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W. E. Wray Civil War Pension

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Pension File # 8767
State of Tennessee

SOLDIER’S APPLICATION FOR PENSION

NAME W. E. Wray
Filed Feb. 14, 1907
Allowed __________

FILE IS STAMPED AcceptedSOLDIER’S APPLICATION FOR PENSION

I, W. E. Wray a native of the State of Georgia and now a citizen of Tennessee, resident at Bells in the County of Crockett in said State of Tennessee, and who was a soldier from the State of Georgia 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. A. 35th Regiment Georgia Infantry in the service of the Confederate 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: Carroll County Georgia. Born February 19th 1845

When did you enlist and in what command? Give the names of the regimental and company officers under whom you served.
Answer: January 1863. Hold Col. McColloughs Lt. Col. John Deeke Capt. A. J. Bentley Lt. John Liner 2nd Lt.

In what battle or battles were you engaged, and, if not wounded, state what disabilities did you receive, if any?
Answer: Chancellorsville, and was wounded twice at the Battle of Gettysburg, Pa.

What was the precise nature of your wound or disability, if any?
Answer: I was shot in the neck, the ball ranging through my shoulder blade. 2nd shot in my left side.

Were you incapacitated for service by reason of said wound or disability incurred?
Answer: Yes at that time, and for one year

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: Regt. surgeon Dr. Hill. Hospittal surgeons not recollected

How did you get out of the army, when and where?
Answer: Surrendered at Appomattox Va under Gen. Noe?

Did you take the oath of allegiance to the United States Government?
Answer: No

If so, when and under what circumstances?
Answer: ________________

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

What are the respective ages of your wife and children living with you?
Answer: My wife’s age is sixty years

To what sex do your children belong?
Answer: Male

Are not some of your children able to support you?
Answer: But one – Grown and gone

In what business are you now engaged, if any, and what do you earn?
Answer: Trying to farm. Short on rented lease?

What estate have you in your own right, real and personal, and what is its value?
Answer: No realty – Have a mule & one cow value $100. A small lot of house hold &c;

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

How have you derived support for yourself and family for the past five years?
Answer: By trying to Farm

Do you use intoxicants to any extent?
Answer: Do not use it

How long have you been an actual resident of the State of Tennessee?
Answer: (33) Thirty Three years

Have you an attorney to look after this application?
Answer: No

If so, give his name and address.
Answer: _______________________

Witness my hand, this 13 day of Feb 1907
(Signed) W. E. Wray

WITNESSES:
(Signed) S. A.? Henderson?, Physician
(Signed) G. C. Sherrod, Witness
(Signed) W. F. Webb, Witness

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County

I, J. H. Perry, Trustee of said County, certify that W. E. Wray and his wife Mary E. Wray are assessed with ___________ acres, valued at $ ___________ and with $ ___________ of personal property.

Witness my hand, this 13 day of Feb 1907
Signed John H. Perry

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

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett COUNTY.

Personally appeared before me, W. B. Bell, N. P., of said County, the above named W. E. Wray, 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 13 day of Feb 1907
(Signed) W. B. Bell, N. P.

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County

Personally appeared before me, W. B. Bell, N. P. of said County, the above named S. A.? Henderson 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 W. E. Wray, the applicant, and finds him laboring under the following disabilities:

Rhumatissm, and from old age he is unable to do manual labor to earn? a living for self and wife

Witness my hand, this 13 day of Feb 1907
(Signed) W. B. Bell, N. P.

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County

Personally appeared before me, W. B. Bell, N. P. of said County, the above named G. C. Sherrod & W. F. Webb and W. F. Webb, 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 they further make oath to the following facts touching the applicant’s character as a citizen:

That they know him to be an honorable & upright citizen & a christian gentleman

Witness my hand, this 13 day of Feb 1907
(Signed) W. B. Bell, N. P.

Francis John Wood Civil War Pension

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Pension File # 8715
State of Tennessee

SOLDIER’S APPLICATION FOR PENSION

NAME F. J. Wood
Filed Jan. 26, 1907
Allowed _______

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FILE IS STAMPED RejectedSOLDIER’S APPLICATION FOR PENSION

I, F. J. Wood a native of the State of Tennessee and now a citizen of Tennessee, resident at Bells, moving to Memphis now 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 say that I was a member of and Capt. of Co. “G”, 27th Regt Tennessee Infantry 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 affirm 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 say that the answers given to the following questions are true:

In what County, State and year were you born?
Answer: Haywood County Tenn. A. D. 1839

When did you enlist and in what command? Give the names of the regimental and company officers under whom you served.
Answer: April 1861, (Col Kit Williams) 27th Regt Tenn Infantry. Kit Williams Col – Homer Brown Lt Co – Love Maj. J. P. Burns Capt. — (F. J. Wood 1st Lt) John Beasly 2d Lt. A. C. Allen 3d Lt

In what battle or battles were you engaged, and, if not wounded, state what disabilities did you receive, if any?
Answer: I was wounded 22d of July 1864. was in Battles from 20th to 22, Peachtree Creek and others.

What was the precise nature of your wound or disability, if any?
Answer: I was shot through the right thigh.

Were you incapacitated for service by reason of said wound or disability incurred?
Answer: Yes. Afterwards I was placed on post duty. Pro? M. Macon Ga

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: —- —- Hospital Forsyth — do not recollect name of —–

How did you get out of the army, when and where?
Answer: Captured and paroled by Gen. Wilson at Macon Ga 20th April 1865

Did you take the oath of allegiance to the United States Government?
Answer: No

If so, when and under what circumstances?
Answer: ________________________________

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

If so, what is the size of your family living together?
Answer: Myself, Lady & baby

What are the respective ages of your wife and children living with you?
Answer: Wife 45 yrs – Baby 2 1/2 yrs

To what sex do your children belong?
Answer: Female

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

In what business are you now engaged, if any, and what do you earn?
Answer: None

What estate have you in your own right, real and personal, and what is its value?
Answer: Refer you to Trustee’s Certificate

What estate has your wife in her own right, real and personal, and what is its value?
Answer: Refer to Trustee’s Certificate. 25 acres of land worth $250.00

How have you derived support for yourself and family for the past five years?
Answer: By a small amount of money on hand &? collections?

Do you use intoxicants to any extent?
Answer: No

How long have you been an actual resident of the State of Tennessee?
Answer: during my entire life

Have you an attorney to look after this application?
Answer: No

If so, give his name and address.
Answer: ________________________________

Witness my hand, this 23d day of January 1907
(Signed) F. J. Wood, Capt. Co. G 27th Regt Tenn Infty

WITNESSES:
(Signed) Jno H. Harris, Physician
(Signed) S. J. Hopkins, Witness
(Signed) W. F. Webb, Witness

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County

I, Jno H. Perry, Trustee of said County, certify that Capt. F. J. Wood and his wife Emma Wood are assessed with 2 Houses acres, valued at $ $1,300. and with $ wife has 25 acres of land worth $250.00 of personal property.

Witness my hand, this 23d day of January 1907
Signed J. 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. C. Humphreys, N. P. of said County, the above named F. J. Wood, 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, affirmed that the said statements and answers are true.

Witness my hand and seal of this office, this 23 day of Jan 1907
(Signed) J. C. Humphreys

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County

Personally appeared before me, J. C. Humphreys, N. P. of said County, the above named Jno H. Harris M.D. one of the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing application, and who is a physician of good standing, and being duly sworn says makes affirmation that he has carefully and thoroughly examined Capt. F. J. Wood, the applicant, and finds him laboring under the following disabilities:

Severe Myopia. Wounded leg that renders him unfit for work. and for? proof several months from chronic nephritis due to colonli? that incapacitates him for pysical work. Taking age disabilities ect into consideration his time for work is over.

Witness my hand, this 23 day of Jan 1907
(Signed) J. C. Humphreys

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County

Personally appeared before me, J. C. Humphreys, N. P. of said County, the above named S. J. Hopkins and W. F. Webb, 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 makes affirmation 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 We further make oath affirm to the following facts touching the applicant’s service in the of since the war army:

we have been personally acquainted with Capt. F. J. Wood since the close of the war, and know that he has been an honest upright and peacible? Citizen, a strict member of the Church, filled the positions of Trustee and Steward of his Church.

Witness my hand, this 23 day of Jan 1907
(Signed) J. C. Humphreys

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Headquarters
Tennessee Board of Pension Examiners.

Nashville, Tenn. Febry 2, 1907

Trustee Shelby County
Memphis, Tenn.

