Marion County FlArchives Military Records.....AUSTIN, Thomas Alexander 1922 Civilwar - Pension Co. C. 39th Regt. TN Cav. ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/fl/flfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Jimmy R. Polk http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00022.html#0005485 August 17, 2008, 8:57 am FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION APPLICATION FILES PENSION APPLICATION D22209: Surname: AUSTIN Given Names: Thomas Alexander Reference: Wife’s Name: Application County & Year: Marion Co 1922 Page 001 D22209 Page 002 Soldier’s Pension Claim Under General Pension Law of Florida as Amended by Acts of 1921. (Form A) State of Florida} County of Marion} On this 29th day of April, A. D. One Thousand Nine Hundred and twenty-two personally appeared before me, a ………….in and for the county and State aforesaid, Thomas Alexander F. Austin, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that he is 75 years of age, having been born on the 26th day of July, 1846, in the county of …………, in the State of Kentucky. That he is a bona fide citizen of the county of Marion, State of Florida. That he has resided in the State of Florida continuously since the ……day of….., 1913. That he is the identical person who enlisted at Gadsden, Ala., under the name of Thomas Alexander F. Austin, on the……day of June, 1863, in Company “C” [39th], Regiment 39th of the State of Tennessee Cavalry in the service of the (Here state whether the service claimed was in the Confederate States Army or in the service of a State.) Confederate States Army and who was honorably discharged at was at home on furlough and not paroled, in the State of Alabama, on the…….day of…………………, 186……, on account of…………………………………………………………………………………... (Here state fully any other military service performed by applicant.) ……………………………………………………………………………………………… (Here give date and place of capture, imprisonment, exchange or parole.) ……………………………………………………………………………………………… That I served faithfully until [honorably discharged] from the service of the Confederate States Army in the year 1865, and did not desert the service of the Confederate States Army 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 at home on sick furlough at close of war. Page 003 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 disabilities, physical or mental.) (Attached is copy of original claim of claimant filed in the State of Alabama and which is furnished as all witnesses to certain facts are now dead and this is the only means that claimant has of furnishing proper proof.) (Here state any wounds received, or loss of limbs and eyesight.) That my postoffice address is #803, W. Franklin St., Ocala, County of Marion, State of Florida. Thomas Austin (Claimant must sign name in full.) Attest: (2) W. V. Ferguson (1) T. D. Lancaster, Jr. Sworn and subscribed before me this 29th day of April A. D. 1922; 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. D. Lancaster, Jr. Clerk Circuit Court Page 004 Report of County Commissioners We, the undersigned, County Commissioners in and for the County of Marion, Florida, do hereby report that at a meeting of the Board of County Commissioners held this day, the foregoing application of Thomas A. F. Austin for a pension under the Laws of Florida, was investigated by us, and we are satisfied that the representation made in the petition and affidavits are true, and that a pension should be granted to the applicant. Witness our hands this 2nd day of May, A. D. 1922. (1) R. B. Meffert, Chairman (2) G. A. Waters (3) R. L. Clyburn (4) J. A. Talton (5) E. B. Weathers, County Commissioners By the County Commissioners. Attest: T. D. Lancaster, Jr. Clerk Circuit Court Note – All Blanks must be filled out. All information required must be fully and accurately given. Page 005 WD Record Req & Received Former Claim No. ………….. Application No. 22209 Pensioner No. ……………… Claim For Pension By Mr. T. A. Austin Of 803 West Franklin St. Ocala Postoffice Marion County Late Of …………………. Of ……………..Company ……………..Regiment Filed In Pension Department May 5th, 1922 Approved and Filed In Comptroller’s Office Denied By Pension Board With pay from Jul 26 1922 At the rate of $………..per annum ………………………………. Secretary of Board ………………………………. T. J. Appleyard, Printer, Tallahassee, Florida Page 006 State Board of Pensions No. 22209 Governor, Comptroller, Treasurer. Department of Pensions, State of Florida, Tallahassee, Fla., May 6th, 1922, 192….. The Adjutant-General, Washington, D. C. Dear Sir: T. A. Austin, who is applying for a pension under the Laws of Florida. Claims to have been a member of Company C 39th Tennessee Cavalry, Confederate