I, Mary Coffman, residing at Woodstock, 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 Ezra Coffman who was a member of Company C Second
Virginia Militia, Commandet by Col. Spiker 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. Ezra Coffman
2d. When and where, as nearly as can be ascertained, did the applicant's husband die, and
from what cause? Ans. Feby 16 1865, Killed by a Gunshot wound about 2 miles East of
Edinburg, Va.
3d. When and where were the applicant and her deceased husband married? Ans.
In the year 1840, was Married in Shenandoah County
4th. Has the applicant ever married again? Ans. No