Dear sir,

Will you kindly certify on the bottom of this sheet the character and assessed valuation of —? property in your county assessed to F. J. Wood or his wife Emma Wood?

The parties live in Crockett County Tenn. This information is wanted as proof in a pension case.

Yours truly,
Frank A. Moses
Special Examiner

What ward or District is the Property in?

J. J. Taylor Tr? Logan?

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Headquarters
Tennessee Board of Pension Examiners.

Nashville, Tenn. Febry 2, 1907

Gen. F. C. Ainsworth,
Military Secretary,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

F. J. Wood who is an applicant for Pension under the Tennessee Pension law, claims to have been a captain of Company G Twenty seventh Regiment Tenn Infty C.S.A., and to have been paroled by Gen. Wilson at Macon Ga in April 1865.

Please give us the record of this soldier.

Respectfully,
George B. Guild
President

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War Department,
The Military Secretary’s Office.
Washington, February 7, 1907.

Respectfully returned to the

President,
Tennessee Board of Pension
Examiners,
Nashville.

The records show that F. J. Wood was captain of Company G, 27th Tennessee Infantry, C.S.A. On the muster roll of the company dated April 30, 1864 (latest on file), he is reported “Absent at Atlanta, Georgia, on no duty.” His name appears on a report of the Confederates captured at Macon, Georgia, April 20, 1865, but no record has been found of his parole.

F. C. Ainsworth
The Military Secretary.

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The Bank of Alamo
Capital Stock, $20,000.00

Alamo, Tenn. Feb 18, 1907

John P. Hickman
Nashville, Tenn.

Dear Sir,

At a call meeting of Joseph E. Johnston Bivouac #25 and Camp #915, on Saturday Feb. 16th 1907, the following proceedings were had,

Whereas this Camp & Bivouac have learned that one of our comrades F. J. Wood has made and filed an application for a Pension as an ex confederate Soldier,

And, Whereas the Records in West Tenn. fail to show that he is a pauper, or in indigent circumstances, on the contrary he is in affluence as compared to other old Soldiers and widows of old Soldiers in Tenn Therefore

Be it Resolved that it is the sense of this Bivouac & Camp

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that the granting of said pension would not only be improper, but an injustice to many others of our ranks who are worthy and exceedingly needy.

The above preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted.

C. A. Goodloe 1st Vice Pres
D. B. Dodson Sec

Wiley Washington Whitley Civil War Pension

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Pension File # 9720
State of Tennessee

SOLDIER’S APPLICATION FOR PENSION

NAME W. W. Whitley
Filed Dec. 3, 1907
Allowed _______

FILE IS STAMPED AcceptedSOLDIER’S APPLICATION FOR PENSION

I, W. W. Whitley a native of the State of Georgia and now a citizen of Tennessee, resident at Gadsden in the County of Crockett in said State of Tennessee, and who was a soldier from the State of Missippi 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 Company K First Miss. Reg. Inf. Capt. O. D. Hughs, Col. John M. Simington 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: Putnam Co. Georgia. In the year 1843

When did you enlist and in what command? Give the names of the regimental and company officers under whom you served.
Answer: August 1861. Gen. Alcorn’s Brigade. First Regment John M. Simington Col. O. D. Hughs Capt. Co. K.

In what battle or battles were you engaged, and, if not wounded, state what disabilities did you receive, if any?
Answer: 1″ Fort Donaldson & was wounded in the Battle 2nd Fort Hudson La.

What was the precise nature of your wound or disability, if any?
Answer: I had 2 Ribs broken at Fort Donaldson

Were you incapacitated for service by reason of said wound or disability incurred?
Answer: I was in prison at Camp Morton Ind. for 7 Months

Were you discharged from the army by reason of said wound or disability?
Answer: No. I was able for service after I was exchanged

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: Dr. Roberts assistant Surgeon

How did you get out of the army, when and where?
Answer: Discharged at Iuk? Miss. at the close of the war

Did you take the oath of allegiance to the United States Government?
Answer: I did

If so, when and under what circumstances?
Answer: June 1865 Ordered to Iuka by the Federal Authorities

Are you married, or have you been married?
Answer: I am married

If so, what is the size of your family living together?
Answer: Four in number

What are the respective ages of your wife and children living with you?
Answer: Wife about 40 years. Children one 6 the 14 years

To what sex do your children belong?
Answer: Female

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

In what business are you now engaged, if any, and what do you earn?
Answer: Farming. Am able to earn but little

What estate have you in your own right, real and personal, and what is its value?
Answer: No real estate Person about $150.00

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: Farming as best I can

Do you use intoxicants to any extent?
Answer: No

How long have you been an actual resident of the State of Tennessee?
Answer: Since 1884 (23 years)

Have you an attorney to look after this application?
Answer: C. A. Goodloe

If so, give his name and address.
Answer: Alamo Crockett County Tenn

Witness my hand, this 25 day of February 1907
(Signed) W. W. Whitley

WITNESSES:
(Signed) J. L. Fuller, Physician
(Signed) R. O. Tatum, Witness
(Signed) Willie Evans, Witness

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett COUNTY.

Personally appeared before me, L. L. Cox, Notary Public of said County, the above named W. W. Whitley, 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 25 day of February 1907
(Signed) L. L. Cox, Notary Public

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County

Personally appeared before me, L. L. Cox, Notary Public of said County, the above named Dr. J. J. Fuller 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 W. W. Whitley, the applicant, and finds him laboring under the following disabilities:

I have personally examined W. W. Whitley and find him suffering from the effects of broken ribs caused he says by a gun shot wound he recieved in the war, Also from irregular circulation and general nervous prost—- which render him unable to do manual labor.

(Signed) J. L. Fuller, M.D.

Witness my hand, this 28 day of February 1907
(Signed) __________________

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County

Personally appeared before me, L. L. Cox, Notary Public of said County, the above named R. O. Tatum and Willie Evans, 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 and seal of office, this 28 day of February 1907
(Signed) L. L. Cox, Notary Public

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John H. Perry,
Trustee
Crockett County,
Tennessee.

Alamo, Tenn., ___________ 190__

This to Certify that W. W. Whitley is assessed with no Property either personal or Real in Crockett County.

This Nov. 30th 1907
Jno. H. Perry

Subscribed to before me, Nov. 30th 1907
J. W. Emison, Clerk

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C. A. Goodloe,
Attorney At Law.

Alamo, Tenn. 12-2-1907

To Board of Pension Comm—
Nashville, Tenn.

Dear Sir:

The —- application for Pension has been unintentionally mislaid. I — —- have —- early attention.

Yours,
C. A. Goodloe

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Headquarters
Tennessee Board of Pension Examiners

Nashville, Tenn. Dec. 17, 1907

Gen. F. C. Ainsworth,
Adjutant General,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

W. W. Whitley who is an applicant for Pension under the Tennessee Pension law, claims to have been a member of Company K First Regiment Miss Infty C.S.A., and to have been Jany 1, 1913. It is now claimed, that he later served in the 11th Miss. Cav.

Please give us the record of this soldier.

Respectfully,
George B. Guild
President

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No. 9720

Apr. the 9th 1908

Gadsden Tenn,
Mr. John Hickman

Dear sir if you will send to Washington you will find on record that I was captured on July the 8th 1863. I was paroled July the 12th & never was exchanged for & remained a paroled soldier untill the close of the war, in the early part of 64 I went to forest & served in his command under Capt. Rye, untill the close.

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No. 9720

Apr. the 9th 1908

Gadsden Tenn,
Mr. Frank Moses

Dear sir it has been so long I can not be sirtain but it seems to me that it? was Ashcroft command, if you will examine you will find what company Capt. Rye was in. I was with him, one of my comrades live clost to me, he was with Rye & he says he thinks it was furgerson command. I think you (nothing more)

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Dorsey, Miss., _________191__
R.F.D. To Mantachie

This is the certify that I, Harmon Grimes hereby make affidavitt that I knew Wiley Whitley personally and knew him as a Soldier in the 11th Mississippi Calvary, Armstrong Brigade and under Bedford Forest.

H. Grimes

Sworn to and Subscribed before me, This 30th day of November 1912
S. H. Turner
Notary Public

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Humboldt, Tenn. R.F.D. #9
Dec. 28, 1912

To The Hon. Pension Board,
Nashville, Tenn.