States Army, and to have been transferred to Co. C 49th Ala. Inf. Later. Please furnish me with the record of this soldier. Yours very truly, Ernest Amos Comptroller. Rec’d Archives Br. May 9 1922 Received A.G.O. May 9 Page 007 O.R.D. J.H.H. W.B. War Department The Adjutant General’s Office. Washington. May 10, 1922. Respectfully returned to State Board of Pensions, State of Florida, Tallahassee, Florida. With the information that no rolls are on file in this office for Co. C. 39th Regt. Tenn. Cav., C.S.A. The name T. A. Austin has not been found on the only roll of Co. C. 49th Regt. Ala. Inf., on file, a muster-in-roll dated Jan. 5, 1862. There are no rolls on file for Co. C. 39th Tenn. Mtd. Inf., from Feb. 15, 1862 to June 30, 1863, but the soldier’s name has not been found thereon. Robert C. Davis Actg. The Adjutant General Per WB Form No. 160 2-A.G.O. Ed. June 15-21—15,000 Page 008 COPY COPY (APC – Blank No. 1) Soldier’s Or Sailor’s Application For Confederate Pension. The State of Alabama} Jefferson County} To The State Board Of Confederate Pension Examiners: The following answers to the queries propounded are respectfully submitted in support of my application for a Confederate pension under Act of the Legislature of Alabama, approved Sept. 23rd, 1919. (1) Q. What is your full name? A. Thomas Alexander F. Austin (2) Q. What is your present post-office address? A. East Birmingham, Ala. (3) Q. What is your exact age? A. 68 Years 26th July Months 1916 Days (4) Q. How long have you lived in this state? A. 30 years (5) Q. Did you actually serve as a soldier or sailor? A. ……………………….. (6) Q. What date did you enlist in the service of the Confederate States? A. June 15th 1863. Where did you enlist?…………………………………… (7) Q. What branch of the service were you in? A. 39th. Tenn., Regt. (8) Q. What was your rank? A. ………………………………… (9) Q. Company? A. C (10) Q. Who was captain? A. …………………………………………….. (11) Q. Regiment? A………………………………………………………. (12) Q. Who was colonel? A………………………………………………. (13) Q. How long did you see actual service? A. 2 years (14) Q. Were you ever wounded? A. three times (15) Q. In what engagements? A. Missionary Ridge. Tenn. (16) Q. When? A. About July 1864 (17) Q. In what way? A. Wounded in arms and legs. (18) Q. Were you ever taken prisoner? A. No (19) Q. If so, under what circumstances? A…………………………………… (20) Q. Where were you captured? A…………………………………………. (21) Q. Where were you confined as a prisoner? A……………………………. (22) Q. Under what circumstances were you released? A………………………………. (23) Q. Were you paroled? A. Was at home on furlough on account of wounds (24) Q. When? A. In 1865 when war ended. (25) Q. Where? A…………………………………………….. (26) Q. Why? A……………………………………………… (27) Q. If not attached herein, where is your parole? A…………………………………… (28) Q. If you were not paroled, when and where, and under what circumstances did you leave the service of the Confederacy? A…………………………………………………… (29) Q. Did you take the oath of allegiance to any other government than the Confederate States before April 9th, 1865? A…………………………………………………………… Page 009 (30) Q. Were you transferred from the company in which you first enlisted? A. Yes (31) Q. Give Company, Regiment, to which transferred, when and where? A. To 49th, Ala., Inf., Regt. (32) Q. Have you resided in any other State than Alabama? A…………… Q. If so, give state and counties and years of residence? A……………………………………….. (33) Q. What is the actual value of the property of yourself? A. $300.00 (34) Q. Of your wife? A………………………………………………………………… (Schedule attached hereto.) (35) Q. Have you any income such as salary, or any other whatever? A…………………. (36) Q. If so, what does it amount to annually? A. $……………………………………. (37) Q. Are you married? A. Yes (38) Q. When were you married? A. June 1885 (39) Q. What is the age of your present wife? A. 51 years old (40) Q. If you have any living children, what are their ages, names, and what is each doing? A.: Name Jno. Wesley Austin; Age 23; Occupation None Name Alice F. Tollent; Age 25; Occupation None Name Lillie C. McSwenney; Age 28; Occupation None Name Lavenia Francis; Age 26; Occupation None Name………………..; Age….; Occupation…………… (41) Q. Was your name taken as a Confederate soldier in the last census made by the State? A. Yes (42) Q. If not, why? A……………………………………………………………………... (43) Q. Do you belong to a Camp of United Confederate Veterans? A. Yes (44) Q. If so, which? A. Wilcox 1782 (45) Q. Have you ever made application for a pension before, in this State, and been rejected? A. No, made an effort to make application about 2 years (46) Q. When? A. ago but failed to do so. Papers were lost. (47) Q. Why, and by whom? A……………………………………………………………. (48) Q. Have