William L. Hays Civil War Pension

Pension File # 9784
State of Tennessee

SOLDIER’S APPLICATION FOR PENSION

NAME Wm. L. Hays
Filed Jan 3, 1908
Allowed ________________________

FILE IS STAMPED AcceptedSOLDIER’S APPLICATION FOR PENSION

I, William Lauson Hays a native of the State of Ala and now a citizen of Tennessee, resident at Johnsons Grove in the County of Crockett in said State of Tennessee, and who was a soldier from the State of Alabama 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 Co. H. 19th Ala. Inf. 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: Cass Co., Ga, April 19th 1845, moved with my parents to Ala when a child

When did you enlist and in what command? Give the names of the regimental and company officers under whom you served.
Answer: Capt. Joseph Cunningham Col. Kimbrough 19th Ala Regt.

In what battle or battles were you engaged, and, if not wounded, state what disabilities did you receive, if any?
Answer: Shiloh, Chickamauga, Mil____? Ridge, Franklin, Northville, Perrysville, Radaca?, Jarishons? Ga, ??? ??? ??? Kencsan? Mountain

What was the precise nature of your wound or disability, if any?
Answer: I was wounded at Atlanta in left side

Were you incapacitated for service by reason of said wound or disability incurred?
Answer: Yes, for some time

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: At the close of the war, Saulsbury? N. C.

What was the name of the surgeon who attended you?
Answer: ______________

How did you get out of the army, when and where?
Answer: Paroled at close of the war, Saulsbury? N. C.

Did you take the oath of allegiance to the United States Government?
Answer: Yes Sir

If so, when and under what circumstances?
Answer: Close of the war

Are you married, or have you been married?
Answer: Married

If so, what is the size of your family living together?
Answer: Wife & I alone

What are the respective ages of your wife and children living with you?
Answer: Wife 65 years of age, No children with me

To what sex do your children belong?
Answer: One boy & Four girls, all married

Are not some of your children able to support you?
Answer: No Sir

In what business are you now engaged, if any, and what do you earn?
Answer: Carpenter – just a little – can’t do much

What estate have you in your own right, real and personal, and what is its value?
Answer: Nothing at all – a two acre lot is ??? to me but it is only for life – Value Fifty (50) Dollars

What estate has your wife in her own right, real and personal, and what is its value?
Answer: She has nothing

How have you derived support for yourself and family for the past five years?
Answer: What little I could make of my trade

Do you use intoxicants to any extent?
Answer: No Sir

How long have you been an actual resident of the State of Tennessee?
Answer: Forty years

Have you an attorney to look after this application?
Answer: Yes

If so, give his name and address.
Answer: C. A. Goodloe, Alamo, Tenn.

Witness my hand, this 9th day of Dec 1907
(Signed) William Losson Hays

WITNESSES:
W. B. Eason, Physician
G. E. Hollis I was in same company with ??? and know him to be a good soldier


STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County

I, Jno. H. Perry, Trustee of said County, certify that ________ and his wife _________ are assessed with 2 acres, valued at $50 and with $_________ of personal property.

Witness my hand, this 9 day of Dec 1907
Signed Jno. H. Perry

If applicant and his wife have no property, the Trustee must so certify.

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County

Personally appeared before me, J. W. Emison, Clerk Co. Court of said County, the above named William Lawson Hays the applicant, with whom I am personally acquainted, and having 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 9″ day of Dec 1907
(Signed) J. W. Emison, Clerk


STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County

Personally appeared before me, J. W. Emison, Clerk Co. Court of said County, the above named Dr. W. B. Eason 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 examinid William Lawson Hays, the applicant, and finds him laboring under the following disabilities:

Chronic cystitis, Mitral lesion of heart, and frequent attacks of renal colic.

Witness my hand, this 9″ day of Dec. 1907
(Signed) J. W. Emison, Clerk


STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Hamilton County

Personally appeared before me, A. L. Kirkpatrick Notary Public of said County, the above named _________ and A. M. Espey, two of the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing application, with whom I am personally acquainted, and know 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 18th day of December 1907
(Signed) A. L. Kirkpatrick, Notary Public