Mrs. Nancy Wells – Southern Claims Commission

Remarks: Claimant is a widow. The property belonged to her husband who was in the Confederate Army. It don’t appear when he died, and there is no evidence of his loyalty except claimant’s assertion of the fact. We are not satisfied with the sufficiency of the evidence in support of it, and we are therefore constrained to reject the claim.

A.O. Aldis
J.B. Howell
O. Ferris } Commrs of Claims

[Transcriber’s Notes: Testimony taken at Hinesville, with J.A. Poppell acting as her counsel.]

[Loyalty Oaths]

Personally appeared Paul J. Standfield who being sworn deposeth and saith that he has been acquainted with Mrs. Nancy Well all through the late war, and to the best of his knowledge and belief was a loyal citizen to the Government all the time

Paul J. Standfield
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 21st Oct [October] 1872
Thos [Thomas] J Chapman
N. P. and E. O. J P
Personally appeared William M. Wells who being sworn deposeth and saith that he has been acquainted with Mrs Nancy Wells, and that he has known her best of his knowledge and belief she is what she professes to be

W M Wells
Sworn and subscribed before me this 21st day Oct [October] 1872
Thos [Thomas] J Chapman
N.P. and E. O. J. P

Personally appeared William M. Wells who being sworn deposeth and saith that he saw the soldiers of the United States Army take the Mare, Hogs and Provision Charge in Mrs Nancy Wells account

W M Wells
Sworn and subscribed before me this 21st day Oct [October] 1872
Thos [Thomas] J. Chapman
N.P. and E. O. J. P

Personally appeared before the undersigned one of the Justices of the Peace for said Nancy E. Brannon who being sworn saith that she personally saw the United States soldiers in possession of a Horse that belonged to Nancy Wells and that they carried said Horse away

Nancy E Brannon
Sworn to and subscribed before me this October 23rd 1872
J. L. Shaw J.P.

Testimony of Claimant [Mrs. Nancy Wells]

1. What is your name, your age, your residence, and how long has it been such, and your occupation?

Mrs Nancy Wells aged 44 years Liberty County Ga 25 years

2. If you are not the claimant, in what manner, if any, are you related to the claimant or interested in the success of the claim?

I am claimant

The following questions will be put to every claimant, except claimants who were slaves at the beginning of the war: [Note—If the original claimant be dead, these questions are to be answered by each of the heirs or legatees who was not less that sixteen years of age when the war closed.]

3. Where were you born? If not born in the United States, when and where were you naturalized? Produce your naturalization papers if you can.

Bulloch County Georgia

4. Where were you residing and what was your business for six months before the outbreak of the rebellion, and where did you reside and what was your business from the beginning to the end of the war? And if you changed your residence or business, state how many times, and why such changes were made.

Liberty County Ga Farmers Wife

5. On which side were your sympathies during the war, and were they on the same side from beginning to end?

On side of the Union all the time

6. Did you ever do anything or say anything against the Union cause; and if so, what did you do or say, and why?

Never

7. Were you at all times during the war willing and ready to do whatever you could in aid of the Union cause?

I was

8. Did you ever do anything for the Union cause, or its advocates or defenders? If so, state what you did, giving times, places, names of persons aided, and particulars. Were the persons aided your relations?

I housed and fed deserters during the war

9. Had you any near relatives in the Union army or navy? If so, in what company and regiment, or on what vessel, when and where did each one enter service, and when and how did he leave service? If he was a son, produce his discharge paper, in order that its contents may be noted in this deposition, or state why it cannot be produced.

None

10. Were you in the service or employment of the United States Government at any time during the war? If so, in what service, when, where, for how long, under what officers, and when and how did you leave such service or employment?

No

11. Did you ever voluntarily contribute money, property, or services to the Union cause; and if so, when, where, to whom, and what did you contribute?

No

12. Which side did you take while the insurgent States were seceding from the Union in 1860 and 1861, and what did you do to show on which side you stood?

I was opposed to succession and expressed my sentiments publicly

13. Did you adhere to the Union cause after the States had passed into rebellion, or did you go with your State?

I still adhered to the Union cause

14. What were your feelings concerning the battle of Bull Run or Manassas, the capture of New Orleans, the fall of Vicksburg, and the final surrender of the Confederate forces?

Was glad whenever I heard that the Yankees had whipped the South and was glad at the surrender

15. What favors, privileges, or protections were ever granted you in recognition of your loyalty during the war, and when and by whom granted?

