CONFEDERATE PENSION RECORDS S-Z

CARROLL COUNTY, GEORGIA

SHIFLETT, MRS. M. H.
WIDOW'S APPLICATION
County Carroll
Name: Mrs. M. H. Shiflett
Widow of: Lewis Shiflet
Date of Marriage
Date of Husband's death: About 1910
Company G
Regiment 21st Regt. Ga. Inf.
DISAPPROVED 1/13/1938,
State Dept. of Public Welfare, Atlanta, Jan. 13, 1938
Lewis Shiflett enlisted as a private in Co. G., 21st Regt. Ga. Inf. July 4, 1861...deserted June 22, 1864. Captured Gordon County, Ga. a Confederate deserted, 1864. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Govt., Louisville, Ky., and released to remain north of Ohio River during war, Aug. 29, 1864. (Washington record) Lillian Henderson Director Confederate Records.
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Ordinary's Certificate
State of Georgia
Carroll County
    I, M. E. Griffin, Ordinary of said County, do certify that I know Mrs. M. H. Shiflet the applicant for pension; that she is the person she represents herself to be, and that she has been, continuously, a bona fide resident citizen of said State since January 1, 1920; that I also know _________________ the witness who swears to the service of husband and/or the marriage; that both of them are now residents of said County and were duly sworn by me before signing the foregoing affidavits, and that they are truthful and trustworthy and their statements are entitled to full faith and credit.
    Given under my and and seal of office this 19th day of August 1937. M. E. Griffin, Ordinary, of Carroll County.
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                                                        APPLICATION FOR PENSION BY A WIDOW OF A CONFEDERATE SOLDIER
                                                                Questions for Applicant to Answer:
STATE OF GEORGIA
Carroll County
    Personally appears before me Mrs. M. H. Shiftlett of said State and County and hereby applies for the pension allowed by the Act of 1910
as amended by the Act of 1919 and the Constitutional Amendments of 1920 and 1937, and submits testimony to support the same, and, after
being duly sworn, true answers to make to the questions propounded, answers as follow, to wit:
SECTION I.
1.    What is your name and where do you reside? Mrs. M. H. Shiftlett, Carrollton, Ga., R#5, c/o S. S. Harper
2.    How long and since when have you been continuously, a bona fide resident citizen of the State of Georgia? Since 1909
        Give date, or year, of your birth: April 17th, 1861    Age? 76
3.    (1) When, (2) Where and (3) to whom were you married? Randalf County, Ala. Lewis Shiflet
a.    Have you married since the death of first and soldier husband? No
b.    When and where did your first husband die? About 1910, Carrollton, Ga.
c.    Were you residing together when he died? Yes
d.    If not, how long had you resided apart?
e.    Are you now a widow? Yes
f.    Have you or your husband heretofore been paid a pension by the State? No
g.    If so, when and for what cause were you or your husband placed on the roll?

SECTION II
        Answer the following questions if your husband was not a pensioner:
1.    When, where and in what Company and Regiment did your husband enlist as a soldier in Confederate Army or Georgia Militia. (Give name of Colonel and Captain) State whether infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, Reserves, State Guards, State Militia or State Troops:
        1861, Calhune, Gordon Co., GA. 21st Ga. Company G
2.    When, and where did the commands of your husband surrender or discharge from the Service?
            Records show he was discharged Richmond, Va. 1865
3.    Was your husband personally present with his command when it surrendered or discharged? Do not no
4.    If he was not present, state specifically and clearly where he was?
5.    When did he leave the Command?   Cannot Say
a.    For what cause did he leave? Discharged
b.    By whose authority did he leave?
c.    For how long was his leave of absence granted?      d. In what way?
e.    What was his physical condition when he left his command?
f.    What effort did he make to return to his Command?
g.    In what way was he prevented from going back to his Command?
h.    Was he captured by the enemy at any time?
i.    If so, when and where? In what prison was he held and when was he released?
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this the 19th day of August 1937. M. E. Griffin, Ordinary of Carroll County

SHIRAH, NICHOLAS
INDIGENT SOLDIER'S PENSION, 1899
Name: Nicholas Shirah
County, Carroll
POWER OF ATTORNEY
STATE OF GEORGIA, Carroll County
    I, Nicholas Shirah, hereby authorize S. J. Brown of Carroll County to receive and receipt for the pension allowed, and request that he remit same to +_________________at _________________by _______________: Witness my hand and seal this 20th day of January 1899.
Executed in the presence of: B. F. Brown, J. H. Barron,
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                    FOR APPLICANTS HERETOFORE ALLOWED PENSIONS:
State of Georgia
Carroll County
    Personally appears NICHOLAS SHIRAH of Carroll 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 all his life; that he is 60 years old and by occupation a farmer; that he enlisted in the military service of the Confederate States during the war between the States, and served for a term of 18 months in Company I, of 64th Regiment of Ga., Inf. Vols.; that his physical condition is as follows: I am ruptured, and have rheumatism which renders me unable to earn a support. that his property consists of the following items: Nothing of the value of 00 Dollars, that by reason of his physical condition and poverty he is unable to support himself by his own exertion or 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 1899. I have heretofore as a resident of Carroll county been allowed a pension for the year 1898.
    Sworn to and subscribed before me, this, the 20th day of January 1899. S. J. Brown, Ordinary.

State of Georgia
Carroll County
    I, S. J. Brown, Ordinary of said County, do certify that I am well acquainted with Nicholas Shirah 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 20th day of January 1899, S. J. Brown, Ordinary
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INDIGENT SOLDIER'S PENSION 1900
Name: Nicholas Shirah
County: Carroll
Warrant issued: January 20, 1900,
FOR APPLICANTS HERETOFORE ALLOWED PENSIONS:
State of Georgia
Carroll County
    Personally appears NICHOLAS SHIRAH of Carroll 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 all his life; that he is 61 years old and by occupation a farmer; that he enlisted in the military service of the Confederate States during the war between the States, and served for a term of 22 months in Company I, of 64th Regiment of Ga., Inf. Vols.; that his physical condition is as follows: I am ruptured, and have rheumatism which renders me unable to earn a support and am about blind;   that his property consists of the following items: Nothing of the value of 00 Dollars, that by reason of his physical condition and poverty he is unable to support himself by his own exertion or 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 1899. I have heretofore as a resident of Carroll county been allowed a pension for the year 1899.
    Sworn to and subscribed before me, this, the 22th day of January 1900. S. J. Brown, Ordinary.

State of Georgia
Carroll County
    I, S. J. Brown, Ordinary of said County, do certify that I am well acquainted with Nicholas Shirah 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 22th day of January 1900, S. J. Brown, Ordinary
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INDIGENT SOLDIER'S PENSION 1905
FOR APPLICANTS HERETOFORE ALLOWED PENSIONS:
State of Georgia
Carroll County
    Personally appears NICHOLAS SHIRAH of Carroll 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 all his life; that he is 66 years old and by occupation a farmer; that he enlisted in the military service of the Confederate States during the war between the States, and served for a term of ABOUT 2 YEARS in Company I, of 64th Regiment of Ga., Inf. Vols.; that his physical condition is as follows: Ruptured, rheumatism, varicose veins, ____eyes and old age. general disability of poverty;   that his property consists of the following items: Nothing of the value of 00 Dollars, that by reason of his physical condition and poverty he is unable to support himself by his own exertion or 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 Carroll county been allowed a pension for the year 1904.
    Sworn to and subscribed before me, this, the 23rd day of January 1905. S. J. Brown, Ordinary.

State of Georgia
Carroll County
    I, S. J. Brown, Ordinary of said County, do certify that I am well acquainted with Nicholas Shirah 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 heresides in this county. Given under my official signature and seal, this 23rd day of January 1905, S. J. Brown, Ordinary
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INDIGENT SOLDIER'S PENSION 1898 (Application included in file...same information as other years)
INDIGENT SOLDIER'S PENSION 1906 (Application included in file...same information as other years)
INDIGENT SOLDIER'S PENSION 1907 (Application included in file...same information as other years)

SIMONTON, JAMES
Letter from W. J. Millican, Ordinary Carroll County, May 14, 1915
to Judge J. W. Lindsey, Comm. of Pensions, Atlanta, Ga.
Dear Judge: James Simonton, a pensioner of this county, was visiting his sister just over the line of Alabama during the winter, and while there died. Can I pay funeral expenses and doctor's bill amount to $25.00. The pensioner left no property whatever, and I have affidavits as required by law for funeral expense and doctor's bill.

