Confederate Application for Pension
William B. Tart from Johnston Co., NC
from the Archives in Raleigh, NC
Confederate Application for Pension
William B. Tart from Johnston Co., NC
from the Archives in Raleigh, NC
State of North Carolina,}
County of Johnston
}
On this 28
day
of June
A.D. 190 1, personally appeared before me,
W. S.
Stevens
, C. S. C., in and for the State and County aforesaid,
W. B. Tart
, age
58 ,years, and a
resident at
Rome
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 chap-
ter 198 of the Laws of 1889, for the relief of certain Confederate Soldiers and
Widows," ratified March 2, 1901: That he is the
identical
William B. Tart
who enlisted in Co.
E ,
24
Reg.
N. C. State Troops, on or about the
1 day
of
March
, 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 1901. Read said section of said law
carefully, and to accomplish the classification therein called for, let state-
ment here as to nature and extent of wounds, disability, etc., be very full and
explicit.)
That about 12 months
after he had been
in
the Army he was taken with bleeding
piles and has suffered with it ever since
That as he grows older it hurts
him
worse that the applicant is unable
to do but little
labor
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 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 28 }
day of June , 1901 }
W. B. Tart
W. S. Stevens }
Signature
of Applicant
Signature of C.S.C.}
Also personally appeared before me N?
R. Parker
, who
resides at
Four Oaks
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
W. B. 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 cor-
rect 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 28
}
day of June , 190
1
}
N? R. Parker
W. S. Stevens
}
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 one fourth, one half, three-fourths, etc., in order to accomplish
the classification called for under the new Pension law passed by
the General Assembly of 1901).
Contracted hemorrhoids which has disabled
applicant 2/3 for service
Sworn and subscribed to before me, this
}
day of
, 190
}
E. T? Dickinson, M. D.
}
Signature of Physician
Signature of C.S.C.
}
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
W. B. Tart
________________________________ for a pension under the provisions of an act
entitled "An Act to
amend chapter 198 of the Laws of 1889, for the relief of certain Confederate
Soldiers and Widows," ratified March 2, 1901, and
the proofs filed in support thereof; that we are satisfied the said W.
B. Tart
is the identical person who enlisted in Company E
,
24 Regiment of N. C. Troops, on or about
the
1 day of Mch
186 3 , and who was disabled in manner and to the extent
stated in the fore-
going 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 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 application is correct and just under
the act.
{Seal } C. M. Wilson
Ch'mn Board Com'r
"
W. T. Bailey
Commissioner.
"
J. H. Boon
"
"
M. G. Gulley
"
{IMPRESS COUNTY SEAL HERE}
"
Geo H. Perry
"
"
J.
T. Ellinton
Sheriff
{Seal} W. S. Stevens
Clerk of Superior Court
Approved: E. J. Holt
W. R. Creech
J. T. Ellington
County Advisory Board.
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SOLDIER'S APPLICATION FOR PENSION
Act of March 2d, 1901
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W. B. Tart
who enlisted in Company E - 24
Regiment North Carolina State Troops.
(Stamped)
DISALLOWED S.B.P.
Disabil 2/3
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Filed by Board of Inquiry of
County, N.C., day of
,
190
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