Three Forks Battalion, Co. C
Sergeant Martin Fugate Pension Papers
Index
July 1868 - Guardian Bond, Allen Couch
July 1870 - Affidavit, John B. Campbell
October 1870 - Affidavit, John B. Campbell
October 1870 - Affidavit, Thomas Hoskins/Houskins
December 1870 - Affidavit, G. W. Daniels
December 1870 - Affidavit, Maj. E. B. Treadway
January 1873 - Pension Application
September 1885 - Pension Application
June 1889 - Pension Application
Perry County Court
July Term 1868
Ordered by the Court that Allen Couch be and he is Appointed Guardeon [sic] for Benjamin Fugate, Rebecca Fugate, William Fugate, Jefferson Fugate, Andrew Fugate, Sally Fugate, and Elizabeth Fugate, and thereupon the Oath was administered to him and thereupon he entered in to an acknowledged Bond to the Commonwealth of Kentucky according to Law.
A. Copley Attn.
Jesse Combs C.P.C.
State of Kentucky
County of Perry
I Jessee Combs Clerk of the Perry County Court do Certify that the foregoing is a true Copy of the Record now on file in My Office this 8th day of September 1868.
Given under my hand and Seal
this 8th day of September 1868
Jesse Combs C.P.C.C.
State of Kentucky
County of Owsley
On this 12th day of July 1870 before me the Clerk of the Owsley County Court personly [sic] appeared John B. Campbell whom I Certify to be respectiable [sic] and entitled to be believed and after being duly sworn states on oath that he was 1st Lieutenant in Co. C. Three Forks Batallion[sic] Kentucky State Troops, and further states that Martin Fugate a sergeant in said Company Was killed in a Battle with the Enemy, or the Rebell [sic] forces, in Perry County on the 3d day of January 1865 whilst under my Command as a Lieutenant in said Company + Batalion [sic] and fighting in defence [sic] of the Government of the United States that said Martin Fugate and the Command to which he belonged was sworn into the United States service as Kentucky States troops to obey all commands of there [sic] superior officers + the United States army and states that he has no interest direct or indirect in this Claim.
John B. Campbell
Sworn before me by John B. Campbell this 12th day of July 1870 and that the foregoing affidavit was fuly [sic] explained and understood before subscribing the same and that I have no interest in said appenditure.
E. Marion [?]
Clerk, Owsley Co. C.
State of Kentucky
County of Perry
On this 25th day of October 1870 before me the Clerk of the Perry County Court personly [sic] appeared John B. Campbell whom I Certify to be respectiable [sic] and entitled to be believed and after being duly sworn by me states on oath that he was 1st Lieutenant in Co. C, of the Three Forks Batallion[sic] Kentucky State Troops, and states that service for the purpose of assisting in suppressing the Rebellion of 1861 +c and also sworn to obey all legal orders and Commands of the Officers in the United States Service and that said Co. C did assist in putting down the said Rebellion and States that he was in command of said Company and Commanding a detachment of said Co. of 20 men on a scout in Perry County Ky at the time Martin Fugate a sargeant [sic] of said Co. C, was killed which was on the 3d day of January 1865. Said Martin Fugate belonged to said Detachment at the time he was killed and was engaged in a fight with about 60 of the Rebel forces under the Command of Captain Anderson Hays and in said engagement the Rebells [sic] killed the said Martin Fugate, William Milom and wounded Thomas Howskins all of said Co. C and under my Command. Said Martin Fugate belonged to the service above mentioned and was constant on duty from August 1864 to January 1865 and was in Line of duty and under my Command at the time he was killed and states that he has no interest direct or indirect in the prosecution of this Claim.
John B. Campbell
Sworn before me by John Campbell this 25th day of October 1870 and I do Certify that I have no interest in the prosecution of this Claim and that the foregoing affidavit was read over to the affiant and understood by him before signing the same
Whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of my said office this 25th October 1870.
Jesse Combs
Clerk P.C.C.
