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 

 

Joseph L. Sumner, Private
Pension: His wife Mrs. S. J. Sumner filed for his pension in Worth County, Georgia. John W. Watson of Worth County, Georgia served as a witness for her. 

Question for Applicant

What is your name and where do you reside? Mrs. S. J. Sumner in Worth County, Georgia.

How long and since when have you been a continuing resident of the State of Georgia? All my life.

When, where and to whom were you married? November 2, 1865 in Worth County, Georgia to Joseph L Sumner.

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? 1863 in March at Albany in Co. D, 64th Georgia Regiment.

When and where did the command of your husband surrender or discharge from the service? April 1865 at Petersburg, Virginia.

Was your husband present at the time of the surrender or discharge of this command? Don’t know.

Was he captured by the enemy at anytime? No.

When and where did your husband die? July 15, 1908 in Worth 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. 

Question for Witness
What is your name and where do you reside? J. W. Watson in Worth County, Georgia.

How long and since when have you known Mrs. S. J. Sumner applicant? Since a child.

How long and since when has she continuously resided in this State? All her life.

How long and since when did you know Joseph L Sumner her husband? Since we where boys to his death.

When and where did Joseph L. Sumner the husband of applicant, die? In Worth County, Georgia in 1908.

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 Joseph L. Sumner enlist? 1863 in Worth County, Georgia., Co. D, 64th Georgia Regiment.

Were you a member of the same company? Yes.

How long within you personal knowledge did he perform actual military service with his company and regiment? 1863 to 1865 April at surrender.

When and where did his command surrender and was discharged? Near Petersburg, Virginia.

Were you personally present when it surrender? If not, where were you and how came you there? No, I was at home on furlough sick.

Was the husband of the applicant personally present at surrender? Don’t know, I left him with his company when I received a furlough. 

  

*Elihu Seaborn Thompson, Private

Pension: He filed for his pension in Worth County, Georgia. W. A. Harris, T. Tipton, J. J. Ross, and G. W. Massey of Worth County, Georgia served as witnesses for him 

Questions for applicant

What is your name and where do you reside? E. S. Thompson resided in State all my life.

When and where were you born? February 1, 1837 in Burke County, Georgia.

When and where and in what company and regiment did you enlist or serve? 1861 in Isabella, Georgia, Co. G, 14th Georgia Regiment.

How long did you remain in such company and regiment? Up to 9th of April 1865.

When and where was your company and regiment surrendered and discharged? At Appomattox Court House, Virginia.

Were you present with your company and regiment when it surrendered? I was not

If not present, state specifically and clearly where you were, when you left your command, for what cause and by whose authority? I was wounded at Petersburg, Virginia on 25 March 1865 and was sent to hospital at Linchburg, Virginia and was there when surrendered.

How much can you earn (gross) per annum by your own exerations or labor? Very little

What has been your occupation since 1865? Farming

Upon what grounds do you base your application for pension? Age and poverty, I have not been able to work in 5 years to amount to anything. I am broke down from old age and hard work.

What property, real or personal, or income, do you posses, and its gross value? None

Have you a family? I so, who composes such family? Give their means of support? Yes, wife and 7 children, 4 boys and 3 girls, Wife has small home, children have no home. All have to Labor hard for living working on farm. 

Are you receiving any pension? If so, what amount and for what disability? Yes, have been receiving pension for lost finger.

Have you made application for pension before? Yes 

Question for Witness
What is your name and where do you reside? G. W. Massey, resides in Worth County, Georgia.

Are you acquainted with the applicant, if so, how long have you known him? Known him since 1861.

Where does he reside, and how long and since when has he been a resident of this State? Worth County, Georgia. Resided in State all his life

When, where and in what company and regiment did he enlist, and how do you know? 1861 at Isabella, Georgia, Co. G, 14th Georgia Regiment. I was there.

Were you a member of the same company and regiment? Yes

How long did he perform regular military duty? About 4 years

When and where was his command surrendered? At Appomattox Court House, Virginia on April 9, 1865.