None

16. Have you ever taken the so-called ―iron-clad oath‖ since the war, and when and on what occasions?

No

17. Who were the leading and best known Unionists of your vicinity during the war? Are any of them called to testify to your loyalty; and if not, why not?

J A Poppell Oliver Price D E Wells K L Keaton all here to testify

18. Were you ever threatened with damage or injury to your person, family, or property on account of your Union sentiments, or were you actually molested or injured on account of your Union sentiments? If so, when, where, by whom, and in what particular way were you injured or threatened with injury?

I was arrested by the Rebel authority for harboring deserters about 1 hour I made my escape

19. Were you ever arrested by any Confederate officer, soldier, sailor, or other person professing to act for the Confederate government, or for any State in rebellion? If so, when, where, by whom, for what cause; how long were you kept under arrest; how did you obtain your release; did you take any oath or give any bond to effect your release; and if so, what was the nature of the oath or the bond?

Answered in previous question

20. Was any of your property taken by Confederate officers or soldiers, or any rebel authority? If so, what property, when, where, by whom, were you ever paid saltpeter; and did you ever present an account saltpeter to the Confederate government or any rebel officer?

No

21. Was any of your property ever confiscated by rebel authority, on the ground that you were an enemy to the rebel cause? If so, give all the particulars, and state if the property was subsequently released or compensation made saltpeter.

No

22. Did you ever do anything for the Confederate cause, or render any aid or comfort to the rebellion? If so, give the times, places, persons, and other particulars connected with each transaction.

Never did

23. What force, compulsion, or influence, was used to make you do anything against the Union cause? If any, give all the particulars demanded in the last question.

None

24. Were you in any service, business, or employment, for the Confederacy, or for any rebel authority? If so, give the same particulars as before required.

No

25. Were you in the civil, military, or naval service of the Confederacy, or any rebel State, in any capacity whatsoever? If so, state fully in respect to each occasion and service.

No

26. Did you ever take any oath to the so-called Confederate States while in any rebel service or employment?

No

27. Did you ever have charge of any stores, or other property, for the Confederacy; or did you ever sell or furnish any supplies to the so-called Confederate States, or any State in rebellion; or did you have any share or interest in contracts or manufactures in aid of the rebellion?

No

28. Were you engaged in blockade running, or running through the lines, or interested in the risks or profits of such ventures?

No

29. Were you in any way interested in any vessel navigating the waters of the Confederacy, or entering or leaving any Confederate port? If so, what vessel, when and where employed, in what business, and had any rebel authority any direct or indirect interest in vessel or cargo?

No

30. Did you ever subscribe to any loan of the so-called Confederate States, or of any rebel State; or own Confederate bonds or securities, or the bonds or securities of any rebel State issued between 1861 and 1865? Did you sell, or agree to sell, cotton or produce to the Confederate Government, or to any rebel State, or to any rebel officer or agent, and if so, did you receive or agree to receive Confederate or State bonds or securities in payment; and if so, to what amount, and for what kind and amount of property?

No

31. Did you contribute to the raising, equipment or support of troops, or the building of gunboats in aid of the rebellion; or to military hospitals or invalids, or to relief funds or subscriptions for the families of persons serving against the United States?

No

32. Did you ever give information to any person in aid of military or naval operations against the United States?

No

33. Were you at any time a member of any society or organization for equipping volunteers or conscripts, or for aiding the rebellion in any other manner?

No

34. Did you ever take an oath of allegiance to the so-called Confederate States? If so, state how often, when, where, for what purpose, and the nature of the oath or affirmation.

No

35. Did you ever receive a pass from rebel authority? If so, state when, where, for what purpose, on what conditions, and how the pass was used.

No

36. Had you any near relatives in the Confederate army, or in any military or naval service hostile to the United States? If so, give names, ages on entering service, present residence, if living, what influence you exerted, if any, against their entering the service, and in what way you contributed to their outfit and support.

My Husband John Wells aged 44 years Dead I done my best to keep him out of Service My Brother named Isum Martin [alt: Isam, Isham] aged 21 years lives in Manitee [sic, Manatee] County Florida

37. Have you been under the disabilities imposed by the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution? Have your disabilities been removed by Congress?

No

38. Have you been specially pardoned by the President for participation in the rebellion?

Not necessary

39. Did you take any amnesty oath during the war, or after its close? If so, when, where, and why did you take it?

Took it in Walthourville after the war

40. Were you ever a prisoner to the United States authorities, or on parole, or under bonds to do nothing against the Union cause? If so, state all the particulars.