State of Kentucky
County of Perry
On this 25th day of October 1870 before me the Clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid personly [sic] appeared Thomas Houskins who I certify to be credible and entitled to be believed and after being duly sworn States that he was a member and belonged to Co. C , of the Three Forks Batallion [sic] Ky State Troops and was sworn in to said service to assist and obey the Officers of the United States service to assist in putting down the Rebellion and states that about the 3d day of January 1865 that about 20 men of said company C. was ordered on a scout in Perry County under the Command of Lieut. John B. Campbell and whilst on said scout they were attact by about 60 men of the Enemy or Rebells [sic] under the command of Captain Anderson Hays of the Rebel army and in said engagement with said Rebell [sic] forces that Martin Fugate a sargent [sic] in Co. C, was kill[ed] by said Enemy by being shot dead also William Milom was killed and this affiant was wounded by a gunshot in said engagement and whilst in line of Dury and further states that said Martin Fugate was engaged in said Co. C from August 1864 to January 1865 in assisting to suppress the Rebellion against the United States and states that he has no interest direct or indirect in this Claim.
Thomas Houskins
Sworn to before me by Thomas Houskins this 25th day of October 1870, and I do certify that I have no interest in this Claim and also Certify that the foregoing affidavit was read over to and understood by the affiant before signing the same
Given under my hand and I have hereunto affixed the seal of my said Office
this 25th day of October 1870
Jesse Combs, Clerk
P.C.C.
State of Kentucky
County of Owsley
On this 27th day of December 1870 before me the ___ ___ Clerk of the Owsley County Court personally appeared G. W. Daniels whom I Certify to be respectable and entitled to belief and after being duly Sworn by me States that on the 17th day of August 1864 he the said G. W. Daniels having before said time being appointed Mustering Officer By the Governor of Kentucky to muster Kentucky State troops into the Service to assist in putting down the Rebellion and being ordered by the Governor to muster in to said service various Companies and on the said 17th day of August 1864 he mustered into said Service Co. C, of the Three Forks Batalion [sic] Ky State Troops and that John B. Campbell was mustered in as 1st Lieutenant in said Company and that said Company was mustered into said service and sworn in to obey there [sic] Superior Officers of the United States in assisting in putting down the Rebellion and that said Company drew Clothing, Arms and Ammunitions of war the same as soldiers of the United States Service and further states that said Company was ordered into active service by the Adjutant General of Kentucky and did actualy [sic] rencer service in putting down the Rebellion by having several engagements with the Rebell [sic] forces and Capturing several [?] of the Rebell [sic] soldiers and sending them off to the Prisons and that said John B. Campbell was in command of said Company about the 3d day of January 1865 and that Martin Fugate was a soldier in said Company and was killed in an engagement with the Rebell [sic] forces in Perry County about the 3d of January 1865 and states that said Company was mustered out of said service at Irvine Ky by Orders of the Governer [sic] on the 17th day of July 1865 and was discharged from said service accordin [sic] to the rules and Regulations of the United States Soldiers and was under said rules and Regulations whilst in said Service
and further states that he has no interest direct or indirect in the prosecution of this Claim.
G. W. Daniels
Sworn to and subscribed before me by G. W. Daniels this the 27th day of December 1870 and I do Certify that the foregoing affidavit was read over to and understood by the affiant before signing the same and I further Certify that I have no interst direct or indirect in the prosecution of this Claim.
Given under my hand and seal this 27th day of December 1870
C. B. Marion, Clerk
Owsley County Court
State of Kentucky
County of Owsley
On this 31st day of December 1870 before me the undersigned [?] Clerk of the Owsley County Court personly [sic] appeared Major E. B. Treadway and after being duly sworn states that he was Major Commanding the Three Forks batalion [sic] Ky State Troops and that said Troops were ordered to be recruited and mustered into the service by the Governor of Kentucky to assist in suppressing the Rebellion and the said troops was mustered and sworn in to the service to act with the United States troops in putting down the Rebellion and that said Batallion [sic] did render valuable service in putting down the Rebellion by Contending in skirmishing with the Rebell [sic] army and capturing and sending off several Rebell [sic] soldiers, and that John B. Campbell was a Lieutenant in Co. C of said Batalion [sic] and that said Co. C. was engaged in several skirmishes with the Rebell [sic] forces and Lost several men killed _____ _____ _____ and that Martin Fugate as Sargent [sic] in said Company was killed by the Rebell [sic] forces in Perry County on the 3d day of January 1865 and at the same time and place William Milom a private in said Comp. was killed and Thomas Houskins a private in said Company was wounded by the Regular Rebell forces and that said Company + Batalion was Mustered out of said Service at Irvine Ky on the 17th day of July 1865 by Orders of the Governor of Kentucky said troops was sworn in to the service to obey there [sic] superior Officers in the state or United States Service according to the rules and regulations of the United States Service and further states that he has no interest direct or indirect in the prosecution of this Claim.
