STATE OF GEORGIA

BANKS COUNTY

James C. Goode of said State and County, desiring to avail himself of the Pension Act Approved December 15th, 1894, hereby submits his proofs, and after being duly sworn true answers to make to the following questions, deposed and answers as follows:

1. What is your name and where do you reside? (State, County and post office)

James C. Goode and resided at Gillsville, Banks Co. Georgia

2. Where did you reside on January 1st 1894, and how long have you been a resident of this State?

I resided at Gillsville P. O. Banks Co. Georgia and have lived in the State of Georgia forty-four years.

3. When and where were you born?

Oct. 1824 in Rutherford County N. C.

4. Did you volunteer in the Confederate Army of in the Georgia Militia?

Confederate Army.

5. When and where did you enlist?

__day of May 1862 at Homer Ga. Banks County

6. In what company and regiment did you enlist?

Co. "H" 34th Ga. Regt.

7. How long did you remain in that company and regiment?

Three years.

8. If you were discharged from same and joined another, or if you were transferred to another, give an account of such discharge or transfer?

None.

9. For how long a period did you discharge regular military duty?

Three years.

10. When, where and under what circumstances were you discharged?

__day of April 1865 at Greensborough N. C. on account of Surrender.

11. What is your present occupation?

None

12. How much can you earn per annum by your exertions of labor?

None

13. What has been your occupation since 1865?

Farmer

14. What sum would be necessary for your support for this pension year, and how much are you able to contribute thereto either in labor or income?

$60.00 and am able to contribute nothing thereto.

15. What is your present medical condition and how long have you been in such a condition?

Chronic Rheumatism and I am in a state of extreme debility. I am a physical wreck. I have shaking palsy and when I attempt any sort of exercise or become excited I am compelled to lie in bed often, and for months become an invalid.

16. Upon which of the following grounds do you have your application for pension, viz: first, "age and poverty", second, "infirmity and poverty" or third, "blindness and poverty"?

Old age and poverty, Infirmity and poverty, Coming under both.

17. If upon the first ground, state how long you have been in such a 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 am Seventy years old and couldn't earn a support in the past fifteen years. The infirmity has existed since my return from the service of the Confederate Army, being at times more severe than at others, until some fifteen years ago, when I became unable to earn a support.

18. What property, effects or income do you possess?

None

19. What property, effects or income did you possess in 1893 and 1894 and what disposition, if any, did you make of the same?

None

20. In what County did you reside during those years and what property did you then return for taxation?

I resided in Banks Co., Georgia and returned no property for taxation.

21. How were you supported during the years 1893 and 1894?

By my neighbors and children.

22. How much did your support costs for each of those years, and what portion did you contribute thereto by your own labors?

My living costs me about five dollars a month and I contributed nothing hereto by my labor or income.

23. What was your employment during 1893 and 1894? What pay did you receive in each year?

None, and I received nothing in each year from any source.

24. Are you married and have you a family? If so, is your wife living and how many children have you? Give age and sex of children and their means of support?

I am married and have a living wife, but we can not live together and be supported by our friends and children as she has to make first what she can by washing and cooking and left me. There are 8 children-all married.

25. Are you receiving a pension under any law of this State, if so what amount and for what disability?

None

26. Are you receiving any aid from your County, and if so, how much?

None, and never applied for aid from the County.

Sworn and subscribed before me this the 27th day of April 1895

T. F. Hill, Ordinary of Banks County

James C. X (his mark) Goode

Applicant

QUESTIONS FOR WITNESS

STATE OF GEORGIA

Banks COUNTY

A. G. Bowden, of said State of County, having been presented as a witness in suppport of the application of James C. Goode for pension under the Act Approved December 15th, 1894, 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?

A. G. Bowden. I reside in Banks County State of Ga.

2. Are you acquainted with James C. Goode, the applicant, if so how long have you known him?

I have known him forty years.

3. Where does he reside and how long has he been a resident of this State?

He resides in Banks Co. Ga. & has been a resident of the State 40 years.

