Nancy M. Higgins pension application papers, 1891 - 1909

Set of documents concerning Nelson Higgins's service in the Mormon Battalion and the Black Hawk War, including widow Nancy Higgins applications for widow pensions

Manuscript document with details on Nelson Higgins's service in Black Hawk War, prepared by widow Nancy Higgins for application for a pension in 1891 and 1892; Letter from the Bureau of Pensions at Washington, D.C., dated 27 January 1892 to Nancy M. Higgins of Elsinore, Utah, notifying her of the pension being awarded for Nelson Higgins's service in the Mexican War; Letter dated 27 August 1909 from Utah Secretary of State Charles S. Tingery to Nancy M. Higgins regarding an Indian War Veteran medal for Nelson Higgins; Letter dated 28 October 1902 from Nancy M. Higgins at Elsinore, Utah, to the Clerk of the Court of Claims in Washington, D.C., asking about claiming a pension for the service of Nelson Higgins; U.S. Mexican War Bureau of Pensions certificate approved 29 January 1887 for Nancy M. Higgins to receive a pension as widow of Nelson Higgins for his service in the Mormon Battalion, signed 12 Novmeber 1892, by Cyrus Bussey, Acting Secretary of the Interior; Manuscript outlining Nelson Higgins's service in the Mexican War, probably written by Nancy M. Higgins in preparation to submit an application for a pension