Marion County GaArchives Military Records.....Byers, John M. May 31, 1929 Civilwar - Letters ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carla Miles http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00010.html#0002476 July 31, 2005, 12:16 am Correspondence Related To Widow's Pension Request - 1929 May 31, 1929 Hon. John C. Butt Ordinary of Marion County Buena Vista, Georgia My dear Judge: Your roll for the Second Quarter has been received and I thank you. I note that you failed to send in the application of Mrs. J.M. Byers for her deceased husband’s pension for this quarter. If Mrs. J.M. Byers is still in life kindly have her file this application right away or furnish us with an affidavit to the effect that she is still living, as we must be able to show our authority for paying out a deceased pensioner’s money. Thanking for your prompt attention to this, and with kind regards, Yours very truly, John W. Clark Commissioner of Pensions John C. Butt Judge, Court of Ordinary Marion County And Attorney-At-Law Buena Vista, Ga. June 1st, 1929 Hon. John W. Clark Commissioner of Pensions Atlanta, Ga. Dear Sir: Replying to yours of May 31st relative to widow of J.M. Byers deceased, in which you advise that you must have application from this widow before payment to her can be approved, I beg to advise that upon the death of the pensioner, J.M. Byers, his widow, Mrs. Ida Byers made application for payment to her of pension due to her husband for the year 1929, (she having been married after 1880 could not be enrolled for life, but only for the year in which the pension due); and that her application was approved by you on the 29th of March 1929; and that she was duly paid the first quarterly payment in April 1929. From my construction of the statute, providing that where a pensioner dies, leaving a widow, and his death occurring before he had received all the payments due him for that year, that his name is carried on the roll, but the payments made to the widow for that year; that is why I continued his name on the roll and did not put Mrs. Byers name of the widows roll, as she can only be paid for 1929. I hand you certificate showing you Mrs. Byers, the widow is still in life and has not remarried. I recall, that when you sent me payment etc., for the first quarterly payment that you sent with the papers the approved application of Mrs. Byers, which was returned to you with the receipted vouchers for such first quarterly payment; and you will find such approved application among your files. Trusting that the foregoing will be satisfactory to you, I am John C. Butt, Ordinary Marion Co. Ga. John C. Butt Judge, Court of Ordinary Marion County And Attorney-At-Law Buena Vista, Ga. Georgia, Marion County I, John C. Butt, Ordinary for Marion County, Georgia do hereby certify that John M. Byers, a Service Soldier Pensioner, of said County and State, died on the 21st day of March 1929 leaving his widow surviving him; that during the month of March and after the death of said John M. Byers, his said widow, Mrs. Ida Byers, made application for the pension due to said John M. Byers deceased for the year 1929; which said application was approved by the Pensioner Commissioner of Georgia on the 29th day of March 1929, and the first Quarterly payment for 1929 due to said John M. Byers was accordingly paid to said Mrs. Ida Byers, widow as aforesaid. That the said Mrs. Ida Byers, widow of John M. Byers is still in life and has not since remarried, and is the lawful widow of said John M. Byers and to whom entitled to be paid the balance of the unpaid pension due said John M. Byers for the year 1929. Witness my hand and seal of office this the 1st day of June 1929. John C. Butt Ordinary, Marion County, Ga. MARRIAGE LICENSE STATE OF GEORGIA COUNTY of Chattahoochee To any Judge, Justice of the Peace or Minister of the Gospel You are hereby authorized to join John M. Byers and Mrs. Ida B. Carden in the Holy State of Matrimony according to the Constitution and Laws of this State and for so doing this shall be your License. And you are hereby required to return this license to me, with your Certificate hereon of the fact and date of the Marriage. Given under my hand and seal this the 1st day of October 1919. H.B. Howard, Ordinary State of Georgia Certificate County of Chattahoochee I Certify that John M. Byers and Mrs. Ida B. Carden were joined in Matrimony by me this 1st day of October Nineteen Hundred and 19. J.C. Saville, M.G. Recorded Oct. 10, 1919 H.B. Howard, Ordinary Marriage License of John M. Byers and Mrs. Ida B. Carden Issued October 1st 1919 and Recorded on Page A 201, Book B of Marriage Licenses H.B. Howard, Ordinary Application for Pension Due Deceased Soldier (To Be Paid to His Widow) (Under Act Approved October 9, 1891) State of Georgia, Marion County Personally before me, the Ordinary of said County, comes Mrs. Ida Byers of said county, who after being duly sworn, on oath says that she is the widow of John M. Byers and that said Pensioner was on the Pension roll of Marion County and was paid a Pension of Two Hundred & Ninety ($290.00) Dollars from said County for -----Quarter, 1929, and that the said Pensioner died in Chattahoochee County on the 21st day of March 1929. Applicant further swears that she married the said John M. Byers on the 1st day of October 1919 in Chattahoochee County and State of Georgia, and resided with him from that date of marriage to his death as his lawful wife, and is now his dependent widow, and she asks that the $90 extra Blind Pension due and unpaid be paid to her. Mrs. Ida Byers (L.S.) Sworn to and subscribed before me this 21st day of June, 1929. John C. Butt, Ordinary Marion Co. AFFIDAVIT OF WITNESS State of Georgia, Marion County Personally comes before me B.T. Rainey, who on oath says that he knew John M. Byers while in life and that he knows Mrs. Ida Byers, the above applicant; and knows that the said John M. Byers and Mrs. Ida Byers were in due form of law married in the county of Chattahoochee in the State of Georgia on the 1st day of October, 1919 and that they were residing together as husband and wife at the time of his death on the 21st day of March, 1929, and that she is his dependent widow. B.T. Rainey Sworn to and subscribed before me this 21st day of June, 1929. John C. Butt, Ordinary Marion Co. For Blindness 1929 Marion County 1929 Application for Pension Due Deceased Soldier (Under Act 1891) (To be paid to his Widow) Mrs. Ida Byers Widow of John M. Byers Date of Marriage: October 1st, 1919 Date of Death: March 21st, 1929 CERTIFICATE OF ORDINARY I, John C. Butt, Ordinary of said County, do certify that I personally know Mrs. Ida Byers, the applicant, and that she is the lawful widow of John M. Byers, who was on the pension roll of said Marion County for 1928, and at the time of his death on the 21st day of March 1929, there was due to him and unpaid his pension of Two Hundred and Ninety Dollars from the State of Georgia, and I know B.T. Rainey, the within witness, and he is of a truthful and trustworthy character and entitled to full credit. Given my hand and seal this 21 of June 1929. John C. Butt Ordinary, Marion County This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 7.7 Kb