Confederate Pension Application of Andrew P. Adams
Sr.
Indigent Pension
Name-Andrew Adams
County-Banks
Approved-5/2/1899
Number-3744
Questions for Applicant.
State of Georgia,
Banks County.
Andrew Adams of said State and
County, desiring to avail himself of the Pension Act (Section 1254, Code),
hereby submits his proofs, and after being duly sworn true answers to make to
the following questions, deposes and answers as follows:
1. What is your name and where do
you reside? (Give State, County and post office.)
Andrew Adams. Homer, Ga. P. O.
2. How long and since when have
you been a resident of this State?
All my life.
3. When and where were you born?
8th March 1824.
Habersham County, Ga.
4. When and where and in what
company and regiment did you enlist or serve?
4th March 1862. Co. C 52 Ga. Regiment. At Dahlonega Ga.
5. How long did you remain in such
company and regiment?
Up to Oct. 10th 1863
when he was honorably discharged at Lowden Tenn.
6. For how long a period did you
discharge regular military duty?
19 months.
7. When, where and under what
circumstances were you discharged from service?
Oct. 20th 1863. Lowden Tennessee on account of Brights
disease of the kidneys.
8. What is your present
occupation?
No occupation.
9. How much can you earn (gross)
per annum by your own exertions or labor?
Nothing.
10. What has been your occupation
since 1865?
Farming.
11. Upon which of the following
grounds do you base your application for pension. Viz.: first, “age and
poverty,” second, “infirmity and poverty,” or third “blindness and poverty”?
Age and poverty.
12. If upon the first ground,
state how long and since when you have been in such condition that you could
not earn your support? If upon the
second, give a full and complete history of the infirmity and its extent? If upon the third, state whether you are
totally blind and when and where you lost your sight?
I have not been able to do any
work in 5 or six years past.
13. What property, effects or
income do you possess, and its gross value?
Nothing but a little household
goods.
14. What property, effects or
income did you possess in 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897 and 1898, and what
disposition, if any, did you make of same?
I worked (?) a mule in 1894 on
condition that if I paid for it & I returned the mule.
15. In what County did you reside
during those years, and what property did you then return for taxation?
I resided in White County 1894,
1895 & 1896.
16. How were you supported during
the years 1897 and 1898?
I have 2 daughters who resided
with & they supported me.
17. How much did your support cost
for each of those years, and what portion did you contribute thereto by your
own labor or income?
My support was small. I earn nothing.
18. What was your employment
during 1897 and 1898? What pay did you
receive each year?
I could do nothing and received
nothing.
19. Have you a family? If so, who composes such family? Give their means of support? Have they a
homestead?
I have one daughter living with me
now.
20. Are you receiving any
pension? If so, what amount, and for
what disability?
None.
Signed: Andrew Adams (X his mark)
Sworn to and subscribed before me,
this the 1st day of February, 1899.
T. F. Hill, Ordinary of Banks
County.
Questions for Witness.
State of Georgia,
Banks County.
E. H. Trotter, of said State and
County, having been presented as a witness in support of the application of
Andrew Adams for pension under Section 1254, Code, and after being duly sworn
true answers to make to the following questions, deposes and answers as
follows:
1. What is your name and where do
you reside?
E. H. Trotter. Banks County Ga.
2. Are you acquainted with I am,
the applicant; if so how long have you known him?
Twenty or thirty years.
3. Where does he reside, and how
long and since when has he been a resident of this State?
He resides in Banks County
Ga. All his life.
[Questions 4, 5 and 6 relate to
Andrew Adams’ military service and there are no answers given by the witness.]
7. What property, effects or
income has the applicant? (Give your means of knowledge.)
He has no property or income.
8. What property, effects or
income did the applicant possess in 1896, 1897 and 1898, and what disposition,
if any, did he make of same?
He bought a mule in 1894 but did
not pay for it.
9. Has he conveyed any of his
property in the last three years, if so, what was it, and to whom?
He has not conveyed any property
in the last 3 years.
10. What is the applicant’s
occupation and physical condition?
He has no occupation. He suffers from being stiff in his legs
& sores all over them.
11. Is the applicant unable to
support himself by labor of any sort, if so, why?
He is not able to do
anything. He can’t walk ½ his time
without a staff.
12. How was he supported during
the years 1897 and 1898?
By his daughter.
13. What portion of his support
for these two years was derived from his own labor or income?
Nothing.
14. Give a full and complete
statement of the applicant’s physical condition that entitles him to a pension
under Section 1254, Code?
He is crippled in his legs &
back and is all the time suffering from ulcers or sores.
15. What interest have you in the
recovery of a pension by this applicant?
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Signed: E. H. Trotter [X his mark]
Sworn to and subscribed before me,
this the 1st day of Feby. 1899.
T. F. Hill, Ordinary.
Power of Attorney
State of Georgia,
Banks County.
I, Andrew Adams, hereby authorize
T. F. Hill of Homer Ga. to receive and receipt for the pension allowed, and
request that he remit the same to me at Homer by him.
Witness my hand and seal this 11th
day of Feby. 1899.
Signed: Andrew Adams [X his mark]
Executed in presence of J. S.
Parks
Transcribed 2006 by Jacqueline
King