Were you present when it surrendered? Yes

Was applicant present? No

If he was not present, where was he? When did he leave his command? For what cause? By what authority he left? How do you know all this? March 5, 1865 he was wounded, he left by Surgeons authority. I was with him.

What property, effects or income has the applicant? None, I live near him.

What is the applicant’s occupation and physical condition? Farming

Is the applicant unable to support himself by labor of any sort, if so, why? Very old and worn out.

How was he supported during the years 1898 and 1899? By help of children

What portion of his support for these two years was derived from his own labor or income? I would suppose very little

Give a full and complete statement of the applicant’s physical condition that entitles him to a pension? He is old and feeble, not able to labor anything for support.

What interest have you in the recovery of a pension by this applicant? None 

Questions for witness
What is your name and where do you reside? T. Tipton

Are you acquainted with the applicant, if so, how long have you known him? Yes, known him since 1862

Where does he reside, and how long and since when has he been a resident of this State? Worth Co. , resided in state all his life.

When, where and in what company and regiment did he enlist, and how do you know? 1861, Co. G, 14th Georgia Regiment

Were you a member of the same company and regiment? Yes

How long did he perform regular military duty? To close of war.

When and where was his command surrendered? April 9, 1865 at Appomattox Court House, Virginia.

Were you present when it surrendered? Yes

Was applicant present? No, he was wounded and sent to hospital in Lynchburg

What property, effects or income has the applicant? I do not think he has any at all

What is the applicants occupation and physical condition? He is a farmer, his physical condition is very bad. He is partially paralyzed.

Is the applicant unable to support himself by labor of any sort, if so, why? He is

How was he supported? By help of his children

Who composes family? What property have they? Children age and their earning capacity? Wife and 7 children, 3 at home, 2 boys and one girl at home. All have to work hard for living. I do not know ages.

What interest have you in recovery of a pension by this applicant? None 

STATE OF GEORGIA
Worth County

Personally appears E. S. Thompson of Worth County, State of Georgia, who, being duly sworn, says on oath that he is a bona fide citizen and resident of Georgia, and has been continuously since the 1st day of February 1837, that he enlisted in the military service of the Confederate States ( or the State of Georgia) during the war between the States, and served as a Private in Company G, of 14th Regiment of Georgia Volunteers Thomas Brigade, that whilst engaged in such military service, at the battle of Petersburg in the State of Virginia, on the 25th day of March 1865, he was shot while in the engagement with a minnie ball which cause the lost of his left hand first finger above the 1st joint.

Deponent desires to participate in the benefits of the Act, approved October 24th, 1887, and the Acts amendatory thereof, and makes application for the allowance to which he is entitled for the year thereunder, ending October 26, 1892.

Sworn to and subscribed before me, this, the
2nd day of March 1892
Thomas M Lippitt, Ordinary 

Affidavit for Witnesses
STATE OF GEORGIA
County of Worth

Personally appears before me, the undersigned Ordinary in and for said County, W. A. Harris and T. Tipton and J. J. Ross each of whom, being duly sworn according to law, severally say, under oath, that they are personally well acquainted with E. S. Thompson whose application is herewith presented for a pension, and that they served with him in the army, and from our personal knowledge was injured by the service as follows: I know that applicant has lost a finger while engaged in the Confederate War.

We personally know above stated facts. We were with him in the army and have known him ever since. Applicant is permanently disabled as stated and has been so to our certain knowledge ever since. We have no interest in the recovery of a pension by him.

Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 
15th day of March 1892
Thos M. Lippitt, Ordinary 

 

*Thomas Tipton, Private
Pension: He filed for he pension in Worth County, Georgia. V. E. Potts and John J. Ross of Worth County, Georgia served as a witness for him. His wife Lenora Tipton filed for a Widow’s Affidavit on October 23, 1920 in Worth County, Georgia. 

