14th Regiment, Company G, Georgia Volunteer Infantry
"Yancey's Independents" - Worth County Thomas' Brigade, Pender's-Wilcox's Division, A. P. Hill's Corps Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.
Pension records of the Soldiers in the 14th Georgia Regiment,
Co. G, Worth County, Georgia
*Henry
Shiver, Private
Pension: He filed for his pension in Mitchell County, Georgia.
E. G. Holliday of Mitchell County, Georgia served as witness for him. His wife filed
for his pension in Mitchell County, Georgia. John J. Shiver of Colquitt County,
Georgia., G. G. Ford and J. J. Ross of Worth County, Georgia served as witnesses
for her.
Questions for Applicant
What is your name and
where do you reside? Henry Shiver
How long and since when have you been a
resident of this State? 61 years
When and where were you born? Dec 3, 1837
When and where and in what company and regiment did you enlist or serve? 1862
in Worth County, Georgia, Co. G, 14th Regiment
How long did you remain in
such company and regiment? 3 years
For how long a period did you discharge
regular military duty? About two and a half years
When, where and under what
circumstances were you discharged from service? At surrender in Virginia
What is your present occupation? Farming
Upon what grounds do you base you
application for pension? Age and poverty. For about two years I have not been able
to do any labor.
What property, effects or income do you possess and its
gross value? None
How were you supported during the years 1896 and
1897? By labor of my children
Have you a family? If so who composes
such family? Give their means of support? Have they a homestead? Yes, wife and one
child. They have no homestead.
Questions for Witness
What is your name and where do you reside? E. G. Holliday in Mitchell County, Georgia.
Are you acquainted with Henry Shiver, the applicant, if so how long have you
known him? Forty – five years
Where does he reside, and how long and
since when has he been a resident of this State? In Mitchell County, Georgia about
61 years
When, where and in what company and regiment did he enlist, and
how do you know? He enlisted 1862 in Worth County, Georgia, Co. G, 14th Regiment
Were you a member of the same company and regiment? Yes
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 the service? Over
two years he was a good soldier, he was discharged at the surrender
What property, effects or income has the applicant? None, I live near him and
a farmer with his circumstances
Has he conveyed away any property in
the last three years, if so, what was it and to whom? No
What is the applicant’s
occupation and physical condition? He has no occupation, his physical is such that
he is totally unable to labor. Kidney trouble and nervousness.
How
was he supported during those years? By his family and friends
What interest
have you in the recovery of a pension by this applicant? None
Questions
for Applicant
What is your name and where do you reside? Queen Shiver in
Camila, Georgia., Mitchell County.
How long and since when have you been
a resident of this State? All my life.
When and where were you born? In Dooly
County, Georgia in 1842.
When and where was your husband born – state his
full name, and when were you and he married? Henry Shiver was born in Dooly County,
Georgia. We were married in 1855.
When and where and in what company and
regiment did your husband enlist or serve during the war between the States? He
enlisted in Worth County, Georgia in 1862. Co. G, 14th Georgia Regiment.
How long did you husband serve in said company and regiment? 3 years.
When
and where did your husband’s command surrender, state clearly and specifically where
he was, when he left command, for what cause, and by what authority? In Virginia
in 1865.
Was you husband present at the time and place when his company and
regiment surrendered? He was.
When and where did your husband die? In Mitchell
County, Georgia on August 19, 1905.
Upon what grounds do you base your application
for pension? Age and poverty for the last 10 years.
What has been your
occupation since your husband’s death? No occupation, I am living with my son.
How much can you earn gross, by your own exertion or labor? Nothing.
What property, real or personal, did you possess at death of husband or he left
you, and of the years 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903 and 1904, and what disposition,
if any, by sale or gift, have you made of the same? No property.
Is what
counties did you remain in 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, and 1904; and what property
did you return for taxation? Part of the time in Worth Co., balance of time in Mitchell
County, Georgia.
How have you been supported since the death of husband,
and especially for 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, and 1904? By my sons.
What
was your employment during 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, and 1903 – how much did you receive
for each year? Keeping House.
Have you a family? If so, who composes such
family? Give their means of support? Have they any lands or other property? Yes,
myself and one child, no property.
