Confederate Pension Application of Albert W. Osborn
Indigent Pension 1895
No. 1915
Name-Osborn, A. W.
County-Banks
Questions For Applicant.
State of Georgia,
Banks County.
A. W. Osborn 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.)
A. W. Osborn, Cost P. O., Banks County, Ga.
2. Where did you reside on January 1st,
1894, and how long have you been a resident of this State?
I have resided in the State from my birth 62 years.
3. When and where were you born? In Milton County, Ga. In 1833, 3rd March.
4. Did you volunteer in the Confederate Army of in the
Georgia Militia?
Confederate.
5.When and where did you enlist?
Milton County, Ga., in 1861.
6. In what company and regiment did you enlist?
Co. A 22nd Ga. Regiment.
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?
Never transferred, but was discharged on account of
dislocation of hip while on duty and [ink splotch] of wound in right leg.
9. For how long a period did you discharge regular
military duty?
Three years.
10. When, where and under what circumstances were you
discharged from service?
I was furloughed home when I got wounded at Gettysburg
Va. [Pa.] in 1864.
11. What is your present occupation?
Farming.
12. How much can you earn per annum by your own
exertions or labor?
Very little.
13. What has been your occupation since 1865?
Farming.
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?
No income. Can
contribute nothing.
15. What is your present physical condition and how
long have you been in such condition?
My left leg is dislocated and I am very weak and
suffer great pains.
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”?
The two first choices (?).
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?
I have nothing in the way of property except cow &
calf & 2 shoats, with a little household furniture. I can’t work to plow or hoe but very little.
18. What property, effects or income do you possess?
Nothing except the mentioned above.
19. What property, effects or income did you possess
in 1893 and in 1894 and what disposition, if any, did you make of same?
Nothing except cow & 2 shoats. I have not made any disposition of any.
20. In what County did you reside during those years
and what property did you then return for taxation?
Banks County.
Personal property, $40 or $50 worth.
21. How were you supported during the years 1893 and
1894?
By myself and wife’s work, 3 [children] 12 years old
& then two 11 & 9 years old.
22. How much did your support cost for each of those
years, and what portion did your contribute thereto by your own labor or
income?
Seventy five dollars, about 1/4 I contributed.
23. What was your employment during 1893 and
1894? What pay did you receive each
year?
I done some hoeing.
I received nothing but what I earned for the little hoeing that I did.
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 have a wife.
No children living with me.
Signed: A. W. Osborn [X his mark]
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this the 25th
day of April 1895.
T. F. Hill, Ordinary of Banks County.
Power of Attorney.
State of Georgia,
Banks County.
I, A. W. Osborn hereby authorize T. F. Hill of Homer
Ga. to receive and receipt for the pension allowed and request that he remit
same to me at Homer Ga.
Witness my hand and seal this 25th day of
April 1895.
A. W. Osborn [X his mark]
Executed in presence of
E. C. Garrison
S. P. Watson, J. P.
Ex. Dept. 19 Aug. 1895
Applicant does not answer question 10 fully nor does
in turn answer #7-The questions are plain-let the answers be full enough to
earn [?] them.
Richard Johnson, Sec.
Notes- This pension appears to have been finally
granted on 7/11/1897.
Source: “Cemeteries and Deaths in Banks County
Georgia” by Richard J. Chamebers;
Nails Creek Baptist Church cemetery, Banks County,
Georgia-
Osborn, Albert W., Pvt. Co. A 22nd Ga.
Infantry Regiment, 23 June 1837-16 Sept. 1916
Eliza (wife of Albert W.), 23 July 1837-8 March 1897.
Transcribed 2006 by Jacqueline King