Questions for Applicant

What is your name and where do you reside? T. Tipton, resides in Worth County, Georgia

How long and since when have you been a resident of this State? All my life

When and where were you born? In Wilkerson Co. in 1843

When and where and in what company and regiment did you enlist or serve? April 5, 1861 at Isabella, Georgia. Company G, 14th Georgia Regiment

How long did you remain in such company and regiment? About 4 years

When, where and under what circumstances were you discharged from service? 9th April 1865 at surrender of General Lee.

What is your present occupation? Nothing

How much can you earn (gross) per annum by your own exertions or labor? Nothing

What has been your occupation since 1865? Farming and Merchandising 

Upon what grounds do you base you application for pension? Infirmity and poverty, I have paralysis on my side. Total loss of use of my arm and one leg also. Wounded in right leg at Gettsburg.

What property, effects or income do you possess, and its gross value? Nothing, up to 1896 had a little property and had to give it up for debt, had to sell it to pay my debts, sold it to outside parties.

In what county did you reside during those years, and what property did you return for taxation? In Worth County, returned a small amount of property up to 1896.

How were you supported during those years? By help of wife

Have you a family? If so, who composes such family? Give means of support? Have they a homestead? Yes, wife and 9 children. All have to work for support. Wife has small home in Isabella which she brought about fifteen years ago.

Are you receiving any pension? If so, what amount, and for what disability? No 

Questions for Witness
What is your name and where do you reside? V. E. Potts and John J. Ford resides in Worth County

Are you acquainted with applicant, if so, how long have you know him? Yes, known him since 1854.

Where does he reside, and how long and since when has he been a resident of this State? In Worth County. In State all his life.

When, where and in what company and regiment did he enlist, and how do you know? 5th day of April 1861, Company G, 14th Georgia Regiment. I served with him.

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 service? About 4 years he was as good a soldier as their was in the army. Surrendered 9th of April 1865 at Lee’s surrender.

What property effects or income has the applicant? No property that I know of, I live near him.

He had some property up to 1896 but had to give it up for debt.

What is the applicant’s occupation and physical condition? He has no occupation, he is not able to support because of bad paralysis

How was he supported? By his wife

Give a full and complete statement of the applicant’s physical condition that entitles him to a pension? He has paralysis and has no use of one arm and one leg on left side. He was also badly wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. which disables him.

What interest have you in the recovery of a pension by this applicant? No 

Affidavit of Physicians
STATE OF GEORGIA
Worth County
Personally came before me W. L. Sikes and M. J. Crockett, both known to me as reputable physicians of said County, who, being severally sworn, say on oath that they have examined carefully T. Tipton, applicant for pension under Section 1254, Code, and after such personal examination say that his precise physical condition is as follows: Wounded in right leg and suffering with paralysis of left side both arm and leg use of arm total loss which disables him from work and is not able to support his family.

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

Sworn to and subscribed before me this the
31st day of January 1899
J. M. Price, Ordinary 

Widow’s Affidavit
STATE OF GEORGIA
Worth County

Personally before me comes Mrs. Lenora Tipton of said County, who, after being duly sworn, says that she is the widow of T. Tipton Sr. to whom, in the County of Worth State of Georgia she was married on the 3rd day of December 1868, and that she remained his wife, and resided with him to the date of his death in October 19, 1920 and that she has not since his death remarried. At the time of his death he was a resident of Worth County, in said State of Georgia, and he was on the Indigent Pension Roll of the State and paid a pension of $100.00 in Worth County for 1920 per annum, on account of being a soldier in Company G Regiment 14th (Volunteers and State)

That she is now a bona fide resident citizen of said County of Worth and she has so continuously resided since 12th day of September 1849.

Sworn to and subscribed before me this the
23rd day of October 1920
S. S. Story, Ordinary
of Worth County. 

Affidavit of Witness to Prove Marriage and to Whom. Date of Death of Husband
STATE OF GEORGIA
Dougherty County.