Have you ever made application for pension
before? I have not.
How many applications have you made for a pension, and
under what class? None.
Questions for Witness
What is your
name and where do you reside? John J. Shiver in Colquitt County, Georgia.
Are you acquainted with the applicant, Mrs. Shiver? I am.
If so, how
long have you known her? About 50 years.
Where does she reside, and how long
and since when has she been a resident of this State? She resides in Mitchell County,
Georgia., and has resided in this State about 50 years.
When and where was
she born? I don’t know.
Were you ever acquainted with her husband? I was.
Where did she reside in 1861? In Worth County, Georgia.
When and to whom
was she married? Henry Shiver.
When and where was he born? In Irwin County,
Georgia.
How long have you known him? All my life – 62 years.
When
and where did Henry Shiver enlist in the war between the States, and in what Company
and regiment did he enlist, and how do you know this? He enlisted at Yorktown, Virginia
about July 1861 in Company G, 14th Georgia Regiment. I know this because I served
in the same company and joined with him.
Were you a member of the same company
and regiment? Yes.
How long did he perform regular military duty? About four
years.
When and where was his company and regiment surrendered and discharged
from service? At Appomattox Court House, Virginia.
Were you with the command
when it surrendered? I was not.
Was Henry Shiver the husband of applicant
present? It possible he was.
When and where did he leave his command? Did
not leave it.
How do you know all this? I served in the war with him. Lived
with his family when I was a boy.
When and where did Henry Shiver die? In
Mitchell County, Georgia on August 22, 1905.
Where did he reside at his death
and how long had he been a resident of Georgia at his death? Resided in Mitchell
County, Georgia and lived in Georgia all his life.
Do you of your own knowledge
know that the applicant is the lawful widow of Henry Shiver? I do.
Has she
remained unmarried since her soldiers husbands death, and is now his widow? She
has and is now his widow.
What property, effects or income did applicant
posses in 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902 and 1903, and what disposition did she make of
it? She has ho property and her income depends upon her children for support.
Has applicant conveyed any property in last two years or given any away, if
so, what was it, and to whom? Conveyed no property in the last two years and has
given none away.
What is the applicant’s physical condition and her
chances and ability to earn a support? She is a feeble old woman and not able to
earn a support.
Question for Witness
What is your name and
where do you reside? G. G. Ford in Worth County, Georgia.
Are you acquainted
with the applicant, Mrs. Shiver, if so, how long have you known her? 1860.
Where does she reside, and how long has she been a resident of this State? In
Mitchell County, Georgia., to my own knowledge since 1860.
When and where
was she born? Do not know.
Were you ever acquainted with her husband? Yes.
Where did she reside in 1861? Worth County, Georgia.
When and to whom
was she married? They married before war to Henry Shiver, don’t know exact date.
When and where was he born? From best information in Dooly County, Georgia.
He is older than myself.
How long have you known him? Since 1859 or 1860.
When and where did Henry Shiver enlist in the war between the States, and in
what company and regiment did he enlist, and how do you know this? In 1862 April
or May. Co. G, 14th Georgia Regiment, I was present with him.
Were you a
member of the same company and regiment? I was.
How long did he perform regular
military duty? From my own knowledge I was not present at surrender.
When and where was his company and regiment surrendered and discharged from
service? In Virginia somewhere.
Were you with the command when it surrendered?
Was not.
Was Henry Shiver the husband of applicant present? Yes, from reliable
information.
When and where did Henry Shiver die? His widow says in Mitchell
County, Georgia.
Where did he reside at his death and how long had he been
a resident of Georgia at his death? In Mitchell County, Georgia. In Georgia all
his life.
Do you of your own knowledge know that applicant is the lawful
widow of Henry Shiver? From the best Information – Yes.
What property, effects
or income did applicant possess in 1889, 1900, 1901, 1902 and 1903, and what disposition
did she make of it? None that I know of. I knew him to be an indiginent pensioner
transferred to Mitchell County, Georgia.
What is applicant’s physical condition
and her chances and ability to earn a support? She is aged and I think not able
to earn a support.
