Civil War Pension Record  W. J. Westbrook 1901

 

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Confederate Application for Pension
W. J. Westbrook from Johnston Co., NC
from the Archives in Raleigh, NC

State of North Carolina,}
County of   Johnston     }
On this 5               day of   August           A.D. 190    1, personally appeared before me,
            W. S. Stevens                                 , C. S. C., in and for the State and County aforesaid,
       W. J. Westbrook                                                      , age   82          ,years, and a resident at
   Bentonville                                 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                                                 W. J. Westbrook                                          who enlisted in Co.
                      C  ,             38                 Reg. N. C. State Troops, on or about the            18       day of
       Oct                              ,  186 1 , 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 he had a complicatoon of diseases and was discharged                       

       from the Army. hat he is worn out from old age                  
   and nearly, deaf & blind and homelessince                       
   and has no property and no one                                   
   to look to for support.                                          
                                                      
                                     
   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 5 }                                              his                     
day of June , 1901 }                                                                   W. J. X Westbrook
W. S. Stevens     }                                                                                                 mark       Signature of Applicant
Signature of C.S.C.}                                                                                             
              
      Also personally appeared before me      D. A. Bizzell                                                       , who
resides at                Smithfield                                                           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. J. Westbrook                                                     , 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       }
day of     August       , 190 1                                   }                                         D. A. Bizzell     
  W. S.  Stevens                                                }                                           Signature of Witness..
  Signature of C.S.C.                                           }                                                                            

     Also personally appeared before me             J. D. T. Wellons                                                                             
a physician in good standing in said County and State, and being duly sworn, says that he has carefully and thoroughly examined
                                                W. J. Westbrook                                , 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).

      That he finds the applicant entirely disabled        
      to perform manual labor from disease                 
      contracted in the Army ???? that he is               
      also nearly deal? and nearly blind.                                              
                                                    
                                                    

    Sworn and subscribed to before me, this   5    }
  day of         August        , 190 1                         }                             J. D. T. Wellons 
                  W. S.  Stevens                                   }                                  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. J. Westbrook                  ________________________________ 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. J. Westbrook           
is the identical person who enlisted in Company   C        ,     38     Regiment of  N. C. Troops, on or about the
     18      day of     Oct      186 1 , 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
         Dec                   186 2 , 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
                                                                            "                 Geo H. Perry                     Commissioner.
                                                                            "                 W. T. Bailey                                   "
                                                                            "                       J. H. Boon                             "
                                                                            "                 M. G. Gulley                                "
{IMPRESS COUNTY SEAL HERE}                        "                                                                           "      
                                                                            "                                  Sheriff          
{Seal} W. S. Stevens                     Clerk of Superior Court
                                                                          Approved:       J. T. Ellinton  
                                                                                                 W. R. Creech        
                                                                                                   E. J. Holt  
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                              County Advisory Board.

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SOLDIER'S APPLICATION FOR PENSION
           Act of March 2d, 1901
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          W. J. Westbrook            
who enlisted in Company   C , 38      
Regiment North Carolina State Troops.

 

APPROVED S.B.P. FOURTH CLASS

Oct 18 - 1861 

11  -   82

 

 

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Filed by Board of Inquiry of             
County, N.C.,       day of               ,
190   
                      OK

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