Civil War Pension Record For Jasper J. Sykes

 

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Confederate Application for Pension
Jasper J. Sykes from Orange Co., NC
from the Archives in Raleigh, NC

            

State of North Carolina,}
County of   Orange     }
On this 22 day of June A. D. 1925, personally appeared before me,
Robert Rilly N.P. , C. S. C., in and for the State and County aforesaid,
Jasper J. Sykes  , age 81  ,years, and a resident at
Efland post-office in said County and State, and who being duly sworn,
makes the following declaration in order to obtain the pension under the provisions of an act entitled "An Act
to amend and consolidate the pension laws of the State of North Carolina," ratified March 8, 1921, that he is
the identical person Jasper J. Sykes
who enlisted in Co. "G" , 28th Reg. N. C. State Troops, on or about the 1st day of Oct.
1864 , 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 1921.  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.)
                                                                                                
                      No Wounds -                                                  
                                                                                                
                                                                                                
                                                                                                
                                                                                                
   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, 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 two thousand dollars ($2,000), nor has he disposed of property of such value by gift or vol-
untary 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 provid-
ing for the relief of the maimed and blind soldiers of the State.

Sworn and subscribed before me, this 22 }                              his
day of June , 1925                            }                    Jasper J. Sykes
Robert Rilly                                    }                           mark
Signature of C.S.C.                              }                      Signature of Applicant
               N.P.                                }
              

       Also personally appeared before me Cicero H. Jones  , who
resides at         Efland          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 _____
         Jasper J. 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 22nd }
day of     June , 1925                                        }                                      Cicero H Jones
  Robert Rilly    }
  Signature of C.S.C. }                                                                             Signature of Witness..
  My com. Exp 5/21/27      N.P.
                        

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, }
                                         County.      }

To the Auditor of the State of North Carolina:

     We certify that we have carefully examined the application of  ____________________________
_________________________________ for a pension under the provisions of an act entitled
"An Act to amend and consolidate the pension laws of the State of North Carolina," ratified March 8,1921, and
the proofs filed in support thereof; that we are satisfied that the said      
_________________________________ is the identical person who enlisted in
________________ Company ____, _______  Regiment of ____________ Troops, 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 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 two thousand dollars ($2,000), nor has he disposed of property of such value by gift or volun-
tary 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 application is correct and just under the act.

                                                                        {Seal }         ___________     
                                                                                                           Clerk of Superior Court
                                                                           
{IMPRESS COUNTY SEAL HERE}               
                                                                                      
                             
  Approved:  _______________
                         R. Wall             
                      R. A. Eubanks    
                              County Pension Board

        Flap on Front of Folder
               SOLDIER'S
APPLICATION FOR PENSION
           Act of March 8, 1921
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                 Jasper J. Sykes            
who enlisted in Company G - 28 Regiment
North Carolina State Troops.

          Property

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   Filed by Board of Pensions of
Orange              County, N.C.,
   6      day of    July           , 19 5  

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