you ever made an application for a pension in any other state and been rejected? A………………………………………………………………………………… (49) Q. If so, give name of state, and reason assigned for rejection? A…………………... (50) Q. Where are you registered as a voter? A…………………………………………… (51) Q. With whom are you living at the present time? A. With wife (52) Q. Have you ever been on the pension roll of this State before? A………………….. Q. If so, give years when you drew pension, when dropped, and reason for being stricken from roll? A……………………………………………………………………………….. I hereby solemnly swear that I have answered the foregoing questions truthfully and fully to the best of my knowledge and recollection. Thomas A. F. Austin (Applicant sign here.) Sworn to and subscribed before me this 25th day of Jan. 1916. N. A. Graham Page 010 Certificate As To Service By A Confederate Veteran (53) Q. Do you know of your own personal knowledge that the above applicant performed actual service as a soldier or sailor of the State of Alabama or Confederate States, and that his command was not an organization only of Home Guards or State Militia? A………………………………………………………………………………….. (54) Q. Do you know positively that the above applicant concluded his service as stated? A……………………………………………………………………………………………. (55) Q. What was your Company and Regiment? A…………………………………….. (56) Q. Who was your Captain?………………………………Colonel?………………… (57) Q. Do you draw a pension from this State? A…………………Q. Do you draw a pension from any other state? A…………………….. (58) Q. Do you belong to a Camp of Confederate Veterans? A………………………. (59) Q. If so, give name and location? A……………………………………………… (60) Q. What is your post-office address? A………………………………………….. ………………………………………. (Confederate Veteran sign here.) Sworn to and subscribed before me this………day of……………… 19……. ………………………………………… A………………….in and for State of…………………, County of………………………. Affidavit Of Two Citizens Of The Precinct Where Applicant Resides We, W. S. Russell, J. P. and J. W. Craig our post-office addresses being R.F.D. #6, and Box 154 Birmingham, Ala.; and ……………………Ala., respectively, do solemnly swear that we have known Thomas A. F. Austin whose name is signed to the foregoing application 20 years and 15 years respectively, that we consider him to be a truthful and reliable person and do not believe that he would make a false statement for the purpose of securing a pension. W. S. Russell, J. P. J. W. Craig (Two Citizens sign here.) Sworn to and subscribed before me this 29 day of Jan 1916. W. S. Russell A Justice of Peace. in and for said State and County. Certificate Of Tax Assessor As To Value Of Applicant’s Property I, D. E. McLendon, the Tax Assessor of Jefferson County, hereby certify that I have examined the assessment books of Jefferson County and that I find that the assessed value of the property of applicant and his wife including exempt property, to be $None. D. E. McLendon Tax Assessor Jefferson County. (Should the applicant have property in more than one county, a second certificate should be made and attached.) Page 011 COPY COPY (APC-Blank No. 1) Order Number…………….. Date March 1st, 1916 Soldier’s Or Sailor’s Original Application Jefferson County Application Of Thomas A. F. Austin To be placed on Alabama Pension Roll, under Act Approved September 23rd, 1919. Filed in my office this 4th. day of February 1916. J. P. Stiles Judge of Probate We, the members of the Alabama Pension Com- mission of Alabama, order that the within applica- tion be………………granted. Date…………………………………. ………………………………………. Alabama Pension Commission Note: If the within application is granted, the above order number will be given; if the application is rejected, the number of rejected application must be shown below. Rejected Application No………………………… Brown Printing Co., Montgomery. 4345 Page 012 COPY COPY COPY (APC – Blank No. 1) Soldier’s Or Sailor’s Application For Confederate Pension. The State of Alabama} Jefferson County} To The State Board Of Confederate Pension Examiners: The following answers to the queries propounded are respectfully submitted in support of my application for a Confederate pension under Act of the Legislature of Alabama, approved Sept. 23rd, 1919. (1) Q. What is your full name? A. Thomas Alexander F. Austin (2) Q. What is your present post-office address? A. East Birmingham, Ala. (3) Q. What is your exact age? A. 68 Years 26 Months July 1916 Days (4) Q. How long have you lived in this state? A. 30 years (5) Q. Did you actually serve as a soldier or sailor? A. ……………………….. (6) Q. What date did you enlist in the service of the Confederate States? A. ………., 186…. Where did you enlist?