Gentlemen: I hereby certify under my official oath that I know Wiley Washington Whitley, personally, that he is the same W. W. Whitley who has filed a claim for pension before your Hon. Board. He came here, near Gadsden, Tenn, 25 or 30 years ago from Miss. and has lived here in the 3rd Civil district of Crockett Co. ever since. I have been a member of the equilization

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board of taxes for th–? several times and know Wiley W. Whitley ha— taxable property in th—. He is an honorable — old gentleman and statements are en—- full faith and cre—-

Very Respe—-
J. W. Ros—-
Notary

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Nashville, Tenn.,
Dec. 17, 1907

George B. Guild, President,
Tenn. Board Pension Examiners.

For record of W. W. Whitley,
“K”, 1st Miss. Inf., C.S.A.

War Department,
The Adjutant General’s Office
Washington, January 4, 1913.

Respectfully returned to the

President,
Tennessee Board of
Pension Examiners,
Nashville.

The name W. W. Whitley has not been found on the rolls on file in this office of any company of the 11th Mississippi Cavalry, Confederate States Army. The prisoner-of-war records show, however, that one W. H. Whitley, private, Company H, 11th (Perrin’s) Mississippi Cavalry, Confederate States Army, surrendered May 4, 1865, at Citronelle, Alabama, and that he was paroled May 17, 1865, at Columbus, Mississippi.

Geo. Andrews
The Adjutant General.

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Lee Gray
Clerk of Circuit Court
Alcorn County

Corinth, Miss., September the 11th 1917

State of Mississippi.
Alcorn County.

Personally appeared before me Lee Gray a Notary Public for the County of Alcorn County State of Mississippi. The undersigned J. J. Leigh who being duly sworn by me states upon oath that he is well acquainted with W. w. Whitley and has known him for 60 years, He further states that he knows that the said W. W. Whitley received an honorable discharge from the army while they were at Iuka Mississippi. In the Spring of 1865. He futher states that he seen the discharge a number of times, He futher states that he was with this man all through the War, and that this man was a good soldier and was always at his post.

J. J. (his X mark) Leigh

Subscribed and sworn to before me this the 11th day of September 1917.
Lee Gray
Notary Public

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Gadsden, Tenn
Sept. 29th 1917

Hon. John P. Hickman, Sect
Pension Board, Nashville, Tenn

Mr. W. W. Whitley advises me that in 1909 or 1910, he filed his application with you for State Pension and in 191_ or 1914 he filed other evidence and the reply to said evidence was that he had not made? proof of his Discharge. And? up to ashert? while ago he was unable to locate any of his comrads, but by chance he found one whose affida— is here in enclosed. Said Comrad is now located at Corinth Miss. Mr. Whitley enlisted in Miss. but has been a Citizen of Tenn for the past 24 years and? a Citizen of Crockett County most of the time. He is now about 74 or 75 years old —- a family to support. He owns no property and needs the pension allowed old Soldiers. He is of the opinion that (nothing more)

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Headquarters
Tennessee Board of Pension Examiners

Nashville, Tenn. October 26, 1917

W. W. Whitley, No. 9720

Mr. W. W. Whitley,
Gadsden, Tenn.

My Dear Sir:

Was there a W. H. Whitley in your company? If so, what became of him? The war records report that he was paroled at Columbus, Miss. You say you were paroled at Iuka. Are you the one and the same man?

Very truly yours,
Frank A. Moses
Special Examiner

Gadsden Tenn. Oct. 30th 1917

Mr. Frank A. Moses, Special Examiner
Tenn = Board of Pensions

Dear Sir. By request of Mr. W. W. Whitley I answer your communication as per his explination. there was not any one in his company known as W. H. Whitley. There was a A. J. Whitley his Brother. And he was paroled at Columbus Miss. Said the company got Scattered and some of them was paroled at Columbus and (over)

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Newton Walden Civil War Pension

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Pension File # 3338
State of Tennessee

SOLDIER’S APPLICATION FOR PENSION

NAME Newton Walden
Filed May 10, 1901
Allowed _____

FILE IS STAMPED RejectedSOLDIER’S APPLICATION FOR PENSION

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I, Newton Walden a native of the State of Georgia and now a citizen of Tennessee, resident at Bells in the County of Crockett in said State of Tennessee, and who was a soldier from the State of Ala 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, while in the discharge of my duty in the service of the Confederate or United States as a member of Co G. 10th Ala Regt (Inf), I was wounded in the battle or battles of ________, or contracted the following disease or disabilities, to wit: Petersburg and of the wilderness right arm sh—? at Petersburg and shot in left side at the? wilderness, and that by reason of such wound and disability I am now entitled to receive the benefits 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: Gwinnett Co. Georgia on 4th Oct 1830

When did you enlist and in what command? Give the names of the regimental and company officers under whom you were serving at date of wound or other disability.
Answer: 10th Ala (Inf) Co G. Col. John Forny? Regt Capt. James Martin, Enlisted in June 1862

In what battle or battles were you wounded, and, if not in battle, state under what circumstances you received the injury or injuries?
Answer: Petersburg and the wilderness as stated above

What was the precise nature of your wound or disability, if any?
Answer: Shattred arm between the wrist and elbow and flesh wound in the left side

What limb, if any, did you lose by reason of said wound or wounds, and, if no limb, state fully your disability, and in contracted in the service, and is said disability permanent?
Answer: I cannot use my right arm. I did not have it amputated but it is “Schivelld” – drawn up some

Were you incapacitated for service by reason of said wound or disability incurred?
Answer: I was unable for further Service

Were you discharged from the army by reason of said wound or disability?
Answer: No Sir – I remained in Comp – Could not go home

If discharged from the army, where were you and what did you do until the close of the war?
Answer: I remained in the Comp – —- to go – Could not go

What was the name of the surgeon who attended you?
Answer: Dr. Parker

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How did you get out of the army, when and where?
Answer: Paroled at Close of the war in 1865

Did you take the oath of allegiance to the United States Government?
Answer: No Sir

If so, when and under what circumstances?
Answer: Was paroled

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

If so, what is the size of your family living together?
Answer: None at all

What are the respective ages of your wife and children living with you?
Answer: ____________________

To what sex do your children belong?
Answer: One Boy Two girls

Are not some of your children able to support you?
Answer: No Sir – One is Texas – One in M Tenn and one in W Tenn

In what business are you now engaged, if any, and what do you earn?
Answer: Nothing much – hoe in the garden some

What estate have you in your own right, real and personal, and what is its value?
Answer: Nothing at all – hardly clothe enough

What estate has your wife in her own right, real and personal, and what is its value?
Answer: None at all – been dead about 30? years

How have you derived support for yourself and family for the past five years?
Answer: had no family? in that time – The neighbor help me

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

How long have you been an actual resident of the State of Tennessee?
Answer: Nearly thirty five 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 6 day of May 1901
(Signed) Newton Walden

WITNESSES:
(Signed) H. W. Cooke, Physician
(Signed) H. Walden, Witness
(Signed) _______________, Witness

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett COUNTY.

Personally appeared before me, D. B. Dodson, Clerk of the County Court of said County, the above named H. Walden, 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 6 day of May 1901
(Signed) D. B. Dodson

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County

Personally appeared before me, D. B. Dodson Clerk of the County Court 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 Newton Walden, the applicant, and finds him laboring under the following disabilities:

I find from examination and from his statements of the facts, that Mr. Walden was in the battle of Petersberg in the year 63 month of June, and that he was shot in about the middle of the forearm of the right arm – supposed minnie ball – his arm considerable shrivered and torn and is of but little use now though he can use it some

Witness my hand, at office, this 6 day of May 1901
(Signed) D. B. Dodson, Clerk.

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County

Personally appeared before me, D. B. Dodson Clerk of the County Court of said County, the above named H. Walden and Dr. H. W. Cook 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, at office, this 6 day of May 1901
(Signed) D. B. Dodson, Clerk

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This is to cirtyfy that I was aquinted wihh Newton Waldon and that I new him to be in the confederate army from 1862 till the surreder he was in the tenth al la bamma compny G captian James Martin

Cornel John Forneys Regment

State of Arkans County of White

I herrby do cirtyfy that the A bove is A true Statement.

H. Walden

Sub Scribed to before me this may the -? 1890?
H. To Carson? J.P.

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Griffithville Arkansas.
February 11, 1937

State Pension Board,
Nashville, Tennessee.

My Dear Sirs:

I am writing to you to find if you will please send me the Confederate States Army record of one — Newton Walden — veteran deceased, for whom relative desire to apply for Government headstone. Enlisted in the state of Tennessee, also drew pension there, and died in White County Arkansas June 9, 1903. at the age of about 70 years.

I am.

Very truly yours,
John L. Collinsworth

Please find stamp for reply.