No

41. Were you ever arrested by the authorities of the United States during the war? If so, when, where, by whom, on what grounds, and when and how did you obtain your release?

No

42. Were any fines or assessments levied upon you by the authorities of the United States because of your supposed sympathy for the rebellion? If so, state all the facts.

No

43. Was any of your property taken into possession or sold by the United States under the laws relating to confiscation, or to captured and abandoned property?

No

The following questions concerning the ownership of property charged in claims will be put to all claimants, or the representatives of deceased claimants:

66. Who was the owner of the property charged in this claim when it was taken, and how did such person become owner?

I was inherited it from my Husband

67. If any of the property was taken from a farm or plantation, where was such farm or plantation situated, what was its size, how much was cultivated, how much was woodland, and how much was waste land?

From my farm Liberty County Ga 500 acres 25 cultivated balance wood and waste land

68. Has the person who owned the property when taken since filed a petition in bankruptcy, or been declared a bankrupt?

No

The following questions will be put to female claimants:

69. Are you married or single? If married, when were you married? Was your husband loyal to the cause and Government of the United States throughout the war? Where does he now reside, and why is he not joined with you in the petition? How many children have you? Give their names and ages. Were any of them in the Confederate service during the war? If you claim that the property named in your petition is your sole and separate property, state how you came to own it separately from your husband; how your title was derived; when your ownership of it began. Did it ever belong to your husband? If the property for which you ask pay is wood, timber, rails, or the products of a farm, how did you get title to the farm? If by deed, can you file copies of the deeds? If single, have you been married? If a widow, when did your husband die? Was he in the Confederate army? Was he in the civil service of the Confederacy? Was he loyal to the United States Government throughout the war? Did he leave any children? How many? Are any now living? Give their names and ages. Are they not interested in this claim? If they are not joined in this petition, why not? State fully how your title to the property specified in the petition was obtained. Did you ever belong to any sewing society organized to make clothing for Confederate soldiers or their families, or did you assist in making any such clothing, or making flags, or other military equipments, or preparing or furnishing delicacies or supplies for Confederate hospitals or soldiers?

Am single My Husband was a strong Union man Dead Six children William M Wells aged 28 Mary Jane aged 22 years John W Wells aged 28 years [word] C Wells aged 18 years Maram Wells aged 16 years David Columbus aged 15 years None of them in confederate service during the war I came in possession of the property by his death My Husband died in 1864 He was carried by force into the Confederate Army He was loyal Above named and all living ages and names above given They are interested in this claim they were Minors at that time No

72. Were you present when any of the property charged in this claim was taken? Did you actually see any taken? If so, specify what you saw taken.

I was present and saw taken one Mare four Hogs and Provisions

73. Was any of the property taken in the night time, or was any taken secretly, so that you did not know of it at the time?

In day time openly

74. Was any complaint made to any officer of the taking of any of the property? If so, give the name, rank and regiment of the officer, and state who made the complaint to him, what he said and did in consequence, and what was the result of the complaint.

No complaint made

75. Were any vouchers or receipts asked for or given? If given, where are the vouchers or receipts? If lost, state fully how lost. If asked and not given, by whom were they asked, who was asked to give them, and why were they refused or not given? State very fully in regard to the failure to ask or obtain receipts.
None did not know it was required

76. Has any payment ever been made for any property charged in this claim? Has any payment been made for any property taken at the same times as the property charged in this claim? Has any payment been made for any property taken from the same claimant during the war, and if so, when, by whom, for what property and to what amount? Has this property, or any part of it, been included in any claim heretofore presented to Congress, or any court, department or officer of the United States, or to any board of survey, military commission, State commission or officer, or any other authority? If so, when and to what tribunal or officers was the claim presented; was it larger or smaller in amount than this claim, and how is the difference explained, and what was the decision, if any, of the tribunal to which it was presented?

No No No No

77. Was the property charged in this claim taken by troops encamped in the vicinity, or were they on the march, or were they on a raid or expedition, or had there been any recent battle or skirmish?

Troops were camped about 4 miles

78. You will please listen attentively while the list of items, but not the quantities, is read to you, and as each kind of property is called off, say whether you saw any such property taken.

