daughter of Nathan A Hobbs and Mary Elizabeth Lankford
Woodville PO M653 125 471 Jul 21, 1860 148 153
Lankford, J M 34 WM GA Stock Trader 1500 4000
Lankford, Caroline 36 WF GA
Lankford, Mary F 14 WF GA
Lankford, James F 11 WM GA
Lankford, Emma S 8 WF GA
Lankford, Emert R 6 WM GA
Lankford, Nathan 4 WM GA
Lankford, Laura J 2 WF GA
Lankford, Meron 1 WF GA
1870 Greene Co., GA
Penfield PO M593 153 322 Jun 21, 1870 140 GM
Lankford, J M 44 WM GA Farmer
Lankford, Caroline 47 WF GA
Lankford, Emerette 18 WM GA
Lankford, Nathan 14 WM GA
Lankford, Laura 13 WF GA
Lankford, Miriam 11 WF GA
1880 Oglethorpe Co., GA
Falling Creek 234 Jun 10, 1880
Lankford, J L 54 WM GA GA GA
Lankford, Caroline 50 WF GA GA GA
Lankford, Emertt 27 WM GA GA GA
Lankford, Laura 23 WF GA GA GA
Lankford, Marion 21 WF GA GA GA
Wilson, Walter 8 WM GA GA GA grandson
Wilson, Julien 6 WM GA GA GA grandson
1900 Greene Co., GA
Penfield PO Militia District 148 Jun 16, 1900
Lankford, Caroline WF 70 Jan 1830 wid GA GA GA
Lankford, Nannie WF 46 Oct 1854 s GA GA GA Knitting mill
Lankford, Marion WF 41 Dec 1859 s GA GA GA Seamstress
Georgia. Clarke County. Athens. Saulter, R. R., note in favor of Nov. 19, 1860. Promissory note made by James M. Lankford and W. H. Jones for $800, to R. R. Saulter. Note protested for non-payment December 22, 1860. $250 paid on note February 27, 1861. Signed by James M. Lankford, W. H. Jones, R. R. Saulter, James A. Carlton, NP.
Regiment Name 3 Georgia Infantry.
Side Confederate
Company C
Soldier's Rank_In Private
Soldier's Rank_Out Private
Alternate Name
Notes
Film Number M226 roll 35
A James M. Lankford served as a 2nd Lt. Sept. 28, 1861,
District Ofc 148. From military records 1861-1865, regimental report, 16th Reg., GM HQ, 16th Reg 2nd Brigade, Co GA, July 26, 1862
MUSTER ROLL OF
COMPANY C, 3d REGIMENT
GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
ARMY NORTHERN VIRGINIA
GREENE COUNTY, GEORGIA
DAWSON GRAYS
Lankford, Charles L.(or Langford)-- private September 1, 1861. Dis-
charged, over-age, July 1862. Reenlisted. Surrendered, Appomattox,
Va. April 9, 1865.
Lankford, Curtis C.(or Langford)-- private April 24, 1861. Dis-
charged, under-age, July 1, 1862. Enlisted as a private, Co. 6,
66th Regiment Ga. Inf. August 15, 1863. Paroled, Athens, Ga. May 8,
1865.
Lankford, James M.(or Langford)- private April 24, 1861. Dis-
charged, furnished substitute, July 1862.
Lankford, John W.(or Langford)-- private April 24, 1861. Died,
Richmond, Va. hospital prior to October 6, 1862.
How Curious a Land: A Conflict and Change in Greene County, Georgia, 1850-1885 by Jonathan M Bryant.
The next term brought another case before the court, James Lankford and his family lived near Penfield in northern Greene County. Lankford made a good living trading livestock and by 1860 had accumulated more than $5000 worth of property, including three adult slaves. One slave, twenty six year old Becky, had three children and so was especially valuable. In March 1860 Lankford's wife Caroline, threatened Becky with severe punishment for stealing dough from the kitchen. Apparently this upset Becky enormously, perhaps because she knew of the rumor that another Greene County slaveowner had his slave Sookie's mouth sewn shut to prevent her from stealing food. Early the next morning Lankford's daughter Mary went to the well to draw some water. Strangely, the well rope hung down inside the sixty five foot pit, and when Mary looked in for the bucket, she saw someone at the bottom. Mary called her father, and Lankford quickly climbed into the well to attempt a rescue. Becky was at the bottom, clinging to the rope to keep her head above water. When Lankford reacher her, either terror or in an attempt to drown her master, Becky pulled him into the water. As he pulled her out, Lankford discovered that Becky's three children lay beneath her. All three children drowned.