SMITH, J. T.
Letter from Court of Ordinary, Carrollton, Ga.
April 4, 1908
Hon. J. W,. Lindsey
Dear Sir: J. T. Smith was transferred by Judge Hutcherson from Haralson County. Transfer dated Jan. 22, 1908. Smith is on the Indigent Roll. Was a member of Co. C, 34th GA. enlisted in 1862. Witnesses. V. C. Cheney and A. W. Wilson, Yours truly, J. H. Barron, Ordinary

SMITH, Ransom February 3, 1863 - Kermit Smith kermit61@bellsouth.net July 10, 2007, 9:24 am
Enlisted 3 Feb 1863 Decatur, Ga.3rd Georgia Infantry Co.G Army of Northern Virginia CSA. Wounded at Battle of Chancellorsville. Served as a pvt. Received serious injury to leg and was in and out of hospitals in Virginia until he returned to action January 1865. He surrendered at Appomattox. Additional Comments:
Source:
1.Confederate Record copies : State of Georgia Archives.
2.The Appomattox Roster.Page 338.Author: Brock/Stern

SPRADLIN, MRS. J. L.
GEORGIA, CARROLL COUNTY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That, I, Mrs. J. L. Spradlin , have constituted, made and appointed, and by these presents do make, constitute and appoint J. L. Spradlin, of said State and County, my true and lawful attorney in fact, for me in my name, place and stead, to sign the receipt for and endorse my monthly pension check that I receive from the Department of Confederate Pensions and Records, giving and granting unto J. L. Spradlin, said attorney, full and complete power and authority in and about the premises; and generally to do and perform all and every act and acts, thing and things, device and devices, in the law whatsoever needful and necessary to be done in and about the premises, and for me and in my name to do, execute and perform, as largely and amply to all intents and purposes, that I might or could do if I were personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that J. L. Spradlin said attorney, or substitute shall lawfully do by virtue hereof.
    In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this1st day of August 1947.
Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of Lucigene A. Craven, Clerk of Ordinary
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Note in File: no date
This widow is presently living in Savannah at the following address: Mrs. J. L. Spradlin, 203 E. 33rd St., Savannah, Ga. I have been instructed to send the attached forms to you. "Tiny" Smith, Carrollton, Ga.
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STATE DEPT OF VETERANS SERVICE
Date of Contact: 1-24-61
NAME OF CONFEDERATE WIDOW: Mrs. J. L. Spradlin
STREET ADDRESS: 203 East 33rd St., Savannah, Georgia
Name of nearest of kin or person caring for widow. Mrs. Henry Anderson
Name of fiduciary: J. L. Spradlen
Is Widow drawing confederate pension? Yes    Amount $110.00
Is Widow drawing federal pension? Yes    Amount $63.00
ss: W. M. A. Reed
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Letter dated Nov. 26, 1962
to State of Ga. Veterans Service
    This is to inform you that, Mrs. J. L. Spradlin, a confederate widow from Carroll County, Georgia, is deceased. I was informed that she
passed away Friday, November 23, 1962. SS J. E. Bohannon

STEPHENS, ASBURY G.
Confederate Solder's Application under Act 1910
County: Carroll
Name Asbury G. Stephens
Company "C", Regiment 64th Ga.
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QUESTIONS FOR WITNESS AS TO SERVICE
STATE OF GEORGIA
SPALDING COUNTY
J. P. Horne of said State and County is hereby presented as a witness in support of the application of
A. G. Stephens for the pension provided by the Act of 1910, in said State, and after being sworn true answers to make to the
questions propounded, answers as follows:
1. What is your name and where do you reside? J. P. Horne, Spalding County, Ga.
2. How long and since when have you known A. G. Stephens the applicant? Since 1864 in January
3. Where does he now reside, and since when has he been a bona fide, continuing resident in
this State and how do you know. Carroll Co., Ga.
4. When, where and in what Company and Regiment did A. G. Stephens enlist during war from 1861
to 1865? 1864 Jan. at Savannah, Ga.
5. How did you obtain your information of this Service? personally
6. How long within your own personal knowledge did he perform actual military service with
this Company and Regiment? (give date) From Jan 1864 to July 30, 1864
7. When and where was his Command surrendered or discharged (give date and place). I do not know of my own knowledge.
8. Were you personally present at the Surrender? I was not
9.   If not, where were you and how came you there? I was in camp at Macon, Ga. sick
10. Was the applicant personally present with his Command at surrender? He was not
11. If not where was he and how came him there? I do not know of my own knowledge
12. When did he leave his Command? I do not know. Where was his Command when he
left it? do not know , For what cause did he leave? I do not know
By whose authority did he leave..I do not know . and how long
was he grant leave?      --------------- . How do you know all that you have stated to be true?
If of your own knowledge (Tell clearly and specifically). I know personally
13. In what way was he prevented from returning to his command? I do not know
14. What effort did he make to return to his Command and how do you know? I do not know
15. Was applicant captured as a prisoner? I do not know.    If so, when and where?
       In what prison was he held?
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 13 Aug. 1910,, J. A. Drewry, Spalding Co.
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AFFIDAVIT OF TWO FREEHOLDERS
STATE OF GEORGIA
Carroll County
Personally before me comes J. R. and W. B. Borders, who on oath says that they are free holders residing in said County and we know Asbury G. Stephens the applicant for pension and we know the property that is now in the use, possession and control of himself and wife and of cash value to wit: About 107 acres of land value $700.00. 1 horse value $75.00 buggy and wagon, value $50.00, 2 cows and 2 yearlings, value $50.00. Household effects about $100.00, total value $975.00
1.      What property, if any, has been sold or given away by the applicant or his wife since 4 Nov. None
         1909? State it fully by items. Nothing that we know of. Certainly nothing of much value.
2.       When and to whom was it sold or given to? Nothing sold
3,        What was the price paid or stated to be paid? Nothing
4.        What relation is the party to applicant? None
5.        What disposition was made of the proceeds of the sale? Nothing Sold
6.        Was the disposition of this property made in good faith and full value?
Sworn to 4th day of August 1910. W. J. Millican, Ordinary
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APPLICATION FOR SOLDIER'S PENSION UNDER ACT 1910
                      Questions for Applicants to Answer
STATE OF GEORGIA
CARROLL COUNTY
Asbury G. Stephens of said State and County, hereby applies for the pension provided by Act of 1910, to Confederate Soldiers, and submits his sworn statement, with his testimony to make out the same, and after being duly sworn true answers to make to the questions propounded, answers as follows, to wit:
1.     What is your name and where do you reside? Asbury G. Stephens, Banning, Ga.
2.     How long and since when have you been a continuous resident citizen of this State? All my life since 1847
3.     Did you enlist in the Army of Confederate State or of the Organized Militia of this State from 1861 to 1865?
        Yes. Confederate Army
4.     When and where, and in what Company and Regiment did you enlist? (Give date of discharge) Jany. 1864, at Savannah, Ga. Co. C 64 Ga. Inf.
5.     How long did you remain in the actual Military Service with said Company and Regiment? From enlistment till Aug 16th 1864 when
        I was taken prisoner, stayed in prison until close of war
6.     When and where was your Company and Regiment surrendered or discharged from the Service? I was not present at surrender and cannot say
7.     Were you actually present with your Command when it was surrendered or discharged? No
8.     If you were not actually present, state specifically and clearly where you were.   In. Elmyra NY prison from Aug. 16, 1864 till close of war.
    a. Where was your Command when you left it? Deep bottoms, Va. where I was captured.
    b. When did you leave the command? When captured, Aug. 16, 1864
    c. For what cause did you leave? Captured
    d. By whose authority did you leave? "Might"
    e. For how long was your leave granted? In what way? captured
    f. Why did you not return to your Command after leave expired? Had no leave
    g. In what way were you prevented? In prison
    h. What effort did you make to return? None
    i   . Were you captured during the war? Yes
    j. If so, when, and where? In what prison were you held and when were you released? Aug. 16, 1864 Elmyra, NY. Released about May 16, 1865
9.      What property of every description was owned, in the use, possession and control of yourself and wife and its cash value on the 4 Nov. 1908?
        115 Acres of land, value $700.00, Horse, value $50. 2 cows and 2 yearlings $40.00, wagon and buggy valued $50.00 $75.00 cash, Household effects
        $50.00
10 What property of any kind have you or your wife disposed of and for what purpose since 4 Nov. 1908. To whom and what price? Nothing except
        proceeds of farm and that was used by the family.
11. What property of any description of any kind, and of any value now owned and in the use, possession and control of yourself and wife and its
        cash value? 115 Acres of land, value $700.00, Horse, value $50. 2 cows and 2 yearlings $40.00, wagon and buggy valued $50.00 $75.00        Cash                                    Household effects $50.00.
12. What annual or monthly income or earnings of yourself and wife and the source derived have you? $75.00 from farm. I work on farm and
        make what amounts I have.
13.    Are you drawing a pension of any amount from this State or the United States? No
14.    Have you ever applied for the Georgia Pension and had it refused? and for what cause was it not allowed? No.