P.S. If you do not have the C.S.A. records on file please forward to your state Auditor or some of your C.S.A. organizations.

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February 17, 1937.

Mr. John L. Collinsworth,
Griffithville, Arkansas.

Dear Mr. Collinsworth:-

Your letter of February 11, 1937, asking for Confederate service record of Newton Walden.

The records on file in this office show that one Newton Walden, native of the State of Georgia, resident at Bells, Crockett County, Tennessee, filed an application for Confederate pension May 10, 1901, under number 3338.

The records further show that this Veteran was born in Georgia October 4, 1830. Enlisted in the Confederate Army in June, 1862, Company G, 10th., Alabama Infantry, under Captain James Martin. Served in battles at Petersburg and the Wilderness, wounded in both battles. Paroled at close of war, 1865.

Yours very truly,

Mrs. Mary B. Gamble,
Special Examiner.

O. H. Wade Civil War Pension

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Pension File # 2778
State of Tennessee

SOLDIER’S APPLICATION FOR PENSION

NAME O. H. Wade
Filed May 17, 1900
Allowed _________

FILE IS STAMPED AcceptedSOLDIER’S APPLICATION FOR PENSION

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I, O. H. Wade a native of the State of Tennessee and now a citizen of Tennessee, resident at Bells 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, while in the discharge of my duty in the service of the Confederate or United States as a member of Company G, I was wounded in the battle or battles of or Forest raid into Memphis Tenn, and from the effects of such wound or wounds was disabled as follows: Gun shot or Minnie ball through the ankel and heel, and that by reason of such wound and disability I am now entitled to receive the benefits 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: In Rutherford County Tenn.

When did you enlist and in what command? Give the names of the regimental and company officers under whom you were serving at date of wound or other disability.
Answer: Enlisted Jan 1861. 12 Tennessee Regiment Capt Jhon Massey. Col Green.

In what battle or battles were you wounded, and, if not in battle, state under what circumstances you received the injury or injuries?
Answer: was wounded in Forest raid into Memphis, as we were falling back out of Memphis I was shot by a sharp shooter. Co. was throwed out to proctect his rear

What was the precise nature of your wound or disability, if any?
Answer: Was shoot through the instep ankle & heel anyling? shot causing the ankel to be perfecty still. still a running sore has never healed up

What limb, if any, did you lose by reason of said wound or wounds, and, if no limb, state fully your disability, and in contracted in the service, and is said disability permanent?
Answer: lost no limb. Ankle stiff and a running sore

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

Were you discharged from the army by reason of said wound or disability?
Answer: Yes sir

If discharged from the army, where were you and what did you do until the close of the war?
Answer: was at home, was not able to do anything

What was the name of the surgeon who attended you?
Answer: Dr. Shoul

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How did you get out of the army, when and where?
Answer: On Furlough

Did you take the oath of allegiance to the United States Government?
Answer: No sir

If so, when and under what circumstances?
Answer: Never took it

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

If so, what is the size of your family living together?
Answer: Have no family with me

What are the respective ages of your wife and children living with you?
Answer: One boy forty years old on thirty

To what sex do your children belong?
Answer: both boys

Are not some of your children able to support you?
Answer: Are not

In what business are you now engaged, if any, and what do you earn?
Answer: Not engaged in any

What estate have you in your own right, real and personal, and what is its value?
Answer: Have no Estate

What estate has your wife in her own right, real and personal, and what is its value?
Answer: Has non

How have you derived support for yourself and family for the past five years?
Answer: Have been living with my brother he is dead now

Do you use intoxicants to any extent?
Answer: Do not use them at all

How long have you been an actual resident of the State of Tennessee?
Answer: All my life which is Seventy Four years

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

If so, give his name and address.
Answer: Eugene Casey – Bells Tenn

Witness my hand, this 9 day of March 1900
(Signed) O. H. Wade

WITNESSES:
(Signed) N. I. Hess, M.D., Physician
(Signed) A. C. McLeary, Witness
(Signed) ______________, Witness

I bear cheerful witness to the fact that O. H. Wade was in the Command I was in under Forrest and that he made a good soldier & is a true, worthy man in every sense.

D. W. Harris

State of Tenn
Crockett County

Personally appeared before me D. B. Dodson Clerk of the County Court for said county D. W. Harris who makes oath in due form of law that the above statement is true to the best to the best of his knowledge & belief.

This May 17th 1900
D. B. Dodson, Clerk Co. Ct.

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STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett COUNTY.

Personally appeared before me, J. C. Best a Nory Public, of said County, the above named O. H. Wade, 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 10 day of March 1900
(Signed) J. C. Best, Notry Public

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County

Personally appeared before me, J. C. Best, a Notry Public of said County, the above named N. I. Hess 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 O. H. Wade, the applicant, and finds him laboring under the following disabilities:

He was shot in foot producing a compleat anychlapes? of ancle joint and an old running sore of foot that has never healed and I think he is totaly disabled from any kind of worke for life he is not able to walke any distance

Witness my hand, at office, this 10 day of March 1900
(Signed) J. C. Best Notay Public, Clerk.

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Gibson County

Personally appeared before me, — L. Dunlap Clerk of the County Court of said County, the above named A. C. McLeary and ________________ 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 they further make oath to the following facts touching the applicant’s service in the Confederate army:

That applicant enlisted above the time he states & in the command he states & that he was a faithful soldier & brave & —- & that when Gen Forrest’s Command went into Memphis, applicant wade? — along & was shot in the ankle & heel in Memphis then & has never got well of it & has been badly crippled ever since & —- —– & they were in the army with him —- Memphis with him & have known him ever since & that he was not able to Serve in the army after he was wounded.

Witness my hand, at office, this 15 day of May 1900
(Signed) W. N. L. Dunlap, Notary Public

George McMain Rowland Civil War Pension

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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

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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.

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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

Barzillia Betts Pollard Civil War Pension

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Pension File # 1801
State of Tennessee

SOLDIER’S APPLICATION FOR PENSION

NAME B. B. Pollard
Filed Jan 7, 1898
Allowed _____

[Barzillia Betts Pollard has two applications]

FILE IS STAMPED AcceptedSOLDIER’S APPLICATION FOR PENSION

I, Barzillia Betts Pollard a native of the State of North Carolina and now a citizen of Tennessee, resident at Bells, Tenn., in the County of Crockett in said State of Tennessee, and who was a soldier from the State of North Carolina 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, while in the discharge of my duty in the service of the Confederate or United States as a member of Company “E”, 14th North Carolina Infantry, I was wounded in the battle or battles of Strasburg or Cedar Creek, Virginia, on the 19th day of October, 1864, or contracted the following disease or disabilities, to wit: shot by minnie ball striking my left leg below the knee, fractured some of the bones and some of them worked out, – was captured the same evening by the Federals and taken to Point Lookout, Md. and placed in garrison, dressing my own wounds with the help of comrades, and that by reason of such wound and disability I am now entitled to receive the benefits 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: Wake County, N.C., in 1846, – May 20th

When did you enlist and in what command? Give the names of the regimental and company officers under whom you were serving at date of wound or other disability.
Answer: Fall of 1862, in 14th U.S. Infantry, – Col. R. T. Bennett, and Maj. ____ Lambeth; In Company “E” commanded by Capt. Tom Pool; 1st Lt. Mack Hinson; Orderly Sergt. Jeff. Smith.

In what battle or battles were you wounded, and, if not in battle, state under what circumstances you received the injury or injuries?
Answer: In the battle of Strasburg or Cedar Creek, Virginia, – was loading my gun at the time, – it was about sun–rise; making a charge

What was the precise nature of your wound or disability, if any?
Answer: Shot by minnie ball in the leg below the knee as described above.

What limb, if any, did you lose by reason of said wound or wounds, and, if no limb, state fully your disability, and in contracted in the service, and is said disability permanent?
Answer: I lost no limb, but the disability is permanent; I am not able to perform a full day’s work.

Were you incapacitated for service by reason of said wound or disability incurred?
Answer: Yes, sir, I was not in the service any more.

Were you discharged from the army by reason of said wound or disability?
Answer: Yes, sir, I was parolled and sent home from Point Lookout

If discharged from the army, where were you and what did you do until the close of the war?
Answer: I was at home, Wake County, N.C. – was not able to do anything

What was the name of the surgeon who attended you?
Answer: Do not remember the name of the field hospital Surgeon; but my regimental surgeon was Dr. Tracy, though he was not with me. My wounds were dressed on the field by a surgeion to me unknown.

How did you get out of the army, when and where?
Answer: Being captured, was parolled and sent home.

