Catherine Brock was born in March 1837 to Squire H. Brock and Rachel Parker. On 2 March 1857 she married William L. Davis in Chesterfield County, South Carolina.[1]
In 1869 William and Catherine moved South to Duval County, Florida. William and Catherine had seven children, five (5) sons and 2 daughters.
On 3 July 1892, William L. Davis was killed by lightning about 10 miles South of Jacksonville near Woodtown on the St. Johns Rivers.
On 27 July 1909, Catherine applied to the State of Florida for a Widows pension based on the service of her husband, William L. Davis in the Civil War. William L. Davis, age 27, enlisted into Capt. James C. Coit’s Company on 25 August 1861. [2] He was discharged 26 February 1862.
The CSA Government issued a certificate if Disability which stated that William had been sick for the past 60 days with an attack of pneumonia which had affected his health and rendered him unfit for Service.[3]
Catherine's Pension Application (#A03212) was approved on 9 Sept 1909 with pay from 1 July 1909 for a total of $120.00 per annum.
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[1] Division of Library & Information Services, "Florida Civil War Pension; Confederate Pension Applications," digital images, floridamemory.com (http://www.floridamemory.com : viewed March 2012), Catherine B. Davis, Application #A03212; citing for service in the Civil War of Her husband William L. Davis; J. C. Coit's Chesterfield Light Artillery.
[2] http://www.fold3.com/image/#20|77193666
[3] http://www.fold3.com/image/#20|77193723
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