A coroner's jury assembled at the Lankford place to investigate the deaths. By that afternoon they found sufficient evidence to believe that the children were murdered. Becky was taken to Greensboro and locked in one of the jail's dungeonlike cells to await the September term of superior court. Almost six months passed before Becky's trial, and during that time different stories about the incident began to emerge. One version held that Becky threw her children into the well and then climbed in herself to make certain they drowned. When asked why, Becky allegedly confessed she sought revenge against her mistress for threatening her with punishment. Another account explained that Becky, depressed and "tired of life", had tried to commit suicide. She threw her children into the well first because she "didn't want to leave her children behind her." When she jumped in herself, their bodies prevented her from drowning.
The case against Becky had other complications as well. James Lankford had a reputation for drinking and telling incredible lies. Just a couple of weeks before the death of Becky's children, Lankford participated in an elaborate hoax. He claimed to have found an enormous cave on his farm full of geological wonders and of fossils of prehistoric animals. A letter to the Christian Index from Professor Henry H Tucker of Mercer University confirmed "Brother" Lankford's find, described the wonders of the cave, and theorized as the origins of the fossils. This letter and comments by Lankford appeared in newspapers across Georgia and excited a great deal of interest. The fun, however, did not last long. Professor Tucker vigorously denied writing the letter, and there proved to be no such cave on Lankford's property. As Planter's Weekly observed a week later. "Lankford" is a "Brother" of the drinking persuasion, and about the only cave he has ever explored has been some well that needed cleaning out ". If Lankford could take part in such a hoax, what of his tale concerning Becky's children?
Lankford also faced a dilema. As a slaveowner he had lost a substantial investment when the three children died, but if Becky hanged as a murderess, he could lose far more money. A young female slave of child bearing age could easily bring more than $1000 at auction, which meant Becky represented a substantial portion of James Lankford's wealth. Lankford hired George O Dawson, a respected Greensboro attorney and a former state representative from Greene County to handle the case. In September 1860 the Greene County grand jury assembled and indicted Becky for murder, charging her with killing a "female negro child named Violet, the property of James M Lankford and about one year old. " Nothing in the indictment mentioned that Violet was Becky's daughter, nor did the indictment name the other two children who died in the well. Perhaps Solicitor James Lofton thought it would be easier and sufficient to convict Becky of murdering the youngest child rather than seeking to prove she murdered all three.
What had once seemed an easy, open and shut case, where Becky would "no doubt be hung," had by September become something else. Solicitor Lofton probably had only a passing acquaintance with the case before he and the other circuit riders arrived in Greene County for court week. George Dawson by contrast, had weeks to prepare his case. Further, the prosecution's central witnesses, the Lankford's, had good reason to give lukewarm testimony, and James Lankford himself had a questionable reputation. At the trial the jury listened to the prosecution's case, the evidence of the coroner's jury. and the testimony of the Lankfords. Then, the defense prepared a different story. Dawson told of a woman, a slave, depressed, confused and suicidal, who struck by a fit of momentary insanity, decided to take her children with her to a better world. After a brief recess, the jury found Becky not guilty.
Co. C, 3 Georgia Infantry (Confederate)
Private
Card Number 45544519
CONFEDERATE STATEMENT OF SERVICE REFERENCE SLIP
Source of communications: C____ Pen, Ga.
Name: James M. Lankford, Pvt., Co. C, 3 Reg�t Ga. Inf.
Enl. Apr. 24, �61 at Penfield, Ga. By Capt. R. L. McWhorter � 1 yrs. As shown by M/R for May 3 to June 30 �61 � only roll on which borne � present. 4 later rolls on file for Co. C (Nov �62 � Feb �65). No prof________. 12/22/15 11.40
Nothing additional found
DEC. 23, 1915
Respectfully returned to the Commissioner of Pensions, State of Georgia, Atlanta.