Did you take the oath of allegiance to the United States Government?
Answer: I did not.

If so, when and under what circumstances?
Answer: __________________________

Are you married, or have you been married?
Answer: Yes.

If so, what is the size of your family living together?
Answer: Wife and seven children

What are the respective ages of your wife and children living with you?
Answer: Wife 21 years; that is present wife; Children, 22, 21, 17, 7, 5, 3 and baby 4 months old.

To what sex do your children belong?
Answer: Three boys and four girls, oldest being a boy, – next three being girls, next two boys, baby a girl.

In what business are you now engaged, if any, and what do you earn?
Answer: I am trying to far; I have no other business and do not own the place I live on and have none of my own.

What estate have you in your own right, real and personal, and what is its value?
Answer: I have no real-estate. Very small personal estate, – a horse and some little house-hold furniture.

What estate has your wife in her own right, real and personal, and what is its value?
Answer: Has no real-estate, except a one-third interest in 30 acres of land; no personalty.

How have you derived support for yourself and family for the past five years?
Answer: By trying to work on a farm with the help of children.

Do you use intoxicants to any extent?
Answer: I do not.

How long have you been an actual resident of the State of Tennessee?
Answer: Since 1866, – 31 years.

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

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

Witness my hand, this 1st day of September 1897
(Signed) Barzillia Betts Pollard

WITNESSES:
(Signed) H. W. Cooke, Physician
(Signed) C. A. Goodloe, Witness
(Signed) H. W. Goodloe, Witness

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett COUNTY.

Personally appeared before me, D. B. Dodson Clerk of the County Court of said County, the above named Barzilla Bett Pollard, 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 1 day of Sept 1897
(Signed) D. B. Dodson, Clerk.

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County

Personally appeared before me, D. B. Dodson, Clerk of the County Court of said County, the above named 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 Barzilla Betts Pollard, the applicant, and finds him laboring under the following disabilities:

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The calf of his leg having been shot throug as he says with minne Ball some of musles I think were completly cut in two and in healing left some ugly scars & caused varecose vains that when he walks or labors hard is troublesome & painful and in my opinion he is not able to perform hard labor as he was would had? if it had not been for the wound.

Witness my hand, this 1 day of Sept 1897
(Signed) D. B. Dodson, Clerk

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County

Personally appeared before me, D. B. Dodson Clerk of the County Court of said County, the above named Barzilla Betts Pollard and H. W. Goodloe & C. A. Goodloe 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 __ day of ___ 19__
(Signed) __________________

Second Application

Pension File # 1801
State of Tennessee

SOLDIER’S APPLICATION FOR PENSION

NAME B. B. Pollard
Co. E 14 N.C. Inf Rgt.

Filed Oct. 5, 1914
Allowed _______

FILE ISN’T STAMPED Rejected or AcceptedSOLDIER’S APPLICATION FOR PENSION

I, Barzillia B. Pollard a native of the State of N. C. and now a citizen of Tennessee, resident at Jackson in the County of Madison in said State of Tennessee, and who was a soldier from the State of North Carolina 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. E. 14th North Carolina Reg Ramsuers Brigade Roads Divis Ewells Corps 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: Wake County N.C. 1846

When did you enlist and in what command? Give the names of the regimental and company officers under whom you served.
Answer: In the winter 1863 Co E. Capt Tom Pool, Col. R. T. Bennett

In what battle or battles were you engaged, and, if not wounded, state what disabilities did you receive, if any?
Answer: I was with Lees army and was in several Battles. I was wound at Cedar Creed 19th Oct. 1864

What was the precise nature of your wound or disability, if any?
Answer: The mussell of my left leg shot into

Were you incapacitated for service by reason of said wound or disability incurred?
Answer: I was

Were you discharged from the army by reason of said wound or disability?
Answer: I was Captured and as soon as I was able was paroled

If discharged from the army, where were you and what did you do until the close of the war?
Answer: I was not discharged, but was at home on parole

What was the name of the surgeon who attended you?
Answer: I never had any surgeon untill I got home

How did you get out of the army, when and where?
Answer: I was Captured at Cedar Creek

Were you ever in prison? If so, what prison and when released?
Answer: Yes, I was carried to Point Lookout Dont remember the date released

Were you paroled? If so, when and where?
Answer: Yes. Paroled at Point Lookout

Did you take the oath of allegiance to the United States Government?
Answer: No I never have taken it

If so, when and under what circumstances?
Answer: __________________________

Have you applied for pension before this? If so, about when?
Answer: Yes. about ten or fifteen years ago

Are you married, or have you been married?
Answer: No. I have

If so, what is the size of your family living together?
Answer: Have three children living with me

What are the respective ages of your wife and children living with you?
Answer: Wife is dead. One boy 21 – one 18. Girl 16 years old

To what sex do your children belong?
Answer: Two Boys & one Girl

In what business are you now engaged, if any, and what do you earn?
Answer: Farming. Working on Shares

What estate have you in your own right, real and personal, and what is its value?
Answer: None

What estate has your wife in her own right, real and personal, and what is its value?
Answer: None

State the gross income of yourself and your wife from all sources for the past year. This must include all money received either from wages, rents or interest on loaned money, if any. Also family supplies raised or received from rents and used by your family.
Answer: Me and my three children made six bales and we only got half of that

How have you derived support for yourself and family for the past five years?
Answer: By working 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: Since the fall 1867

Have you an attorney to look after this application?
Answer: No

If so, give his name and address.
Answer: ___________________________

Witness my hand, this 3 day of Oct 1914
(Signed) B. B. Pollard

WITNESSES:
(Signed) J. D. Hopper, Physician, Postoffice Address: Jackson, Tenn
(Signed) L. A. Dudley?, Witness, Postoffice Address: Jackson, Tenn
(Signed) Sheldon Smith, Witness, Postoffice Address: Jackson, Tenn

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Madison County

I, Jno L. Pearson, Trustee of said County, certify that B. B. Pollard and his wife _____________ are assessed with nothing acres, valued at $ —– and with $ —— of personal property.

Witness my hand, this 3 day of Oct 1914
Signed Jno L. Pearson

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

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Madison COUNTY.

Personally appeared before me, C. B. Jains?, Dep. C-? Ct. Clerk of said County, the above named B. B. Pollard, 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 3 day of Oct 1914
(Signed) C. B. Jains?, D. C.

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
____________ County

Personally appeared before me, _________________________________________ __________________ of said County, the above named ________________ 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 Mr. B. B. Pollard, the applicant, and finds him laboring under the following disabilities:

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Rhuematism with Bladder trouble or freaquant urination nervious, and —- of long —- —- weakness from gun shot wound in left —– foot & —–

(Signed) __________________

Witness my hand, this 3 day of Oct 1914
(Signed) M. G. Moore Dep? Clerk

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Madison County

Personally appeared before me, M. G. Moore, Depty Clerk of said County, the above named L. A. Dudley and Sheldon Smith, 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 3 day of Oct 1914
(Signed) M. G. Moore

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State of Tennessee
Tipton County

Personally appeared, before me, L. W. Hamilton, a notary Public for said County, W. G. Pollard, with whome I am Personally aquanted, who Being Duly sworn sayes – I have Read the statement of Barzilla Betts Pollard in his application for Pension, and know them to be correct, first, as to his Wound in the Battle of Ceder Creek. By hearing him and others his comrads, talking, about the occurence and By talking with those of his comrads who were in the Battle, and who were in Prison with him, I was in Prison myself at the time, But saw his Furlough, and Renewals from time to time, after we were boath Paroled. Second, I know of his Disability. By living with him and seeing him on cruches for about two years after the War, and have worked with him ocasionally since and know he is not able to do a mans work. By Reason of the old wound.

W. G. Pollard

Sworn to before me this the 28 Day of December 1897
L. W. Hamilton N.P.

And I father certify that W. G. Pollard is known to me to be a creditable Person
L. W. Hamilton
Notary Public

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Office of
County Court Clerk, Madison County
J. A. Thompson, Clark
M. G. Moore, Deputy Clerk
A. W. Stovall, County Judge
Jackson, Tennessee

September 25th, 1914.

Hon. T. W. Sims,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

I was a Confederate soldier in the War between the States and I am writing you this letter, to ask a favor of you; will you please examine the War Records and see if you can find when I was parolled from Prison.

I was in the 14th, North Carolina Regiment, Company E. Remsuers Brigade, Roads Division, Ewells Corps; I was parolled at Point Lookout Md.

I am now a citizen of the State of Tennessee, this information will be thankfully received.

