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
Handwritten letter included in file
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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.
Typed letter included in file
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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.
Typed letter included in file
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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.