Confederate Pension of John F. Pearson
For Applicants Heretofore Allowed Pensions.
State of Georgia,
Banks County.
Personally appear J. F. Pearson 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 ....1851 (?); that he is 63 years old and
by occupation a Farmer, 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 for the term of 6 months in Company I, of 8th
Regiment of Ga. Volunteers; that his physical condition is as follows:
Infirmity and Poverty
that his property consists of the following items: 00
of the value of 00 Dollars. I am now
earning, by my labor 00 Dollars per month.
That by reason of his physical condition and poverty he is unable to
support himself by his own exertion and labor, and that he receives no pension
but the one herein applied for.
Deponent desires to participate in the benefits of the
Act approved December 15th, 1894, and the Acts amendatory thereof,
and makes application for the pension to which he is entitled for the year
1905. I have heretofore as a resident
of Banks County been allowed a pension for the year 1904.
Signed: J. F. Pearson [X his mark]
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this the 11 day of
Jan. 1905.
T. F. Hill, Ordinary.
State of Georgia,
Banks County.
I, T. F. Hill Ordinary of said County, do certify that
I am well acquainted with J. F. Pearson the applicant in the foregoing
affidavit, and am well satisfied that the statements made by him in his said
affidavit are true, and I know he is the individual he represents himself to
be, and that he resides in this County.
Given under my official signature and seal, this 11th
day of Jan. 1905.
T. F. Hill, Ordinary of Banks County.
Notes- John F. Pearson appears in the 1880 Cobb
County, Ga., census as 29, born in Ga., with his wife Vandelia S., age 33, born
in Georgia. In the 1900 census in Banks
County John F. Pearson appears as a 50 year old white male, born Sept. 1849,
married 35 years, born in Georgia, his Father born in South Carolina and his
Mother born in Georgia. His wife is
listed as V. S. Pearson, age 54, born Feb. 1846, married 35 years, 2 children
born but none living, born in Georgia and her parents born in Georgia. In the 1910 Banks County census (Washington
District) they appear as John F. Pearson, age 65 and Vandella Pearson , age 63.
The “Banks County Journal” issue of Thursday, Nov. 27,
1914, states that Mrs. John Phearson did on Sept. 19, 1914.
On 4-14-1932 J. F. Pearson directed his pension money
($175 annually) be transferred to Felton
Lewallen “for board and taking care of me.”
Banks County Death Certificate # 9419 shows J. F.
Pearson dying 22 Feb. 1936.
Reference: “Cemeteries and Deaths in Banks County
Georgia” by Richard J. Chambers:
Line Baptist Church, aka The Line Baptist Church
cemetery;
Pearson, J. F., (Co. I, 8th Ga. Regt.
[CSA]) No dates
Pearson, V. S.,1844-Sept. [19] 1914.
Transcribed 2006 by Jacqueline King