The records show that James M. Lankford, private, Company C, 3d Reg�t Georgia Infantry, C.S.A., enlisted April 24, 1861. On the company roll covering the period from May 3 to June 30, 1861 (only roll on which borne), he was reported present. No further record of him has been found. There are four later rolls of the company on file, covering periods from November, 1862, to February, 1865.
[mark]
The Adjutant General
JAMES M. LANKFORD, PVT, CO. C, 3 REG�T GEORGIA INFANTRY.
Appears on Company Muster Roll of the organization named above, for May 3 to June 30, 1861.
Enlisted:
When: Apr 24, 1861.
Where: Penfield Ga.
By whom: Capt. R. L. McWhorter
Period: One year
Last paid:
To what time:
Present or absent: Present
Remarks: Mustered into service at Augusta, Ga. May 3, 1861, by Capt. R.G. Cole. [his mark] C. H. Patterson, Copist
POWER OF ATTORNEY
STATE OF GEORGIA, Greene County
I, Caroline B. Lankford hereby authorize Jas B Park Jr of Greene County, to receive and receipt for the pension allowed and that he remit the same to me at Greensboro Ga by his check or registered mail. Witness my hand this 22nd day of February, 1901. Executed in the presence of Jas H. McWhorter, Ordinary, Greene County. [her mark] Caroline B. Lankford
WIDOW�S INDIGENT PENSION 1901
Lankford, Caroline B., Greene Co. (Mrs.)
Name: Lankford, Caroline B.
County: Greene
Widow of: Jas M Lankford, C. 3-Ga.
Approved 1901
John W. Lindsey, Commissioner of Pensions
PENSION OFFICE
4/19-1901
Must submit evidence of enlistment of husband and his discharge from state militia. Must show a --------- holding out its ---------- in and prove all by a witness who of his knowledge knows it to be true. [his mark] J. W. Lindsey, Commissioner of Pen.
ORDINARY CERTIFICATE
State of Georgia, Greene County
I, Jas H. McWhorter, Ordinary in and for said county, hereby certify that the applicant, Mrs. Caroline B. Lankford, resides in said county, and has been a bonafide resident of this State since the day of her birth in 1821, and that the witnesses, Mr. Joseph Boswell and L. T. Boswell are of trustworthy character, and that their statements are entitled to full faith as I credit. I do further certify that before answering the ongoing questions, the applicant and said witnesses took the oath herein prescribed, and the full text of the affidavits was read to the applicant and witnesses before the same was signed and subscribed. I further certify that the tax digest of Greene County shows that applicant returned for taxation in her own name in 1899 Nothing dollars worth of property, and in 1900 Nothing dollars worth of property. Witness my hand and official seal, this 22nd day of February, 1901. [his mark] Jas H. McWhorter, Ordinary, Greene County
GEORGIA, GREENE COUNTY
In Person comes George N. Boswell who in support of the application of Caroline B. Lankford for pension under the act of the General Assembly year 1900 makes oath to the following statement of facts. James M. Lankford the husband of the applicant joined the army at Penfield Ga in February 1864 and served in Ga State Troops up to the surrender in 1865. Deponent swears that said James M. Lankford was with his command in Augusta Ga when the command surrendered --- --- in Company C. First Ga Malitia deponent swears his means
of knowing the above � following statement facts were that said deponent joined said company at the same time that James M. Lankford did --- he knows of his own knowledge said James M. Lankford made a good and faithful soldier and was honorably discharged with his command in Augusta Georgia at the surrender.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 8th day of October 1901.
[his mark] George N. Boswell
Jas H. McWhorter, Ordinary
QUESTIONS FOR APPLICANT
State of Georgia, Greene County
I, Caroline B. Lankford of said State and County, desiring to avail herself of the Pension allowed to Indigent Widows of Confederate Soldiers, under Act of General Assembly, passed 1900, hereby submits her proofs, and after being duly sworn true answers to make to the following questions, deposes and answers as follows:
1. What is your name and where do you reside? (give State, County, and Post Office) Caroline B. Lankford, Penfield, Greene County, Ga.
