CIVIL WAR PENSION APP. - WILLIAM NEALON, Glades Co., FL

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Application D23468

Soldier's Pension Claim
Under General Pension Law of Florida as Amended by Acts of 1925

(FORM A)
	
STATE OF FLORIDA,}	
County of Glades}

On this 6th day of May, A. D. One Thousand Nine Hundred and Twenty-nine personally appeared 
before me, a notary public in and for the county and State aforesaid, W. Nealon, who being 
duly sworn according to law, declares that he is 87 years of age, having been born on the 26th
day of June 1842, in the county of Sumpter, in the State of Georgia.  That he is a bona fide 
citizen of the county of Glades, State of Florida.  That he has resided in the State of Florida 
continuously since the 2nd day of December, 1908.

That he is the identical person who enlisted at Americus, Georgia, under the name of W. Nealon, 
on the 20th day of May, 1861, in Company A - Cobb Guards #22, of the State of Georgia in the
service of the Confederate States and who was HONORABLY DISCHARGED at Greensboro, N. C., in 
the State of North Carolina, on the 5th day of May, 1865, on account of war being over.

(Here state any other military service performed by applicant.)

Served in the infantry

That I served faithfully until HONORABLY DISCHARGED from the service of the Federal Government 
in the year 1865, and did not desert the service of the Confederate States nor take the oath
of allegiance to the United States until after the surrender of the Confederate Armies.

(Here state whereabouts at close of Civil War.)

That I was Greensboro, N. C.

That I have heretofore applied for a pension from the State of Florida and refer to Claim 
No. ____ for the proof contained therein.

(Here state any wounds received, or loss of limbs and eyesight.)

Not wounded

That my postoffice address is Tasmania, County of Glades, State of Florida.

W. Nealon
(Claimant must sign name in full.)

Attest:

(1) J. E. Scott
(2) F. E. Scott

Sworn and subscribed before me this 6th day of May A. D. 1929; and I hereby certify that the 
above declaration, etc., were fully made known and explained to the applicant before swearing;
and that I have no interest, direct or indirect, in the prosecution of this claim.

T. W. Weeks
Notary Public

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Report of County Commissioners

We, the undersigned, County Commissioners in and for the County of Glades, Florida, do hereby 
report that at a meeting of the Board of County Commissioners held this day, the foregoing 
application of W. Nealon for a pension under the Laws of Florida, was investigated by us, and 
we are satisfied that the representations made in the petition and affidavits are true, and 
that a pension should be granted to the applicant.

Witness our hands this 6 day of May, A. D. 1929.

(1) J. E. Frierson, Chairman
(2) L. L. Hooker
(3) C. L. Dangerfield
(4) Van B. Curry
County Commissioners

By the County Commissioners.  Attest:

W. S. Weeks
Clerk Circuit Court

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State Board of Pensions
Governor
Comptroller
Treasurer

Department of Pensions
State of Florida
Tallahassee, Fla.

May 4th, 1929

The Adjutant General,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

W. Nealon, who is desirous of obtaining a pension under the laws of Florida.  Claims to have
been a member of Company A, Cobb Guards #22 a Ga. Batallion, Confederate States Army.

Please furnish me with the record of this soldier.

Yours very truly,  

Ernest Amos
Comptroller

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War Department
The Adjutant General's Office
Washington

May 9, 1929

Respectfully returned to
Comptroller,
Department of Pension,
State of Florida,
Tallahassee, Fla.

The name W. Nealon has not been found on the muster rolls of Co. A, Cobb's Guards, Ga. Inf.,
C.S.A., (also known as Capt. Cullen's Co., attached to the 22nd Battn. Ga. Arty.) which rolls 
cover in part the period from Sept. 1, 1863 to Oct. 31, 1864, nor has any record been found 
of his service, capture or parole as of that organization.

(This Co. was attached to 1st Battn., Fla. Inf, for a while in Aug., and Sept., 1863, and then 
to 22nd Battn. Ga. Arty.)

The records show that one William Nealon, Co. A, 19th Tenn. Inf., C.S.A., enlisted May 5, 1864,
at Dalton, Ga.

Muster roll May & June 1864, (latest on file) shows him deserted, date and place of desertion 
not shown, a Private.

Capture, parole or later record not found.

The name W. Nealon has not been found on the muster rolls of any organization, State of Georgia,
C. S. Army.