79. Begin now with the first item of property you have just said you saw taken, and give the following information about it. 1st.. Describe its exact condition, as for instance, if corn, whether green or ripe, standing or harvested, in shuck, or husked, or shelled; if lumber, whether new or old, in buildings or piled; if grain, whether growing or cut. 2d. State where it was. 3d. What was the quantity; explain fully how you know the quantity, and if estimated, describe your method of making the estimate.4th. Describe the quality to your best judgment. 5th. State as nearly as you can the market value of such property at the time in United States money. 6th. Say when the property was taken. 7th. Give the name of the detachment, regiment, brigade, division, corps, or army, taking the property, and the names of any officers belonging to the command. 8th. Describe the precise manner in which the property was taken into possession by the troops, and the manner in which it was removed. 9th. State as closely as you can how many men, animals, wagons, or other means of transport, were engaged in the removal, how long they were occupied, and to what place they removed the property. 10th. State if any officers were present; how you knew them to be officers; what they said or did in relation to the property, and give the names of any, if you can. 11th. Give any reasons that you may have for believing that the taking of the property was authorized by the proper officers or that it was for the necessary use of the army.

Item 1st ) The Mare [Mule] was a white mare [mule]. My Farm Liberty County Ga Worth $200 00 dollars taken in January about the 4 or 5 day 1865 Kilpatrick Army Col Adkins Regiment Led Mule off to camp about 30 Men and Horses no wagons about one hour No officer present Said nothing (11) don’t know

Item 2 The Hogs were fat Hogs ready for killing 4 Head counted them worth $10 00 dolls [dollars] a head taken same time and place as Item 1

Item 3 The Provisions were Bee Hives and Poultry worth $20 00 dolls [dollars] taken same time and place as Item 1

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Nancy Wells
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Sworn to and subscribed before me this 18th Feby [February] 1878
Henry Way Special Commr [Commissioner]

Testimony of Witness (Keder L. Keaton)

1. What is your name, your age, your residence, and how long has it been such, and your occupation?

Kedar [Keder] L Keaton aged 52 years Liberty County Ga all my life Farmer

2. If you are not the claimant, in what manner, if any, are you related to the claimant or interested in the success of the claim?

I am Cousin to Claimant not interested in success of this claim

52. In whose favor are you here to testify?

Mrs Nancy Wells

53. How long have you known that person altogether, and what part of that time have you intimately known him?

From her childhood

54. Did you live near him during the war, and how far away?

About 7 miles

55. Did you meet him often, and about how often, during the war?

Occasionally

56. Did you converse with the claimant about the war, its causes, its progress, and its results? If so, try to remember the more important occasions on which you so conversed, beginning with the first occasion, and state, with respect to each, when it was, where it was, who were present, what caused the conversation, and what the claimant said in substance, if you cannot remember his words.

We conversed often about the war but don’t now recollect any particular conversation but know she has always said that she hoped the Union Army would be successfull [sic]

57. Do you know of anything done by the claimant that showed him to be loyal to the Union cause during the war? If you do, state what he did, when, where, and what was the particular cause or occasion of his doing it? Give the same information about each thing he did that showed him to be loyal.

Nothing

58. Do you know of anything said or done by the claimant that was against the Union cause? If so, please state with respect to each thing said or done, what it was, when it was, where it was, and what particular compulsion or influence caused him to say or do it.

No

59. If you have heard of anything said or done by the claimant, either for the Union cause or against it, state from whom you heard it, when you heard it and what you heard.

I heard that when she was arrested she was on her way carrying news to the Deserters Camp

60. What was the public reputation of the claimant for loyalty or disloyalty to the United States during the war? If you profess to know his public reputation, explain fully how you know it, whom you heard speak of it, and give the names of other persons who were neighbors during the war that could testify to this public reputation.

She was known as a Union woman by all who knew her I know it from her actions during the war

61. Who were the known and prominent Union people of the neighborhood during the war, and do you know that such persons could testify to the claimant’s loyalty?

Oliver Price P J Stanfield Know they would testify to her loyalty

62. Were you, yourself, an adherent of the Union cause during the war? If so, did the claimant know you to be such, and how did he know it?

I was Claimant knew it by my actions as I was a deserter myself

63. Do you know of any threats, molestations, or injury inflicted upon the claimant, or his family, or his property, on account of his adherence to the Union cause? If so, give all the particulars.

No

64. Do you know of any act done or language used by the claimant that would have prevented him from establishing his loyalty to the Confederacy? If so, what act or what language?

No

65. Can you state any other facts within your own knowledge in proof of the claimant’s loyalty during the war? If so, state all the facts and give all the particulars.

