Civil War Pension Record For Henry C. Sykes

State of North Carolina,}
County of   Orange     }
On this 25 day of June A.D. 1904, personally appeared before me,
WH Hamilton   , C. S. C., in and for the State and County aforesaid,
Henry C. Sykes , age 61          ,years, and a resident at
Hillsboro, N.C. 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     Henry C. Sykes
who enlisted in Co. "G" , 28th Reg. N. C. State Troops, on or about the 2d day of
Sept., 1861 , to serve in the armies of the late Confederate States, and that while
in said service at ____________________________________,in the State of
______________________ , on or about the ______ day of ________,186__
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.)






   He further states that he is , and has been for twelve months immediately preceding this Application for Pen-
sion, a bona fide resident of North Carolina; that he holds no office under the United States, or under any State
or County, for 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 25th }
day of June , 1904 }                              Henry C. Sykes
W.H. Hamilton     }                         Signature of Applicant
Signature of C.S.C.}

      Also personally appeared before me Jesse W. Cole        , who
resides at   Hillsboro    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
             Henry C. Sykes          - , 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 4th }
day of     July , 1904                                      }                                       Jesse W. Cole
W.H. Hamilton                                          }                                           Signature of Witness..
Signature of C.S.C. }

     Also personally appeared before me ________________________________________________
a physician in good standing in said County and State, and being duly sworn, says that he has carefully and thoroughly examined ______________________________________________________, 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).

         This to certify that I have examaned               
         Calvin Sykes and find that he is a                 
        great sufferer from Heamorhoids                     
       and also suffers from a weakened                     
       condition of his heart and from                      
       these causes I am of opinion that                    
       his disability amounts to three fourths

    Sworn and subscribed to before me, this 4th}
day of July                    , 1904                        }                           C. D. Jones
                W. H. Hamilton                                }                                  Signature of Physician
                  Signature of C.S.C.                        }


STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, }
                    Orange         County.    }

To the Auditor of the State of North Carolina:

     We certify that we have carefully examined the application of           Henry C. Sykes                  ________________________________ 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
   Henry C. Sykes            is the identical person who enlisted in Company "G"               ,
28th Regiment of N. C. Troops, on or about the        2d      day of      Sept.
1861 , 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 ____________ day of __________
186__ , 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 for the State of North Carolina, and therefore his applica-
tion is correct and just under the act.

                                                                        {Seal }         _W.H. Hamilton__________
                                                                                                         Clerk of Superior Court

{IMPRESS COUNTY SEAL HERE}


Approved:      D. C. Parks
                       John P. Lockhart
                  A. S. Holden
                              County Pension Board

        Flap on Front of Folder
               SOLDIER'S
APPLICATION FOR PENSION
           Act of March 2, 1903
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                 Henry C.   Sykes
who enlisted in Company G - 28
Regiment North Carolina State Troops.

         (Stamped)
APPROVED S.B. P. FOURTH CLASS
      Ept?   2nd 1861

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                    Dis

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Filed by Board of Pensions of Orange
County, N.C., 5 day of July ,
1904