On this petition to Governor Brown dated May 31, 1864, Mrs Mary E Mooty signs under the heading, soldiers wives. Her name appears at the bottom of this page. If she thought of herself as something else, presumably she would have signed as something else.
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The petition in behalf of Dr Gauldin was disapproved by the state adjutant general.