Question for Witness
What is your name
and where do you reside? J. J. Ross in Isabella, Worth County, Georgia.
Are
you acquainted with the applicant, Mrs. Shiver, if so, how long known her? Since
1864.
When does she reside, and how long and since when has she been a resident
of this State? In Mitchell County, Georgia ever since I knew her.
When and
where was she born? Don’t know.
Were you acquainted with her husband? Yes
Where did she reside in 1861? Do not know of my own knowledge.
When and to whom was she married? Don’t know.
When and where was he born?
Don’t know.
How long have you known him? 1864.
When and where did
Henry Shiver enlist in the in the war between the States, and in what company and
regiment did he enlist, and how do you know this? In same company in the service
- Co. G, 14th Georgia Regiment – April or May 1862.
Were you a member of
the same company and regiment? I was.
How long did he perform regular military
duty? Throughout the war.
When and where was his company and regiment surrendered
and discharged from service? From regiment information at Appomattox Court House.
Were you with the command when it surrendered? No.
Was Henry Shiver the
husband of applicant present? I am satisfied he was.
When and where did Henry
Shiver die? I do not know.
Where did he reside at his death and how long
had he been a resident of Georgia at his death? I do not know.
Do you of
your own knowledge know that applicant is the lawful widow of Henry Shiver? I am
satisfied she is as they have lived in this county.
Has she remained unmarried
since her soldiers husband’s death, and is now his widow? I am satisfied she has
and is still a widow.
What property, effects or income has the applicant,
if any; and how do you know this of you own knowledge? Don’t know as she has lived
in Mitchell Co. for last year but I am satisfied she has nothing.
What property,
effects or income did applicant possess in 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902 and 1903, and
what disposition did she make of it? Don’t know.
Has applicant conveyed an
property in last two years or given any away, if so, what was it, and to whom? None
that I know of.
What is applicant’s physical condition and her chances and
ability to earn a support? Disabled, old and poor.
*John J. Shiver, Private
Pension: He filed for his pension in Colquitt County, Georgia. N. T. Calhoun and
G. W. Massey of Colquitt County, Georgia., served as witnesses for him. His wife
filed for his pension in Mitchell County, Georgia in 1937.
Questions
for Applicant
What is your name and where do you reside? J. J. Shiver, Colquitt
County, Georgia.
How long and since when have you been a reside of this State?
58 years.
When and where were you born? Feb 1st, 1844 in Dooly County, Georgia.
When and where and in what company and regiment did you enlist or serve? May
1861 in Worth County, Georgia., Co. G, 14th Georgia Regiment.
How long did
you remain in such company and regiment? 4 years.
When and where was your
company and regiment surrendered and discharged? 1865 at Appomattox Court House,
Virginia.
Were you present with your company and regiment when it surrendered?
No.
If not present, state specifically and clearly where you were, when you
left command, for what cause and by whose authority? I was taken prisoner on the
second April in front of Petersburg.
How much can you earn (gross)
per annum by your own exertions or labor? Nothing.
Upon what grounds do you
base your application for pension? Infirmity and poverty, about 2 months since I
have been unable to do anything at all. Total loss of use of right hand from Rheumatism
and wound caused from service in war.
What property, real or personal, or
income, do you poses, and its gross value? Nothing, I am not working.
What
property, real or personal, did you posses in 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899,
and 1900 and what disposition, if any, by sale or gift, have you made of same? I
had a mule and wagon, I sold them to pay bills.
In what County dduring those
years, and what property did you then return for taxation? In Colquitt County, Georgia.
How were you supported during the years 1899 and 1900? By what little I could
do with the help of my children.
How much did you support cost for each of
those years, and what portion did you contribute thereto by your own labor or income?
I do not know, I contributed very little.
What was your employment during
1898 and 1899? What pay did you receive? I tried to farm and received very little.
Have you a family? If so, who composes such family? Give their means of support?
Have they a homestead? I have 3 children, they have to work hard for themselves
and for me. They have no homestead and have to work by the day.
Are you receiving
any pension? If so, what amount and for what disability? No.
Have you ever
made an application for pension before? No
How many applications have you
ever made and under what class? I have never tried before.
Re application
of J. J. Shiver.
