Confederate Widow’s Pension Application for Jane
Harrison Brock
Application for Pension by a Widow
Under Act of 1910 As Amended by Act of 1919.
Questions for Applicant.
State of Georgia
Banks County.
Personally before me comes Mrs.
Jane Brock of said State and County, and, after being duly sworn, says that she
desires to apply for a pension allowed under the Act of 1910, as amended by Act
of 1919, and submits testimony to make out the same, true answers makes to the
following questions to-wit:
1. What is your name and where do
you reside?
Mrs. Jane Brock, Banks County, Ga.
2. How long and since when have
you been a continuing resident of the State of Georgia?
87 years. Since 1832.
3. When, where and to whom were
you married? On Feb. 5, 1857 in Jackson
County, Ga., to W. T. M. Brock.
A. Have you married since the
death of first and soldier husband?
No.
4. When, where and in what Company
and Regiment did your husband enlist as a soldier in the Confederate Army or
Georgia Militia?
In 1862 in Jackson County Ga., in
Co. E 34th Ga. Infantry.
5. When and where did the commands
of your husband surrender or discharge from the army?
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6. Was your husband personally
present at the time of the surrender or discharge of this command?
No.
7. If he was not present state
clearly where he was?
At home wounded.
8. Where was his command when he
left?
At Bakers Creek Miss.
a. For what cause did he leave his
command?
Wounded-lost one leg.
b. By whose authority did he leave
his command?
X.
c. For how long was he granted
leave of absence?
X.
e. [there is no d.] What was his
physical condition when he left his command?
Wounded.
f. What effort did he make to return to his command?
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g. In what way was he prevented
from going back to Command?
Unable.
h. Was he captured by the enemy at
any time?
No.
i. If so, when and where captured
and where held as a prisoner, and when and for what cause released?
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j. When and where did your husband
die?
January 30, 1910. In Banks County, Georgia.
k. Were you residing together when
he died?
Yes.
l. If not, how long had you
resided apart?
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m. Are you now a widow?
Yes.
9. Have you or your husband
heretofore been paid a pension by the State?
Yes.
If so, when and for what cause
were you or your husband placed on the roll?
My husband was on Banks County
Pension Roll on account of loss of one leg.
Signed: Mrs. Jane Brock
Sworn to and subscribed before me,
this the 29 day of Oct. 1919.
W. M. Thomas, Ordinary of Banks
County.
Questions for the Witnesses as to
Service of Husband and Marriage.
State of Georgia
Jackson County.
Personally before me comes D. A.
Crisler who after being duly sworn true answers to make, to the following
question, answers as follows:
1. What is your name and where do
you reside?
D. A. Crisler. Maysville, Ga. Jackson County.
2. How long and since when have you know Mrs. Jane Brock applicant?
For 60 years.
3. How long and since when has she
continuously resided in this State?
All her life.
4. When and to whom was she
married?
W. T. M. Brock in 1857.
5. How long and since when did you
know W. T. M. Brock her husband?
For 60 years.
6. When and where did W. T. M.
Brock the husband of the Applicant die?
Jan. 30th 1910. Banks County, Ga.
7. Were the applicant and her
husband living together as man and wife at the date of his death?
Yes.
8. If not, how long did they live
apart before his death?
X.
Were they divorced?
X.
9. When, where and in what Company
and Regiment did W. T. M. Brock enlist?
May 1862. Jackson County, Ga. Company E 34th Ga. Infantry.
10. Were you a member of the same
Company?
Yes.
11. How long within your personal
knowledge did he perform actual military service with his Company and Regiment?
From May 1862 until May 1863.
13. When and where did his Company
surrender, and was discharged?
Greensboro, N. C. May 26th 1865.
13. Were you personally present
when it was surrendered?
No.
If not where were you?
I was at home wounded.
14. Was the husband of the
applicant personally present at surrender?
No.
If not where was he?
He got wounded May 16th
1863 at Bakers Creek, Miss., in the leg and his leg was amputated soon after he
was wounded.
How long was he granted
leave? How do you know this?
I and he was at home at the
surrender.
15. For what cause, if you know of
your own knowledge, was he prevented from returning to his Command?
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16. What effort did he make to
return to his Command and how do you know this?
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Signed: D. A. Crisler
Sworn to and subscribed before me,
this 28 day of Oct. 1919
J. A. Wills, Ordinary of Jackson
County.
Ordinary’s Certificate.
State of Georgia
Banks County.
I, W. M. Thomas, Ordinary of said
County, do certify that I know Mrs. Jane Brock the applicant for pension. She is the person she represents herself to
be and she is a bona fide and continuing resident of said County and was on the
4th November 1908; that I also know D. A. Crisler of Jackson Co. the
witness who swears on the service of the husband; that Mrs. Jane Brock is now a
resident of said County and was duly sworn by me before signing the foregoing
affidavits and that they are both truthful, trustworthy, and their statements
are entitled to full faith and credit.
Sworn under my hand and official
seal of office this 29 day of Oct. 1919,
W. M. Thomas, Ordinary of Banks
County.
[The pension papers for 1919 have
a note from the Pension Office stating that W. T. M. Brock, Co. E. 34th
Ga. Infantry enlisted May 13, 1862, and that he lost a leg and was captured at
Bakers Creek, Miss., on May 16, 1863.]
Note-Rev. W. T. M. Brock, May 5,
1831-Jan. 30, 1910 and Jane Harrison Brock, Sept. 9, 1832-May 23, 1920, lie
side by side in the Beaverdam Baptist Church cemetery in Banks County, Ga. Source: “Cemeteries and Deaths in Banks
County, Georgia” compiled by Richard J. Chambers
Transcribed 2006 by Jacqueline
King