C. H. Bridges,
Major General,
The Adjutant General

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Chapter No. 14537

AN ACT Granting Pension to W. Nealon, Glades County, Florida

WHEREAS, W. Nealon claims to have served in Co. A, Cobb Guards No. 22, a Georgia Battalion 
and he furnishes certified copy of his Discharge, which reads in parts as follows:  "On the 
26th day of April 1865 between General Joseph E. Johnson, Commanding the Confederate Army, 
and Major General W. T. Sherman, Commanding the U. S. Army in North Carolina, Sargent W. Nealon,
Co. A. Cobb Guards #22, a Georgia Bat. has given his solemn obligation not to take up arms 
against the Government of the United States until properly released from the obligation," and 
also submits the affidavit of W. M. Register, certifying to the fact that he entered the said 
service in 1861, and that Mr. Nealon was in the service for four years, and

Whereas, Mr. Nealon is 87 years of age and has a wife depending upon him for support and he 
has been a resident of this State for a number of years, and he is now unable to earn a livelihood 
due to his extreme age:   Therefore,

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA:

SECTION 1.  That the State Board of Pension be, and it is hereby directed to place the name 
of W. Nealon of Glades County, upon the Pension Roll of the State of Florida to be paid pension 
in the same manner and at the same rate as other pensioners of the State are paid.

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May the 5th, 1865

In accordance with the terms of the Military Convention entered into on the 26th day of April 
1865 between General Joseph E. Johnson, Commanding the Confederate Army, and Major General 
W. T. Sherman, Commanding the United States Army in North Carolina, Sargent, W. Nealon, Co.
A Cobb Guards #22, a Georgia Battallion; [sic] has given his solemn obligation not to take 
up Arms against the Government of the United States until properly released from this obligation.

And is permitted to return to his Home, not to be disturbed by the United States Authorities
so long as He observes this obligation and obey the Laws in Force where he may reside.

Tice T. Dow, Major And Adjutant
U. S. A. Special Com.
W. T. McCallough, Major, C. S. A.
Commanding

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Application No. 23468

Claim For Pension
By
W. Nealon
Of
Tasmania Postoffice
Glades County
Of
A (Ga.) Company
Cobb's Guard #22
Filed In Pension Department
June 9, 1929
Approved And Filed In Comptroller's Office
Special Act of Legislature
Chapter 14537
Denied by Pension Board
Jul 2 1929

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Pension Department
State of Florida
Tallahassee

July 5, 1929

Mr. W. Nealon,
Tasmania, Florida

Dear Sir:

With reference to your application for pension I wish to advise you that same was considered
by the Pension Board a few days ago, and denied on account of the fact that you are charged 
with having deserted from the army by the official records at Washington.

Respectfully,

Roumelle Bowen
Secretary of Pension Board

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July 15th, 1929

Mr. W. Nelon,

Dear Sir:

The Special At of the Legislature granting you a pension was considered by the Pension Board 
a few days ago and denied on account of the charge made against you by the official record 
at Washington with having deserted the Confederate army.  If you have proof of the fact that 
you did not desert you may submit same and the Board will reconsider your case.

Yours very truly,

Secretary, Pension Board

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In Re:  In The Matter Of Pension For William Nealon

State of Florida,
County of Glades,

Personally appeared before the undersigned authority, William Nealon, of Tasmania, Glades County,
Florida, who is personally known to me, and after first being duly and legally sworn according 
to law, deposes, and says, that his full and correct name is William Nealon, that he was borned 
at Americus Georgia, in Sumpter County, on the 26th day of June 1842, that when he was 18 
years of age, he inlisted [sic] in Company A, the 22nd Georgia Battallion of the Confederate
Army some time in April or May of 1861 at Americus Georgia, and deponent further says, that 
he served until the close of the war, and at no time did he desert said service, and that on
the 5th day of May 1865 he was finally discharged from said service with honor at Greensboro
North Carolina.

Deponent further says that he has no means of support whatever, but that he is financially 
embarrassed.

Witness my hand and official seal at Moore Haven, Florida, this the 14th day of March A. D. 
1930.

William Nealon

State of Florida
County of Glades

Sworn and subscribed to before me this 14th day of March, A. D. 1930.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand seal this the date above written.

W. S. Weeks
Clerk Circuit Court

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March 21st, 1930

State of Florida Pension Board,
Tallahassee, Florida

We, the undersigned, Glades County citizens, respectfully request your consideration for a 
pension for William Nealon, of Tasmania, Florida.

We are personally acquainted with Mr. Nealon - an old man eighty seven years old and we know
that he is seriously in need, and if you Board can see its way clear to pension him in his 
old age - it will be vitally appreciated by the undersigned.

J. H. Peoples, Representative
J. E. Scott, Tax Assessor
? Moon, Tax Collector
W. S. Weeks, Clerk
T. W. Weeks, Deputy Clerk
R. C. Voorhees, County Judge


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Tasmania, Fla.

