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Marriage: Children:
  1. Andrew Eatherly: Birth: 9 Jun 1885 in Cheap Hill, Cheatham, Tennessee, United States. Death: 15 Jan 1886 in Cheap Hill, Cheatham, Tennessee, United States

  2. Paulene Eatherly: Birth: Jan 1889.

  3. Verdie Stewart Eatherly: Birth: Bef 1899.


Sources
1. Title:   U. S. Pension Records: Confederate
Page:   No. W8860, Roll 48, Tennessee Confederate Pension Applications
Text:   YES
Author:   U. S. Pension Office, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.
Publication:   see details, U. S. Pension Office, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., Tennessee State Library & Archives, 403 Seventh Avenue N, Nashville, TN 37243-0312, 1.615.741.2764
2. Title:   Family Group Record of Sandra Gail Eatherly Cantrell
Page:   19 Sep 1998
Author:   «a href="mailto:[email protected]"»Sandra Gail Eatherly Cantrell«/a»
Publication:   c/o «a href="antispam.htm"»Elizabeth «b»(Liz)«/b» Ann Dunn Schuck«/a», 8851 81st Av SW, Lakewood, WA 98498
3. Title:   Confederate Patriot Index, 19241978 Vol II
Page:   Pg 161
Text:   YES
Publication:   Tennessee State Library and Archives, 403 7th Avenue North, Nashville, TN 73243-0312, 1.615.741.2764

Notes
a. Note:    
 Widows Pension
 Hartie Ellen Eatherly
 Widow of B. H. Eatherly
 C, 18 Tenn. Inf.
 Died March 7, 1930

 Questions for Applicant
 State of Tennessee
 Cheatham County

 Hartie Ellen Eatherly of said state and Davidson county, desiring to avail herself of the pension allowed to Indigent Widows of Soldiers, under Act of General Assembly, approved April, 1905, being Chapter 202 of the Acts of 1905; Chapter 103, Acts of 1907; Chapter 18, Acts of 1909; and Chapter 7, Acts of 1911, hereby submits her proofs, and after being duly sworn true answers to the following questions disposes and answers as follows:

 1. What is your full name and where do you reside?
  6111 32nd Avenue, South, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee.

 2. How long and since when have you been a resident of this State?
  All my life.

 3. When and where were you born and what was your maiden name?
  October 12, 1843, near present post office of Chapmansboro, Cheatham (then Montgomery) County, Tennessee, and maiden name was Hartie Ellen Stewart.

 4. When and where was your husband born-state his full name, and where were you and he married, and who performed the marriage ceremony?
  November 9, 1844. Same community above named, near present post office of Chapmansboro, Tennessee. His full name was Benjamin Hamilton Eatherly. Married at Ashland City, Cheatham County, Tennessee, May 18, 1884. Ceremony performed by John M. Eatherly.

 5. When and Where and in what Company and Regiment did your husband enlist or serve during the war between the States?
  Enlisted in year 1861 at Camp Trousdale, Tennessee, Co. C, 18th Tenn. Inf.

 6. How long did your husband serve in said Company and Regiment?
  Until the end of the Civil War.

 7. When and where did your husband's Company and Regiment surrender?
  Bentonville, North Carolina in 1865.

 8. Was your husband present at the time and place where his Company and Regiment surrendered?
  No.

 9. If not with his command at surrender, state clearly and specifically where he was, when he left command, for what cause and by what authority.
  Just short time previous to surrender of his company, my husband was granted a furlough, and was visiting relatives in Dyer County, Tennessee. The command surrendered before return of husband.

 10. Was your husband a pensioner or an applicant for pension, under the laws of Tennessee?
  No.

 11. Have you heretofore applied for a pension in this State?
  No

 12. When and where did your husband die?
  February 7, 1899, Chapmansboro, Cheatham, Tenn.

 13. At the time of your husband's death, were you living with him as his lawful wife?
  Yes
  14. Have you married since the death of your soldier husband?
  No

 15. How many children did you have by your said husband? Give sex and age at this time.
  Verdie Stewart, over 21 years of age.

 16. What property, real or personal, or income do you have or possess, and its gross value?
  No personal property and no real property except a homestead and dower right in about 200 acres of land owned by my husband at time of his death. Income from this land, or rents of same, amounts to about $160.00 annually, out of which taxes and repairs must be paid.

 17. What property, real or personal, did you possess at death of husband or did he leave you, and what disposition, if any, by sale or gift, have you made of same?
  None owned by me. My husband only owned very small amount of personal property, which has long since been exhausted, and the lands above mentioned, which belong to his heirs, subject to my homestead and dower rights.

 18. Have you a family? If so, who compose such family? Give their means of support. Have they any lands or other property?
  No family. I live with a married daughter, Mrs. Pauline Shivers. Her husband being a Government employee at Nashville, Tennessee

 19. Name some friend, giving his name and postoffice address, who will be willing to have us write to him about your case, if necessary.
  Jenner Carney, Clerk and Master Chancery Court, Ashland City, Tenn.

 /s/ I

 Sworn to and subscribed before me this 20th day of October 1927

 /s/ S. O. Manville
 Notary, Public, Cheatham County, Tenn.


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 Marriage Certificate, Cheatham County, Tennessee

 This certifies that B. H. Eatherly and H. E. Stewart were united by J. M. Eatherly, J.P. in the Holy Bonds of Matrimony on the 18th day of May in the year of our Lord, 1884 as appears of record in my office in Marriage Record Book B, page 21.