2. How long and since when have you been a resident of this State? Eighty years since my birth
3. When and where were you born? Greene County, Georgia, January 13th1821
4. When and where was your husband born�state his full name, and where were you and he married? Jackson County, James Meriweather Lankford, born in 1820, married in Greene County, Ga
5. When and where, and in what Company and Regiment did your husband enlist or serve during the war between the States? Copany C 3-Ga Regiment, six months, 3rd May 1861, State Militia more than two years
6. How long did your husband serve to said Company and Regiment? Six months or more
7. When and where did your husband�s Company and Regiment surrender and was discharged? At Appomattox C H Va
8. Was your husband present at the time and place when his Company and Regiment surrendered? Was not with Company C 3rd Ga Reg at surrender
9. If not with his command at surrender, state clearly and specifically where he was, when he left command, for what cause, and by what authority? He was not with Co C 3rd Ga at surrender but was with State Militia having been transferred
10. When and where did your husband die? Lithonia Ga in 1888
11. Which of the following grounds do you base your application for Pension, viz: First-Age and Poverty; Second-Infirmity and Poverty; or Third-Blindness and Poverty? Age and Poverty, I have not been able to support myself for more than fifteen years
12. If upon the first ground, state how long you have been in such a condition that you cannot --- your support. If upon the record, give a full and complete history of the infirmity and its extent. If upon the third, state whether you are totally blind, and when and where you lost your sight. I have not been able to support myself for more than fifteen years, physical -- -------
13. What has been your occupation since your husband�s death? Seamstress
14. How much can you earn gross, by your own exertion or labor? Nothing
15. What property, real or personal, or income do you have or posses, and its gross value? None
16. What property, real or personal, did you possess at death of husband or he left you, and the year 1899-1900, and what disposition, if any, by sale or gift, have you made of the same? None, I have not owned a dollars worth of property ---.
17. In what counties did you reside in 1899 and 1900, and what property did you return for taxation? In Greene County. None
18. How have you been supported since death of husband, and especially for 1899 and 1900? By help from my daughters.
19. How much did your support cost for each of those years, and how much did you contribute by your own labor or income? I do not know. Nothing.
20. What was your employment during 1899 and 1900 � how much did you receive for each year? I had no employment not being able to work.
21. Have you a family? If so, who composes such family? Give their means of support. Have they any lands or other property? I live with my two daughters. Seamstress, None.
22. Have you ever made an application for pension before? No
23. How many applications have you made for a Pension, and under what class? None
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 22nd day of February 1901.
Jas H McWhorter, Ordinary of Greene County.
[her mark] Caroline B. Lankford
QUESTIONS FOR WITNESSES
State of Georgia, Greene County
Mr. J. O. Boswell and E. S. Powell of said State and County, having been presented as a witness in support of the Application of Mrs. C. B. Lankford for a Pension under the Act of 1900, and after having been duly sworn true answers to make to the following questions, deposes and answers as follows:
1. What is your name and where do you reside? J. O. Boswell & E. S. Powell
2. Are you acquainted with the applicant, Mrs. Caroline B. Lankford? If so, how long have you known here? For Fifty years
3. Where does she reside, and how long and since when has she been a resident of this State? Ga, Penfield Greene County Ga. For more than Fifty years
4. When and where was she born? Greene County Georgia
5. Were you ever acquainted with her husband? Yes
6. Where did he reside in 1861? In Penfield Greene County Ga
7. When and to whom was he married? Miss Caroline B. Hobbs in 1845
8. When and where was he born? Jackson County Georgia
9. How long have you known him? Fifty years
10. When and where did he enlist in the war between the States, and in what Company and Regiment did he enlist and how do you know this? 3rd day May 1861, we were present in same company, Company C 3rd Ga Reg
11. Were you a member of the same Company and Regiment? Yes
12. How long did he perform regular military duty? In 3rd Ga Reg 6 months or more
13. When and where was his Company and Regiment surrendered and discharged from service? His company was discharged at surrender at Appomattox
14. Where you with the command when it surrendered? E.S. Powell was. J. O. Boswell was in �
15. Was the husband of applicant present? No
16. If not present, where was he? State troops
17. When and where did he leave his Command? Portsmouth Va For what cause? Substitute in his place By whose authority he left? Confederate government How do you know all this? (State fully and clearly) We were present and know from my own knowledge.
