Sixth Generation

1437. Mary Jane Fitzgerald was born on 17 March 1834 in Nelson Co., VA. She appeared in the census on 30 August 1870 in Nelson Co., VA.⁵³³⁸ She appeared in the census on 30 June 1880 in Nelson Co., VA.⁵³³⁹ Mary died in Nelson Co., VA and was buried at Achilles Fitzgerald Family Cemetery at Montebello, Nelson Co., VA.⁵³⁴⁰

Mary Jane Fitzgerald and Hezekiah Coffey were married on 19 December 1855 in Nelson Co., VA.⁵³³⁶ They⁵³³⁶ appeared in the census on 13 September 1860 in Nelson Co., VA.⁵³³⁷ Hezekiah Coffey, son of Edmund Coffey and Martha Snead, was born in 1833 in Nelson Co., VA. Hezekiah enlisted in the in Co. D., 56th Inf. Regt., on 11 August 1862 at Fulton Hill, VA.^1609,5335 Hezekiah died in July 1863 at the age of 30 at Gettysburg, Adams Co., PA.

Pension Application: Hezekiah Coffey, 1889. Made by his wife, Mary F. Coffey; Transcribed by: Shirley Moore [w_moore@bellsouth.net]

Application of a Widow of a Deceased Soldier, Sailor or Marine for a Pension.

I, Mary F. Coffey, residing at ____ In the County of Nelson In State of Virginia, do hereby apply for aid under an act of the General Assembly entitled :An act to give aid to soldiers, sailors or marines of Virginia, maimed or disabled in the war between the States, and to the widows of Virginia soldiers, sailors and marines who lost their lives in said war in the military service." And I do swear that I am the widow of Hezekiah Coffey who was a member of Co. F 49th Infantry Regiment and who, while in the discharge of his duty in military service during the late war between the States, lost his life.

And I do further swear that I am not receiving aid from or a pension from any State or from The United States, and that I do not hold any national, State or county office which pays me in fees or salary over three hundred dollars; that my income from no source amounts to three hundred dollars; and that I do not own in my own right property of the assessed value of one thousand dollars; ___ that I am now entitled to receive annually the sum of thirty dollars under the terms of the aforesaid act of the General Assembly.

And I do further swear that the following answers are true:

1st, What was the name of the applicants deceased husband? Ans. Hezekiah Coffey
2d When and where, as nearly as can be ascertained, did the applicant's husband die, and and from what cause?
Ans. In July 1863 at Gettysburg _______
3d. When and where were the applicant and her deceased husband married:
Ans. In the year 1855 in Nelson Co. Va
4th. Has the applicant ever married again? Ans. No

Mary F. Coffey (signature)

I, T.P. Fitzpatrick, Judge of the County Court for the County of Nelson do certify that Mary F. Coffey, whose name is signed to the foregoing application, personally appeared before me in open court, and , having the said application fully read and explained to her, as well as the statements and answers therein made, she, the said Mary F. Coffey made oath before me that said statements and answers are true. Given under my hand this 22nd day of April, 1889. Thos P Fitzpatrick (signature)

Nelson @ No 35
Virginia
Co. of Nelson, TO-WIT:

I, Thos. P. Fitzpatrick, Judge of the ___ Court for the County of Nelson, do certify that I have carefully enquired and examined into and am fully satisfied from the evidence adduced before me that each and all of the facts set forth in the within application are true; that the application is for these reasons approved, and it is therefore certified that Mary F. Coffey is entitled to receive annually from the State of Virginia the sum of thirty dollars.

Given under my hand this 22nd day of April, 1889.

Thos. P. Fitzpatrick (signature)

[Mary F.?]

Mary Jane Fitzgerald and Hezekiah Coffey had the following children: