Confederate Pension Application of William
McCracken Ash
For Use
Of Applicants Who Have Not Heretofore Drawn.
State of
Georgia,
Banks
County.
Personally
appears W. M. Ash of said Banks County, State of Georgia, who being duly sworn,
says on oath that he was born on the 12 day of July 1825, that he is a bona
fide citizen and resident of Georgia, and has been continuously since his birth
day of 1825, that he enlisted in the military service of the Confederate States
(or the State of Georgia) on the 15th day of April 1861, during the
war between the States, and served in Company A of 2nd Regiment of
Georgia Volunteers, Toombs Brigade, and was honorably discharged on the 4th
day of May 1862; that whilst engaged in such military service, and in line of
duty in the State of [blank], on the [blank] day of [blank] 18_ he was disabled
or wounded as follows:
He was on
the 4th May 1862 discharged on account of his disability. He came home sick with something like heart
trouble and the same trouble has continued up to the present which renders him
from performing manual labor to support himself at any time since he was
discharged from service at Savannah Ga. April 1862.
Where was
command surrendered? Appomatox Court House, 9 April 1865.
Was
applicant present?
No.
If not,
where was he?
Discharged.
How come
there?
[blank]
And by
whose authority? State fully:
He was 2nd
Lt. and was discharged on account of his heart and other troubles.
Deponent
desires to participate in the benefits of Section 1250 of the Code, and the
Acts amendatory thereof, and makes application for the pension to which he is
entitled for the year thereunder, ending October 26th, 19_.
Signed:
William M. Ash
Post
Office Homer, Ga.
Sworn to
and subscribed before me, this the 13th day of July 1904,
T. F.
Hill, Ordinary.
Note
[bottom of application form]-State fully nature of wound or character of
disease which causes the disability, and explain particularly the extent of the
disability. If claim is based on
disease, give full and corrected history of disease, tracing it directly to the
service. Do not trouble to mention
wounds which do not disable.
Affidavit
for Three Witnesses.
State of
Georgia,
Banks
County.
Personally
appears before me, the undersigned Ordinary in and for said County T. V. Forbes
and J. C. Allan personally known to me to be trustworthy citizens, each of
whom, being duly sworn according to law, severally say under oath, that they
are personally and well acquainted with William M. Ash whose application is
herewith presented for a pension, that he has resided in this State
continuously since the 25 day of December 1860, that he served in Company A of
the 2nd Regiment of Benning Brigade, and from our personal knowledge
he, while in the line of duty, was injured by the service as follows:
From
exposure while in the service of the Confederate war, being compelled to lye
[sic] on the cold frozen ground and being subjected to severe hardships and
being naturally weak from exposure he took cold, rheumatism and indigestion
which effected [sic] his heart. He has
never been at his former health since his diseased condition now is solely due
to his service in the war. He is now so
infirm and weak that he can not do anything for a support. Lieutenant Ash is 79 years old. He is the oldest living and one of the best
soldiers from Banks county.
Where was
applicant’s command surrendered?
Appomatox
Court House.
Was he
with it?
No.
Were all
of you present?
T. B.
Forbes was.
If not,
where was he?
He was at
home discharged on account of from his diseases.
Where
were you all?
T. B.
Forbes was at Appomatox and J. C. Allen was [James C. Allan was a prisoner at
Point Lookout Md. at the end of the war.]
How do
you know the facts you state to be true?
We were
in same Co. & Regiment was Applicant was discharged.
We
personally know the above stated facts.
We were with him in the army and have known him ever since. He was honorably discharged or retired from
the service on 4 May 1862. Applicant is
permanently disabled as stated and has been so to our certain knowledge ever
since 1862. We have no interest in the
recovery of a pension by him.
Signed:
T. V. Forbes, Thomas J. Hughes, J. C. Allan
Sworn to
and subscribed before me, this 13th of July 1904.
T. F.
Hill, Ordinary.
[Note
from pension office dated 9/29/1904 (very faint writing)-
“Pension
Office
Applicant
in his statement fails suffering ? an injury nor does his testimony include
testimony by witnesses will justify the grant of disabled Pension.
J. W.
Lindsey, Com. of Pens.”]
Typewritten
paper in Pension packet:
DISAPPROVED
Name-
Ash, W. M.
Year-1904
County-Banks
When and
where born?-July 12, 1825-Resident of Georgia continuously since birth.
Enlisted
where and when?-April 15, 1861
Rank-2nd
Lieutenant
Company
Regiment?-Company A 2nd Regt. Ga. Vols.
Name of
Captain or Colonel?-
Wounded?-Valvular
disease of the heart and discharged May 4, 1862 on account of disability.
Captured,
when and where?-
Released-
If not
present at Surrender, where were you?-Discharged May 4, 1862 at Savannah,
Georgia on account of disability.
Died,
when and where?-
Buried-
Witnesses-T.
V. Forbes, Thomas J. Hughes, J. C. Allan-same command.
Note-William
M. Ash, born 12 July 1825, died 10 Sept. 1904 and is buried at Homer
Presbyterian Church cemetery in Banks County, Georgia.
Transcribed
2006 by Jacqueline King