Georgia Colquitt County, Georgia:
Personally comes
J. J. Shiver applicant for pension in the above stated matter and for the purpose
of explaining the objections as made by the commissioner in the above stated matter
on oath says:
During the civil war while in service applicant was shot and
wounded in battle – the shot hitting him just above the right knee.
Some
twenty pieces of leg bone were extracted as a consequence. The right leg has been
disabled ever since. At times applicant can hardly go on it. This is especially
true during changes of weather.
About the first of the present year as abscess
of some kind formed in the palm of the right hand of applicant – practically all
of the palm of the hand came out. This disabled applicants right hand – he can hardly
use it, cannot close the fingers over the hand.
Applicant has practically
no use of the right arm, cant put on his coat without help.
Owing to the
limited education of applicant he is not fitted for any kind of business except
physical labor – which he is no longer able to perform on account of the above stated
facts.
Applicant has no minor children to help him. Applicant has only three
children – all grown and have families - each of these children are afflicted. Applicants
wife is dead. He has no one to help him.
Sworn to and subscribed before
me this Dec. 29, 1902
Jacob Shiver (J. P.)
Georgia, Colquitt
County.
Personally comes the undersigned, who to me are known to be reputable
physicians and being first duly sworn deposes and says that they have this day read
the physicians affidavit to the within application. They have this day examined
the physical condition of applicant and find same as stated in the affidavit as
above forth.
While the abscess in the applicants right hand is no longer
sore it has the left hand practically useless.
Sworn to and subscribed
before me this Dec 29, 1902.
Jacob Shiver (J. P.)
J. Wilson (M. D.)
Questions for witness
What is your name and where do you reside? N.
T. Calhoun, G. W. Massey, and E. S. Thompson of Colquitt County, Georgia.
Are you acquainted with J. J. Shiver, the applicant ; if so, how long have you
known him? Since 1855.
Where does he reside, and how long and since when
had he been a resident of this State? In Colqiutt County, Georgia for 58 years.
When, where and in what company and regiment did he enlist, and how do you know?
May 1861, we were members of the same company.
Were you a member of the same
company? Yes.
How long did he perform regular military duty? 4 years.
When and where was his company and regiment surrendered? 1865 at Appomattox
Court House, Virginia.
Were you present when it surrendered? Calhoun
was present other was captured.
Was applicant present? Up to 7 days
before surrender. He was a sharpshooter and the rifle pits were captured – all of
the sharpshooters being taken.
If he was not present, where was he? Was in
prison at Point Lookout.
When did he leave his command? For what cause? By
what authority he left? 2nd April he was taken prisoner. We were both in the fight
when he was captured.
What property, effects or income has the applicant?
( Give means of knowledge)
None, we are his neighbors.
What property,
effects or income did the applicant posses in 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899 and 1900, and
what disposition, if any, did he make of same? Had saved a little but lost in his
sickness paying the doctor bills.
Has he conveyed away any of his property
in the last four years, if so, what was it, and to whom? Has no occupation. Was
a farmer when he did anything. Has Rheumatism and an old wound.
How was he
supported during the years 1898, 1899 and 1900? By what little he could do and his
children’s help.
What portion of his support for these years was derived
from his own labor or income? I don’t know, he did what little he could do and his
children’s help.
Give a full and complete statement of the applicant’s physical
condition that entitles him to a pension under Section 1254, Code? Infirmity and
poverty.
What interest have you in the recovery of a pension by this applicant?
None
Questions for Applicant
What is your name and where
do you reside? Mrs. John J. Shiver in Sale City, Georgia
How long and since
when have you been, continuously, a bona fide resident of the State of Georgia?
All my life.
Give date, or year, of your birth? Dec. 1, 1873 Age? 64
When, where and to whom were you married? John J. Shiver in Colquitt County,
Georgia.
Have you ever married since the death of first and soldier husband?
No
When and where did your first husband die? Mitchell County, Georgia.
Were you residing together when he died? Yes.
Are you now a widow? Yes.
