Confederate Widows Pension for Martha Broyles Herring Thompson
(C. Avis Catalog entry #1224)
"Alabama, Texas and Virginia, Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958," database with images, Ancestry.com (accessed 13 Oct 2020), Mrs. M. J. Thompson, widow of Wm. Thompson (see record extraction); Texas State Library and Archives Commission; Austin, Texas; Confederate Pension Applications, 1899-1975; Collection #: CPA25400; Roll #: 525; Roll Description: Pension File Nos 25400 to 25423, Application Years 1913 to 1913; Ancestry Free Image or Shared Image
The Confederate pension index for Texas, 1870-1930 found at familysearch.com film 8261872 image 971 says:
#25406 Name: Thompson, Martha J. County: Archer Co. Husband: William
FORM B
For Use of Widows of Soldiers Who Are In Indigent Circumstances
THE STATE OF TEXAS
County of Archer
I, Mrs. M J Thompson, do hereby make application to the Commissioner of Pensions for a Pension, to be granted me under the act passed by the Twenty-first Legislature of the State of Texas, and approved April 7, A. D. 1913, on the following grounds:
I am the widow of Wm Thompson, deceased, who departed this life on the 1st day of September A. D. 1890, in the county of Clay 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 24th day July A. D. 1873 in the county of Grayson, in the State of Texas.
My husband, the said Wm Thompson, enlisted and served in the military service of the Confederate States during the war between the States of the United States, and that he did not desert the Confederate Service. I have been a resident of the State of Texas since prior to January 1, A. D. 1900 and have been continuously since a citizen of the State of Texas. I do further state that I do not receive whatever money or other means of support amounting in value to 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 $1000.00; nor do I receive any aid or pension from any other State, or from the United States, or from any other source, and I do further state that the answers given to the following questions are true:
1. What is your age? Seventy-one
2. Where were you born? Hardin County, Tennessee
3. How long have you resided in the State of Texas? Forty-three years
4. How long have you resided in the county of your present residence? And what is your postoffice address? One year at the home of my son. My address is Archer City, Texas.
5. What was your husband's full name? Wm Thompson
6. What was the date of his death? September 1st, 1890
7. In what State was your husband's command originally organized Texas
8. How long did your husband serve? If known to you, give date of enlistment and discharge. From 1861 to 1865, about four years.
9. What was the name or letter of the company, or name or number of the battalion, regiment or battery of artillery in which your husband served? If he was transferred from one branch of service to another, give time of transfer, description of command and time of service. The First Texas Battalion of Sharpshooters, Maxey's Brigade, in J M Hurts Company "D".
10. Name branch of service in which your husband served, whether infantry, cavalry, artillery or the navy, or if commissioned as an officer by the President, his rank and line of duty, or if detailed for special service, under the law of conscription, the nature of such service and time of service. Infantry. He was a private.
11. Have you transferred to other any property of any kind for the purpose of becoming a beneficiary under this law? No
