JAMES HARP'S WIDOW PENSION APPLICATION
Submitted by Judy Tate
Mar 3, 2000
From the Pension Papers filed by Phebe after James Harp died
State of Arkansas
County of Newton
In the matter of Claim for pension of Phebe Harp, Widow of James C. Harp,
deceased, late a private of Company F., 1st Regiment Arkansas Inf. Vols.,
personally Came before me, a Clerk in and for Newton County Arkansas,
John J. Murphy and Sarah J. Carlton of the County of Newton and State of
Arkansas who I hereby certify are respectable and creditable persons and
who being duly sworn declared in relation to the aforesaid Claim as follows.
that Joel Arrington Married James C. Harp and Phebe Harp in Newton County
Arkansas on or about the 10th day January 1858 and that the said Joel Arrington
was at that time a duly commisioned Acting Justice of the Peace in and for said
county and that he is now dead and that we were present on the day and date ?
above and saw the said joel Arrington, decÆd, Solemnize? the rights of Matrimony
between the said Soldiers James C. Harp, Deceased, and Phebe Harp above named and
knows that they lived together as man and wife up to the time of James C. Harps
death. We further declare that we have no interest in said claim and are not
concerned in its prosecution.
Witnesses:
John J. Murphy
Samuel Murphy
Sarah J. Carlton
Elizabeth Murphy
State of Arkansas Newton County
I **** Key County Clerk and Ex office Recorder in and for Newton County Arkansas
do hereby certify that the Marriage Record of Newton County Arkansas in which the
Marriage of James C. Harp to Phebe Murphy was destroyed during the late Rebellion,
and that Joel Arrington who has been proven to my Satisfaction to have been at the
time of said Marriage an acting and duly commisioned Justice of the Peace is Dead.
Witness my hand and the seal of Said Court - April 26, 1875
**** Key
clerk
State of Arkansas County of Newton
On the 18th Day of June A.D. 1875 Personally Came and appeared before me, Lemuel A.
Jones, an acting and Duly Commissioned Justice of the Peace within and for the
County of Newton and State aforesaid, John J. Murphy and Sarah J. Carlton and
after first being by me Duly Sworn according to the Law they depose** and Say on
oath that their Post Office address is Jasper, Newton County Arkansas and they
are well acquainted with Phebe Harp, widow of James C. Harp, Late Private Co. F.
1st Arks. Inf. Vols. and was also well acquainted with said James C. Harp during
his life and they further state that John J. Murphy is the Father and Sarah J.
Carlton is Sister to said Phebe Harp and that they was present on the 10th of
January 1856 and was Eye witnesses and saw Joel Arrington, a Justice of the Peace
perform the marriage Ceremony between said James C. Harp and Phebe Murphy Now Harp
and pronounced them husband and wife and they further state that the said Joel
Arrington is dead and that they have no interest in the Prosecution of the Pension
Claim of Phebe Harp.
Witnessed by:
John J. Murphy
She further declares that she was married to the said James C. Harp at Newton Co.,
in the State of Arkansas on the 6th day of January, 1858, by J. Arrington, a Justice
of the Peace that her husband, the aforesaid James C. Harp died on the day above
mentioned, and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more
fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed; and the following are the
names and true date of birth of all her children under sixteen years of age, Sampson
Harp, born on the 14th day of Oct., 1861, who now resides at Greene in the State
of Missouri.
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