Respectfully,
Barzillia Pollard
Jackson Tennessee
R.F.D. No 2

P.S. was parolled in 1864

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House of Representatives,
Committee On
Interstate and Foreign Commerce,
Washington, D.C.

September 28, 1914.

Brig. Gen. George Andrews,
War Department,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

I beg to call your attention to the inclosed letter of Mr. Barzillia Pollard, rural route No. 2, Jackson, Tenn., asking for certain information and giving data. Will you kindly furnish me the information desired by him, returning inclosure with your reply.

Very truly yours,
—–?

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War Department,
The Adjutant General’s Office
2213811 Washington, September 29, 1914

Respectfully returned to the

Hon. Thetus W. Sims,
House of Representatives.

The records show that Barzillia B. Pollard served as a private in Company E, 14th North Carolina Infantry, Confederate States Army. He was captured at Cedar Creek October 19, 1864, on which date he received a gunshot wound in calf of left leg; was admitted October 23, 1864, to U.S.A. General Hospital, West’s Building, Baltimore, Maryland, and was transferred October 25, 1864, to General Hospital at Point Lookout, Maryland. The records show that he was paroled at Point Lookout, date of parole not stated; was exchanged at the same place October 30, 1864, by the assistant agent of exchange. No later record of him has been found. The letter from Mr. Pollard is herewith returned. H. P. —–? The Adjutant General.

Berry T. Patterson Civil War Pension

Posted on by Jim Daniel

Pension File # 11,693
State of Tennessee

SOLDIER’S APPLICATION FOR PENSION

NAME B. T. Patterson
Co. B 47 Tenn Inf Rgt.

Filed Nov. 30, 1909
Allowed _______

FILE IS STAMPED AcceptedSOLDIER’S APPLICATION FOR PENSION

I, Berry T. Patterson a native of the State of Tennessee and now a citizen of Tennessee, resident at near Humboldt 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 Co. “B” of the 47. Tenn. Inft. (Capt. Gays Co.) 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: Gibson County Tenn – born Aug 1839. 70 yrs last Aug.

When did you enlist and in what command? Give the names of the regimental and company officers under whom you served.
Answer: in Summer of 1861, I don’t remember what month, [crossed out – the battle of Franklin] M. R. Hill Col. Gay Capt. when I enlisted L. N. Patterson was in command of the Co. when I was captured

In what battle or battles were you engaged, and, if not wounded, state what disabilities did you receive, if any?
Answer: was in all the battles of Cheathams Division including the battle of Franklin, was captured there and sent to prison at Chicago Camp Douglas & Point Lookout – there received transportation June 17, 1865

What was the precise nature of your wound or disability, if any?
Answer: at Franklin there was some rock struck by canon balls and several pieces of rock struck me in the head and was taken out.

Were you incapacitated for service by reason of said wound or disability incurred?
Answer: no

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: in prison until close war.

What was the name of the surgeon who attended you?
Answer: rock was picked out by some friends

How did you get out of the army, when and where?
Answer: was paroled at Point Lookout Md. June 17 1865

Were you ever in prison? If so, what prison and when released?
Answer: yes Camp Douglas, release Point Lookout June 17 1865

Were you paroled? If so, when and where?
Answer: yes on above date

Did you take the oath of allegiance to the United States Government?
Answer: no. on? the date above oath here? shown with date above stated

If so, when and under what circumstances?
Answer: on last page as stated

Are you married, or have you been married?
Answer: never have been married

If so, what is the size of your family living together?
Answer: am living with single Sister and she in bad health

What are the respective ages of your wife and children living with you?
Answer: ____________________________

To what sex do your children belong?
Answer: ____________________________

In what business are you now engaged, if any, and what do you earn?
Answer: Farming, a very scanty living, cannot plow now as I use to

What estate have you in your own right, real and personal, and what is its value?
Answer: 48 acres of very poor land value $350.00

What estate has your wife in her own right, real and personal, and what is its value?
Answer: ____________________________

How have you derived support for yourself and family for the past five years?
Answer: a very scanty support

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: none

If so, give his name and address.
Answer: ____________________________

Witness my hand, this 26 day of Nov 1909
(Signed) B. T. (his X mark) Patterson

WITNESSES:
(Signed) Fred James, Physician
(Signed) D. B. Dodson, Witness
(Signed) , Witness

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County

I, Jno H. Perry, Trustee of said County, certify that B. T. Patterson and his wife (has no wife) are assessed with 48 acres, valued at $ $350.00 and with $ _________ of personal property.

Witness my hand, this 26 day of Nov 1909
Signed Jno H. Perry Trustee

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 of County Court of said County, the above named B. T. Patterson, 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 26 day of Nov 1909
(Signed) J. W. Emison, Clk Co. Ct.

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County

Personally appeared before me, J. W. Emison, Clerk County Court of said County, the above named Dr. Fred James 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 B. T. Patterson, the applicant, and finds him laboring under the following disabilities:

Fracture? in right hip perhaps —- of femur of 20 years, standing resulting in shortening of femur 2 or 3 inches, and pain upon much exertion. Rheumatism and chronic cough, both of which are aggravated by cool, damp weather. General weakness and —– natural to one of his age.

Witness my hand and seal of office, this 26 day of Nov 1909
(Signed) Fred C. James, M.D.

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County

Personally appeared before me, J. W. Emison, Clerk of County Court of said County, the above named D. B. Dodson and Dr. Fred James, 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. B. Dodson further make oath to the following facts touching the applicant’s service in the Confederate army:

I was in the army with Berry T. Paterson and knew him persally during the entire war up to the time of his capture and he was a most excellent soldier always ready for duty and has made a good citizen since the war. And owns the little farm in the Gadsden hills as stated above and the Register Books show a mortgage on that, and I fear he will not be able to ever raise it – he got crippled several years ago and makes a — —- out walking. I think him —– as any one who has made application, and he is quite feeble (I was surrendered myself to W. T. Sherman at Greensboro N.C. Apr 26, 1860?

Witness my hand, this 26 day of Nov 1909
(Signed) J. W. Emison Clk. Co. Ct.

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To Pension Commissioner
of State of Tennessee

Dear Sir:

Berry T. Patterson, whose application for pension this note accompanies is in my opinion very deserving of State pension as an Ex confederate soldier.

About twenty years ago he sustained a fracture of hip perhaps —- a femur which has p—- —– —ening of femur perhaps 2 or 3 —-. Besides the deformity the —– still —- him considerable pain especially upon exertion. Any work which —– —– such as plowing is —- great extent —– torture to him still he has tried for years to support himself by work of such nature. For? several years he had in part the — … one year ago —- he had for some time? the? care? of — sister — —

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who were left orphans. All of this has been a great expense to him.

I think he should have applies for pension years ago. Considering his old —– other physical infirmaties natural to one of his age; his history as a soldier; his moral, —– life as a citizen and his needy circumstances in his old age. I recommend him to your favorable consideration as an applicant for pension.

If the State can give back —- to any old soldier, I recommend that you give such to him.

Very truly yours,
Fred C. James, M.D.
Gadsden, Tenn.

Nov. 26, 1909

(Capt. Hickman Please attend to this at as aerly as you can. D. B. Dodson)

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Headquarters
Tennessee Board of Pension Examiners

Nashville, Tenn. Nov. 30, 1909

Gen. F. C. Ainsworth,
Adjutant General,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

B. T. Patterson who is an applicant for Pension under the Tennessee Pension law, claims to have been a member of Company B. Forty seventh Regiment Tenn Infty C.S.A., and to have been released from prison at Pt. Lookout Md in June 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, Dec. 3, 1909

Respectfully returned to the

President,
Tennessee Board of Pension Examiners
Nashville.

The records show that B. T. Patterson, private, Company B, 47th Tennessee Infantry, Confederate States Army, enlisted December 8, 1861. On the roll of the company for January and February 1864 (last on file), he is reported present. No later record of him has been found.

The prisoner of war records show, however, that one Berry T. Patterson, (also borne as Bennet T. Patterson), private, Company H, 47th Tennessee Infantry, Confederate States Army, was captured at Franklin, Tennessee, November 30, 1864, and released at Point Lookout, Maryland, June 17, 1865, on taking the oath of allegiance. The name Berry T. (or Bennett T.) Patterson is not found on the rolls on file in this office, of Company H, 47th Tennessee Infantry, Confederate States Army.