Personally before me comes J. W. Joiner Sr. known to be responsible and truthful persons, residing in said County, who after having been duly sworn, say: that of their own personal knowledge Mrs. Lenora Tipton, who made the foregoing affidavit, is the lawful widow of T. Tipton Sr. who died in Worth County in said State of Georgia on 19th day of October 1920, and that she has not remarried. That she became the wife of T. Tipton the 3rd day of December 1868, and that she and he had resided together as man and wife continuously since 3rd day of December 1868, and that the T. Tipton Sr. was the same man who was on the pension roll of the State Georgia from Worth County Georgia when he died.

Sworn to and subscribed before me, this the
26th day of October 1920
Wm. E. Smith, Ordinary
of Dougherty County. 

 

 

*William W. Walker, Private
Pension: His wife A. C. Walker filed for his pension in Muscogee County, Georgia. W. A. Harris, J. A. Hobby and Jesse Hobby of Worth County, Georgia served as witnesses for her. 

Affidavit to be made by Widow 
STATE OF GEORGIA,
County of Muscogee.

In person came before me, the undersigned Ordinary in and for the County of Muscogee, Mrs. A. C. Walker, who being duly sworn according to law, says under oath that she is the widow of W. W. Walker, 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 10th day of June 1861, and was in the Confederate Army up to the full of 1862. That while in the Army he was on or about the 15th day of November 1862 taken sick and died with Typhoid Pneumonia from exposure while in the army and said William W. Walker has never been seen or heard from again since the war. Deponent further swears that she was the wife of said decease soldier during his term of service in the Army, and that she has never married since his death ; that she became his wife on the 13th day of October 1842, and that she has resided in Georgia continuously since the 13th day of October 1842 ; that Georgia is her home, and was such on the 23rd day of December, 1890, and since said date she has not lived in any other State or locality. 

Sworn to and subscribed before me, this the
26th day of May 1891.
Joseph F. Cow, Ordinary. 

Affidavit of Three Witnesses 
STATE OF GEORGIA,
County of Worth.

In person came before me, the undersigned Ordinary in and for said County, witnesses J. A. Hobby, Jesse Hobby, and W. A. Harris Captain of Company G (each known to said Attesting Officer as truthful, reliable, and reputable citizens), who severally say under oath, that, from their own knowledge, Mrs. A. C. Walker, of the County of Muscogee, State of Georgia, is the widow of W. W. Walker, who was a soldier in Company G of the 14th Regiment of Georgia Volunteers. That said soldier enlisted in the service of the Confederate States ( or the Georgia States Troops) on or about the 10th day of June 1861. That while is said service, or by reason of said service in the Army, he lost his life as follows: Taken sick while in the State of Virginia and died at Rock bridge Allen Spring Hospital in the State of Virginia on or about the fall of 1862.

Our opportunity for knowing the facts stated is reference to death of applicant’s husband were that he was a member of our company and we were with him. We further swear that Mrs. A. C. Walker was the wife of said soldier during the service, and that she has not intermarried since his death, and that she resides in Muscogee County of the State of Georgia. 

Sworn to and subscribed before me, this, the 
29th day of April 1891.
Thos. M Lippitt, Ordinary. 

  

*Edward J. Wiley, Private
Pension: He applied for a pension in Worth Co. Georgia on Jan 28, 1898. B. Kearce served as a witness for his pension. He married Easter Wiley in Worth Co. Georgia. He died in Worth Co. on Jan 5, 1909. She filed for a Widow’s pension on September 15th in Worth Co. after his death. T. Tipton and G.G. Ford served as witnesses for her. 

Questions for Applicant 


What is your name and where do you reside? E. J. Wiley in Worth Co. Georgia (Doles P.O.)