E. B. Treadway, (Late)
Maj. Three Forks Battallion
Sworn to and subsribed before me by E.B. Treadway this 30th day of December 1870 and I do certify that the Contents [?] of the affidavid was read and understood by the affiant before signing the same and do further Certify that E. B. Treadway is worthy of belief and that I have no interest direct or indirect in this Claim.
Given under my hand and seal
of Office this 30th day of December, 1870
C. B. Marion, C.O.C.C.
War of the Rebellion........Act of July 14, 1862, and subsequent acts.
Original Pension of Minor Children
Rebecca Fugate, William Fugate, Jefferson Fugate, Abdrew Fugate, Sally A. Fugate and Elizabeth Fugate, Children
of Martin Fugate Rank:...Private...
Company:...C...
Regiment:....3 Forks Battalion of Ky. State Troops....
Residence of guardian, Perry County, and State of
Post Office, Hazard, Perry Co. Ky
Attorney, S. B. Hogg Booneville, Owsley Co. Ky
Fee, $ -
No contract amd material evidence filed since July 8, 1870.
Rate of pension, $ -.....per month commencing.........., 18...,the date of
.......and two dollars per month additional to each, as follows:
No children listed by former marriage.
Children by last Marriage:
Rebecca Fugate, Born June 11, 1853; Sixteen, June 10, 1869
William Fugate, Born Jany 29, 1855; Sixteen, Jany 28, 1871
Jefferson Fugate, Born May 13, 1857; Sixteen, May 12, 1873
Andrew Fugate, Born Feby 28, 1859; Sixteen, Feby 27, 1875
Sally A. Fugate, Born July 24, 1861; Sixteen July 23, 1877 [Died]
Elizabeth Fugate, Born Nov. 29, 1863; Sixteen Nov. 28, 1879
Payable to Allen Couch, Guardian
Payments on all former certificates covering any portions of the same time to be deducted.
Admitted, Rejected Jany 9, 1873. A.M. Scott, Examiner
Rej. [Approved], January 18, 1873, O.R.Y.B Reviewer.
----, Chief of Division
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Dates Shown By Papers
Enlistment -
Muster into rank
Discharge
Death, Jany 3, 1865
Invalid app. filed
Invalid Pension paid to
Widow's app. filed
Widow paid
Minor'a app. filed, Jany 7, 1870
Guardian appointed, Sept. 8, 1868
Claim completed, prior to July 4, 1874
Former marriage -
Death of former wife -
Last Marriage, Aug. 30, 1849
Remarriage of widow, Oct. 15, 1865
Cause of Death, Shot by Rebels
Place of Death
War of the Rebellion......Act of July 14, 1862, and subsequent acts.
Original Pension of Minor Children
Rebecca Fugate now Caldwell, William Fugate, Jefferson Fugate, Abdrew Fugate, Sallie A. Fugate now deceased and Elizabeth Fugate now Caldwell, Children
of Martin Fugate Rank:...Private...
Company:...C...
Regiment:....3 Forks Battalion of Ky. State Troops....
Guardin, None recognized
Residence of guardian[crossed out] children, Perry County, and State of Kentucky
Post Office, Dwarf, Perry Co. Ky
Attorney, None
Fee, $ - ~~~~~~~~~~Articles of agreement ~~~~~having been filed.~~~~~~~~~~~
Rate of pension, $ 8.00.....per month commencing..Oct. 16, 1865, the day after date of widow's marriage, and two dollars per month additional to each, as follows:
No children listed by former marriage.
Children by last Marriage:
Rebecca Fugate, Born June 11, 1853; Sixteen, June 10, 1869, Commencing July 25, 1866
William Fugate, Born Jany 29, 1855; Sixteen, Jany 28, 1871, Commencing July 25, 1866
Jefferson Fugate, Born May 13, 1857; Sixteen, May 12, 1873, Commencing July 25, 1866
Andrew Fugate, Born Feby 28, 1859; Sixteen, Feby 27, 1875, Commencing July 25, 1866
Sally A. Fugate, Born July 24, 1861; Sixteen July 23, 1877 [Died], Commencing July 25, 1866
Elizabeth Fugate, Born Nov. 29, 1863; Sixteen Nov. 28, 1879, Commencing July 25, 1866
Payments on all former certificates covering any portions of the same time to be deducted.