F. C. Dismuke?
The Adjutant General

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State of Tennessee
Crockett County

I, B. T. Patterson of Crockett County state under oath that I am a pensioner of the State of Tennessee, that I was born on (Record has been lost and exact day of month cannot be ascertained) day of Sept, 1837, and that I am entitled to receive the increase of Five Dollars per month, under the Act of 1919, for pensioners on the roll of eighty years, or over, of age.

B. T. (his X mark) Patterson
P.O. Address Humboldt R.F.D. #10
Tennessee

Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 17 day of June 1919
J. R. Cox
Notary Public

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September 4, 1919.

P. T. Patterson, 11693

Mr. P. T. Patterson,
Route No. 10,
Humboldt, Tenn.

My dear Sir:

Under an opinion of the Attorney General of Tennessee the Board did not certify you under the eighty year law.

The Attorney General holds that the Board must take the date against the application. In your application you swear that you were born in 1839 and in your application for an increase you swear that you were born in 1837.

Under the opinion the Board cannot pay you the $5.00.

Respectfully,
By order of the Board,

Secretary.

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Humboldt Tenn. R.F.D. No 10,
Sept. 20?, 1919

Mr. John P. Hickman,
Secretary,
Nashville Tenn.

Dear Sir:

Some time ago, I wrote you for Mr. B. T. Patterson in reference to an increase of his pension, he being over 80 years of age. Your reply, which has been mislaid, stated the Board did not grant it as his first application for Pension, said he was born in ’39? and the application for the increase gave the date of his birth as 37?, this date is most probably correct, the record of his exact age having been destroyed by fire, but his sister who has kept her age and is now 89, is very positive that her brother is only seven years younger than herself.

Now he wishes to know what course to persue to get this raise, if any.

Direct all letters to

B. T. Patterson,
R.F.D. No. 10.
Humboldt Tenn.

(By J. R. Cox)

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Be it known, that I, B. T. Patterson, do solemnly swear that I am the identical person whose name is inscribed on the rolls of the Board of Pension Examiners at the rate of $20.00 per month, and that I am in the same condition, financially, as when pension was first granted.

My present postoffice address is Humboldt, County of Gibson, Tennessee.

Pensioner’s Signature B. T. (his X mark) Patterson
Address Humboldt Tenn.

Subscribed and sworn to before me, 1st day of August, 1923 and I certify that pensioner is fully identified as the one herein named, and that he has signed the following duplicate receipts in my presence.

J. R. Cox Notary Public

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Office of
County Court Clerk
Crockett County
Jno. H. Perry, Clark

Herbert A. Perry
Mrs. Jim Perry Farrow
Deputies

Alamo, Tenn.
8/25/23

Edgar T. Graham, Comp.
Nashville, Tennessee.

Dear Sir;

B. T. Patterson, Pensioner, Humboldt, R.F.D. died August 17th 1923,

Yours truly,
K. C. Patterson, (Brother)
Humboldt R.F.D. Tenn

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October 3, 1919. B. T. Patterson, 11693
Humboldt, Tenn.

Dear Sir:

In reply to yours of September 30, will say, the Board did not allow you any extra pay on the first of September, as you were born in August 1839. However, on the first day of Decr next you will get $15 extra, under the eighty year old law.

Respectfully yours,

Secretary.

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Nashville, Tenn. Aug 27th/1923

Col. Hickman:

Attached find pension check and voucher of B. T. Patterson, deceased. You may want to endorse check over to his brother, K. C. Patterson.

Please return voucher.

Cockrill

Joel A. O’Neal Civil War Pension

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Pension File # 8775
State of Tennessee

SOLDIER’S APPLICATION FOR PENSION

NAME J. A. O’Neal
Filed Feb. 16, 1907
Allowed _____

FILE IS STAMPED AcceptedSOLDIER’S APPLICATION FOR PENSION

I, Joel A. Oneal a native of the State of Georgia 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 Georgia 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, while in the discharge of my duty in the service of the Confederate or United States as a member of Co. F 34th Ga Infantry, I was wounded in the battle or battles of ____________, or contracted the following disease or disabilities, to wit: Kidney trouble – has followed me all the time, and that by reason of such and disability I am now entitled to receive the benefits 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: State of Georgia. Madison Co. Jan 17? 1843 [Not sure of day of birth. Could be 7, with a scribble in front of it – View Writing]

When did you enlist and in what command? Give the names of the regimental and company officers under whom you were serving at date of wound or other disability.
Answer: Col. Wash Johnson, Capt Brock

What was the precise nature of your wound or disability, if any?
Answer: Kidney

What limb, if any, did you lose by reason of said wound or wounds, and, if no limb, state fully your disability, and in contracted in the service, and is said disability permanent?
Answer: Kidney – is permanent

Were you incapacitated for service by reason of said wound or disability incurred?
Answer: I was disabled but remained in —–?

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: I was paroled in 1865

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

How did you get out of the army, when and where?
Answer: Parole May 1865 Hillsboro N.C.

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

If so, when and under what circumstances?
Answer: At time of parole

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

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

What are the respective ages of your wife and children living with you?
Answer: ________________________

To what sex do your children belong?
Answer: Wife 64 years old

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: Farming – earn —– little

What estate have you in your own right, real and personal, and what is its value?
Answer: No real – one mare & milk cow

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

How have you derived support for yourself and family for the past five years?
Answer: Farming

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

How long have you been an actual resident of the State of Tennessee?
Answer: Ever since the war

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

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

Witness my hand, this 9th day of Feb 1907
(Signed) J. A. Oneal

WITNESSES:
(Signed) J. H. Clay, M. D., Physician
(Signed) _________________, Witness
(Signed) _________________, Witness

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett COUNTY.

Personally appeared before me, J. W. Emison, Clerk Co. of said County, the above named J. A. O’Neal, 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 9″ day of Feb 1907
(Signed) J. W. Emison, Clerk

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County

Personally appeared before me, J. W. Emison, Clerk of said County, the above named Dr. J. H. Clay 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 J. A. O’Neal, the applicant, and finds him laboring under the following disabilities:

Kidney trouble & general debility

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

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STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County

Personally appeared before me, ______________________ of said County, the above named ______________ and _________________ 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 __ day of ___ 19__
(Signed) __________________

Handwritten letter included in file
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The State of Alabama
Jefferson County

Personally appeared before me J. R. Knight a Notary Public in and for said County and State. Mrs. Julia Whare, who being by me first duly sworn deposes and says,

That she is a sister of Joel A. Oneal and that said Joel A. Oneal was a private in the Confederate service during the late Civil War, and that he was mustered out of said service and returned to his home [in Marion County Tenn – crossed out] on the 18th day of May 1865 (and that he entered the service in April 1862.)

Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 27th day of October 1906

[Signed] Julia Whare
[Signed] J. R. Night NP

Handwritten letter included in file
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P. B. Nance, President – C. H. Ferrell, Vice President – D. B. Dobson, Cashier – H. B. Nance, Ass’t Cashier
The Bank of Alamo
Capital Stock, $20,000

Alamo, Tenn _________________ 190__

State of Tennessee
Dyer County

Personally appeared before me R. S. Beaver a Notary Public of said County Z. A. Oneal who makes oath in due form of Law, that my brother J. A. Oneal went into the Confederate Army in April 1862 and came out in May 1865, and was under Gen. Wheeler

[Signed] Z. A. Oneal

Sworn to before me this Jan 22nd 1907
[Signed] R. S. Beaver, Notary Public

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State of Tennessee
Crockett County

I Jno. H. Perry Trustee of said County certify that J. A. Oneal is assessed with no property real or personal in this Crockett County.

[Signed] Jno. H. Perry Trustee

Subscribed to before me 2/9/07

[Signed] J. W. Emison County Clerk

Typed letter included in file
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Alamo, Tenn. May 4. 1907

To Pension Commissioners,
Nashville, Tenn.

Dear Sirs:-

In the case of J. A. O’Neal No. 8775, the applicant states as follows: “It is true that I at first served in the 34. Georgia Infantry and continued in that regiment until we were surrendered by Gen. Pemberton at Vicksburg Miss. We were of course paroled by the Federal authorities and started home and reached Atlanta Ga. I suppose that we had been exchanged someway or somehow – at any rate while in Atlanta we were furloughed for forty days. Before the expiration of the forty days we were obstructed by Federal authoritie and were unable to get together at Atlanta or at any other place. as a regiment – my own home then being 14 miles from Chattanooga in Dade Co. Ga.. I then joined the Tenth Tennessee Cavalry under Capt. Conatzer – Col. McLemore – Gen. Dibrell’s Brigade – Gen. Wheeler’s Cavalr and served until the general surrender. If in my application it is stated that I was paroled at Hillsboro, it is thus far a mistake that is to say we were surrendered at Gainesboro and took the oath of allegiance at Hillsboro. At that time I was with Capt. Shannon chief of Wheeler’s scouts – These are the facts as I remember them”

[Signed] J. A. (his X mark) Oneal

Personally appeared before me J. W. Emison Clerk of the County Court of said County – J. A. O’Neal swears that the statements made in the above instrument are true; furthermore that I am personally acquainted with the said J. A. O’Neal.

