Confederate Pension Application of John T. Kelley/John T. Kelly
Questions for Applicant.
State of Georgia
Banks County.
John T. Kelley 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, deposes and answers as follows:
1. What is your name and where do you reside? (give
State, County and post office.)
John T. Kelley. Georgia, Banks County. P.
O. Pruitt
2. Where did you reside on January 1st,
1894, and how long have you been a resident of this State?
Banks County.
Always.
3. When and where were you born?
Jackson County, age 73 years.
4. Did you volunteer in the Confederate Army or in the
Georgia Militia?
Confederate Army.
5. When and where did you enlist?
Elbert County.
6. In what company and regiment did you enlist?
Company G 37th Georgia. [Handwritten note
at top of application page states “Co. D 9th Battn. Regt. and Co. G
37th Regt. Ga.]
7. How long did you remain in that company and
regiment?
From beginning to end of war.
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?
[Blank] .
9. For how long a period of time did you discharge
regular military duties?
About 4 years.
10. When, where and under what circumstances were you
discharged from service?
Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C.
11. What is your present occupation?
Trying to farm.
12. How much can you earn per annum by your own
exertions or labor?
Nothing.
13. What has been your occupation since 1865?
Trying to farm.
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?
My son is my only dependent & would be thankful
for what I can get.
15. What is your present physical condition and how
long have you been in such condition?
Unable to do work & have been so many years.
16. 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”?
All three.
17. If upon
the first ground, state how long 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?
Not able to do much in twenty years. Most of time unable to do anything. My sight has been impaired for the last 6 or
7 years. Not totally blind but most so.
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 same?
None.
20. In what County did you reside during those years
and what property did you return for taxation?
Banks County.
No property.
21. How were you supported during the years 1893 and
1894?
As now by my son.
22. How much did your support cost for each of those
years, and what portion did you contribute thereto by your own labor or income?
Got no idea.
23. What was your employment during 1893 and
1894? What pay did you receive in each
year?
Trying to farm.
No pay but try to help son.
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.
No family. No
wife. 4 children-43-40-38-Boys, all
poor working men.
25. Are you receiving a pension under any law of this
State, if so what amount and for what disability?
No.
26. Are you receiving any aid from your County, and if
so, how much? Did you ever apply for such aid?
Nothing. No.
Signed: J. T. Kelley (X his mark), Applicant
Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 22 day of
June 1895, T. F. Hill, Ordinary of Banks County.
Power of Attorney.
State of Georgia
Banks County.
I, John T. Kelley, 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, Ga. by [Blank].
Witness my hand and seal this 24th of July
1895.
Executed in presence of Oscar Brown, L. N. Turk, C. S.
C.
Transcribed 2006 by Jacqueline King