are at home to their friends, after an extended 'bridal tour' through the South." 

[Source]: 

Lizzie O'Neal and John A. Yates (untitled item about Bridal Tour) in ''Our News From Various Towns: Whiteside, Tennessee" (dtd. Whiteside, Tenn., Dec. 29), /Dade County Sentinel/ (Trenton, Dade, Georgia) 1901-1908, Friday, 01 January 1904, page 2 (digital image 2), Georgia Historic Newspapers, Digital Library of Georgia (GALILEO). https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn89053748/1904-01-01/ed-1/seq-2/print/image_647x817_from_1281,4314_to_2257,5546/ (clipping; full page accessed 15 November 2020 by D.K. Pritchett). 

Jane Blevins Cooper Pension, 1868, Application for Restoration

Pension Application of 1868
Pension Files of Jane Cooper

[Transcript begins]:

APPLICATION FOR RESTORATION OF PENSION

By Pensioner dropped from Pension Roll under Act of Feb. 4, 1862.

State of Tennessee }
Marion County       } SS.

      On this 21st day of October A.D. 1868, before me H.G. Blancit Clerk of the County Court in and for the County and State above named, the same being a Court of Record, personally appeared Jane Cooper aged 66 years, a resident of Marion County in the State of Tennessee who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the identical Jane Cooper who was a pensioner on the roll of the agency at . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . and whose Pension Certificate is herewith returned: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . that she has resided since the first day of January, 1861, as follows: near [Steven?] Alabama an sinc that time & now Resides as above stat~d that during this period hir means of subsistence have been by living with her children and friends and that she has not borne arms against the government of the United States, or in any manner encouraged the rebels, or manifested a sympathy with their cause: and that she was last paid her pension on the 4th day of September A.D. 1860
      This application is made for the purpose of securing a restoration of her name to the pension rolls, and of obtaining a new pension certificate, such as she may be entitled to under existing laws, reference being made to the evidence heretofore filed in the Pension Office to substantiate her original claim, and hereby constitutes and appoints TUCKER & SELLS, of Washington, D.C., her Attorneys to prosecute the claim and procure a certificate, with power of substitution, and revokes and countermands all former authority that may have been given for the above specified purpose.

Test
H. W. Griffith }
D. Chaudin     } Jane [her X mark] Cooper
      Sworn to, subscribed and acknowledged before me the day and year first above written, and on the same day before me personally appeared John Lewis and John Holloway residents of Marion County persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who being by me duly sworn, declare that they are personally acquainted with Jane Cooper who has made and subscribed the foregoing declaration in their presence, and know that she is the identical person who was a pensioner of the United States as stated therein, and that the other allegations in said declaration to her loyalty, residence and means of subsistence are true, and they further state that they are disinterested in this claim for restoration of pension. and opposed to the Rebellion and distinctly in favor of its suppression so help us God.

In presence off }
H. W. Griffith }
D. Chaudin     }
 
John [his X mark] Lewis
John Hollaway
Sworn to and subscribed before me. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name
and affixed by official seal this 21 day of October 1868.
and I certify that the contentes of the paper were Read
over to her before signing       

H.G. Blansett
Clerk


End of transcript.
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TRANSCRIPTION NOTE

This document is a printed form with blanks that have been filled in by the clerk. Both the oath of opposition to the Rebellion and the clerk's certification that he had read the document to the applicant were written in by hand--they were not part of the printed form.

Transcribed by D.K. Pritchett from a photocopy of the court document. This file dated 25 June 2001.

Old URL (no longer extant): http://www.southernmuse.com/genealogy/cooper/jane1868a.htm

Jane Blevins Cooper Pension, 1868, Oath of Allegiance

Oath of Allegiance of 1868
Pension Files of Jane Cooper
Marion County, Tennessee

[Transcript begins]:

[Transcript of Cover]:
Act of Feb. 4 1862

CLAIM FOR

Restoration of Pension

Jane Cooper


TUCKER & SELLS
ATTORNEYS FOR CLAIMANT.
WASHINGTON, D.C.

[End of Cover]

[Transcript of oath begins]
OATH OF ALLEGIANCE.