Apr 22 1930

Ernest Amos
Tallahassee, Fla.

Sir:

Would you be so kind as to let me know about my pension.  I have made all the proof that I 
can make.  I went off to the war in 1861 and came back in 1865 at the surrender at Greensboro, 
N. C.

I am old and needy and if I am going to get it I need it now for I will soon be dead and gone.
I am 88 years old.

Wishing you well and I hope God will be with you at the end.

I remain

Yours truly,

William Nealon

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April 28th, 1930

Mr. William Nealon,
Tasmania, Fla.

Dear Sir:

Replying to your letter of the 22nd, instant, I wish to advise that proof of your war service 
has not been received in this office and if mailed must have been lost en route.

The Law requires proof be furnished by affidavits of parties serving with the soldier, or 
who had personal knowledge of your service, or by Official Transcript or Discharge of Parole
papers, none of which have been submitted.

Yours very truly,

Comptroller

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December 3, 1930

Hon. J. H. Peeples,
Citrus Center, Florida

Dear Brother Peeples:

After you left this morning I went back to the Pension Department to look after Mr. Nealon's
claim.  I am enclosing copy of the record sent up by the War Department at Washington as a 
result of our inquiry.  From this you will see no service of Mr. Nealon has been established.
However, I am trying the Georgia records to see if we can get something up there, though 
doubtless you have already tried all of these places.

With kind regards, I am,

Yours very truly,

Comptroller

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Bell & Bell
Attorneys and Counselors At Law
Arcadia, Florida

November 27th, 1931

State Board of Pensions,
Tallahassee, Florida

Gentlemen:

In 1929 the Legislature passed a law directing the State Board of Pensions to place the name
of W. Nealon of Glades County upon the pension roll of the State of Florida to be paid pension 
in the same manner and at the same rate as other State pensioners are paid.  This law is 
Chapter 14537, Acts of 1929.  Mr. Nealon has exhibited to me a letter under date of November 13th, 
1931, from your Secretary saying that he is charged with having deserted from Company A, 
19th Tenn. Inf., C.S.A., by official record obtained from Washington.

Mr. Nealon was never a member of the Tennessee Company referred to, and his identity has 
doubtless become confused by the Board with that of some other person.  Evidence of his honorable 
discharge upon surrender was before the Committee.  His discharge was after the surrender of
Johnson to Sherman on the 26th day of April, 1865, and was dated May 5th, 1865.  I am unable 
to obtain the original now, but I am enclosing herewith a copy, which you may fully check.

I know of no authority to keep the name of Mr. Nealon off the pension roll.  Chapter 9206, 
Acts of 1923, the State Pension Board is directed to strike the name of certain soldiers from
the Pension roll, but I am informed that he was never placed upon the roll as directed by the 
statute, and therefore could not be stricken from it.

Owing to the great age of Mr. Nealon I am requesting that his name be placed upon the roll 
as of the date when the law became effective, and that he be paid his pension from that date.  
If, after placing his name upon the roll, the Board will give him the notice as required by
the Act of 1923, he will answer fully.

Thanking you to let me hear from you at your earliest opportunity, I am

Very truly yours,

W. D. Bell

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Dec. 7th, 1931

Mr. W. D. Bell,
Arcadia, Florida

Dear Mr. Bell:

Your letter of the twenty-seventh is acknowledge.  I have held up reply, hoping there would
be a Pension Board Meeting at which your letter could be considered, however, up to the present 
there has been no full Board meeting, but just as soon as there is one your letter will be 
presented for consideration.

I am enclosing herewith some copies of some of the correspondence the Pension Board had with
Mr. Nealon and if he had the original of the Discharge you furnished copy of, it should have
been furnished the Pension Board when proof of service was called for.

You will note that the Georgia Company in which Mr. Nealon claims service was attached to 
1st Battn., Fla. Inf., for a while and it may have been that it was later attached to a Tenn. 
Co.  At any rate the Mr. Nealon referred to enlisted from Georgia and when I wrote to Mr. Nealon 
and sent him copy of this record he did not furnish a statement, stating that he was not the
William Nealon referred to in the records.

You will be advised promptly when action is taken on your letter in connection with Mr. Nealon's 
claim for pension.

Yours very truly,

Secretary, Pension Board

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Dec. 21st, 1931

Mr. W. Nealon,
Tasmania, Fla.

Dear Mr. Nealon:

Your claim for pension has been presented to the Pension Board for re-consideration and denied 
on account of the fact that you have not presented proof of service sufficient to entitle 
you to a pension.

Yours very truly,

Secretary, Pension Board

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