Sworn to and subscribed before me, this the 4th day of August 1910. W. J. Millican, Ordinary of Carroll County

TANNER, JAMES G.
Georgia, Carroll County
Pension Claim of
BEALL'S BATTALION
    Personally came before me J. G. Tanner applicant for pension, who being by me first duly sworn to the facts herein stated before signing this affidavit, says:
    " In my application, I stated that Beall's Battalion was "Infantry". It was this way: When the Battalion was organized in Aug. 1864, it was so done as a Cavalry Command for State services, and Capt. J. B. Beall was commissioned by Gov. Joseph E. Brown, as Major of the Battalion.
    We were to be mounted, but never were, but were put under command of Gen. William Phillips, and afterwards of Gen. McCoy, and served as Infantry State Troops. This is why in my application for pension, I called the Battalion "Infantry". It was true in fact, but as I have learned, not true in name, and have also learned that the same Command to which it belonged has been recognized as a lawful one, and that many pensions have been granted to members of Beall's Battalion, where the application described it as
"Cavalry".
    Having made the mistake in my application, of calling the Command "Inf" I ask that it be amended so as to show that Beall's Battalion was a cavalry organization.
    I do not know whether we were ever attached to any regiment or not, and if so, I am not able to give the number of the regiment or battalion. I do know that we were turned over to Gen. Phillips and Gen. McCoy as stated, and that Col. Beall was promoted to Lieut. Col., and Capt. Baker to Major, and when we were put under Gen. McCoy, he carried us to Doctortown, and had command over us as "infantry", and that we served under him till we were discharged in March 1865, as stated in my application.
    (handwritten insert) I was detailed to act as Ast. G. M. & stayed at Col. Beall's headquarters all this time instead of my company. I am not sure of the letter of my Company, I think it was Co. C, Capt. Cheney was the Captain of my Company at first.
    I ask that reference be had to the Records of file in the Governor's office to see that my statements are corroborated as well as the Records in the office of Hom. Commissioner of Pensions, to find the number of the regiment or battalion, and also the letters of the different companies.
    We were disbanded or furloughed under orders from Gov. Brown of which the following is a copy as affiant has lately learned and attaches the same, with the hope that the Records will be examined to show its truth or falsity. (copy)
"Executive Office, Macon, March. 6, 1865
Special Order.
    The Battalion commanded by Lt. Col. John B. Beall is for the present attached to the Brigade of Brgdr. Genl. H. K. Mccoy, and is hereby furloughed until further orders. (Signed) Joseph E. Brown, Gov. and Comm. in Chief (Endorsement): #2350. Transportation in kind for One Hundred and Sixty five men to Newnan, Ga. (signed) Jno. T. Roberts, Maj. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 21 day of Mar. 1911, W. J. Millican, Ordinary Carroll County.

TARPLEY, MRS. SARAH A.
1931 APPLICATION FOR PENSION DUE DECEASED PENSIONER
(Under Act 1904)
For: Mrs. Sarah A. Tarplay
Date of Death: May 30, 1931
(Note by transcriber: Not part of pension file:
Bowdon United Methodist Church Cemetery
TARPLEY, SARAH
Born 1840; died 1931
(Buried next to: TARPLEY, M C. , Born 1827, Died 1887)
(Carroll co. Marriage records: TARPLEY, Mathew C., married Wood, Sallie Ann, 12 Aug. 1879)
GEORGIA, CARROLL COUNTY
Personally before me, the Ordinary of said County, comes C. L. Payne of said County, who, after being sworn, on oath says that she knew Mrs. Sarah A. Tarpley of said County, and that said Pensioner was on the Pension Roll of Carroll County at the time of death, which occurred in Carroll County, in this State, on the 30th day of May 1931, and that pensioner left no widow surviving, and no estate of any value sufficient to pay these funeral expenses, which amounted to the sum of $125.00, per sworn statements fully and completely ITEMIZED hereto attached. Sworn to...E. T. Steed, Ordinary, Carroll Co.
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Certificate of Ordinary
GEORGIA, CARROLL COUNTY
I, E. T. Steed, Ordinary of said County, do certify that I personally know C. L. Payne , who is a resident citizen of said County, and that said person is truthful and trustworthy character, entitled to full faith and credit; that I also knew Mrs. Sarah A. Tarpley , while in life and that this was the same person whose name appears on the Pension Roll of Carroll County, and was paid a Pension of Thirty (Month of April) ( $30.00) dollars in said County for 1931, and I now believe said pensioner to be
dead; and that the instructions at the foot of this voucher have been carefully observed in making up this voucher and the bills which are attached hereto.
Given under my hand and official seal, this 2nd day of June 1931. . E. T. Steed Ordinary
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Invoice from H. S. Yeats, Funeral Director, Embalmer
Bowdon, Ga. May 30, 1931
Sold to W. A. Tapley
To casket and hearse service $125.00
SS: H. S. Yeats, sworn 2nd day of June 1931, M. L. Johnson, NP

THORNTON, MRS. ESTELLE

GEORGIA, CARROLL COUNTY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That, I, Mrs. Estelle Thornton , have constituted, made and appointed, and by these presents do make, constitute and appoint Ruth Steele , of said State and County, my true and lawful attorney in fact, for me in my name, place and stead, to sign the receipt for and endorse my monthly pension check that I receive from the Department of Confederate Pensions and Records, giving and granting unto Ruth Steele , said attorney, full and complete power and authority in and about the premises; and generally to do and perform all and every act and acts, thing and things, device and devices, in the law whatsoever needful and necessary to be done in and about the premises, and for me and in my name to do, execute and perform, as largely and amply to all intents and purposes, that I might or could do if I were personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that Ruth Steel said attorney, or substitute shall lawfully do by virtue hereof.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 1st day of March 1946.
Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of: Harold Wallis

GEORGIA, CARROLL COUNTY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That, I, Mrs. Estelle Thornton , have constituted, made and appointed, and by these presents do make, constitute and appoint H. D. Jackson , of said State and County, my true and lawful attorney in fact, for me in my name, place and stead, to sign the receipt for and endorse my monthly pension check that I receive from the Department of Confederate Pensions and Records, giving and granting unto H. D. Jackson , said attorney, full and complete power and authority in and about the premises; and generally to do and perform all and every act and acts, thing and things, device and devices, in the law whatsoever needful and necessary to be done in and about the premises, and for me and in my name to do, execute and perform, as largely and amply to all intents and purposes, that I might or could do if I were personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that H. D. Jackson said attorney, or substitute shall lawfully do by virtue hereof.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 28th day of March, 1953.
Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of: Harold Wallis

THURMAN, MRS. ADA.
GEORGIA, CARROLL COUNTY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That, I, Mrs. Ada Thurman, have constituted, made and appointed, and by these presents do make, constitute and appoint Ruby Bass , of said State and County, my true and lawful attorney in fact, for me in my name, place and stead, to sign the receipt for and endorse my monthly pension check that I receive from the Department of Confederate Pensions and Records, giving and granting unto Ruby Bass , said attorney, full and complete power and authority in and about the premises; and generally to do and perform all and every act and acts, thing and things, device and devices, in the law whatsoever needful and necessary to be done in and about the premises, and for me and in my name to do, execute and perform, as largely and amply to all intents and purposes, that I might or could do if I were personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that Ruby Bass said attorney, or substitute shall lawfully do by virtue hereof.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 1st day of March 1947.
Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of: Lucigene A. Craven, Clerk Wit. Ruth Steel
(Handwritten note: Mrs. Ada Thurman died Oct. 3, 1947)