Have you or your husband heretofore been paid a pension by the State? No
*Marion (or Mannin) Shiver, Private
Pension: His wife Elizabeth Jane Shiver
filed for his pension in Worth County. William A. Harris, J. J. Ross, John J. Ford,
and J. L. Sumner all of Worth County served as witness for her. John Shiver, Mary
Shiver, Jacob Shiver, and Nancy Howard all of Worth County made a claim against
Elizabeth J. Shiver’s pension.
Affidavit to be made by the Widow
STATE OF GEORGIA
County of Worth
In person came before me, the undersigned
Ordinary in and for the County of Worth, Mrs. E. J. Shiver, who being sworn according
to law, says under oath that she is the widow of Manning Shiver, who was a soldier
in the service of the Confederate States, and served as a member of Company G, of
the 14th Regiment of Georgia Volunteers; that he enlisted in said service on or
about the 22nd day of April 1861, and was in the Confederate Army up to March 5,
1863. That while in the Army, he was on the 5th day of March 1863 was honorably
discharge on account of pulmonary disease and also Hypertrophy of the heart contracted
at Yorktown on that terrible retreat to Richmond, Virginia while in service. He
returned home from army and lived about two year until January 22, 1864 when he
died of said disease. Deponent further swears that she was the wife of said deceased
soldier during his term of service in the Army, and that she has never married since
his death; that she became his wife about May 1859, and that she has resided in
Georgia continuously since the 7th day of January 1845.
Sworn to and subscribed
before me, this, the
9th day of April 1891.
Thomas M Lippitt, Ordinary
Affidavit for Three Witnesses
STATE OF GEORGIA
County of Worth
In person came before me, the undersigned Ordinary in or for said County, witnesses
William A. Harris, J. J. Ross, and Alex Shiver (each known to said Attesting Officer
as truthful, reliable and reputable citizens), who severally say under oath, that,
from their own personal knowledge, Mrs. E. J. Shiver, of the County Worth, State
of Georgia, is the Widow of Manning Shiver, who was a soldier in Company G of the
14th Regiment of Georgia Volunteers. That said soldier enlisted in service of the
Confederate States (or Georgia State Troops) on or about the 22nd day of April,
he lost his life as follows: While in such service he contracted pulmonary disease
and also Hypertrophy of the heart on account of which he was honorably discharged
from service on the 5th day of March 1863 and he lived about two years after such
discharge at which time he died from said disease. We further swear that Mrs. E.
J. Shiver was the wife of said soldier during the service, and that she has not
intermarried since his death, and that she resides in Worth County of the State
of Georgia.
Sworn to and subscribed to me, this, the
9th day of
April 1891.
Thomas M Lippitt, Ordinary
STATE OF GEORGIA
County
of Worth
Personally appears J. L. Summer who upon being duly sworn says that
Manning Shiver enlisted in the 14th Georgia Regiment, Co. G, in 1861 or 1862. I
do not now remember which year he went off. I do not now remember how long he remained
with us. I also remember of him having been discharged from the service on account
of bad health. He was a very feeble man.
Sworn and subscribed before me the
22nd day of April, 1894.
J. W. Price, Ordinary
STATE OF GEORGIA
County of Worth
Personally appears before me John Shiver, Mary Shiver, Jacob
Shiver, and Nancy Howard after being duly sworn says Mannin Shiver the man that
Elizabeth J. Shiver is drawing a pension from was never a Confederate Soldier and
was at home farming each year and also served as a constable for and during the
entire time.
Sworn to and subscribed to me this the
10th day of December
1894.
Issac Howard, N. P., J. P
STATE OF GEORGIA
County of Worth
I John J. Ford do swear that Mannin Shiver was a Confederate soldier. A member of
company G, 14th Georgia Regiment of Infantry and that Elizabeth Jane Shiver is his
widow and has not married since the war. I was a member of said Co. G, 14th Georgia
Regiment.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
5th day of February 1895
Marshal Shiver, J. P.
STATE OF GEORGIA
Camilla, Georgia.,
April 27,
1923
Hon John W. Clark
Atlanta, Georgia.
