1280 acres of land distributed to Francis Niederhofer

This is a copy of the Confederate Land Scrip issued to Francis Niederhofer by the General Land Office of Texas for the service of Charles Niederhofer in the Confederate Army who died during the Civil War while honorably serving in Galveston Texas. Charles is listed in the Military records as C.N.Neiderhoffer. He died of the Yellow Fever. He served as a private in the infantry in the 20th Texas Regiment (also known as Elmore's Regiment) in Company G under Captain Dixon H. Lewis. Since Francis was widowed while Charles was still in the Confederate Army and he was proven by witnesses to not be one of the soldiers who deserted, she was honored with a grant from the great state of Texas for 1280 acres of land.

It is interesting to note that Captain D. H. Lewis was one of the witnesses that signed in the document. Also, An Ellisor signed the document. In the future from the time of this document Maude Ellisor married one of Charles's grandsons which was John Henry Niederhofer Sr.