Widow's Pension Applications
Name - Melviney E. Brannan
Years of Residency in Mississippi - 63 Years
Resides in County - Clarke
Post Office - Wautubbee, Miss.
Husband's Name - Thomas Brannan
Resident of State When Enlisted - Mississippi
Date of Enlistment - Spring of 1862
Company and Regiment - 2nd Miss. Calvary, Company F
Length of Service - 3 Years
Names of Officers - J. W. Hogan, Capt. , J. M. Gordon, Col.
Die in Service - No
Honorably Discharged - Yes
When was he Discharged - at end of war
Where was discharge - Meridian, Miss.
Serve until Surrender - Yes
Place of Death - Clarke Co. Miss.
Date of Death - July 25th, 1887
Age of Death - 63 years old
Married Since Husband's Death - No
Indigent and Unable to Earn a Living - Yes
Receiving any Income from Sate, City or County - The State Pension is all.
Own Property - No
Home of Own - No
Living with - My son
Person living with is Relative - son
Any Relations Duty to Provide for You - No
Date - Aug. 8, 1894 Signature - Melvinia E. Brannan
Signature - Jas. B. Evans, Circuit Clerk
Witnesses Signature - P. G. Keahley, G. P. Keahley
Office of Chancery Clerk and County Board of Inquiry, Clarke County, Quitman, Miss., Sept. 5, 1894
We, the undersigned members of the Board of Inquiry, hereby approve the foregoing application of M. E. Brannan for pension because we know the applicant to be indigent and physically unable to earn a support by his own labor, caused by wounds or injuries received during the Civil War, and that we believe the facts stated in the above application are true and the party should receive a pension.
Given under our hands and seals of office, this 5 day of Sept. 1894
J. B. Easterling - President of Board (seal)
N. Martin (seal)
J. L. Slay (seal)
C. C. McNeill (seal)
(no signature) (seal)
C. L. Donald (seal)
C. C. Ferrill (seal)
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