I, Lydia Coffelt, residing at Lantz Mill, in the County of
Shenandoah 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, and 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 solemnly swear that I am the widow of Amos Coffelt who
was a member of Company C 2nd Va Infantry 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 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; and
that I am no 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 applicant's husband? Ans. Amos Coffelt
2d. When and where, as nearly as can be ascertained, did the applicant's husband die, and
from what cause? Ans. He died at Chimborazo Hospital Richmond, Va. May 9th 1863.
Do not know but he was badly ruptured before he went into the army. She thinks that he was
taken sick while with his Company & was taken to the hospital.
3d. When and where were the applicant and her deceased husband married? Ans.
Were Married Near Woodstock, Shenandoah Co.
4th. Has the applicant ever married again? Ans. No