…………………………………… (7) Q. What branch of the service were you in? A. 39th. Tenn., Regt., was afterwards transferred to Co., C. 49th, Ala., Inf. (8) Q. What was your rank? A. Private (9) Q. Company? A. Co., C. (10) Q. Who was captain? A. …………………………………………….. (11) Q. Regiment? A 49th, Ala., Inf. (12) Q. Who was colonel? A………………………………………………. (13) Q. How long did you see actual service? A. 2 years (14) Q. Were you ever wounded? A. Yes (15) Q. In what engagements? A. At Missionary Ridge. Tenn. (16) Q. When? A. About July 1864 (17) Q. In what way? A. wounded in arms and legs. (18) Q. Were you ever taken prisoner? A. No (19) Q. If so, under what circumstances? A…………………………………… (20) Q. Where were you captured? A…………………………………………. (21) Q. Where were you confined as a prisoner? A……………………………. (22) Q. Under what circumstances were you released? A………………………………. (23) Q. Were you paroled? A. Was at home on furlough , and not paroled (24) Q. When? A. In 1865 (25) Q. Where? A…………………………………………….. (26) Q. Why? A……………………………………………… (27) Q. If not attached herein, where is your parole? A…………………………………… (28) Q. If you were not paroled, when and where, and under what circumstances did you leave the service of the Confederacy? A Was at home on sick furlough when war closed. (29) Q. Did you take the oath of allegiance to any other government than the Confederate States before April 9th, 1865? A…………………………………………………………… Page 013 (30) Q. Were you transferred from the company in which you first enlisted? A…………. (31) Q. Give Company, Regiment, to which transferred, when and where? A…………… (32) Q. Have you resided in any other State than Alabama? A…………… Q. If so, give state and counties and years of residence? A……………………………………….. (33) Q. What is the actual value of the property of yourself? A. $300.00 (34) Q. Of your wife? A………………………………………………………………… (Schedule attached hereto.) (35) Q. Have you any income such as salary, or any other whatever? A…………………. (36) Q. If so, what does it amount to annually? A. $……………………………………. (37) Q. Are you married? A. Yes (38) Q. When were you married? A. June 1885 (39) Q. What is the age of your present wife? A………………….. (40) Q. If you have any living children, what are their ages, names, and what is each doing? A.: Name Jno. Wesley Austin; Age 23; Occupation None Name Alice F. Tallent; Age 25; Occupation None Name Lillie C. McSwenney; Age 28; Occupation None Name Lavenia Francis; Age 26; Occupation None Name………………..; Age….; Occupation…………… (41) Q. Was your name taken as a Confederate soldier in the last census made by the State? A. Yes (42) Q. If not, why? A……………………………………………………………………... (43) Q. Do you belong to a Camp of United Confederate Veterans? A. Yes (44) Q. If so, which? A. Wilcox 1782 (45) Q. Have you ever made application for a pension before, in this State, and been rejected? A. No (46) Q. When? A. About 2 years ago I made an effort to make an application but failed to do so. (47) Q. Why, and by whom? A The papers were misplaced or lost. (48) Q. Have you ever made an application for a pension in any other state and been rejected? A………………………………………………………………………………… (49) Q. If so, give name of state, and reason assigned for rejection? A…………………... (50) Q. Where are you registered as a voter? A…………………………………………… (51) Q. With whom are you living at the present time? A. With my wife (52) Q. Have you ever been on the pension roll of this State before? A………………….. Q. If so, give years when you drew pension, when dropped, and reason for being stricken from roll? A……………………………………………………………………………….. I hereby solemnly swear that I have answered the foregoing questions truthfully and fully to the best of my knowledge and recollection. Thomas A. Austin (Applicant sign here.) Sworn to and subscribed before me this 25 day of Jay (sic) 1916. N. A. Graham Page 014 Certificate As To Service By A Confederate Veteran (53) Q. Do you know of your own personal knowledge that the above applicant performed actual service as a soldier or sailor of the State of Alabama or Confederate States, and that his command was not an organization only of Home Guards or State Militia? A………………………………………………………………………………….. (54) Q. Do you know positively that the above applicant concluded his service as stated? A……………………………………………………………………………………………. (55) Q. What was your Company and Regiment? A…………………………………….. (56) Q. Who was your Captain?………………………………Colonel?