Pension File # 12,482
State of Tennessee
SOLDIER’S APPLICATION FOR PENSION
NAME Thos. J. Evans
Co. I Forest old Rgt.
Filed Mar. 17, 1911
Allowed _______
Died March 4, 1930
FILE IS STAMPED AcceptedSOLDIER’S APPLICATION FOR PENSION
I, Thomas J. Evans a native of the State of Tennessee and now a citizen of Tennessee, resident at Alamo 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 Capt. Wm. Craddocks Co. Maj. Bennett Batalion & Consolidated with 12 Tenn. Cav. Col. Greens Regt and surrendered under Col. Kelly Forest old Regt. 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: was born in the State of Ark in? 1844 & moved here in 1848
When did you enlist and in what command? Give the names of the regimental and company officers under whom you served.
Answer: Craddocks Co. Dec 1863 Bennetts Batalion & was consolidated with Col. Greens 12 Tenn. Cav. and was afterwards with Kelleys Regt.
In what battle or battles were you engaged, and, if not wounded, state what disabilities did you receive, if any?
Answer: was in most all the Battles of my Regt. and on duty all the time.
What was the precise nature of your wound or disability, if any?
Answer: ___________________________
Were you incapacitated for service by reason of said wound or disability incurred?
Answer: ___________________________
Were you discharged from the army by reason of said wound or disability?
Answer: ___________________________
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: was surrendered at Gainesville Ala May 12 1865
Were you ever in prison? If so, what prison and when released?
Answer: ___________________________
Were you paroled? If so, when and where?
Answer: Answered above
Did you take the oath of allegiance to the United States Government?
Answer: Only by the Payrole as stated above
(Mr. Evans had his Payrole and exhibited to me – D. B. Dodson)
If so, when and under what circumstances?
Answer: ___________________________
Are you married, or have you been married?
Answer: Yes Sir
If so, what is the size of your family living together?
Answer: Wife & three daughters
What are the respective ages of your wife and children living with you?
Answer: Wife 62 – 22 – 27 – 30
To what sex do your children belong?
Answer: ___________________________
In what business are you now engaged, if any, and what do you earn?
Answer: Farming, about a living
What estate have you in your own right, real and personal, and what is its value?
Answer: none in my own name, my wife own about 50 acres
What estate has your wife in her own right, real and personal, and what is its value?
Answer: answer above
How have you derived support for yourself and family for the past five years?
Answer: I have
Do you use intoxicants to any extent?
Answer: Do not
How long have you been an actual resident of the State of Tennessee?
Answer: Since 1848
Have you an attorney to look after this application?
Answer: none
If so, give his name and address.
Answer: ___________________________
Witness my hand, this 16 day of March 1911
(Signed) T. J. Evans
WITNESSES:
(Signed) H. W. Cooke, Physician, Postoffice Address: __________________
(Signed) D. H. Harris, Witness, Postoffice Address: Alamo, Tenn
(Signed) W. C. Howell, Witness, Postoffice Address: Alamo, Tenn
STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County
I, John F. Peal, Trustee of said County, certify that J. T. Evans and his wife Margret A. are assessed with 49 acres, valued at $ 500.00 and with $ No of personal property.
Witness my hand, this 16th day of Mch 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, D. B. Dodson, Cir Clk of said County, the above named T. J. Evans, 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, this 16 day of Mar 1911
(Signed) D. B. Dodson
STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County
Personally appeared before me, R. L. Conyers, Co. Clerk of said County, the above named Dr. H. W. Cook 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 T. J. Evans, the applicant, and finds him laboring under the following disabilities:
I have known Mr. T. J. Evans a long time for the last seven or 8 years he has suffered a great deal at time with Rheumatism is getting old and physically disabled to do much labor.
(Signed) H. W. Cook M.D.
Witness my hand and seal of office, this 16 day of Mar 1911
(Signed) R. L. Conyers Clerk
STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County
Personally appeared before me, R. L. Conyers, Co. Clerk of said County, the above named D. W. Harris and W. C. Howell, 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 D. W. Harris further make oath to the following facts touching the applicant’s service in the Confederate army:
I personally know of Mr. Evans, as a soldier, and can testify that he made a good soldier, faithful to duty in camp, on battlefield and elsewhere. D. W. Harris
Witness my hand, this 16 day of March 1911
(Signed) R. L. Conyers
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Headquarters
Tennessee Board of Pension Examiners
Gen. F. C. Ainsworth,
Adjutant General,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir: Thomas J. Evans who is an applicant for Pension under the Tennessee Pension law, claims to have been a member of Company I Forrests old Regiment Tenn Cav C.S.A., and to have been paroled at Gainesville Ala in May 1865.
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, March 21, 1911
Respectfully returned to the
President, Tennessee Board
of Pension Examiners,
Nashville
There are no rolls on file in this office of Company I, Forrest’s Old Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry, Confederate States Army. Other records show, however, that T. J. Evans, private said company and regiment, surrendered May 4, 1865, at Citronelle, and that he was paroled May 11, 1865, at Gainesville, Alabama.
T. C. Dismuks?
The Adjutant General
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1818 Mitchell St.
Humboldt, Tennessee
June 4, 1945
Tennessee Confederate Pension Board
War Memorial Building
Nashville, Tennessee
Gentlemen:
Will you be kind enough to give me information concerning the official record of the Confederate Service of Mr. T. J. Evans, Crockett County, Alamo, Tennessee.
He received a pension until his death, March 4, 1930.
Any information you can give will be sincerely appreciated and is to be used with reference to membership in the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Yours truly,
[Signed] Mary Evans
(Miss) Mary Alice Evans
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June 8, 1945
Miss Mary Alice Evans
1818 Mitchell Street
Humboldt, Tennessee
Dear Miss Evans:
Attached is copy in triplicate of the Confederate service record of T. J. Evans as taken from his application for Confederate pension on file in this office under #12482.
This information is being furnished at your request.
Yours very truly,
Mrs. Lorene Steinhauer, Director
Division Confederate Pensions
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June 8, 1945
This is to certify that the records on file in this office show that Thomas J. Evans, resident at Alamo, Crockett County, Tennessee was granted a Confederate pension in this State on April 11, 1911 and continued to receive this pension until his death on March 4, 1930. His application is filed in this office under #12482.
Mr. Evans states in his application that he was born in the State of Arkansas in 1844; enlisted in the Confederate Army in December 1864 in Captain Wm. Craddock’s Company, Major Bennett’s Battalion, was consolidated with Colonel Green’s 12th Tennessee Cavalry, and later with Kelley’s Regiment. Was surrendered at Gainesville, Alabama May 12, 1865.
Attached to the application of Mr. Evans is the following report dated March 21, 1911, furnished this office by The Adjutant General’s Office, War Department, Washington, D.C.
“There are no rolls on file in this office of Company I, Forrest’s Old Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry, Confederate States Army. Other records show, however, that T. J. Evans, private said company and regiment, surrendered May 4, 1865, at Citronelle, and that he was paroled May 11, 1865, at Gainesville, Alabama.”
Mrs. Lorene Steinhauer, Director
Division Confederate Pensions
#10 Memorial Building
Nashville, Tennessee