Name of applicant: Mrs. Mary Jane Bawcom
Garza County
Post Office: Post, Texas
Comptroller's File No. 46122
Approved October 24th, 1929
THE STATE OF TEXAS, County of Garza
Q. What is your age, and date of birth?
I, Mrs. Mary Jane Bawcom do hereby make application for a pension, pursuant to the provisions of the First Section of Title 109, Revised Civil Statutes, 1925, providing for Confederate Pension, amended by Chapter 95, General Laws of the Fortieth Legislature, as amended by Senate Bill 287, Acts of the Regular Session of the Forty-first Legislature of the State of Texas, approved March 5, 1929, on the following ground:
I am a widow of David Brittan Bawcom, deceased, who departed this life on the 4 day of Feb, A.D. 1927, in the county of Tom Green in the State of Texas.
I have not remarried since the death of my said husband,* and I do solemnly swear that I was never divorced from my said husband, and that I never voluntarily abandoned him during his life, but remained his true, faithful and lawful wife up to the date of his death. I was married to him on the 15 day of January, A.D. 1861, in the county of Marin Co Ark., in the State of ____________.*
My husband, the said David Brittan Bawcom, enlisted and served in the military service of the Confederate States during the war between the States of the United States and he did not desert the Confederate service. I have been a resident of the State of Texas since prior to January 1, A.D. 1920, and have been continuously since a citizen of the State of Texas. I do further state that I do not receive from any source whatever money or other means of support amounting in value above the sum of $300.00 per annum, nor do I own in my own right, nor does anyone hold in trust for my benefit or use, estate or property, either real, personal or mixed, either in fee or for life, of the value of one thousand dollars, exclusive of the home of the value of not over $2000; nor do I receive any aid or pension from any other State of the United States, and I do further state that the answers given to the following questions are true:
Q. Where were you born? Marin Co. Arkansas
Q. How long have you resided in the State of Texas? 28 years
Q. How long have you resided in the county of your present residence? 28 "
Q. What is your postoffice address? Post, Tex
Q. Have you applied for a pension under the Confederate pension law and been rejected? No
Q. Did your husband draw a pension? No
Q. What is your husband's full name? David Brittan Bawcom
Q. In what State was your husband's command originally organized? Arkansas
Q. How long did your husband serve? in 1862 and till close of war
Q. Do you own any property other than that rendered for taxes in your county? No
Q. Have you transferred to another any property of any kind for the purpose of becoming a beneficiary under this law? No
Wherefore your petitioner prays that her application for a pension may be approved and such other proceedings be had in the premises as required by law.
(Signature of Applicant) Mary Jane Bawcom