Confederate Application for Pension
G W Wrenn from Rockingham Co., NC
from the Archives in Raleigh, NC
State of North Carolina,}
County of Rockingham }
On this 2nd
day of
June
A.D. 190 6, personally appeared before me,
W (I-S?) Witty a Justice of the Peace , C. S. C., in and for
the State and County aforesaid,
George W
Wrenn
, age
66
years, and a resident at
Reidsville RFD #2
post-office in said
County and State, and who being duly sworn,
makes the following declaration in order to obtain the pension under the provision of an
act entitled "An Act to
amend Chapter 332 of the Laws of 1901, for the relief of certain Confederate
Soldiers, Sailors and Widows,"
ratified March 2, 1903: That he is the identical
George W Wrenn
,
who enlisted in Co. L
, 21st
Reg. N.
C. State Troops, on or about the 20th day
of
June
, 186 1 , to
serve in the armies of the late Confederate States, and that while
in said service at
Gettsyburg
,in the State of
PA
, on or about the 2nd
day of
July ,186 3
he received a wound or wounds, etc.
(Applicant will here state the nature and extent of his wounds and
disability, so that a proper classification can be made under the new Pension Law
passed by the General Assembly of 1903. Read said section of said law carefully,
and to accomplish the classification therein called for, let statement here
as to nature and extent of wounds, disability, etc., be very full and explicit.)
Slight wound face and right eye from explosion of Shell
He further states that he is , and has been for twelve
months immediately preceding this Application for
Pension, a bona fide resident of North Carolina; that he holds no office
under the United States, or under any
State or County, from which he is receiving the sum of three hundred
dollars as fees or as salary annually; That he
is not worth in his own right, or the right of his wife, property at
its assessed value for taxation to the amount
of five hundred dollars ($500), nor has he disposed of property of such value by
gift or voluntary conveyance
since the 11th of March, 1885, and that he is not receiving any aid from the State
of North Carolina or under
any other statute providing for the relief of the maimed and blind soldiers of the
State.
Sworn and subscribed before me, this 2nd }
day of June , 190 6 }
G W Wrenn
W (I-S?) Witty JP }
Signature of Applicant
Signature of C.S.C.}
Also personally appeared before me
Samuel L Walker
, who
resides at
Summerfield
RFD #1
post-office, in said County and State, a person
whom
I know to be respectable and entitled to credit, and being by me duly sworn, say he
is acquainted with
George W
Wrenn
, the applicant for pension, and has every
reason to believe that he is the identical person he represents himself to be, and
that the facts set forth in this affidavit
are correct to the best of his knowledge and belief, and that he has no interest,
direct or indirect, in this claim.
Sworn and subscribed before me, this 2nd
}
day of June , 190 6
}
S L Walker
W (I-S?) Witty JP
}
Signature of Witness..
Signature of C.S.C.
}
Also personally appeared before me H
Willis
a physician in good standing in said County and State, and being duly sworn, says that he
has carefully
and thoroughly examined George W Wrenn
, the applicant for
pension, and
finds such disability for manual labor as is described below, by reason of wounds received
while in the discharge
of his duty as a soldier or sailor of North Carolina in the service of the late
Confederate States.
(Let physician here give full and explicit professional information as to
the nature and extent of wounds, disability, stating particularly whether
disability amounts to three-fourths or not, in order to accomplish the classification
called for under the new Pension law passed by the General Assembly
of 1903).
I do hereby certify that
I have examined
G. W. Wrenn and find his disability is
three-fourths or more from Rheumatism
old age and general disability.
Sworn and subscribed to before me, this 2nd
}
day of June , 190 6
}
H. Willis M.D.
W (I-S?) Witty JP
}
Signature of Physician
Signature of C.S.C.
}
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, }
Rockingham County.
}
To the Auditor of the State of North Carolina:
We certify that we have carefully examined the application of
Geo W Wrenn
for a pension under the provisions of an act
entitled "An Act to amend Chapter 332 of the Laws of 1901, for the relief of
certain Confederate Soldiers
Sailors and Widows," ratified March 2, 1903, and the proofs filed in support
thereof; that we are satisfied the said
Geo W Wrenn
is the
identical person who enlisted in Company L ,
21st Regiment of N. C.
Troops, on or about the 20
day of June
186 1 , and who was disabled in manner and to the extent stated in the
foregoing certificates of himself and
physician in consequence of a wound received in battle on or about the 2
day of July
186 3 , and we certify the following allegations set forth in his
application to be true, namely: That he is , and
has been for twelve months immediately preceding this Application for Pension, a bona
fide resident of North
Carolina; that he holds no office under the United States, or under any State or County,
from which he is receiv-
ing the sum of three hundred dollars as fees or as salary annually; that he is not worth
in his own right, or
the right of his wife, property at its assessed value for taxation to the amount of five
hundred dollars ($500), nor
has he disposed of property of such value by gift or voluntary conveyance since the 11th
of March, 1885,
and that he is not receiving aid from any other source from the State of North Carolina,
and therefore his
application is correct and just under the act.
{Seal} Jas. Price Clerk of
Superior Court
{IMPRESS COUNTY SEAL HERE}
Approved: J H Law
E R Harris
A F Neal
County Advisory Board
Flap on Front of Folder
ROCKINGHAM
SOLDIER'S APPLICATION FOR PENSION
Act of March
2, 1903
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Geo.
W. Wrenn
who enlisted in Company L , 21th
Regiment North Carolina State Troops.
(has big check in middle )
Appd 4th
ROCKINGHAM
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Filed by Board of Pensions of Rockingham
County, N.C., day of
,
190
Aug 14, 2000