(Note by Transcriber: THURMAN, ADA, buried at Whitesburg City Cemetery, born 1863, died 1947 THURMAN, Richard, Co. C., 56th GA INF, CS (no dates)

TISINGER, D. F.
Invoice June 22, 1908
D. F. Tisinger deceased to J. L. Lovvorn MD for medical services rendered in last illness. $49.17
Sworn to: June 22, 1908
(Transcribers note: Buried at Victory United Methodist Church Cemeterh
David F. Tisinger, born May 31, 1831, died Jun 8, 1908
Marker also for: TISINGER, PVT. David F. born May 31, 1831, died Jun 8, 1909
Joined 3rd GA Vol Cav. Served Co. K, Ala Lt. Art CSA)

TURNER, MRS. JULIA A.
(Transcribers note: Buried at Concord United Meth. Church Cemetery
TURNER, Julia A., born 1840; died 1926
TURNER, L. J. A., born 1837; died 1916)
WIDOWS PENSION
Act of 1910.
County: Carroll
Name: Mrs. Julia A. Turner
Widow of: L. J. A. Turner
Company "I"
Regiment 56th GA Inft.
(deserted)
ORDINARY'S CERTIFICATE
STATE OF GEORGIA
Carroll County
    I, W. J. Millican, Ordinary of said County, do certify that I know Julia A. Turner the applicant for pension. She is the person she represents herself to be and she is a bona fide continuing resident of said County and was on the 4th November 1908, that I also know P. P. McBrayer the witness who swears to the service of husband; that both of them are now residents of said County and were duly sworn by me before signing the foregoing affidavits and that they both are truthful, trustworthy, and their statements are entitled to full faith and credit. Sworn 26th Day of Oct. 1920, W. J. Millican
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QUESTIONS FOR THE WITNESS AS TO SERVICE OF HUSBAND AND MARRIAGE
State of Georgia
Carroll County
        Personally before me comes P. P. McBrayer who after being duly sworn, truly answers to make the following questions,
    answers as follows:
    1.    What is your name and where do you reside? P. P. McBrayer, Villa Rica, #3
    2.    How long and since when have you known Mrs. Julia A. Turner applicant? Since immediately after the Civil Warh
    3.    How long and since when has she continuously resided in this State? Ever since I have known her
    4.    When and to whom was she married? I do not know definitely, 1871, by reputation. How do you know? By general reputation.
    5.    How long and since when did you know L. J. Turner her husband? Since Spring of 1862
    6.    When and where did L. J. A. Turner the husband of applicant die? May 3rd, 1916, Carroll Co., Ga.
    7.    Were the applicant and her husband living together as husband and wife at the date of his death? Yes
    8.    If not, how long did them live apart before his death? Were they divorced? No
    9.    When, where and in what Company and Regiment did L. J. A. Turner enlist? In the spring of 1862 at Villa Rica, Ga., in Co. I, 56th GA REG. Inft.
    10.    Were you a member of the same Company? I was
    11.    How long within your personal knowledge did he perform actual military service with his company and regiment.
            From 1862 the date of enlistment until May 1864.
    12.    When and where did his command surrender, and was discharged? April 26th 1865 at or near Greensboro, N. C.
    13.    Were you personally present when it was surrendered? No .   If not where were you...in prison Ft. Morton, Ind. , and how came
             you there? I was captured at Resaca Ga the last of April or 1st of May 1864 and imprisoned in Ft. Morton until just a few days
             before the surrender
    14.    Was the husband of applicant personally present at surrender? I do not know .   If not where was he? I am told that he was captured
                after I was and was in prison at Rock Island until the close of the war.
                When, where and for   what cause did he leave command? (Give date) I do not know
               By whose authority did he leave his command? I do not know.
             and how long was he granted leave? I do not know. How do you know all this? From personal knowledge. I was in same company and
             regiment and knew him well from the date of our enlistment until the date of his death. He made a good and loyal soldier.
    15.    For what cause, if you know of your own knowledge, was he prevented from returning to his Command? From information
             and belief he was in prison at rock Island, Ill.
    16.    What effort did he make to return to his Command and how do you know this? Of your own knowledge or how? I do not know
            Sworn to and subscribed before me this24th day of March 1920. M. J. Millican, Ordinary, of Carroll Co.
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                                  APPLICATION FOR SOLDIER'S PENSION UNDER ACT 1910
                                                            Amended by Act 1919
Questions for Applicants to Answer
STATE OF GEORGIA
CARROLL COUNTY
Personally before me comes Mrs. Julia A. Turner of said State and County, and after being duly sworn, says that she desires to apply for the pension provided by Act of 1910, as amended by Act of 1919, and submit testimony to make out the same, true answers makes to the following questions to wit:
1. What is your name and where do you reside? Julia A. Turner, Carrollton, Ga.
2. How long and since when have you been a continuous resident citizen of this State? All my life 79 years
3.    When, Where and to whom were you married? December 21, 1871, Carroll Co., GA. to L. J. A. Turner
    a.    Have you married since the death of first and soldier husband? No
4.    When, where and in what Company and Regiment did your husband enlist as a soldier in Confederate Army or Georgia Militia:
        State the arms and class of Service): May 1862, Villa Rica, Ga. in Co. I, 56th Ga. Reg. Inft.
5.    When and where did the commands of your husband surrender or discharge from the army? April 26th 1865, at or near Greensboro, N. C.
6.    Was your husband personally present at the time of the surrender or discharge of this command? No
7.    If he was not present, state clearly where he was? He was in Rock Island Prison
8.    Where was his command when he left? Some where between Chattanooga, Tenn., and Atlanta, Ga. My impression is that it was nearer
        Chattanooga.
    a.    For what cause did he leave his command? Captured
    b.    By whose authority did he leave his command? Captured
    c.     For how long was he granted leave of absence? Captured
    e.    What was his physical condition when he left his command? I do not know
    f.      What effort did he make to return to his command? None, in prison
    g.    In what way was he prevented from going back to Command? in Prison
    h.    Was he captured by the enemy at any time? Yes
    i.    If so, when and where captured and where held as a prisoner, and when and for what cause released? Between Chattanooga, Tenn and Atlanta
            nearer Chattanooga.
    j    When and where did your first husband die? May 3, 1915, Carroll County, Ga.
    k    Were you residing together when he died? Yes
    l.    If not, how long had you resided apart?
    m.    Are you now a widow? Yes
9.    Have you or your husband heretofore been paid a pension by the State? No
If so, when and for what cause were you or your husband placed on the roll?
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this the 24th day of March 1920. W. J. Millican, Ordinary of Carroll County
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Letter to Adjutant-General Washington DC
Nov. 12, 1920
    Please furnish me with such record as may be found in the Adjutant-General's office of the War Dept. of L. J. A.Turner Co. I, 56th Regt. Ga. Infty.
    He is an applicant under the Georgia law for a Confederate soldier's pension, and his record in your Department, whether it is of his company roll or prison record, is wanted as evidence in his claim for a pension. SS: J. W. Lindsey, Comm. Ga.
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War Dept, Adjutant General's Office
Washington, Nov. 24, 1920
Respectfully returned to: Commissioner of Pensions
State of Georgia, Atlanta
with the information that the name L. J. A. Turner appears on a Pay Roll of Co. I, 56th Regt. Ga. Inf., CSA dated June 13, 1862 as volunteered May 10.
    Prisoner of war records show that Larkin J. A. Turner, Pvt. C. I, 56th Regt. Ga. Inf. CSA was captured at Cassville, Ga. May 20, 1864 and was released at Rock Island Barracks, Ill. Oct. 25, 1864 on taking the Oath of Allegiance. (He was rejected after having volunteered in the U. S. A. for frontier service), P. C. Harris, Adjutant General
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Marriage License of L. J. A. Turner and Julia A. Embry
Issued December 5th, 1920
Recorded on Page 196 Book 1865=1876 of Marriage Licenses
D. B. Juhan, Ordinary