No

72. Were you present when any of the property charged in this claim was taken? Did you actually see any taken? If so, specify what you saw taken.

I was not present when the property was taken but saw the white mare [mule] the property of Claimant in the possession of the Federal soldiers

K. L. Keaton

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 18th Feby [February] 1878
Henry Way Special Comr [Commissioner]

Testimony of Witness (Oliver Price)

1. What is your name, your age, your residence, and how long has it been such, and your occupation?

Oliver Price aged 60 years Liberty County all my life Farmer

2. If you are not the claimant, in what manner, if any, are you related to the claimant or interested in the success of the claim?

Not related to claimant not interest in success of this claim

52. In whose favor are you here to testify?

Mrs Nancy Wells

53. How long have you known that person altogether, and what part of that time have you intimately known him?

About 20 years

54. Did you live near him during the war, and how far away?

About 6 miles

55. Did you meet him often, and about how often, during the war?

Occasionally

56. Did you converse with the claimant about the war, its causes, its progress, and its results? If so, try to remember the more important occasions on which you so conversed, beginning with the first occasion, and state, with respect to each, when it was, where it was, who were present, what caused the conversation, and what the claimant said in substance, if you cannot remember his words.

No

57. Do you know of anything done by the claimant that showed him to be loyal to the Union cause during the war? If you do, state what he did, when, where, and what was the particular cause or occasion of his doing it? Give the same information about each thing he did that showed him to be loyal.

No

58. Do you know of anything said or done by the claimant that was against the Union cause? If so, please state with respect to each thing said or done, what it was, when it was, where it was, and what particular compulsion or influence caused him to say or do it.

No

59. If you have heard of anything said or done by the claimant, either for the Union cause or against it, state from whom you heard it, when you heard it and what you heard.

I have often heard her say that she was in hopes that the Union Army would whip the south

60. What was the public reputation of the claimant for loyalty or disloyalty to the United States during the war? If you profess to know his public reputation, explain fully how you know it, whom you heard speak of it, and give the names of other persons who were neighbors during the war that could testify to this public reputation.

All knew her as a Union Woman I knew it from her conversations

61. Who were the known and prominent Union people of the neighborhood during the war, and do you know that such persons could testify to the claimant’s loyalty?

David Delk J P Stanfield Know they would testify to her loyalty

62. Were you, yourself, an adherent of the Union cause during the war? If so, did the claimant know you to be such, and how did he know it?

I was

63. Do you know of any threats, molestations, or injury inflicted upon the claimant, or his family, or his property, on account of his adherence to the Union cause? If so, give all the particulars.

No

64. Do you know of any act done or language used by the claimant that would have prevented him from establishing his loyalty to the Confederacy? If so, what act or what language?

No

65. Can you state any other facts within your own knowledge in proof of the claimant’s loyalty during the war? If so, state all the facts and give all the particulars.

Nothing

72. Were you present when any of the property charged in this claim was taken? Did you actually see any taken? If so, specify what you saw taken.

I was not present when her property was taken but knew she owned the mare claimed
Olivia Price

Sworn to and subscribed before this 18th Feby [February] 1878
Henry Way Special Commr [Commissioner]

Testimony of Witness (David E. Wells)

1. What is your name, your age, your residence, and how long has it been such, and your occupation?

David E Wells aged 40 years Liberty County Ga all my life Farmer

2. If you are not the claimant, in what manner, if any, are you related to the claimant or interested in the success of the claim?

Brother in Law to claimant not interested in the success of this claim

52. In whose favor are you here to testify?

Nancy Wells

53. How long have you known that person altogether, and what part of that time have you intimately known him?

About 25 years

54. Did you live near him during the war, and how far away?

I was in the war most of time

55. Did you meet him often, and about how often, during the war?

Not very often

56. Did you converse with the claimant about the war, its causes, its progress, and its results? If so, try to remember the more important occasions on which you so conversed, beginning with the first occasion, and state, with respect to each, when it was, where it was, who were present, what caused the conversation, and what the claimant said in substance, if you cannot remember his words.

Never talked much about war

57. Do you know of anything done by the claimant that showed him to be loyal to the Union cause during the war? If you do, state what he did, when, where, and what was the particular cause or occasion of his doing it? Give the same information about each thing he did that showed him to be loyal.

I know she fed and took care of Deserters

58. Do you know of anything said or done by the claimant that was against the Union cause? If so, please state with respect to each thing said or done, what it was, when it was, where it was, and what particular compulsion or influence caused him to say or do it.

