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.