How long and since when have you been a resident of this State? About 42 years 

When and where were you born? 28th day of Sept 1828

When and where and in what company and regiment did you enlist or serve? 1861, 14th Georgia Regiment, Company G. Enlisted at Isabella, Worth Co. Georgia

How long did you remain in such company and regiment? War

For how long a period did you discharge regular military duty? About 4 years

When, where and under what circumstances were you discharged from service? By surrender at Appomattox Court House, Virginia

What is your present occupation? Farmer

How much can you earn (gross) per annum by your own exertions or labor? Very little

State upon which grounds do you base your application for pension. Very old and unfit from piles very bad and badly ruptured. I was thrown from cart and injured in the hip and thigh about 2 years ago

Have you a family? If so, who composes such family? Yes, wife and three daughters. One married and other two at home. All have to work hard for support. 

Questions for witness

What is your name and where do you reside? B. Kearce in Worth Co. Georgia

How long have you been acquainted with the applicant? Known him about 40 years

Where does he reside, and how long and since when has he been a resident of this State?

In Worth Co. all of his life

When, where and in what company and regiment did he enlist, and how do you know? 1861,

At Isabella, Georgia, Co. G, 14th Ga. 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? About four years. He was a good soldier, by surrender at Appomattox Court House, Virginia 

Affidavit of Physicians
Badly ruptured on left side. Bleeding piles, was thrown from cart three years ago and injured his spine. Also almost blind is not able to make a living. 

Question for Applicant
What is your name and where do you reside? Easter C. Wiley

How long and since when have you been a resident of this state? All my life since July 15, 1842

When and where were you born? July 15, 1842 in Worth Co. Georgia now Dooly Co. Georgia

When and where was your husband born – state his full name, and when were you and he married? Do not know of my own knowledge, his name was E. J. Wiley

When and where and in what Company and Regiment did your husband enlist or serve during the war between the States? 1861, about May in Co. G, 14th Georgia Infantry at Isabella, Georgia

How long did your husband serve in said Company and Regiment? About 4 years

When and where did your husband’s Company and Regiment surrender and was discharged? April 9th 1865 at Appomattox Court House, Virginia

Was you husband present at the time and place when his Company and Regiment surrendered? He was not, he was at home on sick furlough

If not with his command at surrender, state clearly and specifically where he was, when he left command, for what cause, and by what authority? He was at home on sick furlough given by army surgeon. He was also wounded in right hand in first and second fingers.

When and where did your husband die? At home in Worth Co. Georgia on Jan 5th 1909

State which grounds you base your application for pension, and give full and complete history? Age, Infirmity and Poverty. I have not been able to work for 4 years 

Questions for Witness
What is your name and where do you reside? T. Tipton in Worth County

Are you acquainted with the applicant, Mrs. Easter C. Wiley? If so, for how long have you known her? Since 35 years ago

Where does she reside, and how long since when has she been a resident of this State? In Worth Co. Georgia

When and where was she born? Do not know

Were you acquainted with her husband? Yes

Where did she reside in 1861? In Worth Co. Georgia

When and to whom was he married? Not of my own knowledge

When and where was he born? I do not know

How long have you known him? Since 1861

When and where did E. J. Wiley enlist in the war between the States, and in what Company and Regiment did he enlist, and how do you know this? May 1861, at Isabella, Georgia, Worth Co. Georgia, Co. G 14th Georgia Infantry

Where you a member of the same company? I was

How long did he perform military duty? About 4 years

When and where was his Company and Regiment surrendered and discharged from service?

April 9th 1865 at Appomattox Court House, Virginia

Were you with the Command when it surrendered? I was, but was sent out to Lynchburg, Virginia on that day

Was E. J. Wiley the husband of the applicant present? I do not remember

If not present, where was he? He was at home on furlough

When and where did he leave his Command? Do not know as I was not home at the time he was on sick furlough

When and where did E. J. Wiley die? Jan 5th 1909 in Worth Co. Georgia

Where did he reside at his death and how long had he been a resident of Georgia at his death?