Dear Judge:
-
I am enclosing you herewith account of Mrs. E. J. Shiver; Mrs. Shiver died
March, 29th, 1923, and this account for burial expenses: I have no regular forms
in Office, so if you require a regular form for this, mail them to me and I will
have it put in shape. Now I have one or two other’s whom have died, and I wish you
to send me blanks for this purpose. If you can, you may o. k, this payment, and
I will pay to Planters Hardware Co. I thank you in advance.
Yours truly,
W. M. Bunch, Ordinary.
*John C. Smith, Private
Pension: His wife
Mary (McCall) Smith filed for his pension in Colquitt County, Georgia. N. T. Calhoun
of Colquitt County, Georgia served as witness for her.
Questions
for Applicant
What is your name and where do you reside? Mary Smith in Colquitt
County, Georgia.
How long and since when have you been a continuing resident
in the State of Georgia? I am about 80 years of age – moved to Georgia at age of
25 years.
When, where and to whom were you married? May 25, 1866 – Worth
County, Georgia – John Smith.
When, where and in what company and regiment
did you husband enlist as a soldier in Confederate Army or Georgia Militia? May
1861, Isabella, Worth County, Georgia., Co. G, 14th Georgia Regiment – Infantry.
When and where did the Commands of your husband surrender or discharge from
the army? Appomattox Court House, Virginia. April 1865.
Was your husband
personally present at the time of the surrender or discharge of this Command? Yes.
Was he captured by the enemy at anytime? No.
When and where did your
husband die? Were you residing together when he died? If not, how long had you resided
apart? About 1887 – Worth County, Georgia – Yes.
What property of any description
did you own, hold or control, for your use and its cash value, Nov. 4, 1908? None.
What property of any kind have you sold or given away since Nov. 4, 1908? What
was received for it and what did you do with the proceeds thereof? None.
What property of any description of any value have you now? None.
What are
your annual earnings or income and their value? Nothing, live around with children
from place to placce.
Have you heretofore been paid a pension by the State?
No.
Questions for Witness
What is your name and where do
you reside? N. T. Calhoun in Colquitt County, Georgia.
How long and since
when have you known Mary Smith applicant? Only about 18 months.
When and
to whom was she married? How do you know? I do not know.
How long and since
when did you know John Smith her husband? Since 1861 until his death.
When,
where and in what company and regiment did John Smith enlist? May 1861, Isabella,
Worth County, Georgia., Co. G, 14th Georgia Regiment, Infantry.
Were you
a member of the same company? Yes.
How long within your personal knowledge
did he perform actual military service with his company and regiment? From enlistment
to surrender.
When, and where did his command surrender, and was discharged?
Appomattox Court House, Virginia – April 1865.
Were you personally present
when it was surrendered? Yes.
Was the husband of the applicant present at
surrender? Yes.
How do you know all this? I was a member of same company.
*William P. H. Smith, Private
Pension: His wife Helan M. Smith filed
for his pension in Crisp County, Georgia. George W. McCrannie of Crisp County, Georgia
served as a witness for her.
Questions for Applicant
What
is you name and where do you reside? Helen M. Smith.
How long and since when
have you been a continuing resident of the State of Georgia? Born in the State and
have been a resident 74 years.
When, where and to whom were you married?
September 1860 to W. P. H. Smith.
Have you married since the death of first
and soldier husband? No.
When, where and in what company and regiment did
your husband enlist as a soldier in Confederate Army or Georgia Militia? In Dooly
County, Georgia., Co. G, 14th Georgia Infantry Regiment.
When and where did
the commands of your husband surrender or discharge from the army? At Appomattox
Court House, Virginia.
Was your husband personally present at the time of
the surrender or discharge of this command? Personally.
Was he captured by
the enemy at any time? No.
When and where did you first husband die? 12th
day of December 1905 in Crisp County, Georgia.
Were you residing together
when he died? Yes.
Are you now a widow? Yes.
Have you or your husband
heretofore been paid a pension by the State? No.
Questions for witness
What is your name and where do you reside? G. W. McCrannie in Crisp County, Georgia.
How long and since when have you known Helen M. Smith applicant? Since close of
the Civil war up to the present.
How long and since when has she been continuously
resided in this State? October 1845.
How long and since when did you know
her husband? Ever since he married her
When and where did the husband of
applicant die? In Crisp County, Georgia on December 12, 1905.
