Welcome to the Ivy PlaceAs the Ivy grows and branches everywhere, so does our familyConfederate Pension Application |
| Question | Application number 35733 | |
|---|---|---|
| Date Filed: | Feb 28, 1919 | |
| Date Approved | April 5, 1919 | |
| Date of Mrs. Groce Death | July 10, 1942 | |
| What is your age? | 65 on Oct 21, 1919 | |
| Where were you born? | ||
| How Long have you resided in the State of Texas | Since Dec 12, 1878, | |
| How hong have you resided in the county of your present residence? And what is you postoffice address? | Since 1878, Caldwell, Texas RFD No. 2 | |
| What is your Husband's full name? | James Robert Groce | |
| When and where were you married? | May 13, 1880. Burleson County, TX | |
| What was the date of his death? | Feb 2, 1903 | |
| In what State was your husbnd'scommand originally organized? | ||
| How Long did your husband serve? If known to you, give date of enlistment and discharge | enlisted in Spring 1862, served until Lee's surrender | |
| What was the name or letter ot the company, or name of the battalion, reginment or battery if artillery in which your husband served? If he was transfered from one branch of service to another, give time of transfer, description of command and time of service | Co. A. 29th Regt Miss Volunteers Infantary and was assigned to Army of genn? (Captured at was crossed out) | |
| Name branch of service in which your husband served, whether infantry, cavalary, atillery or the navy or if commissionsed 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 rank, and time of service. | ||
| Have you transferred to others any property of any kind for the purpose of becoming a beneficiary under this law? | ||
| Signed | By her own Hand, Sarah A Groce | |
| Date of Signature | Feb 15, 1919 |
WITNESSES
E. H. Flanagan and J.. N. Nix swore that they knew Sarah Ann Groce was a bona fide resident citizen of the State of Texas since prior to January 1, A.D. 1900.
AFFIDAVIT OF WITNESSESE.H.. Flanagan says that he lived in the same neighborhood in Miss. With J.R. Gorce in 1862 and I know he joined the Confederate Army that year and went to war. He was gone some time and was returned home on a parole. He remained home about 30 or 50 days and then returned to the confederate Army. He served in the Army unit Lee's surrender. I moved to Texas about the same time that J. R. Groce did and lived near him until his death and often talked with him about the Civil War and the part he took in it. I know that he served in the Confederate Army from 1862 until the close of the war. J. N. Nix says he lived in the same neighborhood with J. R. Groce, and knows he joined and served in the confederate Army. In served in Braggs Army, under Capt Isom. I had two brothers and J. R. Groce serving as soldiers. They were in Co. A. 29th Miss Volunteers . After the war we were all released and returned to our old homes in Miss and I often talked withJ. R. Groce and I know he served in the Confederate Army. All that neighborhood knows he served in Confederate Army and he made a good soldier.
LETTER FROM WAR DEPARTMENT Repectifully returned to Comptrollers Department, State of Texas, Austin APPLICATION FOR MORTUARY WARRANT Note : Please have application for Mortuary Warrent properly executed and have the undertaker attach to it a sworn itemized statement showing the cost of the burial. Return it at once to Geo. H. Sheppard, State Comptroller, Austin, Texas |
CERTIFICATE OF UNDERTAKERI, Jno. W. Schiller, do certify tha I am undertaker in the town of Caldwell, County of Burleson, State of Texas that I had charge of the body of Mrs. Sarah A. Groce, who died in the town of Caldwell, County of Burleson, State of Texas on the 10th day of July, 1942. That said body was perpared for burial by me on the 10th day of July 1942 and that I am of the opinion that warrant herein applied for should be issued to the said Harvey-Schiller Funeral Home who makes the foregoing application CERTIFICATE OF PHYSICIAN I De. T. L. Goodnight do certify that I am a practicing physician and I attended Mrs. Srarh A. Groce in his last illness and am of the opinion that his ailments were apoplext.
INVOICE FROM HARVEY-SCHILLER FURNITURE COMPANY, INCALL KINDS OF HOUSE FURNISHINGS |
| Funeral $195.00 Dress, $7.50 Underware, $1.10 —Total, $203.60. Paid by cash by Alton Groce, $103.60 Balance due $100.00 |
Signed Jno W. Schiller
INFORMATION FROM DEATH CERTIFICATEName; Mrs. Sarah A. Groce Female, White, widowed Born: Feb 18, 1855 in Mississippi Died: July 10, 1942, Caldwell, TX Father: Joe Alderman, born in Mississippi Mother: Mary Sanders born in Georgia Informant: Alton Groce Route 2, Caldwell, TX Burial: Providence Cemtery, |
| Sarah ALDERMAN GROCE is the second wife of J. R. Groce, His first wife was Mary Ivy, daughter of Jarrett and Eliza Ivy. It is possible that Sarah Alderman Groce is related to Donnie Elizabeth Alderman Groce who married J. R. Ivy.
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