In Worth where he lived since 1861 to my knowledge

Do you of your own knowledge know that the applicant is the lawful widow of J. E. Wiley?  
40 or 50 years

Has she remained unmarried since her soldier husband’s death, and is now his widow?  She has, she is

What is applicant’s physical condition and her chances and ability to earn support? Her physical condition is poor and no chance to earn support. 


*George A. Wingate, Private
Pension: He filed for his pension in Berrien County, Georgia. J. J. Ford of Worth County, Georgia served as a witness for him. 

Questions for Applicant 
What is your name and where do you reside? George A. W. Wingate in Berrien County, Georgia.

How long and since when have you been a resident of this State? All my life.

When and where were you born? December 24, 1834 in Houston County, Georgia.

When and where and in what company and regiment did you enlist or serve? Co. G, 14th Georgia 

How low did you remain in such company and regiment ? About 3 years.

For how long a period did you discharge regular military duty? About 3 years.

When, where and under what circumstances were you discharged from service? June 22, 1865 Point Lookout out. Sworn and paroled at the surrender.

What is your present occupation? Doing any little job work.

How much can you earn (gross) per annum by your own exertions or labor? Very little.

Upon what grounds do you base you application for pension? Blindness, infirmity and poverty. Blind in one eye and cant see much out of the other. Old and feeble and have nothing to help me live.

What property, effects or income do you possess, and its gross value? Nothing.

What property, effects or income did you posses in 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, and what disposition, if any, did make of same? Nothing.

In what county did you reside during those years, and what property did you then return for taxation? Berrien County, Georgia., no property.

How were you supported during the years 1897 and 1898? By what little I could do and what my wife and children could do.

How much did your support cost for each of those years, and what portion did you contribute thereto by your own labor or income? It can’t be much as I had but little. 

What was your employment during 1897 and 1898? What pay did you receive in each year? I did little jobs as I could.

Have you a family? If so, who composes such family? Give their means of support? Have they a homestead? Yes, 1 wife and 3 children, by our little work, no homestead.

Are you receiving any pension? If so, what amount, and for what disability? No. 

Questions for Witness
What is your name and where do you reside? J. J. Ford in Worth County, Georgia.

Are you acquainted with George Wingate the applicant ; if so, how long have you known him? Yes, known him all my life.

Where do he reside, and how long and since when has he been a resident of this State? In Berrien County, Georgia., all of his life.

When, where and in what company and regiment did he enlist, and how do you know? On 4th of March 1862 in Co. G, 14th Georgia 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 service? About three years, he was a good soldier. Was captured 5th of April 1865 at Petersburg and sent to Point Lookout and was paroled on 22nd day of June 1865.

What property, effects or income has the applicant? Nothing.

What property, effects or income did the applicant possess in 1896, 1897, and 1898, and what disposition, if any, did he make of same? None.

Has he conveyed away any property in the last three years, if so, what is it, and to whom? No.

What is the applicant’s occupation and physical condition? Is trying to farm a little, physical condition is bad.

Is the applicant unable to support himself by of any sort, if so, why? No, he has not, he is old broken down and in feeble health and almost blind. 

How was he supported during the years 1897 and 1898? By what little he could earn and his little children could do.

What portion of his support for these two years was derived from his own labor or income? I suppose very little.

Give a full and complete statement of the applicant’s physical condition that entitles him to a pension under section 1254, code? Disability, weak and almost blind. 


Application for Pension Due to a Deceased Pensioner 
GEORGIA, Lowndes County.
Personally before me, the Ordinary of said County, comes J. P. Ulmer of said County, who, after being sworn, on oath says that he knew G. A. Wingate of said County, and that said Pension Roll of said County at the time of death, which occurred in Lowndes County, in this State, on the 1 day of June 1926, and that a Pension of $200.00 Dollars was due pensioner and unpaid at the time of pensioner’s death, he left no children, and no estate of any value sufficient to pay these funeral expenses, which amounted to the sum of $73.00, per sworn statements fully and completely ITEMIZED hereto attached. 

Sworn to and subscribed before me
Holcombe, Ordinary.
Lowndes, County.

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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