WARREN, JAMES T.
Georgia, Carroll County
Pension Claim of
BEALL'S BATTALION
    Personally came before me Jas. L. Warren, applicant for pension, who being by me first duly sworn to the facts herein stated before signing this affidavit, says:
    " In my application, I stated that Beall's Battalion was "Infantry". It was this way: When the Battalion was organized in Aug. 1864, it was so done as a Cavalry Command for State services, and Capt. J. B. Beall was commissioned by Gov. Joseph E. Brown, as Major of the Battalion.
    We were to be mounted, but never were, but were put under command of Gen. William Phillips, and afterwards of Gen. McCoy, and served as Infantry State Troops. This is why in my application for pension, I called the Battalion "Infantry". It was true in fact, but as I have learned, not true in name, and have also learned that the same Command to which it belonged has been recognized as a lawful one, and that many pensions have been granted to members of Beall's Battalion, where the application described it as
"Cavalry".
    Having made the mistake in my application, of calling the Command "Inf" I ask that it be amended so as to show that Beall's Battalion was a cavalry organization.
    I do not know whether we were ever attached to any regiment or not, and if so, I am not able to give the number of the regiment or battalion. I do know that we were turned over to Gen. Phillips and Gen. McCoy as stated, and that Col. Beall was promoted to Lieut. Col., and Capt. Baker to Major, and when we were put under Gen. McCoy, he carried us to Doctortown, and had command over us as "infantry", and that we served under him till we were discharged in March 1865, as stated in my application.
    (handwritten insert) I was detailed to act as Ast. G. M. & stayed at Col. Beall's headquarters all this time instead of my company. I am not sure of the letter of my Company, I think it was Co. A, Capt. Frank Diamond, was the Captain of my Company at first.
    I ask that reference be had to the Records of file in the Governor's office to see that my statements are corroborated as well as the Records in the office of Hom. Commissioner of Pensions, to find the number of the regiment or battalion, and also the letters of the different companies.
    We were disbanded or furloughed under orders from Gov. Brown of which the following is a copy as affiant has lately learned and attaches the same, with the hope that the Records will be examined to show its truth or falsity. (copy)
"Executive Office, Macon, March. 6, 1865
Special Order.
    The Battalion commanded by Lt. Col. John B. Beall is for the present attached to the Brigade of Brgdr. Genl. H. K. Mccoy, and is hereby furloughed until further orders. (Signed) Joseph E. Brown, Gov. and Comm. in Chief (Endorsement): #2350. Transportation in kind for One Hundred and Sixty five men to Newnan, Ga. (signed) Jno. T. Roberts, Maj.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 17 day of May 1911, W. J. Millican, Ordinary Carroll County.

WHATLEY, WALLACE W.
INDIGENT PENSION 1908
Name: W. W. Whatley
County: Carroll
Co. B - 30th Ala.
(Transcribers note: I believe Wallace W. Whatley and the pension appl. for Wyatt Whatley above were the same man)
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(Please note: Right half of this page cannot be read, indicated by ______)
STATE OF GEORGIA
Carroll County
    Personally came before me W. W. Fitts, MD and W. Le Fitts, MD, both _____ of said county, who being severally sworn, say on
oath that they have examined carefully W. W. Whatley, applicant, for pension under Section______ such personal examination say that
his precise physical condition is as follows: _____ of the heart, double ____ _____ of the kidneys with ______ are permanent and ____
him unable to _____manual labor or _____. June 9, 1908.
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QUESTIONS FOR APPLICANT
STATE OF GEORGIA
CARROLL COUNTY
    W. W. WHATLEY 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? Wallace W. Whatley, Carrollton , Carroll Co., GA.
2.        How long and since when have you been a resident of this State? About 24 years
3.        When and where were you born? 1844 - Mar. 9, Talbott Co., GA.
4.        When and where and in what Company and regiment did you enlist or serve? 1861 about June 1`st at Jacksonville, Ala. M,
            Co. B. 30th Ala.
5.        How long did you remain in such company and regiment? 3 years or more
6.        For how long a period did you discharge regular military duty? I think in N. C., I was in prison
7.        Were you present with your company and regiment when it was surrendered? No
8.        If not present, state specifically and clearly where you were, when you left your command, for what cause and by whose
           Authority? I was captured at Jonesboro, Ga. in July 1864. I was carried to Camp Douglas
9.        How much can you earn (gross) per annum by your own exertions or labor? very little because I ___$74 at hand.
10.        What has been your occupation since 1865? Painter
11.        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". Infirmity 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? Have bad _____ with bleeding and kidney, rheumatism, heart trouble, shortness of breath with smothering>
             Hernia on both sides
13.        What property, effects or income do you possess and its gross value? None except a few old HH things 20 or 30 dollars.
14.        What property, effects or income did you possess in 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897 and 1898 and what disposition, if any did you make of same?
              I had a horse and buggy and some little ____ but have had to dispose of them to live on.
15.         In what County did you reside during those years, and what property did you return for taxation? In Carroll Co., Ga. Taxes return as
              above
16.        How were you supported during the years 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906 and 1907? By what I could do, but mostly by the
              help of my holdings.
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?
             $100 I reckon, Perhaps 1/4 or 1/3
18.        What was your employment during1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906 and 1907? What pay did you receive in each year.
             Done some jobs of painting what able to pay.
19.        Have you a family? If so who composes such family? Give their means of support? Have they a homestead or other property?
             Yes, self 64, wife 50, daughter 18. Helfer about house. Will leave me in a few days. None of us have homestead, property or
              income.
20.        Are you receiving any pension? If so, what amount, and for what disability. No.
21.        Have you ever made an application for pension before? Yes, one
22.        How many applications have you ever made and under what class? One, Indigent, 12 or 14 years ago. Had property then too much.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 9th day of June 1908.

WALLACE, WYATT
CONFEDERATE SOLDIER'S APPLICATION UNDER ACT 1910
County: Carroll
Name Wyatt Whatley
Company "B"
30th Ala. Reg.
(handwritten note: Pension Office, 11/19/1912. This man deserted by taking oath of joining U.S. A. 18, Apr. 1865. J. W. Lindsey, Comm. of Pensions
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QUESTIONS FOR WITNESS AS TO SERVICE
STATE OF ALABAMA
CALHOUN COUNTY
    J. D. Arnold of said State and County is hereby presented as a witness in support of the application of Wyatt Whatley for the pension provided by the Act of 1910, in said State, and after being sworn true answers to make to the questions propounded, answers as follows:
1.     What is your name and where do you reside? J. D. Arnold, Jacksonville, Ala., Calhoun County
2.     How long and since when have you known Wyatt Whatley the applicant? Since March the 5 1862 he was mustered in the Co. B, 30th Ala at Jacksonville, Ala.
3.     Where does he now reside, and since when has he been a bona fide, continuing resident in this State and how do you know. He says in the written letter at or in Carroll County, Ga. I have never seen Whatley since the Battle of Jonesboro, Ga.
4.     When, where and in what Company and Regiment did Wyatt Whatley enlist during war from 1861 to 1865? At Jacksonville, Ala. March 5, 1862
5.     How did you obtain your information of this Service? I was present and was mustered in to the Confererate Service in same Co., 30th Ala Reg. same day.
6.     How long within your own personal knowledge did he perform actual military service with this Company and Regiment? (give date) From the 5th of March till the Battle of Jonesboro, Ga.
7.      When and where was his Command surrendered or discharged (give date and place). I do not know of my own knowledge.
8.      Were you personally present at the Surrender? I was paroled at Greensborough
9.       If not, where were you and how came you there? In Butler's Brigade, was sent to guard the bridge across the Pedee River at Greensboro NC
          together with the Co. _____ _____
10.     Was the applicant personally present with his Command at surrender? Was not there prisoner
11.     If not where was he and how came him there? It seems he was a prisoner
12.     When did he leave his Command? at or near Jonesboro, Ga. . Where was his Command when he left it? Near Jonesboro, Ga. , For what cause did he leave? taken prisoner By whose authority did he leave? By force of arms. and how long was he granted leave? no limit How do you know all that you have stated to be true?
         If of your own knowledge (Tell clearly and specifically). The fact that Whatley was a prisoner and was ____ released remember? no one knew that he was prisoner or killed.
13.     In what way was he prevented from returning to his command? It is not reasonable to suppose that a prisoner could.
14.      What effort did he make to return to his Command and how do you know? I do not know
15.     Was applicant captured as a prisoner? he was.    If so, when and where? At Jonesboro, Ga.
           In what prison was he held? don't know
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 15 day of December 1911, E. D. Martin, NP, Calhoun County
D. W. Warlick, an officer Co. B, the Ala. Regiment
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AFFIDAVIT OF TWO FREEHOLDERS
State of Georgia
Carroll County
    Personally before me comes D. E. Burns who on oath says that they are freeholders of said County and we know Wyatt Whatley the applicant for pension and we know the property that is now in the use, possession and control of himself and wife and of its cash value to wit:   None at all
    1.    What property, if any, has been sold or given away by the applicant or his wife since 4 Nov. 1908? None
    2.    When and to whom was it sold or given to?    None
    3.    What was the price paid or stated to be paid?    None
    4.    What relation is the party to applicant?    None
    5.    What disposition was made of the proceeds of the sale?    None
    6.    Was the disposition of this property made in good faith and full value? or was it made to obtain a pension? None Sold
Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 17th day of J____ 1912. B. L. Burns, D. E. Burns
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ORDINARY'S CERTIFICATE
STATE OF GEORGIA
Carroll County
    I, W. J. Millican, Ordinary of said County, certify that I know the applicant Wyatt Whatley for Pension is the person he represents himself to be and resides in said County. That I also know (Lived in Ala.) the witness swearing to the service and D. E. and B. L. Burns who are freeholders, that they are residents of said County and were duly sworn by me before signing the foregoing affidavit and they are truthful and trustworthy and their statements are entitled to full faith and credit. That the Tax Returns of Carroll shows that Wyatt Whatley and wife value for tax in 1908 $ none, for 1909 - None for 1910 - None

