Carroll County GaArchives Military Records.....Bell, George W. August 15, 1919
Civilwar - Pension 
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Application For Soldier's Pension Under Act 1910
Application for Soldiers’s Pension Under Act 1910
Amended by act 1919

Questions For Applicants to Answer

STATE OF GEORGIA,

Carroll County.}

George W. Bell of said State and County, hereby applies for the pension provided 	by
Act of 1910, as amended by Act of 1919, to Confederate Soldiers, and submits his
sworn statement, with his testimony to make out the same, and after being duly sworn
true answers to make to the questions propounded, answers as follows, 	to-wit: 
 1.  	What is your name and where do you reside? (give State, County and
post-office)         	George W. Bell, Carroll County, Ga. 
 2.  	How long have and since when you been a continuous resident citizen of this
	State?    All my life-73 years.
 3. 	Did you enlist in the Army of the Confederate States or in the organized
militia of 	this  State from 1861 to 1865 ?  Company E 1st Georgia Reserves, Inft.
 4. 	When and where, and in what Company and Regiment did you enlist? (Give the 	arm
and class of Service)  March or April, 1864, Greenville, Meriwether Co. Ga. 	In Co.
”E” 1st Ga. Reserves, Inft.
 5. 	How long did you remain in the actual military service with said Company and
	Regiment? (give date of discharge)  From date of enlistment till April 13th, 1865.

 6. 	When and where was your Company and regiment surrender or discharged from 	the
Service?  April 1865, at either Albany or Macon, I was paroled at Griffin, Ga.
 7. 	Were you actually present with your command when it was surrendered or
	discharged?    No
8.	If you were not actually present, state specifically and clearly where you were. 
I 	had been given a 30 days furlough to carry the body of Warren Pullen, one of my
	comrades home, and when on my way back,  I only got as far as Griffin and 	learned
of the discharge of my command, and was later paroled at Griffin.
a.	Where was your command when you left it?    Andersonville, Ga
b.	When did you leave the command?     In March, 1865.
c.	For what cause did you leave? Furloughed to carry body of comrade home.
d.	By whose authority did you leave?   My recollection is that Col. Fannin issued my
	furlough.
e.	For how long was your leave granted? In what way?     30 days.
f.	Why did you not return to your command after leave expired?     Was on my way
	back when I was notified that my command had been discharged.
g.	In what way were you prevented?
h.	What effort did you make to return?
i.	Were you captured during the war?      No
j.	If so, when, and where? In what prison were you held and when were you
	released?
9.	Are you drawing a pension of any amount from this State or the United States?
	No
10.	Have you ever applied for a Georgia pension and had it refused? And for what
	cause it was not allowed?  No

Sworn to and subscribed before me, this the 
15th day of August 1919}                                                        
George W. Bell
W. J. Millican     Ordinary}
 of Carroll County}
(SEAL)


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