Miles Dawley, Company F

This soldier’s widow re-married. Her second husband had served in the same regiment. His children filed for pension relief. That application was denied.

 

Minor – 554,615/ —, Harriet Dawley & Cornelius Dawley 

Marriage License [copy], Albert McCoy & Charlotte Dawley, 5 April 1876
license issued on 5 April 1876; couple married 6 April 1876 @ Norfolk Co., Va.; Albert was 39 years old, Charlotte was 40 years old; both were widowed; both were born in Norfolk Co., Va.; both resided in Norfolk Co., Va.; he worked as a laborer; Albert’s  parents were Charles & Sarah McCoy, Charlotte’s parents were Peter & Serena Godfrey.

 

Declaration for Pension or for Increase of Pension of Children Under Sixteen Years of Age, 1 July 1892
“Cornelius Dawley and Harriet Dawley … legitimate children of Miles Dawley … who died of consumption at Norfolk Co., Va. on the 11 day of May 1868 … Harriet Dawley of soldier by Charlotte Dawley, born Mch [illegible] … Cornelius Dawley of soldier by Charlotte Dawley, born [illegible] … that the mother was married under the name of Charlotte Godfrey”

 

General Affidavit, Nelson Portlock & Lewis Walke, 4 February 1893
Portlock, 53 years old, post-office address, Great Bridge, Norfolk Co, Va.; Walke, 68 years old, post-office address Great Bridge, Norfolk Co., Va. … “They knew Miles Dawley many years before the war and were all neighbors. That he was married to Charlotte Godfrey in the year 1859, by the orders of their owners – Miles living at the time, by lease, with Willis Halstead. His owner was named Dawley, and lived in Princess Anne Co., Va. Charlotte Godfrey his wife, was owned by Henry Williamson in Great Bridge, Norfolk Co. – He was married at Mr. Williamson’s, who also owned Lewis Walke, one of the witnesses.  There is no record of the marriage. They lived together as man and wife before and after the war until he died in 1878. Miles Dawley was never married before the one alluded to above.

“Charlotte Dawley, mother [sic] of the said soldier married three years after the death of the said soldier to Albert McCoy…

“Miles Dawley and Charlotte his wife had two children both born while they lived at the house of Lewis Walk[?] … The oldest was Harriet Dawley, now living, was born Feby 16th, 1861. The second, Cornelius Dawley, was born Sept 26, 1867.”

“That there is no church record of the birth of the said children. But that the record is kept by the Williamsons, their former owners …”

 

Affidavit to Origin of Disability, Albert McCoy, 3 March 1894
53 years old, post-office address Berkley, Va. … “[Dawley became disabled] by suffering from consumption contracted at Brazos, Texas … having served in the same regiment with the deceased”

 

Affidavit to Origin of Disability, James Cuffy, 3 March 1894
55 years old, post-office address, Berkley, Va. … “[Dawley] suffering from consumption contracted at Brazos, Texas – symptoms were shown by bad cough and breaking down of systems brought on by exposure and hard work … the facts stated are personally known to me by reason of having served in the 5th Mass. Col. Cav. in same brigade with the deceased and from having visited the deceased often in camp”

 

General Affidavit, James Cuffee & Albert McCoy, 7 May 1894
58 years old and 53 years old, respectively; [both] post-office address, Berkley, Norfolk Co., Va. “They were personally present at the time of [Dawley’s] death and saw him after his death … We were all then comrades in the war … and were near neighbors at time of said soldier’s death and frequently in his company.”

 

General Affidavit, Lewis Walke, 13 January 1896
[no age given], post-office address Great Bridge, Va. … “the soldier and the affiant served in the same regiment during the late war and resided in the same section from his discharge until he died”

 

General Affidavit, James Cuffy, 27 July 1896
58 years old, post-office address Berkley, Va. …”that he lived at Great Bridge, Va., before the war of the rebellion and was a near neighbor of Miles Dawley … that his regiment was discharged before Dawley … that he used to see him every day from the time he was discharged to the time of his death”

 

Affidavit, Albert McCoy, 27 July 1896
“has known Dawley for about six years before the war and after their discharge they went home together … they were next door neighbors”

 

General Affidavit, James Cuffee, 22 December 1897
60 years old, resident of Berkley … “That he was well acquainted with Miles Dawley, father of claimant Cornelius Dawley, and was present at this funeral and saw his body before he was buried

 

General Affidavit, Horatio Sykes, 4 February 1898
46 years old, resident and post-office address at Berkley, Norfolk Co., Va. … “That he was well-acquainted with Miles Dawley, father of claimant, and had known him for many years before his death. That he worked with him the autumn before he died.”