Confederate Pension Application for F. A. Nally (Fountain A. Nally)
Banks County, Georgia
State of Georgia
Banks County.
I, F. A. Nally of said State and County, desiring to
avail himself of the Pension Act (Section 1254, Code) 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).
F. A. Nally.
Banks Co., Ga. Pruitt P. O.
2. How long and since when have you been a resident of
this State?
Since 1832.
All my life.
3. When and where were you born?
In Banks County [probably Franklin County, as Banks
County was not formed until 1858] in 1832.
4. When and where and what company and regiment did
you enlist or serve?
I enlisted 16 day Sept. 1861 at Stranges Court (?)
Guard in Franklin Co. Co. B 29th Ga.
5. How long did you remain in such company and
regiment?
Near two years.
6. When and where was your company and regiment
discharged?
At Jonesboro [Goldsborough] N. C. In 1865.
7. Were you present with your company and regiment
when it was surrendered?
On account of blindness I was discharged.
8. If not present, state specifically and clearly
where you were, when you left your command, and for what cause and by whose
authority?
I was discharged at Camp Anderson, Ga., on account of
blindness. 3rd of Nov.
1862. R. M. Anderson, Comd.
9. How much can you earn (gross) by your own exertions
or labor?
$15.00 or $20.00.
10. What has
been your occupation since 1865?
Trying to farm.
11. Upon which of the following grounds do you base
your application, viz: first, “age and poverty”, second, “infirmity and
poverty”, or third, “blindness and poverty”?
Blindness and poverty.
12. 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?
I lay five weeks and could not see any way without
being led. At Savannah, Ga., and have
forever been so that I could see to do any good yet.
13. What property, real or personal, or income, so you
possess, and its gross value?
No income. No property, except one small horse, 26
years old.
14. What property, real or personal, did you possess
in 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898 and 1899, and what disposition, if any, by sale
or gift, have you made of same?
No property except the above named. Could not work sufficient to accumulate any,
and can hardly live at all.
15. In what County did you reside during those years,
and what property did you return for taxation?
In Banks Co. The same property above mentioned.
16. How were you supported during the years 1898 and
1899?
By my wife’s labor in the field.
17. How much did your support cost for each of those
years, and what portion did you contribute thereto by your own labor or income?
I suppose $40.00. About $10 dollars.
18. What was your employment during 1898 and
1899? What pay did you receive in each
year?
Trying to farm in small patches. About $10 dollars.
19. Have you a family? If so, who composes such family?
Give their means of support.
Have they a homestead?
No family but my wife. No means of support but to cultivate small patches of cotton and
corn.
20. Are you receiving any pension? If so, what amount and for what disability?
I have received no pension.
21. Have you ever made an application for pension
before?
No.
22. How many applications have you ever made and under
what class?
None.
Signed: F. A. Nally (X his mark), Applicant
Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 12th
day of Dec., 1900.
T. F. Hill, Ordinary, of Banks County.
Notes- F. A. Nalley and Rodia [sic] Martin married in
Banks County, Ga., on 11 January 1863.
Their ages change through census records in Banks
County. According to the book
“Cemeteries and Deaths in Banks County, Georgia” by Richard J. Chambers,
Fountain A. Nalley and Rhoda Martin Nalley are buried in the Henry Ragsdale
cemetery in Banks County off Damascus Road near the bridge crossing the Middle
Fork of the Broad River. The book lists
the burials as follows:
Naly, Fount. G., Jan. 26, 1838-Nov. 28, 1912
Naly, Rhoda, Dec. 26, 1837-Dec. 13, 1912
[Due to the age of the stone I would suggest that the
“G.” may be an “A.”]
Transcribed 2006 by Jacqueline King