4. Did you know of his having served in the Confederate Army of the Georgia Militia?

I know he served in the Confederate Army because he was in the Co. with me as well as the Regt.

5. When, and in that company and regiment did he enlist?

He enlisted in Homer Ga. __day of May 1862, Co "H" 34th Ga. Regt.

6. Were you a member of the same company and regiment?

I was

7. How long did he perform his military duty, and what did you know of his service as a Confederate soldier, and the and circumstances of his discharge from the service?

He served about three years and was discharged on account of the surrender, the War being over.

8. What property, effects or income has the applicant? (Give your means of knowledge)

He has no property, effects or income. I know because of being his neighbor, and am well acquainted with his affairs.

9. What property, effects or income for the applicant possess in 1893 and 1894, and what disposition, if any, did he make of same?

He has no property or effects in 1893 and 1894

10. What is the applicant's occupation and physical condition?

He has no occupation. His physical condition is as follows, he is about seventy years old and suffers a great deal from chronic rheumatism. He is in a state of general debility, being a physical wreck. He has shaking palsy extremely at times.

11. Is the applicant unable to support himself by labor of any sort, if so, why?

The applicant is wholly unable to support himself by labor of any sort because he can't work without jeopardizing his life.

12. How was he supported during the years 1893 and 1894?

By his neighbors and such of his children who would, they being very poor.

13. What portion of his support for these two years was derived from his own labor or income?

None

14. Give a full and complete statement of the applicant's physical condition that entitles him to a pension under the Act of December 15th 1894?

He is about seventy years old. He is so infirm that he can not (sic) do any sort of work without tormenting himself, exciting the palsy and prostrating the body. But for the help of his neighbors and some of his children who are not really able to support him, he would necessarily perish, unless some other relief was sought.

15. What interest have you in the recovery of a pension by this applicant?

I have none.

Sworn and subscribed before me, the 27th day of April 1895

T. F. Hill, Ordinary

Signed: A. G. Bowden

AFFIDAVIT OF PHYSICIANS

STATE OF GEORGIA
BANKS COUNTY

Personally came before me J. Sam Daniel and O. N. Harden, both known to me as reputable physicians of said county, who have been severally sworn, say on oath that they have examined carefully Jas. C. Goode, applicant for pension under the Act of 1894, and after such personal examination, say that his precise physical condition is as follows:

We find him suffering from Chronic Rheumatism. He is in a state of extreme debility in fact almost a physical wreck. He also has Shaking Palsey(sic) as it is termed.

We further say on oath that the physical condition of the applicant renders him unable to labor at any work or calling sufficient to earn a support for himself, and that we have no interest in said pension being allowed.

Sworn and subscribed before me, this the 27th day of April 1895

T. F. Hill, Ordy.

Signed: J. Sam Daniel M. D.

O. N. Harden M. D.

FOR APPLICANTS HERETOFORE ALLOWED PENSIONS

STATE OF GEORGIA
Banks COUNTY

Personally appears J. C. Goode of Banks County, State of Georgia, who being duly sworn, says on oath that he is a bona fide citizen and resident of said County and State, and has resided in said State continuously ever since the ______ day of 1846; that is 69 years old and by occupation a Farmer; that he enlisted in the military service of the Confederate States (or of the State of Ga.) during the war between the States, and served for the term of 3 years in Company H of 34th Regt. of Ga. Vols; that his physical condition is as follows: she(sic) is suffering with Kidney and Bladder trouble and general debility and on account of said trouble in unable to do any (unreadable) that his personal property consists of the following items: He owns no property whatever,

Deponent desires to participate in the benefits of the Act, approved Dec. 15th 1894, and the acts amendatory thereof, and makes application for the pension he is entitled for the year 1897. I have heretofore as a resident of "Blank" County been allowed a pension for the year 1896.

Sworn to and subscribed before me, this, the 11th day of January 1897

T. F. Hill Ordinary

Signed: Jas. C. X (his mark) Goode

No further record.

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