Widow’s Pension

State of Kentucky Affidavit of Witnesses

Fayette County Claim No. 5515

In the claim of Laura I., Widow of John C. Faulconer deceased, private in Captain Cassius M. Clay’s Company, 1st Regt. Ky. Cavalry in Mexican War No. 5515.

On this 16th day of March A. D. 1888, personally appeared before me clerk of the county court in and for the county and state aforesaid, William Faulconer and Mary Faulconer, being persons of lawful age, and residents of the county of Fayette and state of Kentucky; who being by me first duly sworn according to law depose and say:

That they have been each intimately and personally acquainted with John C. Faulconer and Laura I. Faulconer, his wife for the last thirty years; That from their long and personal knowledge of the parties, they each know that they were married in Proctor, Owsley County, and state of Kentucky, on the 7th day of November A. D. 1850 and that they lived and cohabited together thereafter, as man and wife, and were so recognized as such by all who knew them in the community in which they lived, and that these relations continued to exist up to the date of the death of the said John C. Faulconer, which occurred on the 17th day of Jul A. D. 1857, and that they each know of their own personal knowledge that the said Laura I. Faulconer has not again remarried, but remains the widow of the said John C. Faulconer deceased. They want to state that his death occurred in or near Proctor in the county of Owsley, and state of Kentucky at the date above mentioned. That the affiants are the brother and sister of the said John C. Faulconer and they personally know all the facts as above stated, and they have no interest whatever in the prosecution of this claim and that their post office is Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky. They would further state that their family name is Faulconer and not “Faulkner,” and that the said family name should be written John C. Faulconer.

The signatures of Mary Faulconer and William Faulconer were witnessed by S. G. Sharp and F. B. Bullock.

State of Kentucky Fayette County, Lexington

I hereby certify that the foregoing affidavit was this day subscribed and sworn to before me as clerk of the county court in and for the county and state aforesaid; and I further certify that the same was fully made known and explained to Mary Faulconer before subscribing and swearing thereto; and I further certify that the witness is a credible person and of good repute for truth and veracity, and so recognized by me in the community in which she lives, and I certify that I have no interest in the claim whatever.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name as clerk and affixed the seal of said court at office this 16th day of March A. D. 1888. Theo Lewis signed his name, Clerk, Fayette County Court in Kentucky.

The foregoing affidavit was signed and sworn to before me by William Faulconer this April 3, 1888 and I certify that I am acquainted with said affiant that he is a credible person of good repute for truth and veracity and that I have no interest in the prosecution of this claim whatever.

Witness my hand and official seal this 3rd day of April 1888. Theo Lewis c.f.c.c.

Notes:

William Faulconer, age 31, painter, in 1860, is living in the household of J. W. and Ellen Cunningham. The next household is that of his future wife’s father, John Evans Parker, 64, Boot and shoe maker. William Morton Faulconer married Miss Lucy Watts Parker (17 Nov 1835 – 1916) on 6 Jun 1866. Willaim Faulconer, age 77, died at the home of his son, C. L. Faulconer, 68 Central Avenue this morning (3 Sep 1902). He was a member of Morgan’s Command during the Civil War and one of seven men that captured Winchester during the war. Mr. Faulconer was born near Athens, Fayette County in 1825. The sister of Mrs. William Faulconer, Miss Sarah L. Parker, died at age 59, about 14 Jun 1905, at Mrs. Faulconer’s home in Woodland.

Mary Faulconer, age 25, in 1860, is living in the household of David Chives, age 67, personal effects $10,000; born in Virginia. Miss Mary Faulconer died of pneumonia at her home at Ewing, Kentucky on 24 Nov 1903; she was 67 years old. She will probably be buried in Lexington.

The Affidavit was included in Mexican War Pension, John C. Faulkner, WC-4225, which is filed at the National Archives. Other information was found on the 1860 Census at Ancestry.com and newspapers, “Lexington Herald” and the “Leader.”

These Faulconer siblings, William, Mary and John, may be descendants of Joseph and Frances Faulconer; Joseph was a revolutionary soldier. More research needs to be done. They are also probably related to the Cunningham’s and Chives of Fayette County; and to the Faulconer and Marsh families of Lincoln County, Kentucky, 1880.

Mr. Bill LaBach, Franklin County, Kentucky, provided the Faulconer-Parker marriage information. He is a direct descendant of John Evans Parker.