Sworn to and subscribed to before me This May. 4. 1907.
[Signed] J. W. Emison, Clerk

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Adjutant General’s Office, War Department

Nashville, Tenn.
May 8″, 1907

J. A. O’Neal:
F. 34th Ga Inf:
C. S. A.

Tenn Board of Pension Examiners requests record of above named.

War Department

The Adjutant General’s Office
Washington, May 11, 1907

Respectfully returned to the
President, Tennessee board of
Pension Examiners,
Nashville.

To facilitate a search of the records, the christian name of the soldier and the designation of the company of the 4th Tennessee Cavalry, C. S. A., in which he claims to have served should be stated.

The name is Joel.

[Signed] F. C. Dismuke?
The Adjutant General

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No. 8775 A

Headquarters
Tennessee Board of Pension Examiners

Nashville, Tenn. May 8 1907

Gen. F. C. Ainsworth,
Military Secretary,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

J. A. O’Neal who is an applicant for Pension under the Tennessee Pension law, claims to have been a member of Company F Thirty fourth Regiment Ga Infantry C.S.A., and to have been later a member of 4th Tenn Cav (—-?) and paroled at Greensboro or Charlotte N.C. at the close of the war with Capt. Shannon of Gen. Whalle’s? Scouts.

Jany 30/08
The name is Joel A. O’Neal

Please give us the record of this soldier.
Respectfully,
(Signed, but too light to read)
President.

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War Department,

The Adjutant General’s Office,
Washington, February 5, 1908.

Respectfully returned to the

President,
Tennessee Board of Pension Examiners,
Nashville.

The records show that Joel A. O’Neal, private, Captain W. E. Brock’s Company, Johnson’s Regiment, Georgia Infantry, C.S.A., which afterwards became Company D, 34th Georgia Infantry, C.S.A. was enlisted May 17, [Blank], at Trenton, Georgia: that he was captured as of Company F of that regiment, July 4, 1863, at Vicksburg, Mississippi, and that he was paroled July 8, 1863. No later record of him has been found as of that organization.

The prisoners of war records (Union) Show that J. A. O’Neal, private, Company H, 4th Tennessee Cavalry, whose name has not been found on the rolls of that company and regiment, was paroled at Greensboro, N.C., —–, 1865, day or month not shown.

[Signed] F. C. Dismuks?
The Adjutant General

Handwritten letter included in file, too sloppy to read, signed by C. A. Goodloe
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George W. Moss Civil War Pension

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Pension File # 11830
State of Tennessee

SOLDIER’S APPLICATION FOR PENSION

NAME George W. Moss
Co. ________ Rgt.

Filed __________
Allowed _______

FILE IS STAMPED ___________SOLDIER’S APPLICATION FOR PENSION

I, George W Moss a native of the State of Tennessee and now a citizen of Tennessee, resident at Bells in the County of Crockett in said State of Tennessee, and who was a soldier from the State of Tennnessee 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 Company H 7 th Tenn Calvary 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 County Tenn August 26 th 1844

When did you enlist and in what command? Give the names of the regimental and company officers under whom you served.
Answer: I enlisted in 1861 Company H ?? Jackson’s Regt Clay’s Co – Afterwards Col ?? Duckworth and Capt ?andy Jones

In what battle or battles were you engaged, and, if not wounded, state what disabilities did you receive, if any?
Answer: At Corinth, Miss Britton? Lane Salehery? Medson? and several others I was ruptured? at Corinth by being thrown from my horse.

What was the precise nature of your wound or disability, if any?
Answer: I was ruptured on both sides and have since worn a truss.

Were you incapacitated for service by reason of said wound or disability incurred?
Answer: I was disabled and discharged in 1865.

Were you discharged from the army by reason of said wound or disability?
Answer: yes

If discharged from the army, where were you and what did you do until the close of the war?
Answer: I was discharged at Alsheville, Miss. I stayed with them & when I could not stay ??

What was the name of the surgeon who attended you?
Answer: Dr Wms? & Dr. Broady

How did you get out of the army, when and where?
Answer: discharged as above stated

Did you take the oath of allegiance to the United States Government?
Answer: No Sir

If so, when and under what circumstances?
Answer: Not at all

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

If so, what is the size of your family living together?
Answer: 3 of us

What are the respective ages of your wife and children living with you?
Answer: Wife 42 and child 8? Years of age

To what sex do your children belong?
Answer: Female

In what business are you now engaged, if any, and what do you earn?
Answer: Living on a farm – earn nearly nothing- nearly blind

What estate have you in your own right, real and personal, and what is its value?
Answer: Nothing- neither real or personal

What estate has your wife in her own right, real and personal, and what is its value?
Answer: 93 acres of land Value $900.00 2 mares 4 head of cattle a few hogs – ? Of $260.00 on the land

How have you derived support for yourself and family for the past five years?
Answer: Was ? ? 2 ? At 10 dollars for March – Since then by rent on wife’s land

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

How long have you been an actual resident of the State of Tennessee?
Answer: All of my life

Have you an attorney to look after this application?
Answer: C A Goodloe

If so, give his name and address.
Answer: ____________

Witness my hand, this 22 day of ?? 1910
(Signed) A. J. Montgomery

WITNESSES:
(Signed) H. W. Cooke, Physician, Postoffice Address:
(Signed) D. B?. Dodson, Witness, Postoffice Address:
(Signed) J. C. Smosthers, Witness, Postoffice Address:

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County

I, Jno H. Perry, Trustee of said County, certify that G. W. Moss and his wife _____________ are assessed with 123 acres, valued at $ 900 and with $ _________ of personal property.

Witness my hand, this 22 day of Feby 1910
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, JJ. W. Emison, Clerk of said County, the above named G. W. Moss, 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 22 day of Feb 1910
(Signed) J. W. Emison Clerk

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County

Personally appeared before me, J. W. Emison a 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 G. W. Moss, the applicant, and finds him laboring under the following disabilities:

I find him so severely ruptured in both sides that he cannot get about without Trusss. He also has cataret growing in each eye for the last five years and is so advanced now that can hardly see ? ? and continues to grow worse. He is a fit subject for pension and deserves it.

(Signed) H. W. Cooke

Witness my hand, this 22 day of Feb 1910
(Signed) J. W. Emison, Clerk

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County

Personally appeared before me, J. W. Emison, Clerk of said County, the above named D. B. Dodson and J. C. Smothers, 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 J. E. Smothers further make oath to the following facts touching the applicant’s service in the Confederate army:

I, J. C. Smothers, was in the Confederate Army with the applicant – was with him at Corinth and other engagements during the late war – he was a faithful soldier and did his full duty and is now a good citizen.

Witness my hand, this 22 day of Feb 1910
(Signed) J. W. Emison, Clerk

Letter with Notary Seal included in file (letter written by his brother in law)

Bells March 11, 1910

This is to certify that I am personally acquainted with G W Moss and he and I enlisted in the same company at the same time and ? C C Clay comp? H 7 Tennessee calvary company of confederate army and was with him in several Battles Whiles We was in the army and he was Honorable Discharg from the service at abbondeau Mississippy in November 1863 While ? We Enlisted and mustered? Together and he ? A good soldier all the time to my my knowledge.

T F Evans

Letter with Notary Seal

Bells Crockett County Tenn

To all to whom it may concern this is to certify that I am personally acquainted with G W Moss and have been all of his life. When the Civil War brook and he enlisted in the confederate army in C. C Clay company in the year 1861 the 7 Tennessee cavalry and remained in the service of the army untill he was discharg from the army in the year 1863 His discharge was honorable and in due? form? He came home and have bein a good Law abiding citizen from that time untill the present

This March 11, 1910

J B Yancy J. P.
And Mayor of Bells
Crockett County Tenn

Document inclosed

War Department, The Adjutant General’s Office,

Washington, Feb 28, 1910

Respectfully returned to the President, Tennessee Board of Pension Examiners, Nashville.

The name of George W Moss has not been found on the rolls, on file in this office, of any 7th Tennessee Cavalry, Confederate States Army, and no record has been found of the capture or parole of a man of that name as of any such organization.