Confederate Application for Pension
Lee A. Tart from Johnston Co., NC
from the Archives in Raleigh, NC
State of North Carolina,}
County of Johnston
}
On this 5
day
of July
A.D. 19 09 , personally appeared before me,
W. S.
Stevens
, C. S. C., in and for the State and County aforesaid,
L. S. Tart
, age
65 ,years, and a
resident at
Benson # 2
postoffice 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 for the relief of certain
Confederate Soldiers, Sailors and Widows," ratified March 8, 1907: That he is the
identical Lee S. Tart
who enlisted in Co.
B ,
56
Reg.
N. C. State Troops,
on or about the 18
day of Fby
, 186 3
, 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 1907. 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.)
The applicant is
diseased in his legs
and feet
from exposures and hardships
in the army and is unable to do
Manual labor of consequence. has
swimming in the brain especially when
he stoops over
He further states that he is , and has been for twelve
months immediately preceding this Application for Pension, a bona fide resi-
dent 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 5 }
day of July , 19 09 }
L. S. Tart
W. S. Stevens }
Signature of Applicant
Signature of C.S.C.}
Also personally appeared before me
Handy McLamb
, who
resides at Dunn # 5
postoffice, 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
L. S. Tart
, 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 5
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his
day of July , 19
09
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Handy X McLamb
W. S. Stevens
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mark Signature of Witness..
Signature of C.S.C.
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Also personally appeared before me
A H Rose
a physician in good standing in said County and State, and being duly sworn, says that he
has carefully and thoroughly examined
L. S. Tart
, 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-fourth or not, in order to accomplish the classification
called for under the new Pension law passed by the General Assembly of 1907).
Physical debility Suffers from shortness breath Also an ecgemators? condition of the lower limbs of twelve years duration
Sworn and subscribed to before me, this 5
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day of July
, 19 09
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A. H. Rose
W. S. Stevens
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Signature of Physician
Signature of C.S.C.
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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, }
Johnston
County. }
To the Auditor of the State of North Carolina:
We certify that we have carefully examined the application of
L. S. Tart
for a pension under the provisions of an act entitled "An Act for the relief of
certain Confederate Soldiers, Sailers and Widows,"
ratified March 8, 1907, and the proofs filed in support thereof; that we are
satisfied the said
L. S. Tart.
is the identical
person who enlisted in Company B
,
56 Regiment of N. C.
Troops, on or about the 18
day of Feby
186 3 ,
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 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 dis-
posed 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 application is correct and just under the act.
{Seal} W. S. Stevens
Clerk of Superior Court
(IMPRESS COUNTY SEAL HERE)
Approved:
John
Stephenson
D.
M. Hoeutt
W. N.
Rose
County Pension Board
Flap on Front of Folder
JOHNSTON,
SOLDIER'S APPLICATION FOR PENSION
Act of March 8, 1907
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L. S. Tart
who enlisted in Company B - 56
Regiment North Carolina State Troops.
Disability
Not Stated
JOHNSTON,
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Filed by Board of Pensions of
County, N.C.,
day of
, 190
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