Sworn under my hand and official seal of office this 16th day of Oct. 1912. W. J. Millican, Ordinary
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                                          APPLICATION FOR SOLDIER'S PENSION UNDER ACT 1910
Questions for Applicants to Answer
STATE OF GEORGIA
CARROLL COUNTY
    Wyatt Whatley of said State and County, hereby applies for the pension provided by Act of 1910, to Confederate Soldiers, and submits his sworn statement, with his testimony to make out the same, and after being duly sworn true answers to make to the questions propounded, answers as follows, to wit:
1.     What is your name and where do you reside? Wyatt Whatley, Whitesburg, Carroll County, Ga.
2.     How long and since when have you been a continuous resident citizen of this State? Since 1885 - a period of 26 years
3.     Did you enlist in the Army of Confederate State or of the Organized Militia of this State from 1861 to 1865?
       Army of the Confederate States-Infantry
4.     When and where, and in what Company and Regiment did you enlist? Spring of 1862 at Jacksonville, Ala. in 30th Ala Co. "B"
5.     How long did you remain in the actual Military Service with said Company and Regiment? From date of enlistment till Sept. 1864 at
        which time I was captured. I was released after close of war.
6.     When and where was your Company and Regiment surrendered or discharged from the Service? I cannot say, I not being present
7.     Were you actually present with your Command when it was surrendered or discharged? No
8.     If you were not actually present, state specifically and clearly where you were.   I was captured at Jonesboro, Ga., Sept. 1864 and was
        imprisoned in Camp Douglas, Ill. till close of the war
    a. Where was your Command when you left it? At Jonesboro Ga.
    b. When did you leave the command? In Sept. 1864
    c. For what cause did you leave? I was captured
    d. By whose authority did you leave? I was captured
    e. For how long was your leave granted? In what way? Captured
    f. Why did you not return to your Command after leave expired? Was in prison
    g. In what way were you prevented? I was a prisoner
    h. What effort did you make to return? None
    i. Were you captured during the war? Yes
    j. If so, when, and where? In what prison were you held and when were you released? Sept. 1864 at Jonesboro, Ga. Held in Camp Douglas,
        Ill. till the surrender.
9.     What property of every description was owned, in the use, possession and control of yourself and wife,
        and its cash value on the 4 Nov. 1908? (Make list by items and value) Not anything at all.
10.     What property of any kind have you or your wife disposed of and for what purpose since 4 Nov. 1908. To whom
        and for what price? None
11.     What property of any description of any kind, and of any value now owned and in the use, possession and
        control of yourself and wife and its cash value? (Make itemized list).   I have no property at all now.
12.     What annual or monthly income or earnings of yourself and wife and the source derived have you? About $10 per month from my
           own services as painter

13. Are you drawing a pension of any amount from this State or the United States? No
14. Have you ever applied for the Georgia Pension and had it refused? and for what cause it was not allowed? I applied about for pension about
        13 years ago and it was not allowed on account of property. I have been since since then and have spent.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this the 6th day of September 1911. W. J. Millican, Ordinary of Carroll County
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Letter from War Department, Washington
dated June 12, 1908 to Hon. Wm. G. Adamson, representative in Congress
Carrollton Ga.
Sir: In returning herewith the letter, received by your reference today, of Mr. G. W. Merrell of Carrollton, Georgia, who requests you obtain for him the military record of W. W. Whatley, who is said to have been a member of Company B, 30th Alabama, I have the honor to inform you as follows:
    The records show that one W. Whatley (Name also found as Wyatt Whatley, but not as W. W. Whatley) was enrolled March 5, 1862, at Jacksonville, for the war; that he was captured July 4, 1863 at Vicksburg, Mississippi, and was paroled at the same place July 8, 1863; That he was again captured September 4, 1864 at Atlanta, Georgia, and that he was released at Camp Douglas, Illinois, April 18, 1865, upon his enlistment in the United States Army on that date. He was enrolled April 18, 1865, and was mustered into service on the same day as a private in Company K, 5th United States Volunteer Infantry Volunteers, to serve three years, and deserted April 19, 1866, at Booneville, Colorada Territory. Very respectfully, The Adjutant General
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Handwritten letter on United States Post Office stationery:
Carrollton, Ga.,
Dec. 5, 1911
Mr. Doc Arnold, Jacksonville, Ala.
Dear Sir: I have been operated upon five times and in very bad health. Please see that this paper is properly signed up and forwarded to the Ordinary of this county, the Hon. W. J. Millican. Yours truly, W. W. Whatley
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Handwritten on back of above letter. No address or signature.
    " I am spoiled a good blank on this cusssed infernal old "Yank". So filed it away for reference and pray that he never may "get to the tank". To nobody's flag was he true, left the gray and deserted the blue. If I could I would not our "Honor Roll" blot. by putting this renegade through. I think that the law with its ponderous jargon ought to fall on his traitorous head. All I will rejoin at the sound of the voice that announces that "Whatley is dead".
    This is the fellow I wrote you about sometime since. He claimed that the one alluded to was his cousin. I have endeavored to give him every chance to _____ it up, and he has never even come to my office in response to my requests or letters, though he has ___ town. I believe the Bible where it says "thou act the man". GWM. I perhaps could have got him a pension but I Didn't Want to.
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To Hon. W. J. Millican,
Ordinary Carroll County, GA.
    Now it is impossible to answer questions in regard to Wyatt Whatley application for Pension on _____ of the State of Georgia as required by Act of 1910 of your State. I joined Company B of the 30th Alabama together with about 100 others. Wyatt Whatley and his brother John Whatley never saw Wyatt Whatley before that day we went in the Camp at Talledega Ala. Whatley was there and made a good soldier. Always ready and willing to do any service he was ordered to do. I was at Jonesborough at the Battle of war not in the Battle but am satisfied that Wyatt Whatley was captured as he states there was great confusion City of Atlanta war destroyed that night. He deserves a pension as a true confederate soldier and that his statements are correct and I have no doubt but he greatly needs the Pension he sounds to be an ________ good sort of boy would volunteer to undertake any hard dangerous job.
    Since writing the above, I was in conversation with Capt. D. W. Warlick who was our Captain at the surrender at or near Greensboro North Carolina. He remarked that John Whatley, Wyatt Whatley's brother was shot a Vicksburg during the siege at that place through the lower jaw and died in a short time from the wound. I am sorry that your blank is for the State of Georgia instead of Alabama, but I have filled out the best I can. Capt. Dan Warlick will sign the blank who was our Captain at the surrender. J. S. Arnold

WIDNER, MRS. M. A.
Georgia, Carroll County
I, Dr. J. C. Griffies, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct account for medical services rendered
during the last sickness of Mrs. M. A. Widner, who died March 22, 1908, and is due and unpaid. SS: J. C. Griffies, MD
Sworn to and subscribed before me this April 13, 1908. G. B. Pace, Clerk Superior Court.
Handwritten note: Took sick Nov. 9th 1907. No proof of death
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Itemized medical bill: Mrs. M. A. Widner; in account with J. C. Griffies for medical services rendered during last illness:
(Visits listed from Nov. 1907 thru Feb. 26 1908. Total $38.50

