Widows Claim by Mary Moses Headrick on Soldier, Peter Headrick (Co. I, 5th Tenn. Inf., USA), of Blount County, Tennessee

Mary J. (Moses) Headrick
Widow's Claim for Pension, on Service of Soldier,
Peter Headrick (Co. I, 5th Tennessee Infantry, U.S.A., Civil War)

Transcribed by D.K. Pritchett on 5 April 2005.

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The State of Tennessee, County of Knox, SS.

On this 18th day of July, A. D., 1864, personally appeared before me Charles Morrow, a Justice of the Peace a Court of Record within and for said county, Mary J. Headrick, aged 24 years, a resident of the 1st District, in the county of Blount, and State of Tennessee, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress approved July 14, 1862: (2)_____: That she is the widow of Peter Headrick, who was a Private in Company "I", commanded by Captain F. D. Felkerson, in the 5th Regiment of Tennessee Infantry, commanded by Col. James T. Shelby, in the war of 1861. (3)_________. That her said husband was killed in battle of Resacca, in the state of Georgia, on the 14th of May A. D. 1864 (4) ______ while in the line of duty in the service of the United States.
She further declares that she was married to the said Peter Headrick in Blount County, on the 27th day of November A. D. 1854, by one David Spradling, a Justice of the Peace; that her name before her marriage was Mary J. Moses, and that ever since the death of her said husband, she has remained a widow: as will more fully appear by reference to the proof annexed (5) which is a copy of the public record of their said marriage it being the best evidence she can offer of said fact. That during the existence of the aforesaid marriage there were born to her and her said husband the following named children, who are now under the age of sixteen years, viz: Jacob, born the 1st day of Sept. 1858; Samuel born the 20th day of February 1861 all of whom are still living, and reside in Blount County Tennessee.
She also declares that she has no manner been engaged in, or aided or abetted, the Rebellion in the United States.
She further says that her Post Office address is Knoxville Tenn.
__Mary J Headrick___

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[Transcription Note: Handwritten manuscript, transcribed by D.K. Pritchett on on 5 April 2005. Note that the signature looks like Mary I. Headrick, but the name in the text of the document is clearly Mary J. Headrick. There are some strike-throughs and one erasure in the document. These are minor, and self-explanatory, if viewed; they do not affect the meaning of the document, and were not transcribed.]

[Citation]: D.K. Pritchett (contributor), Mary Jane Moses Headrick, Widow of Peter Headrick, in Declaration or Application for a Pension (ms.), National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), NARA Catalog ID. 300020, Record Group 15 (Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Veterans of the Army and Navy Who Served Mainly in the Civil War and the War With Spain, compiled 1861 - 1934), Roll WC103311-WC103338, Civil War and Later, filed on service of soldier, Peter Headrick, Private, Co. I, 5th Tennessee Infantry, U.S.A.