10. Rebecca Jane Crawford
There is a problem with the date and location Rebecca Jane gave for her birth [27 May 1838 in Fannin Co., GA.(this date is also recorded on her grave marker)] and the date and place her parents were married [1 April 1838 in Haywood Co., NC.]. Some researchers show a sister being born in 1839 in Haywood Co., NC. and Rebecca Jane being born in Fannin Co., GA. in 1845. However, if she was born in 1845, then she would have been only 12 years old when she says that she and Joshua Brumley were narried in 1857. We are then faced with another problem: Rebecca's mother appears to have died in Fannin Co., GA. before 3 April 1862 when her father, Samuel Crawford , is reported to have married Elizabeth Banks on that date in Fannin Co., GA. Samuel and Elizabeth are reported to have had their first child, Uldrick Malcom Crawford born in Fannin Co., GA in 1864. Their next child is said to have been born about 1866 in Polk Co., AR. This would suggest that the date of Rebecca's marriage was possibly the year 1866 or 1867 rather than the 1857 date she gave in the supplement to her pension application below.
I received this file from the Arkansas History Commission, One Capitol Mall, Little Rock, AR., 72201. - T.E. King
================================================================Rebecca's application was given the number 17895 on the Application Approved form and then crossed out and the number given to her file is written above the number which is crossed out. However, it is off the edge of the copy and only the very bottom of the numbers can be seen. This form is dated 7 Aug 1908 and was approved for $100. In this document she states that her husband, Joshua Brumley, "died 10th day of July in the year 1908:.
The document dated 15 Feb 1932 (below) was a Supplement to the original application (they must have wanted more information than had been in the original application in 1908).
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TO SUPPLEMENT PENSION APPLICATION ON FILE IN THE AUDITOR'S OFFICEIt is necessary that this Questionnaire be properly filled out, sworn to, and filed in the Autitor's of-
fice in order that your name may remain on the Confederate Pension Roll. Under authority of a ruling
on the State Pension Board and Adivsory Board, appointed by the Governor, at a meeting of said Board
on the 7th day of January, 1932.1. What is your full name? Rebbeca Jane Brumley
2. Your present address? 115 Beard St. Hot Springs, Arkansas
3. When and where were your born? On the 27th day of May 1838
County of Fannon State of Georgia
4. To whom, when and where were you married to the Veteran whose war record you are now draw-
ing your Confederate Pension? (To be answered by widow only.) To
-David Joshua Brumley- On the -not- day of -known- , year
of -1857- , County of -Polk- , State of -Arkansas-
5. With whom do you make your home? Mrs. Martha McClard
Address 115 Beard St. Hot Springs, Ark.
6. What relation are they to you? Daughter ....(The rest of the page not of genealogical importance, with the exception of the signature of Rebecca. In her application in 1908 she signed the document with her mark. On this form she appears to have signed her own name and she spelled her name Rebbeca Jane Brumley)
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There are two other documents relating to Rebecca:A. Certificate of County Clerk, State of Arkansas, County of Garland; Jas C. Williams. I do certify that Rebecca J. Brumley was a Confederate pensioner residing in said State, that the application of the said Rebecca J. Brumley was originally filed in said County; that said Rebecca J. Brumley died on or about the 25th day of August 1934 and that J.H. Floyd, Public administrator of the estate of said Rebecca J. Brumley, is entitled to receive,..." "...Given under my hand and seal of office this 26th day of December 1934. Jas. C. Williams, Co., Clerk. Clerk of Garland County, by Harry Lewis, Deputy Clerk."
B. AFFIDAVIT TO FUNERAL EXPENSE OF A CONFEDERATE WIDOW. I Elise McBride, do hereby solemnly swear that the following is a true statement of the funeral expense of Rebecca J. Brumley, a Confederate widow.
To Casket, labor & Material $50.00
Dress for burial 18.00
Moving body to Mt. Ida for burial 10.00
Total $78.00Signed Elise Mc Bride
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 26th day of December 1934, Jas. C. Williams, County Clerk, Garland County, Arkansas. By Harry Lewis D. C.