WIER, THOS. P.
Invoice : Thos. P. Wier, Deceased
in account with Dr. J. C. Griffies
for Medical services during last illiness
1908 - March 21 - April 5th - Total $10.00
April 21, 1908
(Transcribers note: Mr. Zion United Methodist Church cemetery
WIER, Thomas P, born May 26, 1839; died Apr. 6, 1908
WIER, Martha, born 1844, died 1920)

WILKINS, MARY I.
Letter from L. H. Smith, Ordinary
Polk County, Ga.
August 27, 1934
to: Hon. A. L. Henson, Atlanta, Ga.
Dear Sir: Mrs. Mary L. Wilkins has asked me to write you and have her pension that is on the Carroll Co., pension roll changed and sent to me here in Polk County, Ga. as she is living here and expects to make this her home. L. H. Smith, Ordinary Polk Co., Ga.
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Letter dated Aug. 28, 1934
Judge L. H. Smith
Ordinary, Polk County
Cedartown, Ga.
Dear Judge: At your request, I am transferring the name of Mrs. Mary I. Wilkins from the pension roll of Carroll County to the pension roll of Polk County, this transfer to take effect with and after the July 1934 payment.
The June payments are the last that will be made from Carroll County. A. L. Henson, Atlanta, Ga.

WILLIAMSON, MRS. JULIA A.
1931 APPLICATION FOR PENSION DUE DECEASED PENSIONER
For: Mrs. Julia A Williamson
Date of Death. Feb. 23, 1931
Amount $100.00
[Transcribers note: Buried Carrollton City Cemetery-Magnolia
WILLIAMSON, JOSEPH J. born Dec 9, 1938; died Nov. 21, 1905
WILLIAMSON, JULIA A, born Dec. 19. 1843; died Feb. 23, 1931
WILLIAMSON, J. J., born 1838; died 1905
CPL., CO. K, 18 ALA. INF, CSA]
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APPLICATION FOR PENSION DUE A DECEASED PENSIONER
(To be paid to the Ordinary for Expenses of Funeral and Last Illness)
Under Act approved August 15, 1904
GEORGIA, CARROLL COUNTY
Personally before me, the Ordinary of said County, comes C. L. Payne of said County, who, after being sworn, on oath says that she knew Mrs. Julia A. Williamson of said County, and that said Pensioner was on the Pension Roll of Carroll County at the time of death, which occurred in Carroll County, in this State, on the 23 day of February 1931, and that pensioner left no widow surviving, and no estate of any value sufficient to pay these funeral expenses, which amounted to the sum of $500.00, per sworn statements fully and completely ITEMIZED hereto attached. Sworn to...E. T. Steed, Ordinary, Carroll Co.
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Certificate of Ordinary
GEORGIA, CARROLL COUNTY
I, E. T. Steed, Ordinary of said County, do certify that I personally know C. L. Payne, who is a resident citizen of said County, and that said person is truthful and trustworthy character, entitled to full faith and credit; that I also knew Mrs. Julia A. Williamson, while in life and that this was the same person whose name appears on the Pension Roll of Carroll County, and was paid a Pension of Thirty ( $30.00) dollars in said County for 1931, and I now believe said pensioner to be dead; and that the instructions at the foot of this voucher have been carefully observed in making up this voucher and the bills which are attached hereto.
Given under my hand and official seal, this 5th day of February 1931. E. T. Steed Ordinary
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Martin Almon Company, Funeral Directors
Dated Feb. 24, 1931
Mrs. Julia Ann Williamson, Deceased
Casket    $350.00
Vault        125.00
Embalming   25.00

1931 Application for Pension Due Deceased Pensioner
For Mrs. Lucinda Williamson
Date of Death: Sept. 17th 1931
Amount $100.00
APPLICATION FOR PENSION DUE A DECEASED PENSIONER
(To be paid to the Ordinary for Expenses of Funeral and Last Illness)
Under Act approved August 15, 1904
GEORGIA, CARROLL COUNTY
Personally before me, the Ordinary of said County, comes C. L. Payne of said County, who, after being sworn, on oath says that she knew Mrs. Lucinda Williamson of said County, and that said Pensioner was on the Pension Roll of Carroll County at the time of death, which occurred in Carroll County, in this State, on the 17th day of September 1931, and that pensioner left no widow surviving, and no estate of any value sufficient to pay these funeral expenses, which amounted to the sum of $115.00, per sworn statements fully and completely
ITEMIZED hereto attached. Sworn to...E. T. Steed, Ordinary, Carroll Co.
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Certificate of Ordinary
GEORGIA, CARROLL COUNTY
I, E. T. Steed, Ordinary of said County, do certify that I personally know C. L. Payne, who is a resident citizen of said County, and that said person is truthful and trustworthy character, entitled to full faith and credit; that I also knew Mrs. Lucinda Williamson , while in life and that this was the same person whose name appears on the Pension Roll of Carroll County, and was paid a Pension of Thirty (Sept. Payment) ( $30.00) dollars in said County for 1931, and I now believe said pensioner to be dead; and that the instructions at the foot of this voucher have been carefully observed in making up this voucher and the bills which are attached hereto.
Given under my hand and official seal, this 17th day of September. . E. T. Steed Ordinary
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Invoice Martin-Almon Company, Funeral Directors
Charged to: Mrs. Lucinda Williamson
Address: Clem, Ga. Rt#2
Date sold: Sept. 17, 1931 For Lucinda Williamson
Casket $110.00
Dress 5.00

WILSON, FANNIE
Georgia, Carroll County
In person comes before me J. G. W. Lassetter who after being duly sworn says that Joseph E. Wilson and Mrs. Fannie A. Wilson were married in the form of the law on the 5th day of September 1905, at his, J. G. W. Lassetter's residence which is about two miles west of Villa Rica, Georgia; that Rev. N. E. Dosier, of LaGrange, Ga., performed the marriage rites: that he was present at said marriage, together with other relatives. SS: J G W Lassetter
Sworn September 27, 1927.

WITCHER, N. D.
Hon. W. J. Millican
Carrollton, Ga.
Dear Judge: In checking out Heard County, I find that he has N. D. Wichter on his rolls and reports him transferred to him from your county. You have him on your rolls and make no mention of his having been transferred. Please let me know by return mail if you have transferred him to Heard County, and if so mark him off your books and we will mark him off your payrolls. Your friend.
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Note on bottom of letter: N. D. Witcher was transferred to Heard County. I am sorry the error occurred. I will mark him from my rolls.

WOODARD, TOBIAS (Submitted by Bert Pittman bert@pittmanfamily.org)
Confederate Veteran's Pension Application
QUESTIONS FOR APPLICANT
STATE OF GEORGIA
Carroll County.

Tobias Woodard 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 in the following questions, deposes and answers as follows:

1. What is your name and where do you reside (Give State, County and Post office) Mandeville Carroll County Ga Tobias Woodard is my name
2. How long and since when have you been a resident of this state? All my life except 5 years in Ala. I moved back in 1894
3. When and where were you born? March 7, 1840 - Cherokee co Ala
4. When and where and in what company and regiment did you enlist or serve?
1861 in Coweta Co Ga, Co K 30th Regt Ga Vols served 12 mos. & was transferred to 12th Bat.
5. How long did you remain in such company and regiment? I was in the service nearly 4 years.
6 For how long a period did you discharge regular military duty? Nearly 4 years.
7. When, where and under what circumstances were you discharged from service? Surrendered at Appomatox 1865
8. What is your present occupation? None - I have been a farmer.
9. How much can you earn (gross) per annum by your own exertions or labor? Nothing, might do little jobs and earn $15 or $20
10. What has been your occupation since 1865? Farming til 2 years ago.
11. 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?" infirmity and povery.
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 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 bronchitis and dropsy and I breath with difficulty at times. I am swelled and don't have good use of myself & but little strength. I suffer from inability to sleep.
13. What property, effect or income do you possess, and its gross value? a frame. 1 & 1 & goods not worth over $25 or $30
14. What property, effects or income, did you possess in 1894, 1895, 1896, 1896, 1897 and 1898, and what disposition, if any, did you make of same?
I had no others, except a cow, I had a horse <???> & paid the tax on it then was Mr Garretts
15. In what county did you reside during those years,and what property did you then return for taxation? Carroll Co Ga A House & H. H. Home was <???> but not paid tax
16. How were you supported during the years 1897 and 1898? By my friends who helped me & my children. I chopped wood sometimes & I did what I could
I am not able to (chop) wood at all now.
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 50-60 or 75 - I suppose I made $25 a year in good years.
18. What was your employment during 1897 and 1998? What pay did you receive in each year? set bounds some and helped hoe a little, don't know what I earned, very little
19. Have you a family? If so, who composes such family? Give their means of support. Have they a homestead ?
Yes; Wife - 2 daughters & a son. Wife badly afflicted, has fits. No means of support No Homestead.
20. Are you receiving any pension? If so, what amount and for what disability? None

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 31st day of March, 1899.