Were the applicant
and her husband living together as husband and wife at the date of his death? Yes.
When, where and in what company and regiment did W. H. P. Smith enlist? Co.
G, 14th Georgia Infantry Regiment.
Were you a member of the same company?
Yes
How long within your personal knowledge did he perform actual military
service with his company and regiment? About two years.
When and where did
his command surrender and was discharge? April 9, 1865 at Appomattox Court House,
Virginia.
Were you personally present at surrender? Yes.
Was the husband
of applicant personally present at surrender? Can’t precisely say. To the best of
my recollection and belief, I am satisfied that he was present at the surrender.
It has been a long time and I am old.
Application for Pension due to
a deceased Pensioner
Georgia, Crisp County
Personally before me,
the Ordinary of the said County, comes R. L. Dokle of said County, who after being
sworn, on oath says that he knew Mrs. Helen M. Smith if said County, and that said
Pensioner was on the Pension Roll of said County at the time of death, which occurred
in Crisp County, in this State, on the 9th day of March 1925, and that a Pension
of $400 was due pensioner and unpaid at the time of pension’s death, and that pensioner
left no widow or dependant children surviving, and no estate of any value sufficient
to pay these funeral expenses, which amounted to the sum of $75 per sworn statements
fully and complete ITEMIZED hereto attached.
Sworn to and subscribed
before me
W. P. Homing, Ordinary
Crisp County.
*George W. Spring, Private
Pension: His wife Jane Ellen Spring (Rouse) filed for his pension in Worth County,
Georgia. W. D. Gillis, T. Tipton, J. E. Eady, G. G. Ford, J. J. Ross, and J. L.
Sumner of Worth County, Georgia served as witnesses for her.
Questions
for Applicant
What is your name and where do you reside? Jane Ellen
Spring in Sumner, Georgia
How long and since when have you been a continuing
resident in the State of Georgia? Since 1850, or 60 years
When and where
were you born? February 14, 1843 in North Carolina
When, where and to whom
were you married? G. W. Spring
When and where was your husband born? Jan
10, 1838 in Telfair County, Georgia
When, where and in what Company and Regiment
did your husband enlist as a soldier in the Confederate Army or Georgia Militia?
In June of July 1861, Co. G, 14th Georgia Regiment
When and where did the
Commands of your husband surrender or discharge from the army?
April
9, 1865 at Appomattox Court House, Virginia.
Was your husband personally
present at the time of the surrender or discharge from the army? He was not
If he was not present state clearly where he was? At home as enrolling officer
Where was his command when he left? Fredericksburg, Virginia
By whose
authority did he leave his command? Officer in Charge
For how long was he
granted leave of absence? Until he recovered from wounds
What was his physical
condition when he left his command? Suffering from wound in hip
What effort
did he make to return to his command? He left home and reported for service at Macon,
Georgia and was pronounced unfit for service and was sent back home as enrolling
officer.
Was he captured by the enemy at anytime? No
When and where
did your husband die? December 21, 1890
Were you residing together
when he died? Yes
What property of any description of any value have you
know? 65 acres of land worth $800.00.
Have you heretofore been paid a pension
by the State? No
Questions for Witness
What is your name
and where do you reside? W. D. Gillis and G. G. Ford in Worth County, Georgia
How long and since when have you known Mrs. J.E. Spring? Since 1862
How
long and since when has she continuously resided in this State? Resided since 1862
to my knowledge.
When and to whom was she married? G. W. Spring, they lived
together until his death as husband and wife.
How long and since when did
you know G. W. Spring her husband? Since 1856 to his death
When and
where did G. W. Spring die? Do not know exactly, but in Worth County.
Where
the Applicant and husband living together as husband and wife at the date of his
death? They where
When, where and in what company and regiment did G. W.
Spring enlist? About June 1861 at Isabella, Georgia, Co. G, 14th Georgia Regiment,
Thomas Brigade
Were you a member of the same company? I was
How long
within your personal knowledge did he perform actual military service with his company
and regiment? Nearly 2 years
When and where did his command surrender, and
was discharged? 9th of April 1865 at Appomattox Court House, Virginia.
