Pension File # 13,156
State of Tennessee
SOLDIER’S APPLICATION FOR PENSION
NAME Geo. M. Rowland
Co. F. 31 Tenn Inf Rgt.
Filed Aug. 26, 1911
Allowed _______
FILE IS STAMPED AcceptedSOLDIER’S APPLICATION FOR PENSION
I, George McMain Rowland a native of the State of Tennessee and now a citizen of Tennessee, resident at Chestnut Bluff in the County of Crockett in said State of Tennessee, and who was a soldier from the State of Tennessee in the war between the United States and the Confederate States, do hereby apply for aid under the Act of the General Assembly of Tennessee, entitled “An Act for the benefit of indigent and disabled soldiers of the late war between the States, and to fix the fees of attorneys or agents for procuring such pension, and fixing a penalty for the violation of the same.” And I do solemnly swear that I was a member of 31st Tenn Regiment in the service of the Confederate or United States, and that by reason of disability and indigence I am now entitled to receive the benefit of this Act. I further swear that I do not hold any National, State, or County office, nor do I receive aid or pension from any other State, or from the United States, and that I am not an inmate of any soldier’s home, and that I am unable to earn a reasonable support for myself and family. I do further solemnly swear that the answers given to the following questions are true:
In what County, State and year were you born?
Answer: Haywood but now Crockett Tenn
When did you enlist and in what command? Give the names of the regimental and company officers under whom you served.
Answer: in 1861, Capt. Stafford – Tom Jacox 1st Luiet, Col. Bradfort, 31 Tenn
In what battle or battles were you engaged, and, if not wounded, state what disabilities did you receive, if any?
Answer: Shiloh, Murphresboro, Chickamaga, Perryville, Missionary Ridge
What was the precise nature of your wound or disability, if any?
Answer: I was shot through my right arm below the elbow, the scar plainly to be seen to day. It was a bad wound
Were you incapacitated for service by reason of said wound or disability incurred?
Answer: Yes for several months, even before I was well
Were you discharged from the army by reason of said wound or disability?
Answer: No
If discharged from the army, where were you and what did you do until the close of the war?
Answer: __________________________
What was the name of the surgeon who attended you?
Answer: __________________________
How did you get out of the army, when and where?
Answer: I was captured at Atlanta Ga
Were you ever in prison? If so, what prison and when released?
Answer: yes in Camp Chase Ohio, After the surrender of our armies
Were you paroled? If so, when and where?
Answer: I was paroled when I came out of prison in 1865
Did you take the oath of allegiance to the United States Government?
Answer: I was paroled as other soldiers at the surrender
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If so, when and under what circumstances?
Answer: __________________________
Have you applied for pension before this? If so, about when?
Answer: No
Are you married, or have you been married?
Answer: Yes
If so, what is the size of your family living together?
Answer: Myself and wife – one son lives on my place
What are the respective ages of your wife and children living with you?
Answer: My wife is 68 – I am 75
To what sex do your children belong?
Answer: __________________________
In what business are you now engaged, if any, and what do you earn?
Answer: Farming
What estate have you in your own right, real and personal, and what is its value?
Answer: A small farm
What estate has your wife in her own right, real and personal, and what is its value?
Answer: None
How have you derived support for yourself and family for the past five years?
Answer: By manual labor on the farm
Do you use intoxicants to any extent?
Answer: No
How long have you been an actual resident of the State of Tennessee?
Answer: All my life
Have you an attorney to look after this application?
Answer: No
If so, give his name and address.
Answer: __________________________
Witness my hand, this __ day of ___ 19__
(Signed) G. M. Rowland
WITNESSES:
(Signed) Wm. B. York, Physician, Postoffice Address: Chestnut Bluff, Tenn
(Signed) T. F. Conyers, Witness, Postoffice Address: Chestnut Bluff, Tenn
(Signed) B. B. Palmore, Witness, Postoffice Address: Chestnut Bluff, Tenn
STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County
I, Jno F. Peal, Trustee of said County, certify that G. M. Rowland and his wife _____________ are assessed with 100 acres, valued at $ 900.00 and with $ No of personal property.