Tobias Woodard

S. J. Brown, Ordinary of Carroll County
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QUESTIONS FOR WITNESS

State of Georgia
Coweta County

Alvin D Freeman, of said State and County, having been presented as a witness in support of the application of Tobias Woodard 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?
Alvin D Freeman and I reside near City of Newnan Georgia
2. Are you acquainted with Tobias Woodard, the applicant; if so how long have you known him?
I knew him in 1862 & 3 & 4 & 5
3. Where does he reside, and how long and since when has he been a resident of this state?
don't know
4. Do you know of his having served in the Confederate army or the Georgia militia?
How do you know this?
I know he served in the Confederate Army in Co A 12th Bat in 1862 & 3 & 4 & 5
5. When, where and in what company and regiment did he enlist? I was not a member when he came to said company
6. Were you a member of the same company and regiment? I was
7. How long did he perform regular military duty, and what do you know of his service as a confederate soldier, and the time and circumstances of his discharge from service?
I think he served two or three years. I think he was discharged by surrender of Appomattox
8. What property, effects or income has the applicant? (give means of knowledge.) I don't know
9. What property, effects or income did the applicant possess in 1895, 1896, and what disposition, if any did he make of same? I don't know
10. What is the applicant's occupation and physical condition? I don't know
11. Is the applicant unable to support himself by labor of any sort, if so, why? I don't know
12. How was he supported during the years 1895 and 1896? I don't know
13. What portion of his support for these two years was derived from his own labor or income? I don't know
14. Give full and complete statement of the applicant's physical condition that entitles him to a pension under the Act of December 15th, 1894? I don't know
15. What interest have you in the recovery of a pension by this applicant?None

Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 23 day of January 1897
Alvin D. Freeman, Witness

Orlando McClendon, Ordinary
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Georgia
Carroll County

Pension Claim of Tobias Woodard. Indigent Act 1894.
Personally came before me .J. C. Hendrix, whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit and having by me duly sworn say. I am not interested in the above claim.
I know the claimant well, Have been living near him for the last 5 years. I know that formerly he was a very hard worker, and I know that he does but very little now.
I don't think the is able to work sufficiently enough to make a support by work, or anything near it .
I living , and have <???> the last year near him, in 1/2 mile. and see him once or twice a week. From his appearance and the way he complains, I consider him nearly a complete wreck, He limps and hobbles with rheumatism. He is swelled and seems to have Dropsy. Complains lots with his head & shoulders, and says he has kidney disease.
It is not caused by bad habits as I don't think he has any living strictly morally I am acquainted with his means. He has nothing except a few articles of old house hold <???>, I don't suppose everything hew has would bring $30. I think he will have to go to the poor home unless he gets help from somewhere. for I am satisfied that he can't even
make a cheap living by his own labor.
J C Hendrix
Sworn to & subscribed before
me this 4 April, 1899.
S. J. Brown Ordinary.

Personally Came J. M . Garrett whom I certify is worthy of belief and being duly sworn says that he has no interest in the claim except as a well wisher, and
that he fully <???> all the facts as typical by J C Hendrix. in the forgoing application .<?????????????????> the physical & fininancial condtion of claimant

Jeff Garrett
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Sworn to & subscribed before me
this 5th day of April 1899.

S. J. Brown, Ordinary.
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AFFIDAVIT OF PHYSICIANS

State of Georgia
Carroll County

Personally came before me J. F. Cole and W. L. Pitts, both known to be reputable physicians of said county, who, being severally sworn, say on oath that they have examined carefully Tobias Woodard, applicant for pension under Section 1254, Code, and after such personal examination say that his precise physical condition is as follows:

He has Dropsy due to Bright's disease. his body and extremities are swollen. his <???> difficulty.

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

J F Cole, M.D.
W.L. Pitts, M.D.

Sworn to and subscribed before me, this the 15th day of April 1899.

S. J. Brown, Ordinary.
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ORDINARY'S CERTIFICATE

State of Georgia
Carroll County

I, S. J. Brown, Ordinary in and for said county, hereby certify that the applicant Tobias Woodard resides in said county, and has been a bona fide resident of this state since the (blank) and that the witnesses, vis: J. M. Garrett and J. C. Hendrix are of trustworthy character, and that their statements are entitled to full faith and credit, I further certify that before the foregoing questions the applicant and each witness took the oath hereon prescribed, and that the full text of the affidavits was read to the applicant and witness before same was signed. I further certify that the tax digests of Carroll County show that applicant returned for taxation in his name in 1897, $66 Dollars of property, and in 1898 $65 Dollars of property. In my opinion, the foregoing claim is made in good faith. Witness my hand and seal of office, this 15th day of April 1899..
S. J. Brown, Ordinary of Caroll County.

Included in the file of Tobias Woodard was an untitled page containing type written questions and answers. I assume this is an internal summery page.
The following is a transcription of this page:
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NAME: Woodard, Tobias YEAR 1899 COUNTY Carroll
WHEN AND WHERE BORN? March 7th, 1840 Cherokee Co. Ala
RANK (blank)
COMPANY AND REGIMENT? Co.K 30th. Regt, Ga, Vols. (12 months)
Transferred: Co. A. 12 Ga. Battalion
NAME OF CAPTAIN AND COLONEL? (blank)
WOUNDED? (blank)
CAPTURED, WHEN AND WHERE? (blank)
RELEASED. (blank)
WHEN AND WHERE SURRENDERED Appomattox Court House, VA. 1865.
IF NOT PRESENT AT SURRENDER, WHERE WERE YOU? (blank)
DIED, WHEN AND WHERE? (blank)
BURIED. (blank)
WITNESSES. Alvan (sic) D. Freeman, same command - No data.
JWT

Additional Comments:
Tobias Woodard was born 1840, in Cherokee Co AL to Jesse Woodard and Mildred [Brown] Woodard.
According to researcher Janet Baber, he died in 1919 and is buried somewhere near Mt. Zion in Carrol Co GA

He served in Co K, 30th Regt Ga Vols (Infantry), for 12 months and then was transfered to Co A, 12th Ga Bat (Light Artillery)

WRIGHT, LUCY MRS.
(Letter dated Nov. 22, 1931 From Comm. of Pensions to Ordinary, Carroll Co.
Dear Judge:
    The handling of expense of last illness and funeral by an Ordinary is a very responsible and delicate mater, for which the Ordinary is absolutely responsible, and I think it would be well for me to suggest that you protect yourself just as well as possible by exercising great care as to every step of the work.
    For instance, a bill is submitted by Mrs. Mallissa Crawford, in the sum of $65 for "Services rendered during the illness of Mrs. Lucy Wright." This is entirely too indefinite to base an approval upon. What was the character of the services?
    Every bill submitted on an expense voucher must be fully and completely itemized.
    Nothing except expenses of last illness can be allowed. "Last illness" refers to the time when the pensioner grew worse to die. Long running accounts cannot be allowed: only such part of them as may have accrued during the last few days before death are permissible.
    Nursing bills must be scrutinized carefully, and close relatives of deceased pensioners must not be allow to try to squeeze out the last dollar of the pension by claiming payment for what the law and common humanity demands of them. The State, for instance, cannot and should not consider paying a child for nursing a parent in the last, or any other, illness. The only exception is where the family is destitute and there was a very unusual sacrifice made on the part of the destitute family in caring for the pensioner.
    It is not the intention of the law to pay a pension other than the pensioner, for a pension is a gratuity and not an indebtedness of the State. The funeral expenses and expenses of last illness are only assumed by the State in order that the pensioner may not receive a pauper's burial.

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