………………… (57) Q. Do you draw a pension from this State? A…………………Q. Do you draw a pension from any other state? A…………………….. (58) Q. Do you belong to a Camp of Confederate Veterans? A. Wilcox Camp. (59) Q. If so, give name and location? A. Birmingham, Ala. R. F.D. (60) Q. What is your post-office address? A…………………………………………. Thomas Austin (Confederate Veteran sign here.) Sworn to and subscribed before me this………day of……………… 19……. ………………………………………… A………………….in and for State of…………………, County of………………………. Affidavit Of Two Citizens Of The Precinct Where Applicant Resides We, W. S. Russell, J. P. and J. W. Craig our post-office addresses being R.F.D. #6, Birmingham, Ala., Box 164 Ala., and R.F.D. Box 184, Birmingham, respectively, do solemnly swear that we have known …………….. whose name is signed to the foregoing application 20 years and 15 years respectively, that we consider him to be a truthful and reliable person and do not believe that he would make a false statement for the purpose of securing a pension. W. S. Russell, J. P. J. W. Craig (Two Citizens sign here.) Sworn to and subscribed before me this 29 day of Jan 1916. W. S. Russell A Justice of Peace in and for said State and County. Certificate Of Tax Assessor As To Value Of Applicant’s Property I, D. E. McLendon, the Tax Assessor of Jefferson County, hereby certify that I have examined the assessment books of Jefferson County and that I find that the assessed value of the property of applicant and his wife including exempt property, to be $.NONE. D. E. W. McLendon Tax Assessor Jefferson County. Page 015 Note: This form has been left blank in its entirety. Page 016 State Of Alabama Auditor Montgomery I hereby certify that the attached application is a true and correct copy, to the best of my knowledge and belief, of the pension application of Thomas A. F. Austin, which is on file in the State Auditor’s office, Montgomery, Alabama. Jno. Brandon Pension Clerk Sworn to and subscribed before me this 20th, day of November 1922. R. W. Manning Notary Public. Page 017 Written to all names on attached letter September 19, 1922 Mr. Roderman Deavers, Narrow, Alabama. Dear Sir:- I am figuring on trying to get my Confederate pension changed from the State of Alabama to the State of Florida, and your name has been given to me by our State Auditor as coming from your State Board of Pensions, together with other persons of the 49th Alabama Infantry, Company C. It seems that it will be necessary for me to get a blank filled out in support of my application by two persons who knew of my service in that Company during the war, and I would be glad to know if you would be kind enough to fill same out for me. If it is satisfactory to you to fill this blank out, please write me, and I will forward the blank required in this particular case. Thanking you for this favor, I am, Yours very truly, Page 018 (COPY) State Of Alabama Auditor Montgomery, September 11, 1922. H..E. Lee, Auditor. Hon. Sinclair Wells, Secretary, State Pension Board Tallahassee, Fla. Dear Sir: Your letter of September 8th., requesting us to furnish you with the names of some of Mr. Austin’s comrades who served in his Company during the Civil War, has been received. We beg to advise that we have made an investigation of the records on file in the Archives and History Department and found on roll there the names of eight men who served in Co. C, 49th Alabama Infantry, who were still living in 1908. We give you below a list of their names and postoffice addresses. Roderman Deavers, Narrows, Ala. Thomas F. Knight, Narrows, Ala. Jefferson L. Gentry, Long Island, Ala. Daniel Miller, Wannville, Ala. D. S. Miller, Wannville, Ala. Jeremiah Walker, Stevenson, Ala. Abner B. Womack, Fackler, Ala. Alex B. Womack, Fackler, Ala. We have no way of ascertaining whether or not these men are still living, however, we would suggest that you write to each of them and it is possible you may find some among the number who can serve as witnesses for Mr. Austin. Trusting this in the information you desire. We are, Yours very truly, Alabama Pension Commission. Page 019 Certified copy of papers found as proof of said application for pension in case re Alabama. H. E. Lee Auditor {Found ….illegible……..} Names of old Soldiers who signed my application for pension in Alabama. Page 020 Note: The following letter is written on letterhead of Alabama Pension Commission. Montgomery, April 27, 1922. Mr. T. A. Austin, 803 West Franklin St., Ocala, Fla. Dear Sir:- Your letter of April 26th, in which you furnished us with the County in which you are drawing a pension, has been received. We are enclosing you herewith a copy of your pension application which is on file in our office. Trusting this is the information you desire, We are, Yours very truly, Alabama Pension Commission. Additional Comments: Words in [] are lined through in original. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/fl/marion/military/civilwar/pensions/austin570gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/flfiles/ File size: 24.5 Kb