Confederate Pension of William T. M. Brock
State of Georgia
Banks County.
Personally appears before me W. T. M. Brock of Banks
County, State of Georgia, who, being duly sworn says on oath that he is a bona
fide citizen and resident of said State and has been such continuously since
the 5th day of May 1831, that he enlisted in the military service of
the Confederate States during the war between the States, and served as 4th
Sergeant in Company E of 34th Regiment of Ga. Volunteers Cumming’s
Brigade, that whilst engaged in such military service, at the battle of Bakers
Creek in the State of Mississippi, on the 16th day of May 1863, he
was wounded as follows:
Gun shot wound in right leg from which the same leg
was amputated below the knee (3 inches)
Deponent desires to participate in the benefits of the
Act, approved October 24, 1887, and the Act amendatory thereof, approved
December 24, 1888, and makes application for the allowance to which he is
entitled for the year ending October 26, 1889.
Signed: W. T. M. Brock
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this the 21st
day of February 1889.
W. F. Hill, J. P. 265th District G. M.
For Applicants Heretofore Allowed Pensions
State of Georgia
Banks County.
Personally appears W. T. M. Brock of Banks County,
State of Georgia, who, being duly sworn, says on oath that he is a bona fide
citizen and resident of said State, and has resided therein continuously ever
since the 10th day of January 1848; that he enlisted in the military
service of the Confederate States (or of the State of Georgia) during the war
between the States, and served as 4th Sargent [sic] in Company E, of
24th Regiment of Ga. Volunteers Cumming’s Brigade; that whilst
engaged in such military service at the battle of Baker’s Creek in the State of
Miss., on the 16th day of May 1863, he was wounded as follows:
Gun shot wound in right leg. Just below the knee which resulted in the amputation of said
right leg just below the knee.
Deponent desires to participate in the benefits of the
Act, approved October 24, 1887, and the acts amendatory thereof, and makes
application for the allowance to which he is entitled for the year ending
October 16, 1891. I have heretofore
been allowed a pension of $100 dollars, for 1889 & 1890.
Signed: W. T. M. Brock
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this, the 16th
day of Feby. 1891.
W. F. Hill, J. P. 265th Dist. G. M.
Power of Attorney
State of Georgia
Banks County.
Know all Men by these Presents, That I, W. T. M. Brock
of Banks County, State of Georgia, do hereby appoint T. F. Hill of Homer, Banks
County, Ga., my true and lawful attorney in fact, for me and in my name, to
receive and receipt for whatever amount of money I may be entitled to from the
State of Georgia by reason of the injury received as aforesaid in the military
service of the Confederate States (or of this State), as stated in the
foregoing affidavit; hereby authorizing my said attorney to receipt in my name
for any Warrant that may be issued by the Governor, or for any sum of money
which may be coming to me for the reason aforesaid.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and
seal, this 16th day of Feby. 1891.
Signed: W. T. M. Brock
Executed in the presence of us:
J. J. Turk
W. F. Hill, J. P.
Directions
Send money to me as follows, by T. F. Hill to Homer P.
O. Banks County, Georgia.
W. T. M. Brock
Note- Rev. W. T. M. Brock, born May 5, 1931 and died
Jan. 30, 1910, is buried at Beaverdam Baptist Church cemetery in Banks County,
Georgia. His wife, Jane Harrison Brock,
born Sept. 9, 1832 and died May 23, 1920 is buried alongside her husband.
Transcribed 2006 by Jacqueline King