[Following are transcripts of two documents: a 1928 pension application from Malinda Cooper; and a letter from a probate judge, dated 1927, to Malinda Cooper]:
[Document 1, transcript]:
1928 Pension Application for Malinda Sizemore Cooper Widow of Peter Cooper[Transcript of cover]:
Military Records Division
Veteran's Name: Cooper, Peter
Pensioner: "
County: Jackson
Military Record: Co. B, 6th Ga.
$4.90
[Transcript of application]:
Widows blank for reclassification under section 11, as amended by acts of legislature approved October 5th, 1920.
State of Alabama, }
Jackson County. }
Give your full name: Malindy Cooper.
Your present, permanent, complete post office address: Long Island, Ala.
What is your number on pension roll? ____
With whom are you now living? John F. Cooper. My son
Where were you born? Place: ____ County: Dade; State: Ga-
When were you born? Month: May; Day: 28th; Year: 1848
State name of your father: Richard Sisemore
If living, his present address ____
If dead, when and where he died: 1865, Dekalb Co. Ala.
What was the name of your husband? Peter Cooper
When and where did you marry him? 1864 in Dekalb Co.
When and where did he die? 1915 - in Jackson Co.
Were you living with him one year prior to his death? yes
Were you ever divorced from him: No. If so, when and where? ____
Have you been married more than once? No. If so, give name of husband and date and place of marriage: ____
Have you been on the pension roll of any other county in this State at any time? No. If so, state in what counties and the years of your residence there, County: _________ year: _______________
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Have you ever drawn a pension in another state? No. If so, give the State: ____ , County: ____ , and years ____ .
Are you now receiving a pension from any other state? No. If so, give the name of state: ____
Did you ever apply for a pension in this State and had your application rejected? No. If so, give year: ___ and reason for rejection: _____
Has your name ever been dropped from the pension roll? No. If so, state in what county you were then drawing and the reason given ____
Have you ever lived in other states? Yes. If so, give names of states: Ga- Left when a child Seven years old. Counties: Dade Co.
Post offices: ____; Years: ____; Also state when you moved to Alabama: 1855.
When and where did your husband enlist in the service of the Confederate States or State of Alabama? Enlisted in Georgia.
To what branch of the service did he belong? Infantry; What was his rank? Private
Give number of his regiment: ____; Letter of his Company: ____; Name of his Colonel: ____
Name of his Captain: Captain Hannah; Was he wounded? Yes. If so, in what battles? ____
State whether he was ever captured: No. Where: ____; When: ____; Or imprisoned: ____; Where: ____; When: ____
And when discharged from prison: ____ ; Where and when did he quit the service of the Confederate States and under what circumstances? ____
Was he paroled? ____ Have you his parole? ____
Was he ever on the pension roll of this state? Yes
If so, give county in which he drew pension: Jackson County
Did he ever draw a pension from any other state? No. If so, give name of State ____ and County ____ and years ____
Was any application for pension in this State ever made by him and refused? No. If so, in what county was he then living and what year did this occur ____, County ____; Year, reason ____
Was his name ever struck from the pension roll of this State? No. If so, give county in which he then resided ____; Year ____; and reason assigned: ____
Give below the schedule of your property: [Transcriber's note: Here are blanks for real estate, value, personal property etcetera.] X X
The above statements are true and correct.
Signed this: 12th; day of: March; 1928.
(Signed) Malindy [her x mark] Cooper
Witness-
Ben L. Hill
State of Alabama, }
Jackson County. }
Personally appeared before me, Ben L. Hill a notary public in and for said County Malindy Cooper whose name is signed to the foregoing statement and who is known to me, who being by me first duly sworn, deposes and says that the answers made to the foregoing questions are true and correct to the best of her knowledge and belief.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 12th day of March 1928
My commission expires Jan. 24- 1931.
Ben L. Hill
Notary Public
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