18. When and where did James M. Lankford die? At Lithonia Ga in 1888
19. Where did he reside at his death and how long had he been a resident of Georgia at his death? In Greene County Ga � all his life
20. Do you of your own knowledge know that applicant is the lawful widow of Jas M. Lankford? Yes
21. Has she remained unmarried since her soldier husband�s death, and is ow his widow? Yes and yes
22. What property, effects or income has the applicant, if any, and how do you know this of your own knowledge? None. She lives in our town and we know that she is destitute.
23. What property, effects or income did applicant possess in 1899 and 1900 and what disposition did she make of it? She had none
24. Has applicant conveyed any property in last two years or gives any away, if so what was it and to whom? She had none and had none at her husbands death
25. What is applicant�s physical condition and her chances and ability to earn a support? None whatever. Physically unable to wait on herself. P.S. She has never married since her husband�s death.
26. Is applicant able to earn a support at labor of any sort, if not why? No, old age, physical inability
27. How was she supported for 1899 and 1900? By 2 daughters
28. How much did applicant contribute to her support for last two years? Nothing
29. Give a full and complete statement of applicant�s physical condition? She is eighty years old � not able to do anything whatever
30. What interest have you in the recovery of this pension by the applicant? None and no relationship whatever
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 22nd day of February 1901
[his mark] Jas H. McWhorter, Ordinary, Greene County
[his mark] J. O. Boswell
[his mark] E. S. Powell
witnesses
[his mark] Jm MCollough
AFFIDAVITS OF PHYSICANS
State of Georgia, Greene County
Personally before me comes J. M. McGaughey MD and J.- Wilson, MD both known to me to be reputable physicians of said county, who, being severally sworn, say on oath that they have examined carefully Mrs. Caroline B. Lankford applicant for a Pension under Act of 1900, and after such personal examination say that her physical condition is this she is eight years old and extremely feeble and infirm on account of age and is absolutely unable to earn a living cannot leave her house and we have no interest in said pension if allowed. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 23rd day of February 1901.
[his mark] Jas H. McWhorter, Ordinary, Greene County
[his mark] J. M. McGaughey
[his mark] ------- Wilson, MD
POWER OF ATTORNEY
State of Georgia, Greene County
I, Mrs. C. B. Lankford, hereby authorize J. B. Park of Greensboro Ga to receive and receipt for the pension paid hereon, and request that he remit same to Jas H. McWhorter at Greensboro Ga. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this 8th day of January 1903.
[her mark] Mrs. C. M. Lankford [L.S.]
Executed in the presence of [mark] C. C. Olive
[his mark] Jas H. McWhorter, Ordinary
TO THOSE HERETOFORE PAID 1903
No. 891
INDIGENT WIDOW�S PENSION,
For year ending Dec. 31, 1903, paid to Mrs. C. B. Lankford of Greene County, widow of Jas M. Lankford, Co. C State Troops Regiment.
John W. Lindsey, Commissioner of Pensions Warrant issued -/6 1903 and handed to [his mark] J. B. Park
FOR INDIGENT WIDOWS HERETOFORE ALLOWED PENSIONS
State of Georgia, County of Greene
Personally comes C. B. Lankford, who, being sworn says on oath, that she is the bona fide resident of said County of Greene, State of Georgia and that she has resided in said State continuously ever since the day of her birth in 1819. That she is the Widow of Jas M. Lankford who was a soldier in Company C of the State Troops Regiment of Ga Regt & State Troops Volunteers, that he enlisted in said regiment on or about the month of Nov. 1862, and served in the Army up to surrender 1865. That he died on the 29th day of October 1887.
She is quite feeble and bedridden on account of information of age and is not able to do any work at all.
Deponent swears that she was the wife of said deceased soldier, during his service in the Army as a soldier, and that she has never married since his death aforesaid, and that she became his wife in the year 1844.
