Person:James Coker (16)

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James Russel Coker
b.10 Dec 1841 Walton, Georgia, United States
d.1 Apr 1936 Barrow, Georgia, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 25 Dec 1834
  1. Mary Rebecca Coker1836 - 1928
  2. Clara Ann Coker1837 - 1917
  3. John A. Coker1839 - 1909
  4. James Russel Coker1841 - 1936
  5. Nancy A. E. Coker1844 - 1932
  6. Elizer M. CokerAbt 1845 -
  7. Lucy C. Coker1848 - 1927
  8. William Henry Coker1852 - 1922
  9. Martha Ellen CokerAbt 1854 -
  10. Susan Adaline Coker1856 - 1928
  11. Pianna J. Coker1859 - 1955
  12. George Daniel Coker1863 - 1928
Spouse and Children
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m. 6 Feb 1868
  1. John R. Coker1869 - 1869
  2. Leila Coker1871 - 1961
Spouse and Children
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m. 11 Jan 1872
  1. Mastin Atticus Coker1873 - 1954
  2. Claudie Emma Coker1875 - 1963
  3. Curtis W Coker1877 - Bef 1879
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  James Russel Coker1841 - 1936
  • W.  Anna Hewitt1848 - 1937
m. 25 Oct 1877
  1. Martha Coker1878 -
  2. Lucius Marion Coker1880 - 1929
  3. James Russell Coker1883 - 1947
  4. Joseph E Coker1885 - 1956
  5. Annie Kathleen Coker1891 - 1974
  6. Alva Herbert Coker1893 - 1965
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Facts and Events
Name James Russel Coker
Gender Male
Birth[2] 10 Dec 1841 Walton, Georgia, United States
Military[1] 4 Mar 1862 Monroe, Walton, Georgia, United Statesvolunteered in CSA, Private Co. G, 42nd infantry, 3 years or during the war
Marriage 6 Feb 1868 Jackson, Georgia, United Statesto Melinda F. Wills
Marriage 11 Jan 1872 Jackson, Georgia, United Statesto Mildred Sophia Wills
Marriage 25 Oct 1877 Gwinnett, Georgia, United Statesto Anna Hewitt
Death[3] 1 Apr 1936 Barrow, Georgia, United States
Burial[4] Abt 2 Apr 1936 Rose Hill Cemetery, Winder, Barrow, Georgia, United States

J. R. Coker applied for a Confederate pension in the state of Georgia on 18 September 1905. His application indicates that he was in desperate circumstances.

Questions for Applicant

  • 1. What is your name and where do you reside? J. R. Coker, Winder, Jackson County Ga
  • 2. How long and since when have you been a resident of this state: all my life
  • 3. Where and when were you born? Dec 10th 1841 in Walton Co. Ga
  • 4. When and where and in what company and regiment did you enlist and serve? March 4, 1862 at Monroe, Walton Co. Ga, in Co "G" 42nd Ga.
  • 5. How long did you remain in such company and regiment? Till the surrender
  • 6. When and where was your company and regiment surrendered and discharged? at Bentonville N.C in April 1865.
  • 7. Were you present with your company and regiment when it was surrendered? I was
  • 8. If not present, state specifically and clearly where you were, when you left your command, for what cause and by whose authority?
  • 9. How much can you earn (gross) per annum by your own exertion or labor? nothing
  • 10. What has been your occupation since 1865? Mason & Stonecutter
  • 11. Upon which of the following grounds do you base your application for pension, viz: first, "age and poverty," second, "infirmity and poverty," or third, "blindness and poverty"? Third, Blindness & Poverty
  • 12. If upon the first ground, state how long you have been in such condition that you could not earn your support? If upon the second, give a full and complete history of the infirmity and its extent? If upon the third, state whether you are totally blind and when and where you lost your sight? Not totally blind, but lost my eye in 1863 while in army from exposure
  • 13. What property, real and personal, or income, do you possess, and its gross value? none
  • 14. What property, real or personal, did you possess in 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904 and 1905, and what disposition, if any, by sale or gift, have you made of same? Have had no property during those years.
  • 15. In what County did you reside during those years, and what property did you then return for taxation? In Jackson County-no property of my own.
  • 16. How were you supported during the years 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904 and 1905? By labor of my children
  • 17. How much did your support cost for each of those years, and what portion did you contribute thereto by your own labor or income? Forty dollars nothing
  • 18. What was your employment during 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904 and 1905? What pay did you receive in each year? Mason & Stonecutter-Received no pay
  • 19. Have you a family? If so, who composes such family? Give their means of support. Have they a homestead, or other property? Their ages and how employed? Self, Wife & nine children Daily labor. All are grown except one. Self, wife or minor child have no homestead. Child 12 years old.
  • 20. Are you receiving any pension? If so, what amount and for what disability? Have no pension
  • 21. Have you ever made an application for pension before? No
  • 22. How many applications have you ever made and under what class?

Signed: J R Coker Applicant

Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 18 day of Sept 1905 J N Ross Ordinary of Jackson County S2

References
  1. ↑ James R Coker, in United States. War Department. Record and Pension Office. Compiled service records of Confederate soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Georgia. (Washington, District of Columbia, United States: United States. War Department. Record and Pension Office)
    / p.2.

    / Fold3

  2. ↑ J R Coker, in Georgia State Archives. Confederate Pension Applications 1879-1960. (Georgia, United States: Georgia State Archives).

    / Georgia Virtual Vault

  3. ↑ James R Coker, in Georgia. Department of Health and Vital Statistics (Atlanta, Georgia). Death index, 1919-1999. (Atlanta [Georgia]: Georgia. Department of Health and Vital Statistics, 199-?)
    Certificate #9435.

    / FamilySearch no image Death Index through year 1998 not 1999.

  4. ↑ James Russel Coker, in Find A Grave
    Find A Grave Memorial# 335438649.

    James R Coker, Co G, 42 GA INF, CSA, Dec 10, 1841, Apr. 1, 1936
    / Find A Grave View Image

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