No

59. If you have heard of anything said or done by the claimant, either for the Union cause or against it, state from whom you heard it, when you heard it and what you heard.

Never heard anything

60. What was the public reputation of the claimant for loyalty or disloyalty to the United States during the war? If you profess to know his public reputation, explain fully how you know it, whom you heard speak of it, and give the names of other persons who were neighbors during the war that could testify to this public reputation.

She was known generally as Union

61. Who were the known and prominent Union people of the neighborhood during the war, and do you know that such persons could testify to the claimant’s loyalty?

Oliver Price David Delk Chas [Charles] Flowers Know they would testify to her loyalty

62. Were you, yourself, an adherent of the Union cause during the war? If so, did the claimant know you to be such, and how did he know it?

I was

63. Do you know of any threats, molestations, or injury inflicted upon the claimant, or his family, or his property, on account of his adherence to the Union cause? If so, give all the particulars.

No

64. Do you know of any act done or language used by the claimant that would have prevented him from establishing his loyalty to the Confederacy? If so, what act or what language?

No

65. Can you state any other facts within your own knowledge in proof of the claimant’s loyalty during the war? If so, state all the facts and give all the particulars.

none

72. Were you present when any of the property charged in this claim was taken? Did you actually see any taken? If so, specify what you saw taken.

I was not present saw nothing taken

David E Wells

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 18th Feby [February] 1878
Henry Way
Special Commr (Commissioner)

Testimony of Witness (Mrs. Nancy E. Brannen)

1. What is your name, your age, your residence, and how long has it been such, and your occupation?

Nancy E Brannen aged 44 years Liberty Ga all my life

2. If you are not the claimant, in what manner, if any, are you related to the claimant or interested in the success of the claim?

Sister in Law not interested in success of this claim

52. In whose favor are you here to testify?

Nancy Wells

53. How long have you known that person altogether, and what part of that time have you intimately known him?

About 25 or 30 years

54. Did you live near him during the war, and how far away?

About 1 mile

55. Did you meet him often, and about how often, during the war?

Every day

56. Did you converse with the claimant about the war, its causes, its progress, and its results? If so, try to remember the more important occasions on which you so conversed, beginning with the first occasion, and state, with respect to each, when it was, where it was, who were present, what caused the conversation, and what the claimant said in substance, if you cannot remember his words.

We spoke often about the war Claimant always said she hoped the Union Army would whip

57. Do you know of anything done by the claimant that showed him to be loyal to the Union cause during the war? If you do, state what he did, when, where, and what was the particular cause or occasion of his doing it? Give the same information about each thing he did that showed him to be loyal.

I knew she always aided the Deserters and protected them all she could from the Rebel Soldiers

58. Do you know of anything said or done by the claimant that was against the Union cause? If so, please state with respect to each thing said or done, what it was, when it was, where it was, and what particular compulsion or influence caused him to say or do it.

No

59. If you have heard of anything said or done by the claimant, either for the Union cause or against it, state from whom you heard it, when you heard it and what you heard.

No

60. What was the public reputation of the claimant for loyalty or disloyalty to the United States during the war? If you profess to know his public reputation, explain fully how you know it, whom you heard speak of it, and give the names of other persons who were neighbors during the war that could testify to this public reputation.

Everybody who knew her knew she was Union I knew it by her actions

61. Who were the known and prominent Union people of the neighborhood during the war, and do you know that such persons could testify to the claimant’s loyalty?

Oliver Price Charles Flowers Louis Price Know they would testify to her loyalty

62. Were you, yourself, an adherent of the Union cause during the war? If so, did the claimant know you to be such, and how did he know it?

I was

63. Do you know of any threats, molestations, or injury inflicted upon the claimant, or his family, or his property, on account of his adherence to the Union cause? If so, give all the particulars.

None

64. Do you know of any act done or language used by the claimant that would have prevented him from establishing his loyalty to the Confederacy? If so, what act or what language?

No

65. Can you state any other facts within your own knowledge in proof of the claimant’s loyalty during the war? If so, state all the facts and give all the particulars.

None

72. Were you present when any of the property charged in this claim was taken? Did you actually see any taken? If so, specify what you saw taken.

I was not present when the property was taken but saw the mare of claimant in the possession of the Federal soldiers

Nancy E Brannen

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 18 Feby [February] 1878
Henry Way Special Comr [Commissioner]