Submitted by admission Sept. 19, 1885. Wendell A. Smith, Examiner
Approved for rejection, Sept. 25, 1885, E. D. Harrington Reviewer.
(over)
The grounds of which this claim was originally rejected were unable [?] and ___ ___ good, there being no acceptable proof in the case that soldier was in the service of the US or under command of a United States Officer when he was killed.
Harrington
Sept. 25, 1885, Rev.
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Dates Shown By Papers
Enlistment -
Muster into rank
Discharge
Death, Jany 3, 1865
Invalid app. filed
Invalid Pension paid to
Widow's app. filed
Widow paid
Minor's app. filed, Jany 7, 1870
Guardian appointed, Sept. 8, 1868
Claim completed, prior to July 4, 1874
Former marriage -
Death of former wife -
Last Marriage, Aug. 30, 1849
Remarriage of widow, Oct. 15, 1865
Cause of Death, Shot by Rebels
Place of Death
Declaration for Original Pension of a Widow ---Child or Children under Sixteen Years of Age Surviving
State of..Kentucky....County of Perry......ss:
On the date hereinafter mentioned personally apeared before me..a county court clerk...the same being a Court of Record within and for the County and State aforesaid, ..Susan Couch...aged 56 years, who being duly sworn according to law, makes the following declaration in order to obtain the pension provided by Act of Congress granting pensions to widows: That she is the widow of..Martin Fugate...who enlisted..under the name of..Martin Fugate.. at Booneville, Ky..on the..17th..day of..August..A.D. 1864 in..Co. C. 3d Batty. Ky Vols....in the war of..1861..who..was killed in action...on the 3d..day of ..January.., A.D. 1865, who bore at the time the disability was incurred which caused his death, the rank of.... in said organization.; that she was married under the name of Susan Hoskins.., to said..Martin Fugate..on the..11th ..day of ..September.., A.D. 1851, by Daniel Duff at Wm. Hoskins..there being no legal barrier to such marriage; that neither she nor her husband had been previously married ...that she has remarried ..to Allen Couch Nov. 23, 1865..; that the following are the names and dates of birth of all the said soldier's legitimate children yet surviving who were under sixteen years of age at his death, to wit:
Benjamin, born Dec. 1, 1852
Rebecca, born June 11, 1853
William, born Jan. 29, 1855
Jefferson, born May 13, 1857
Andrew, born Feby 28, 1859
Sally, born July 24, 1861
Elizabeth, born Nov. 29, 1863
That she has not abandoned the support of any of his children, but that they are still under her care or maintenance..........
that she has not in any manner been angaged in, or aided or abetted, the rebellion in the United States that..a..prior application was filed by the above named children which was allowed by Cf. # 218,185. Benjamin now has a claimon file as he received no pension.;
that she hereby authorizes and empowers Milo B. Stevens & Co. Cleveland, Ohio with power of substitution, to prosecute her claim; that her residence is..Hazard, Perry Co. Ky...and that her postoffice address is..the same..
Susan X Couch
her mark
(Claimant's Signature)
Attest:
Samuel Standafer
Leslie Standafer
Also personally appeared Samuel and Leslie Standafer, residing in Perry County, persons whom I ertify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who, being by me duly sworn, say that they were present and saw Susan Couch the claimant, sign her name (make her mark) to the foregoing declaration; that they have every reason to believe, from the appearance of said claimant and their acquaintance with her, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be; and that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim...
Samuel Standafer
Leslie Standafer
(Signature of Witnesses)
Sworn and subscribed before me this 22nd day of June A.D. 1889; and I hereby certify that I have no interest, direct or indirect, in the prosecution of this claim, I further certify that the foregoing declaration and joint affidavit were read over to and understood by the repsctive parties before they made their several signatures to the same, and that Susan Couch acknowledged the signing and sealing of the foregoing power of attorney to be her free act and deed.
G. R. Cornett, Deputy Clerk for Ira J. Davidson, Clerk of the Perry County Court.
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Widow Claim for Pension
with children
Susan Couch, Applicant
Widow of Martin Fugate
Co. C 3d Batty
KY S. Vols.
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C. 3 Forks Battn. Ky State Vols.
Received at Pension Office:
July 2, 1889
Source: Pension file kindly donated by Polly Begley .
Transcribed by Marlitta H. Perkins
