Hope everyone has a very happy New Year!! Gaila ----- Original Message ----- From: "Archives" <archives@poppet.org> To: <gaila@merrington.net> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 12:01 AM Subject: PML Search Result matching "Houston County, Ga" > ===================================================================== > A result of your requested PML search. To refine or cancel this > search, please visit http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > ===================================================================== > Source: GADATA-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [GADATA] Ga-Schley-Macon Co. Military (Samuel H. Englis) > > > > Schley-Macon County GaArchives Military Records.....Samuel H. English September 19 1898 > Civilwar - Pension Co. G, 11th Ga. State Troops > ************************************************ > Copyright. All rights reserved. > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm > ************************************************ > > File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: > Harris HillC harrishill@starband.net December 29, 2003, 9:02 am > > QUESTIONS FOR APPLICANT > > State of Georgia > Schley County > > Samuel H. English of said state and county, desiring to avial himself of the > pension act approved December 15th, 1894, hereby submits his proofs, and after > being duly sworn true answers to make to the following questions, deposes and > answers as follows: > > 1. What is your name and where do you reside? Samuel H. English LaCrosse, > Schley Co., Ga. > 2. How long and since when have you been a resident of this state? all my > life > 3. When and where were you born? Houston County, Ga. > 4. When and where and in what company and regiment did you enlist or serve? > Enlisted 22nd July, 1864 at Oglethorpe, Ga. in Co. "G," 11th Ga. State Troops. > 5. How long did you remain in such comapny and regiment? Until the close of > the war. > 6. For how long a period did you discharge regular military duty? 9 months. > 7. When, where and under waht circumstances were you discharged from > service? Discharged at close of war at Macon Ga. > 8. What is your present occupation? Not able to do anything. > 9. How much can you earn per annum by your own exertions or labor? Nothing. > 10. What has been your occupation since 1865? Farming > 11. Upon which of the following grounds do you base your application for > pension, viz: first "age and poverty," second "infirmity and poverty" or > third "blindness and poverty"? no answer. > 12. If upon the first ground, state how long you have been in such condition > that you could not earn your support? If upon the second, give a full and > complete history of the infirmity and its extent? If upon the third, state > whether you are totally blind and when and where you lost your sight? age & > poverty & blindness > 13. What property, effects or income do you possess and it gross value? Own no > property. > 14. What property, effects or income did you possess in 1894, 1895, 1896 and > 1897 and what disposition, if any, did you make of same? Own no property in > 1894, 1895, 1896 & 1897. > 15. In what county did you reside during those years and what property did you > then return for taxation? Reside in Macon Co. 1894, 95,96 & 97. Schley Co. > 98. No proprty for taxation. > 16. How were you supported during the years 1896 and 1897? By my friends. > 17. How much did your support cost for each of those years and what portion did > you contribute therto by your own labor or income? About 60.00, nothing by my > own labor. > 18. What was your employmen during 1896 and 1897? What pay did you receive in > each year? Farming, received no pay. > 19. Have you a family? If so, who composes such family? Give their means of > support? Have they a homestead? Have a family, wife & two children, Farming, > Have no homestead. > 20. Are you receiving any pension, if so, what amount and for what disability? > Receiving no pension. > > Samuel H. English > > Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 19th day of Sept. 1898. > > Phil E. Taylor, Ordinary of Schley County. > > > > QUESTIONS FOR WITNESS > > State of Georgia > Macon County > > Isaac Jessup and Thomas English of said state and county, having been presented > as witnesses in support of the application of S.H. English for pension under > the act approved December 15th, 1894, and after being duly sworn true answers > to make to the following questions, depose and answer as follows: > > 1. What is your name and where do you reside? Isaac Jessup, I live in Macon > Couny, Ga. > 2. Are you acquainted with ____________ , applicant, if so, how long have you > known him? I am, have known him more than 30 years. > 3. Where does he reside, and how long and since when has he been a resident > of this state? In Schley County, Ga. Has lived in state ever since I knew him. > 4. When, where and in what company and regiment did he enlist, and how do you > know? July 22nd, 1864 in Macon County Vols. 11th Ga. State Troops, was in > same Co. > 5. Were you a member of the same company and regiment? Yes > 6. How long did he perform regular military duty, and what do you know of his > service as a Confederate Soldier, and athe time and circumstances of his > discharge from the service? About 9 months, was a good, average soldier, was > discharged at close of the war. > 7. What property, effects or income has the applicant? He has none, has > lived near me all his life. > 8. What property, effects or income did the applicant possess in 1896 an > 1897, and what disposition, if any did he make of same? None. > 9. Has he conveyed away any of his property in the last three years, if so, > what was it and to whom? No. > 10. What is applicant's occupation and physical condition? A farmer. He is > old (73 years of age) and physically unable to make a support. > 11. Is the applicant unable to support himself by labor of any sort, if so, > why? He is by reason of age and infirmity. > 12. How was he supported during the years 1896 and 1897? By what little he > could do & the help of friends. > 13. What portion of his support for these two years was derived from his own > labor or income? Small portion, has no income. > 14. Give a full and complete statement of the applicant's physical condition > that enables him to a pension under the Act of December 15th, 1894? He is old, > poor & unable to work. > 15. What interest have you in the recovery of a pension by the applicant? None > > Isaac Jessup > Thomas English > > Sworn to and subscribed before me, this the 12th day of Sept. 1898. > > J.S. Elmore, Ordinary. > > Isaac Jessup testifies as to service and Thomas English as to remaining > questions. > > J.S. Elmore, Ordinary, Macon County. > > > > AFFIDAVIT OF PHYSICIANS > > State of Georgia > Schley County > > Personally came before me J.N. Cheney, MD and B.L. Bridges, both know to me as > reputable physicians of said county, who being severally sworn, say on aoth > that they have examined carefully Samuel H. English, applicant for pension > under the Act of 1894, and after such personal examination say that his precise > physical condition is as follows: > > 73 years old, worn out & defection eyesight. > > We further say on oath that the physical condition of applicant renders him > unable to labor at any work or calling sufficient to earn a support for > himself, and that we have no interest in said pension being allowed. > > J.N. Cheney, MD > B.L. Bridges, MD > > Sworn to and subscribed before me, this the 23rd day of Sept. 1898. > > Phil E. Taylor, Ordinary. > > > Subsequent refilings of the pension indicate residence "in said state > continuously ever since 22nd day of March, 1825." The exterior of the 1902 > pension forms indicate a transfer to Wilcox Co. for 1903. > > > > > > This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ > > File size: 7.1 Kb >