Were
you personally present when it was surrendered? No, in Elmira, New York Prison,
captured and carried there by the enemy
Was the husband of applicant personally
present at surrender? Do not know, he was wounded February 13, 1863 at Fredericksburg
fight and we were separated for balance of war
For what cause if you know
of your own knowledge was he prevented from returning to his command? The best of
my belief his wound prevented him from returning to service, being disabled after
war.
Questions for Witnesses
What is you name and where
do you reside? T. Tipton and J. E. Eady of Worth County, Georgia
How long
and since when have you known the applicant? Since 1862
How long and since
when has she continuously resided in this State? Since 1862 to my knowledge
When and to whom was she married? G. W. Spring, they lived together until his
death as husband and wife
How long and since when did you know her husband?
Since 1861 to his death
Where did the husband of the applicant die? In Worth
County, Georgia
Were the applicant and her husband living together as husband
and wife at the date of his death? They were
When, where and in what company
and regiment did he enlist? About June 1861 at Isabella, Georgia, Co. G, 14th Ga.
Were you a member of the same company? We were
How long within your personal
knowledge did he perform actual military service with his company and regiment?
Nearly two years
When and where did his command surrender, and was discharged?
9th of April 1865 at Appomattox Court House, Virginia
Were you personally
present at surrender? Was not, T. Tipton was at Linchburg, Virginia and J. E. Eady
was at home as Home Guard with disability
Was the husband of the applicant
present at surrender? No, was at home as Enrolling Officer. T. Tipton says he was
present at same battle that G. W. Spring was wounded at Fredericksburg, Virginia.
For what cause, if you know of your own knowledge, was he prevented from returning
to his command? To best of our knowledge disabled from wounds
Questions
for Witnesses
What is you name and where do you reside? J. J. Ross and J.
L. Sumner of Worth County, Georgia
Are you acquainted with the applicant,
if so, how long have you known her? Known her since 1861
When and where was
she born? Don’t know
Were you ever acquainted with her husband? Yes
Where did she reside in 1861? Worth County
When and to whom was he married?
(J. J. Ross) Don’t know when but he married Miss Rouse. (J. L. Sumner) Married 1863
or 1864 to Miss E. J. Rouse.
When and where was he born? (J. J. Ross) Don’t
know where but think he was born in Worth County. (J. L. Sumner) Don’t know the
date of his birth but know he was born in Telfair County, Georgia
How long
have you known him? 43 years or more
When and where did he enlist in the
war between the States, and in what company and regiment did he enlist, and how
do you know this? July 1861 at Isabella, Georgia in Co. G, 14th Georgia Regiment.
I lived in same county.
Were you a member of the same company and regiment?
Yes
How long did he perform regular military duty? To close of the War
When and where was his company and regiment surrender and discharged from service?
9th of April 1865 at Appomattox Court House, Virginia.
Were you with the
command when it surrendered? (J.J. Ross) No
Was the husband of the applicant
present? (J. J. Ross) No. (J. L. Sumner) I was not with the command at surrender.
I was elected Lieutenant in Co. D, 64th Georgia Regiment. Just after the Battle
of Fredericksburg on 13 December 1862, Spring was wounded on that date and sent
home with myself ( I being wounded) he was then declared as Enrolling Officer and
was not sent back to the command anymore.
Where did George W. Spring die?
In Worth County, Georgia in 1890
Where did he reside at his death and how
long had he been a resident of Georgia at his death? In Worth County, resided in
Georgia all his life.
Do you of your own knowledge know that applicant is
lawful widow of George W. Spring? (J. J. Ross) I fully believe, but did not see
them married. (J. L. Sumner) I know she is the widow of George W. Spring.
Has she remained unmarried since her soldier husband’s death, and is now his
widow? She has
What property, effects or income has the applicant, if any,
and how do you know this of your own knowledge? (J. J. Ross) I do not know. (J.
L. Sumner) She has a small farm.
What is applicant’s physical condition and
her chances to earn a support? Consider her physical condition fair for her age.
The above information was compiled and furnished by Harold K. Daniel, Jr. Mr. Daniel would love to hear from all descendants of the soldiers of the 14th.
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