Confederate Pension Application of Robert C.
Alexander
State of Georgia
Banks County.
R. C. Alexander of said State and
County, hereby applies for the pension provided by the Act of 1910, as amended
by Act of 1919, to Confederate Soldiers, and submits his sworn statement, with
his testimony to make out the same, and after being duly sworn true answers to
make to the questions propounded, answers as follows, to-wit:
1. What is your name and where do
you reside? (Give County and Post Office)
R. C. Alexander. Homer, Banks County, Ga.
2. How long and since when have
you been a continuous resident of this State?
Have resided in State of Georgia
71 years.
3. Did you enlist in the Army of
the Confederate States or in the organized militia of this State from
1861-1865?
Yes.
4. When and where, and in what
Company and Regiment did you enlist?
(Give the arm and class of Service.)
April 1864 at Mossy Creek
Campground in White County Georgia in Co. D 11th Georgia Calvary.
5. How long did you remain in the
actual military service with said Company and Regiment ? (Give date of
discharge.)
Until discharged in April 1865.
6. When and where was your Company
and Regiment surrendered or discharged from the Service?
In April 1865 at Columbia S. C.
7. Were you actually present with
your command when it was surrendered or discharged?
No.
8. If you were not actually
present, state specifically and clearly where you were.
Was near Laurens Courthouse S. C.
Confined with measles.
a. Where was your command when you
left it?
Between Columbia S. C. and Camden
S. C.
b. When did you leave the command?
About the 24th of April
1865.
c. For what cause did you leave?
Sick with measles.
d. By whose authority did you
leave?
By order of Capt. Griggs.
e. For how long was your leave
granted? In what way?
Until able to return to command.
f. Why did you not return to your
command after leave expired?
War closed before was able to
return.
g. In what way were you prevented?
By being sick.
h. What effort did you make to
return?
None.
i. Where you captured during the
war?
No.
j. If so, when and where? In what prison were you held and when were
you released?
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9. Are you drawing a pension of
any amount from this State of the United States?
No.
10. Have you ever applied for the
Georgia Pension and had it refused? And for what cause was it refused?
No.
Signed: R. C. Alexander
Sworn to and subscribed before me,
this the 18 day of August 1920.
W. M. Thomas, Ordinary of Banks
County.
Question for Witness as to
Service.
State of Georgia
Habersham County.
Jack Ballew of said State and
County is hereby presented as a witness in support of the application of R. C.
Alexander for the pension provided by the Act of 1910, as amended by the Act of
1919 in said State, and, after being duly sworn true answers to make to the
questions propounded, answers as follows:
1. What is your name and where do
you reside?
Jack Ballew. Habersham County. Clarkesville Ga.
2. How long and since when have
you know R. C. Alexander the applicant?
65 years, since 1855.
3. Where does he now reside, and
since when has he been a bona fide, continuing resident in this State?
Banks County. Homer Ga. All his life-71 years,
4. When, where and in what Company
and Regiment did R. C. Alexander enlist during the was from 1861-1865?
April 1864. Mossy Creek, White County Georgia. Co. D 11th Ga. Cavalry.
5. How did you obtain your
information of this Service?
I served in the same Company and
Regiment.
6. How long within your own
personal knowledge did he perform actual military service with this Company and
Regiment? (Give date.)
April 1864 until the surrender in
April 1865.
7. When and where was his command
surrendered or discharged? (Give date and place.)
April 1865-Columbia, S. C.
8. Were you personally present at
the surrender?
Yes.
9. If not, where were you and how
came you there?
I was present.
10. Was the applicant personally
present with his command at surrender?
No.
11. If not where was he and how
came his there?
Sick with measles.
12. When did he leave his Command?
April 1865.
Where was his Command when he left
it?
Columbia S. C.
For what cause did he leave?
Sick with measles.
By whose authority did he leave?
Captain Griggs.
And how long was he granted leave?
Until able to return.
How do you know all that you
stated to be true? If of your own
knowledge, tell clearly and specifically.
I was with him when he took the
measles and he never recovered until after surrender.
13. In what way was he prevented
from returning to his command? How do you know?
I was with him when he was taken
sick.
14. What effort did he make to
return to his command and how do you know?
He could not return. The surrender came before he recovered.
15. Was applicant captured as a
prisoner?
No.
If so, when and where?
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In what prison was he held?
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And when released?
He was never captured.
Signed: Jack Ballew
Sworn to and subscribed before me,
this the 20 day of October 1920
J. A. Robertson, Ordinary of
Habersham County.
Ordinary’s Certificate.
State of Georgia
Habersham County.
I, J. A. Robertson Ordinary of
said County, certify that I know the applicant R. C. Alexander for pension is
the person he represents himself to be and resides in said county. That I also know Jack Ballew the witness
swearing to the service; that they are both residents of said county and were
duly sworn by me before signing the foregoing affidavit and they are truthful
and trustworthy and their statements are entitled to full faith and credit.
Sworn under my hand and official
seal of office this 20 day of October 1920.
J. A. Robertson, Ordinary of
Habersham County.
Note-Robert C. Alexander, July 25,
1845-January 11, 1921 is buried at Homer Presbyterian Church cemetery in Homer,
Banks County, Georgia, beside his second wife, Blanche Bowden Alexander,
January 3, 1863-May 17, 1946.
Transcribed 2006 by Jacqueline
King