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Extracted by Joseph Romeo
Levi
Driggett
Extracted
by Joseph Romeo 16 Aug 2006: Following
are excerpts from the pension file related to the service of Levi
Driggett (ca. 1833-1902), son of William and Charlotte Driggett.
Affidavits reveal that Levi was first married to Mezzie Songo, who
was reported to be a half-sister to Benjamin Songo. After Mezzie's
death, Levi married Rebecca Elizabeth Williams. Levi died in 1902
and Rebecca died in 1911. Declaration
for Original Invalid Pension. Michigan, Wayne Co., ss. On the date
hereinafter mentioned, personally appeared before me, Clerk of the
Circuit Court, a court of record within and for the County and State
aforesaid, Levi Driggest, resident of the town of Martinsville,
County of Wayne, State of Michigan, who being duly sworn according
to law, declares that he is the identical Levi Driggest who was
Enrolled on the 23d day of August, 1862 and served in Company E
of the 4th Regiment of Delaware Inf. Commanded by Col. _____ and
was Discharged at Wilmington Hosp. Del. on the 17 day of June, 1865;
that his personal description is as follows: Age 47 years; height
5 feet 8 inches; complexion, Dark; hair, dark; eyes, dark. That
while a member of the organization aforesaid, in the service and
in the line of his duty, near Alexandria in the State of Virginia,
on or about the ____ days of August 1863, he contracted Chronic
Diarrhea, caused as he verily believes by the water which he drank
while on duty guarding the Bridge at Bull Run. Said disease has
existed with greater or less severity ever since it was contracted
and has greatly disabled him for labor. That he was treated in hospitals
as follows: Chesnut Hill, Pa., 2 months, Harewood Hospital, Washington,
D.C., 3 months and balance of time in Wilmington (Del.) Hospital
until discharged. That he has not been employed in the military
or naval service otherwise than as stated above. That since leaving
the service this applicant has resided in New Jersey 3 years and
in Wayne Co., Mich., 19 years. That prior to his entry into the
service above named he was a man of good, sound physical health,
being, when enrolled, a Laborer. That he is now greatly disabled
from obtaining his subsistence by manual labor by reason of the
injury or disability, above described, received in the service of
the United States; and he therefore makes this declaration for the
purpose of being placed on the invalid pension roll of the United
States. ... Attest: Chas. Kellogg, Frank S. Miller Also personally appeared Wm. Hansor, residing at Town of Sumpter, Wayne Co., Mich., and Arthur V. Jones. residing at Sumpter, Wayne Co. ... Sworn to and Subscribed before me, this 6th day of April A.D. 1887 Chas. Kellogg, Dpty. Clk. Wayne Co. Circuit Court, Mich. ---------- War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, Aug 3, 1887 Respectfully returned to the Commissioner of Pensions. Levi Driggest, a private of Company "E" 4th Regiment Delaware Volunteers, was enrolled on the 26th day of August, 1862, at Wilmington Del 3 years and is reported: On Muster Rolls of Company from March 1st to October 31st 1863 present. Not absent on Regimental Returns for July and September 1863. Mustered out on detachment muster out roll June 3rd 1865 at Tilton General Hospital Wilmington Delaware. Prescription
Book "A" 4th Delaware Volunteers shows him April 13th
1863, opin 8 grains, Tannin 4 grs mixed in 4 pdrs. May 15th 1863
Neuralgia, morphine 2 gr divided into 4 powders and mustard. ---------- War Department, Surgeon General's Office, Record and Pension Division, Washington, D.C., October 15, 1887 Sir: I have the honor to return herewith your request for a report of hospital treatment in Claim No. 606.124, with such information as is furnished by the records filed in this Office, viz: that Priv. Levi Driggs, Co. E, 4th Del. Vols., was admitted to Hospl. 4th Div. 5th A.C., before Petersburg, Va., June 14, '64, with Diarrhoea, and returned to duty June 16, '64. - That Priv. Levi Driggist, same Co. & Regt., was admitted to Depot Field Hospl. 5th A.C., City Point, Va., June 22, '64, with Consumption, and sent to G.H., June 26, '64. - That Priv. Levi Diggs, same Co. & Regt., was admitted to Depot Field Hospl. 5th A.C., City Point, Va., July 2, '64, with Typhoid Fever, - no disposition. - That Priv. Levi Deggists, same Co. & Regt., was admitted to Harewood G.H., D.C., July 5, '64, from Army Potomac, with Chronic Diarhoea, and transferred July 17, '64. - That Priv. Levi Driggists, same Co. & Regt., was admitted to Mower (Chestnut Hill) G.H., Philadelphia, Pa., July 19, '64, with Chronic Diarrhoea, and returned to duty Oct. 3, '64. - That Priv. Levi Driggest, same Co. & Regt., was admitted to Hospl. 2d Div. 5th A.C., before Petersburg, Va., Mch. 14, '65, with Dysentery, and transferred Mch. 15, '65. - Was admitted to Depot Field Hospl. 5th A.C., City Point, Va., Mch. 15, '65, with Diarrhoea, and transferred Mch. 18, '65. - Was admitted to Harewood G.H., D.C., Mch. 19, '65, with Chronic Diarrhoea. - on furlough 30 days Apr. 8 to May 8, '65, and transferred May 30, '65. - Was admitted to Tilton G.H., Wilmington, Del., May 31, '65, with Chronic Diarrhoea, and discharged the service June 17, '65, - "Mustered out as per telegram from A.G.O., May 4, 1865." No record found of soldier's treatment for any disability other than above indicated. ---------- General Affadavit. I