 /s/ Desire M. Teasley, Clerk of the County Court


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 Questions for Witnesses
 State of Tennessee
 Cheatham County

 J. J. Everett of said State and County, having been presented as a witness in support of the application of Mrs. Hartie Ellen Eatherly for a pension under Chapter 202 of the Acts of 1905; Chapter 103,Acts of 1907; Chapter 18, Acts of 1909; and Chapter 7, Acts of 1911, and after being duly sworn true answers, to make the following questions, deposes and answers as follows:

 1. What is your name and what is your postoffice address?
  J.J. Everett, Ashland City, Tenn.

 2. Are you acquainted with the applicant, Mrs. Hartie Ellen Eatherly?
  Yes.

 If so, how long have you known her?
  Over 80 years.

 3. Where does she reside, and how long and since when has she been a resident of this State?
  She resides in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, now; formerly resided in Cheatham County, Tennessee. We were born and resides in the same community.

 4. When and where was she born?
  Near present postoffice of Chapmansboro, Cheatham County, Tennessee, October 12, 1843.

 5. Were you ever acquainted with her husband?
  Yes, know him all of his life.

 6. When and by whom were they married?
  May 18, 1884 by J. M. Eatherly, Justice of the Peace of Cheatham County, Tennessee.

 7. Were either or both of you present at the marriage?
  No.

 8. How long did you know him?
  All of his life.

 9. When and where did Benjamin Hamilton Eatherly enlist in the war between the States, and in what Company and Regiment did he enlist, and how do you know this?
  Enlisted about Aug 1861, at Camp Trousdale, Sumner County, Tennessee. Company "C", 18th Tennessee Infantry. I know he enlisted in the Army. He told me he enlisted in above company and regiment and I saw him in service of that company and regiment.

 10. Were you a member of that same Company and Regiment at the close of the war?
  No.

 11. How long did he perform regular military duty?
  I knew he enlisted about Aug 1861 and know that he served in the Army of the Confederacy until the Battle of Franklin, in 1864, when I was captured, and had no further opportunity to know about said Eatherly, but my information was that he served until the end of the war.

 12. When and where was his Company and Regiment surrendered?
  The Army of Tennessee, which embraced Co. "C", 18th Tenn. Inf., surrendered at Bentonville, North Carolina, in April 1865.

 13. We you with the command when it surrendered?
  No, I was a prisoner of war at that time.

 14. Was Benjamin Hamilton Eatherly, the husband of applicant, present?
  I do not know, except from information.

 15. If not present, where was he?
  My information, which I consider reliable, was that just a few days prior to the surrender Eatherly had been granted a furlough and was on a visit to relatives in Benton County, Tennessee, and that the army surrender before he could return or rejoin same.

 16. When and where did he leave his command?
  By whose authority did he leave?
  Commanding officer of his company or regiment, as I am informed. How do you know all this? From conversations with Benjamin Hamilton Eatherly, and his wife, Hartie Ellen Eatherly, and other sources similar.

 17. When and where did Benjamin Hamilton Eatherly die?
  February 7, 1899

 18. Where did he reside at his death, and how long had he been a resident of Tennessee at his death?
  Died near present postoffice of Chapmansboro, Cheatham County, Tennessee. Had been a resident of Tennessee all his life.

 19. Do you know of your own knowledge that applicant is the lawful widow of Benjamin Hamilton Eatherly?
  Yes, I have seen records of their marriage, and know that they lived together many years.

 20. Has she remained unmarried since her soldier husband's death, and is she now his widow?
  Yes.

 21. What property, effects or income has the applicant, if any, and how do you know of this of your own knowledge?
  None, except homestead and dower in about 200 acres of land owned by her husband at the time of his death, from which I understand she receives about $150.00 per year, as rents, and out of which she pays taxes, upkeep, etc. I lived all of my life, until 1922, within about 1½ miles from the home place of Benjamin Hamilton Eatherly.
  Has applicant conveyed any property, in the last two years or given any away; If so, what was it, and to whom?
  No.

 Note-Let the witness who can answer the greater number of the questions do so: then let other witnesses state in the space below how much of the testimony of the first witness he concurs in, and weather of not he can answer any of the questions not answered by the first witness.

 I, J. J. Nicholson, am 83 years of age, and a resident of Cheatham County, Tenn., being deputy county clerk at present, and formerly served as Sheriff and as Circuit Court Clerk of said county. I personally well knew Benjamin Hamilton Eatherly, husband of Mrs. Hartie Ellen Eatherly, for many years prior to his death in 1899, as I understand and remember. I have seen the marriage records of said county, and same show that said parties were married May 18, 1884. I know Mrs. Hartie Ellen Eatherly, and she is the widow of the above named B. H. Eatherly. She owns no property in this county or elsewhere known to me except homestead and dower rights in about 200 acres of land left by her husband to his lawful heirs. The income from this land is small. I was not in the army during the Civil War.

 /s/ J. J. Everett
 /s/ J. J. Nicholson

 Sworn to and subscribed before me this 20th day of October 1927
 /s/ S. O. Manville
 Notary, Public, Cheatham County, Tenn.


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 The Following Certificate of the County Trustee Must Be Filled Out Whether The Applicant Owns Any Taxable Property Or Not:

 I, J. E. Hudgens Trustee of Cheatham County, Tennessee, hereby certify that the property assessed on the tax books of this County to Mrs. Hartie Ellen Eatherly (name appears on the tax records as Mrs. B. H. Eatherly) the widow of Benjamin Hamilton Eatherly, lists 200 acres $2000.00 real estate and personal $2000.00.

 /s/ J. E. Hudgens, Trustee
 For Cheatham County, Tenn.


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