I have been allowed an Indigent pension as a resident of Greene County, under Act 1900, for the year 1904, and now apply for the pension provided by law for the year ending December 31, 1903.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 8th day of January 1903.
[his mark] Jas H. McWhorter, ordinary
[her mark] Mrs. C. B. Lankford]
Post Office Penfield Ga
State of Georgia, Greene County
I, Jas H. McWhorter, Ordinary of said County, certify that I am well acquainted with Mrs. C. B. Lankford, who made the above affidavit and am satisfied that the facts therein stated are true, and I know she is the individual she represents herself to be, and that she has continuously resided in this State since the day of her birth 1819.
Given under my official signature and seal, this the 8th day of January 1903. [his mark] Jas H. McWhorter, Ordinary of Greene County
POWER OF ATTORNEY
State of Georgia, Greene County
I, Mrs. C. B. Lankford, hereby authorize J. B. Park of Greensboro Ga to receive and receipt for the pension paid hereon, and request that he remit same to Jas H. McWhorter at Greensboro Ga. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this -th day of January 1904.
[her mark] Mrs. C. M. Lankford [L.S.] Executed in the presence of [mark] J. McWhorter, Ordinary
TO THOSE HERETOFORE PAID 1904
No. 760
INDIGENT WIDOW�S PENSION,
For year ending Dec. 31, 1904, paid to
Mrs. C. B. Lankford of Greene County, widow of Jas M. Lankford, Co. C State Troops Regiment.
John W. Lindsey, Commissioner of Pensions
Warrant issued -2/4 1904 and handed to [his mark] Park
FOR INDIGENT WIDOWS HERETOFORE ALLOWED PENSIONS
State of Georgia, County of Greene
Personally comes C. B. Lankford, who, being sworn says on oath, that she is the bona fide resident of said County of Greene, State of Georgia and that she has resided in said State continuously ever since her birth in 1819. That she is the Widow of Jas M. Lankford who was a soldier in Company C of the Ga. State Troops Regiment of Ga Volunteers, that he enlisted in said regiment on or about the month of November 1862, and served in the Army up to April 1865. That he died on the 29th day of October 1887.
She is quite feeble on account of infirmities incident to old age absolutely unable to do any work and confined to her bed most of the time.
Deponent swears that she was the wife of said deceased soldier, during his service in the Army as a soldier, and that she has never married since his death aforesaid, and that she became his wife in the year 1844.
I have been allowed an Indigent pension as a resident of Greene County, under Act 1900, for the year 1903, and now apply for the pension provided by law for the year ending December 31, 1904.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 11th day of January 1904.
[his mark] Jas H. McWhorter, ordinary
[her mark] Mrs. C. B. Lankford]
Post Office Penfield Ga
State of Georgia, Greene County
I, Jas H. McWhorter, Ordinary of said County, certify that I am well acquainted with Mrs. C. B. Lankford, who made the above affidavit and am satisfied that the facts therein stated are true, and I know she is the individual she represents herself to be, and that she has continuously resided in this State since the day of her birth 1819.
Given under my official signature and seal, this the 11th day of January 1904. [his mark] Jas H. McWhorter, Ordinary of Greene County
FOR INDIGENT WIDOWS HERETOFORE ALLOWED PENSIONS
State of Georgia, County of Greene
Personally comes Mrs. C. B. Lankford, who, being sworn says on oath, that she is the bona fide resident of said County of Greene, State of Georgia and that she has resided in said State continuously ever since birth. That she is the Widow of J. M. Lankford who was a soldier in Company C of the Ga. Troops Regiment of _____ Volunteers, that he enlisted in said regiment on or about the month of Nov. 1862, and served in the Army up to May 1865. That he died on the 29 day of Oct 1887.
Feeble on account of age, confined to her bed most of time.
Deponent swears that she was the wife of said deceased soldier, during his service in the Army as a soldier, and that she has never married since his death aforesaid, and that she became his wife in the year 1844.
I have been allowed an Indigent pension as a resident of _____ County, under Act 1900, for the year 1904, and now apply for the pension provided by law for the year ending December 31, 1905.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 16th day of Jan 1905.
[his mark] Jas H. McWhorter, ordinary
[her mark] Mrs. C. B. Lankford]
Post Office Penfield
State of Georgia, Greene County
I, Jas H. McWhorter, Ordinary of said County, certify that I am well acquainted with Mrs. C. B. Lankford, who made the above affidavit and am satisfied that the facts therein stated are true, and I know she is the individual she represents herself to be, and that she has continuously resided in this State since the day of birth 18--.
Given under my official signature and seal, this the 16th day of Jan 1905.
[his mark] Jas H. McWhorter, Ordinary of Greene County
TO THOSE HERETOFORE PAID 1905
No. 929
INDIGENT WIDOW�S PENSION,
For year ending Dec. 31, 1905, paid to
Mrs. Lankford C. B. of Greene County, widow of J. M. Lankford, Co. C State Troops Regiment. John W. Lindsey, Commissioner of Pensions Warrant issued Feb 3 1905 and handed to [his mark] JBP
POWER OF ATTORNEY
State of Georgia, Greene County
I, Mrs. C. B. Lankford, hereby authorize Jas B. Park of Greensboro Ga to receive and receipt for the pension paid hereon, and request that he remit same to me at Greensboro Ga. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this ___ day of January 1905.
[her mark] Mrs. C. M. Lankford [L.S.] Executed in the presence of [mark] J. McWhorter, Ordinary
GEORGIA, GREENE COUNTY
I hereby authorize and constitute R. E. Davison of Greene County, my lawful attorney, to collect and receipt for me in my name, the Pension due to my mother C. B. Lankford for 1906 now deceased, who was on the Widows Indigent Pension Roll from said County at his death. Witness my hand and seal, this 14th day of February 1906. Attest by [his mark] Jas H. McWhorter, Ordinary [his mark] J. C. Lankford
LANKFORD, CARRIE B., GREENE COUNTY 1950
190-
Application for Pension Due Deceased Pensioner, Under Act 1904
Jas H. McWhorter, Ordinary, for Mrs. C. B. Lankford�s funeral expenses of Greene County, widow of Jas M. Lankford, of Co. C Ga State Troops Regiment. Approved and ordered paid Feb 16 190-. J.W. Lindsey, Commissioner of Pensions
APPLICATION FOR PENSION DUE TO A DECEASED PENSIONER, under the Act of August 15, 1904, to be paid to the Ordinary for Funeral Expenses and Expenses of Last Illness.
Georgia, Greene County.
Personally before me, the Ordinary of said County, comes J. C. Lankford of said County, who, after being sworn on oath, says that he knew Mrs. Carrie B. Lankford of said County, and that she was on the Widows Indigent Pension Roll of Greene County at the time of her death, which occurred in Baldwin County, in this State, on the 8th day of January 1906 and that a Pension of Sixty ($60.00) Dollars was due her and unpaid at the time of he death. That she left two dependent children daughters surviving her, and no estate of any value sufficient to pay her funeral expenses, which amounted to the sum of six five ($65.00) Dollars, as per a sworn statement, itemized, hereto attached.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 14th day of February 1906.
[his mark] Jas H. McWhorter, Ordinary, Greene County
[his mark] J. C. Lankford
Georgia, Greene County.
I, Jas. H. McWhorter, Ordinary of said County, do certify that I personally know J. C. Lankford, who is a resident citizen of said County, and that he is of untruthful and trustworthy character, entitled to full faith and credit. I also knew Mrs. Carrie B. Lankford while in life: that she was the same person whose name appears on the Widows Indigent Pension Roll of Greene County, and was paid Pension of Sixty & no/100 Dollars in said County for 190- and I now believe her to be dead. Given under my hand and official seal, this 14th day of Feburary 1906. [his mark] Jas H. McWhorter, Ordinary, Greene County
Additional Comments:
JAMES MERIWEATHER LANKFORD was born 1820 in Jackson Co., GA, and died 1888 in Lithonia, GA. He married CAROLINE B. HOBBS December 01, 1844 in Greene Co., GA, daughter of NATHAN HOBBS and MARY LANKFORD. She was born January 13, 1821
in Greene Co., GA, and died January 08, 1906 in Baldwin Co., GA.