Henry Durham knew the soldier Levi Driggest for 29 or thirty years
... Henry
(his X mark) Durham Witnesses:
Joseph C. Merrell, Frank S. Miller ---------- Surgeon's
Certificate, November 2, 1887 ---------- [Certificate
No.] 390.022 ---------- Declaration
for the Increase of an Invalid Pension. ---------- Surgeon's
Certificate, August 22, 1888 ---------- [Certificate
No.] 390.022 ---------- Declaration
for the Increase of an Invalid Pension. ---------- General
Affadavit, 5 Apr 1890 My
present address is Samaria, Monroe Co., Mich. Surgeon's
Certificate, May 28, 1890 ---------- Declaration
for Additional and for Straight-Increase Pension ---------- Surgeon's
Certificate, Oct 26, 1892 ---------- [Certificate
No.] 390.022 ---------- Claimant's
Affadavit. ---------- Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C., January 15, 1898 Are you married? If so, please state of wife's full name and her maiden name: Yes. My wife's maiden name was Rebecca Williams. When,
where, and by whom were you married? June 1st 1858 by a Justice
in Camden Co., N.J. Were you previously married? If so, please state the name of your former wife and the date and place of her death or divorce. No. Have you any children living? If so, please state their names and the dates of their birth. Yes. Charlot.
A. Born Aug 29 1861 ---------- Surgeon's
Certificate, Aug 16, 1899 ---------- [Certificate
No.] 390.022 ---------- Declaration
for Invalid Pension. ---------- Surgeon's
Certificate, Oct 24, 1900 ---------- Declaration
for the Increase of an Invalid Pension. ---------- Declaration
for Invalid Pension. ---------- Widow's Claim No. 776325 ---------- Declaration for Widow's Pension. Rebecca
E. Driggest, age 57 years, a resident of Lambertville, County of
Monroe, State of Michigan That she was married under the name of Rebecca E. Williams to said soldier at Camden, N.J. on the {cannot give day} day of April, 1859 by Justice Carpenter; that there was no legal barrier to the marriage; that she had not been previously married; the the soldier had been previously married to Miss Songo in Delaware I think shall in 1856. That the said soldier died Dec 20 1892 [sic], at Lambertville, Mich. ... That the said soldier left the following-named children who are now living and under sixteen years of age, to wit: Samuel
Driggest born Apr 17, 1890, at Lambertville, Mich. -------- Lambertville, Mich. Jan 22 1903 To correct error in dates it should read Jan 5 1903 this is the date the paper was executed ... ---------- This
is to certify that I Mrs. Rebecca E. Driggest of Lambertville County
of Monroe State of Michigan would solemnly swear that I was never
married to any other person than Levi Driggest now deceased nor
have I remarried since his death[.] I am now 57 years old[.] my
husband Levid Driggest was married before he married me to one Miss
M. Songo but who died soon after their marriage if my recollections
is correct some where about two years[.] my present Postoffice address
is Lambertville, Mich. ---------- I
Mrs Rebecca E. Driggest the widow of Levi Driggest does solemnly
swear to article no. 1 that I stock or property in any way or form
nor shape other than house and lot on a by road which perhaps would
be worth about $175 or 200 the most[.] have no income only as I
go out washing and no one has been or is legally bound for my support[.]
nor have I disposed of any real estate nor personal property what
so ever since my husband death (Levi Driggest)[.] Rebecca E. Driggest
(this is X her mark) ---------- George
Canen, M.D. ---------- State
of New Jersey. Marriage Certificate. ---------- J.
L. Slick, General Merchant and Notary Public. ---------- Certified
Copy of Record of Birth. ---------- Neighbors'
Affidavit ---------- Affidavit-General
---------- To
correct error in former declaration in case of soldier's death it
should have read December 20, 1902 not 1892[.] in regards the date
of birth of Samuel Driggest I find I am rong he was born on the
night of Apr. 19 1890 weather after or before midnight or after
I can not say[.] you may call it the 19 or 20 of Apr 1890[.] as
to the date of my marage to soldier I have no records to show the
date of our marage[.] I always thought it was in June 1859 however
as I cannot read nor write I might be mistaken but really think
the certified copy is corect dating it June 1st 1859[.] and I upon
my oath say I have given the dates here in to the best of my knowledge
and beliefe. ---------- Affidavit-General
---------- Affidavit-General
---------- No.
776325 ---------- Certificate
No. 390022 ---------- Certificate
No. 390022 ---------- [Certificate
No.] 390.022 ---------- Pensioner
Dropped. ---------- End of File
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