Scott County Arkansas
Civil War Pension Application
ELISHA ROBERTSON, CSA
Transcribed & Contributed by Delaine Edwards

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APPLICATION OF
SARAH E. ROBERTSON
WIDOW OF ROBERTSON, ELISHA
Waldron P.O.
Scott County

Examined and [blank] and $[blank] allowed and Auditor authorized to draw warrant for same.

This [blank] day of [blank] 191[blank]
Jim B. Higgins, Secretary of State
J. Carroll Cane, Auditor
J.W. Hollis, Major General Commanding U.C.V.

DECEASED PENSIONER'S
WIDOW'S APPLICATION

STATE OF ARKANSAS}
County of Scott}
I, Sarah Elizabeth Robertson do solemnly swear that I was born the 15th day of May 1843 and that I am the widow of Elisha Robertson, who served as a soldier in the army (or sailor in the navy) of the Confederate States, his proof of service being now on file in the Auditor's office, at Little Rock, he having been allowed a pension under Act of the General Assembly, approved March 11, 1901, while a resident of Scott County, Arkansas, that I am now, and for the past twelve months have been a bona fide resident of this State; that I do not own property, real or personal, or both, or money or choses in action, in excess of the value of $400.00 (exclusive of household goods and wearing apparel), nor have I conveyed title to any property to enable me to draw a pension, and that I am not in receipt of any income, annuity, pension or wages for any services, the emoluments of an office, in excess of $150.00 per year; that my husband died on the 8th day of September 1927 and that I have not since remarried, so help me God.
(Signature) Sarah Elizabeth Robertson
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 26th day of September 1927.
Theo Money, Clerk
By Carter Lewis, D.C.
I, L.B. Plummer do solemnly swear that I am personally acquainted with Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Robertson and that she is the widow of Elisha Robertson, deceased.
(Signature)[blank]
STATE OF ARKANSAS}
County of [blank]} SS.
We, the undersigned, sitting as a Pension Board for [blank] County, do hereby certify that we have examined the application of the within named [blank] for pension, under Act of the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, approved March 11, 1901, and the proof in support of same, and find that said applicant is [blank] widow of a Confederate soldier, is [blank] in indigent circumstances, and that her claim is just, and that she should [blank] be allowed $[blank] pension.
Examined and approved under the provisions of Act #248 of the General Assembly of 1927, and the widow Sarah E. Robertson is placed on the pension rolls of Scott County, Arkansas, this 17th day of October, 1927.
L.D. Duncan
Member County Pension Board

For Widow's Application
PROOF OF INDIGENCY

STATE OF ARKANSAS}
County of Scott}
On this day personally came before the undersigned, a Circuit Clerk within and for the County of Scott and State of Arkansas L.B. Plummer and Dosha Stewart citizens of Scott County, Arkansas whom I certify to be credible persons and worthy of confidence, who, being duly sworn, state that they are each personally well acquainted with applicant Sarah Elizabeth Robertson and have known her 35 and 41 years, respectively.
That she is now and has been for the past twelve months a bona fide resident of Arkansas. That to the best of our knowledge all property now owned by her is not worth exceeding $500.00, not including the value of her homestead,* or household goods. That she is not in receipt of any income, annuity, pension or wages for any service, in excess of $250.00 per year. That we have no interest in this claim.
L.B. Plummer
Dosha Stewart
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 26th day of September 1927.
Theo Money, Clerk
By Carter Lewis, DC
*In city or town homestead shall not exceed 1 acre in extent, or $2,500 in value; in country, shall not exceed 160 acres in extent, or $2,500 in value.
[Letterhead of:]

THEO MONEY
Clerk of the Circuit Court
and ex-officio clerk of the County
and Probate Courts and Recorder
Scott County
Waldron, Arkansas
August 25, 1930.

STATE OF ARKANSAS,} COUNTY OF SCOTT.} ss.
I, Theo Money, Clerk of the County Court, do hereby certify that Sarah E. Robertson was a pensioner on the rolls of Scott County, Arkansas; that the said Sarah E. Robertson died in Scott County, Arkansas, August 20, 1930.
I further certify that Eran Piles is the duly appointed, qualified and acting administratrix of the estate of the said Sarah E. Robertson, deceased, and is entitled to receive warrant for the pro rata share of the pension due the said deceased at the time of her death.
WITNESS my hand and seal this 25th day of August, 1930.
Theo Money, Clerk

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