Witness my hand, this 25 day of Aug 1911
Signed Jno F. Peal
If applicant and his wife have no property, the Trustee must so certify.
STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett COUNTY.
Personally appeared before me, Sam Young, N. P. of said County, the above named G. W. Rowland, the applicant, with whom I am personally acquainted, and having the application read and fully explained to him, as well as the statements and answers therein made, made oath that the said statements and answers are true.
Witness my hand and seal of office, this 23 day of Aug 1911
(Signed) Sam Young, N.P.
STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County
Personally appeared before me, Sam Young, N. P. of said County, the above named Wm. B. York one of the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing application, and who is a physician of good standing, and being duly sworn says that he has carefully and thoroughly examined G. M. Rowland, the applicant, and finds him laboring under the following disabilities:
From age Mr. Rowland is incapable of making a surport for himself and wife unaided. His general health is comparatively good for one of his age, But his feebleness is excessive
Witness my hand, this 23 day of Aug 1911
(Signed) Sam Young, N.P.
STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County
Personally appeared before me, Sam Young, N. P. of said County, the above named T. F. Conyers and B. B. Palmore, two of the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing application, whom I am personally acquainted, and known to me to be citizens of veracity and standing in this community, and who make oath that they are personally acquainted with the foregoing applicant, and that the facts set forth and statements made in this application are correct and true, to the best of their knowledge and belief, and that they have no interest in this claim, and that said applicant’s habits are good and free from dishonor. And _____________ further make oath to the following facts touching the applicant’s service in the _____________ army:
_________________________
Witness my hand, this 23 day of Aug 1911
(Signed) Sam Young, N. P.
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Nov. 16, 1911
Geo. M. Rowland
Mr. Geo. W. Rowland
Chestnutt Bluff, Tenn.,
Dear Sir;
In your application for pension Dr. York makes no mention of a wound or the effects of the same. Get the doctor to examine your arm and write me a letter stating whether, in his opinion, the wound was of such a character to disable you from further service.
Very truly yours,
Special Examiner.
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Headquarters
Tennessee Board of Pension Examiners.
Nashville, Tenn. Aug. 26, 1911
Gen. F. C. Ainsworth,
Adjutant General,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir: Geo. M. Rowland who is an applicant for Pension under the Tennessee Pension law, claims to have been a member of Company F 31 Tenn Regiment Inf C.S.A., and to have been released from Camp Chase, Ohio, at close of war.
Nov. 15/11
Was he out for exchange or was? he released upon taking the oath?
Please give us the record of this soldier.
Respectfully,
George B. Guild
President
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War Department,
The Adjutant General’s Office,
Washington, November 18, 1911.
Respectfully returned to the
President,
Tennessee Board of Pension Examiners,
Nashville.
A reexamination of the records discloses the following relative to the within mentioned George M. Rowland: He was paroled at Camp Chase, Ohio, February 12, 1865; transferred to Point Lookout, Maryland, and received at Boulware’s and Cox’s Wharves, James River, February 20 – 21, 1865. No later record of him has been found.
F. C. Dismuks
The Adjutant General.
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Headquarters
Tennessee Board of Pension Examiners
Nashville, Tenn. June 8, 1914
Postmaster: Fowlkes, Tenn
Dear Sir:
G. M. Rowland, a pensioner, has not sent in his voucher for March 1914
We suppose he has died or removed from the State. In order that we may correct our roll, will you kindly make inquiry of a carrier, justice of the peace, or a school director of his district and let me know the result of the inquiry on the back of this sheet?
The last address given by him was Fowlkes, Tenn.
In case of death the widow or other legal representative is entitled to the pension for the full quarter in which the pensioner dies, upon making an affidavit before an officer using a seal, stating the date of death and name of the widow or other legal representative.
I enclose stamp for reply, and will appreciate your courtesy.
Yours truly,
Frank A. Moses
Special Examiner