I   Jane Cooper do solemnly swear in the presence of the Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Union of the States thereunder: that I will in like manner abide by and faithfully support all laws and proclamations which have been made during the existing rebellion, with reference to the emancipation of slaves: So help me God.

D. Chaudain }
H. W. Griffith }  
Jane [her X mark] Cooper

  Sworn to and subscribed before me this 21 day of Oct~r 1868 and I hereby certify that I have no interest direct or indirect in the prosecution of this claim and that the within application and the above oath was red to and Explained to the affiants before signing the same

        H. G. Blanset clerk of Marion
        County Court

[Transcript of Back Cover begins]:

[large seal: Department of the Interior, dated Jan 20 1868

INSTRUCTIONS.

    The declaration must be made before a judge, Clerk or Deputy Clerk of a Court of record.
    If the declarant, or any witness, signs by mark, the officer must certify that the contents of the paper were made known to the affiant before signing. In every case the declaration or affidavit must either be signed by the affiant's own hand or else by mark (X). Signing by another hand when the party is able to write, or without a mark when unable to write, is not admissible.
    If the applicant be an invalid pensioner, he must be examined by an Army Surgeon or by an Examining Surgeon appointed by the Commissioner of Pensions, as to the continuance of his disability, unless the disability is of a character to continue permanent, such as a loss of a limb: which should be stated in his declaration. If a widow, she must prove by two credible and disinterested witnesses, her continued widowhood. If the guardian of a minor child, newly appointed, he must file evidence of his appointment as such.
[End of Back Cover].

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TRANSCRIPTION NOTE

Transcribed by D.K. Pritchett from a photocopy of the document. The oath of allegiance is a standardized form (typeset and printed), with the cover and back cover to be folded around the document. The particulars were penned in by the clerk. This file dated 25 June 2001.

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Isaac Cooper, Long Island, Jackson, Alabama: WWI Draft and Marriages

Isaac Cooper World War I Registration Card

[Extract from document image]:

Serial Number 664, Order Number A 2497

Isaac Cooper

Permanent Home Address: 23 [street, blank], Long Island, Jackson, Alabama.

Age: 37. Date of Birth: March 29, 1879.
[Checked]: White, native born.
Occupation: Farming; (employer) self.
(at) Long Island, Jackson, Ala.
Nearest relative: Cleo Cooper
(of) Long Island, Jackson, Ala.

[Affirmation, signature]: Isaac Cooper.
[Registrar's Report] 1-4-8-C.
Description: Tall, medium build, Blue eyes, Dark Hair.
Physical disqualifications: None.

Signed: William Cargile.
Date of Registration: Sep 12, 1918.

Stamp: Local Board for the County of Jackson, State of Ala., Scottsboro, Ala.

Citation: "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-25103-8816-37?cc=1968530 : accessed 29 Jul 2014), Alabama > Jackson County; A-Mason, John > image 1225 of 3778; citing NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d).
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 More about Isaac Cooper

Southern Muse's identification of individual: D.K. Pritchett's great-grandfather: Isaac Cooper, born 29 March 1879, Long Island, Jackson, Alabama; son of Peter Cooper and Malinda Sizemore.

Isaac Cooper married (1) Mattie Jane Emaline Wigley (or Wiggley) (called Mattie).
[Record: Issaac Cooper (married) Miss Mattie Wigley on 9 November 1902, Trenton, Dade, Georgia; marriage book D, p.93].

Isaac Cooper married (2) Clarancy Cleo Colvin (called Cleo).
[Record: Mr. Isaac Cooper (married) Miss Cleo Colvan on 10 Dec 1911, Long Island, Jackson Co., Alabama; marriage book 3, p.436 (on file at courthouse in Scottsboro).]

Isaac Cooper married (3) Euna Estelle Higdon (called Estelle).
[Record: I.S. Cooper married Estell Higdon on 17 March 1929, Marion County, Tennessee; marriage book 20, p.130]

Note: Isaac has the middle initial of "S" on one marriage record. None of us descendants know what, if anything, it stands for. I've tried to extract records verbatim, but have had to refer back to my old notes in some cases. Also, my extract of Isaac's first marriage is from a typed, certified copy, backed up by my old notes from when I extracted it from the marriage book. Back then, my extracts were not all verbatim. DKP's extract style, not copy/paste.