Dooly Co. GA  Civil War  Indigent Pension of W. A. Bryan
                                      
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     Bryan, W. A. of Dooly Co. No. 2197
     Indigent Pension
     1897
     approved 7/1/1897
     Power of Attorney
     State of Georgia, Dooly County} I, W. A. Bryan, hereby authorize
     Hon. W. A.
     Wright of Atlanta, GA to receive & receipt for the pension allowed
     & request
     that he remit same to me at Vienna, GA by check?.
     Witness my hand and seal this 12th day of January 1897. W. A. Bryan
     Executed in presence of
     J. W. H_____ ordy Dooly Co. GA
     Questions for Applicant
     1. What is your name & where do you reside? W. A. Bryan, Unadilla,
     GA Dooly
     Co.,GA
     2. Where did you reside on January 1st, 1894 and how long have you
     been a
     resident of this State?
     Dooly Co., GA , sixty-four years
     3. When & where were you born? in 1833 Macon Co., GA
     4. When & where & in what company & regiment did you enlist or
     serve on 18th
     day June 1861 at Marshallville, Macon Co., GA. in Co. C & 12th Reg
     of GA
     Vol.
     5. How long did you remain in such company & regiment? Until
     Captured near
     Richmond, VA last of May 1864. I was held a prisioner at Elmyra
     prision when
     parolled in June 1865 after war closed.
     6. For how long a period did you discharge regular military duty?
     until
     captured & in prision
     7. When, where and under what circumstances where (sic) you
     discharged from
     service?
     I was parolled at Elmyra Prison, N Y in June 1865.
     8. What is your present occupation? No regular occupation.
     9. How much can you earn per annum by your own exertions or labor?
     Very
     little.
     10. What has been your occupation since 1865? Farming when able.
     11. Upon which of the following grounds do you base your
     application for
     pension, viz: first "age & poverty,", second "infirmity and
     poverty" or
     third "blindness and poverty"? All three grounds.
     12. If upon the first ground, explain ....Old age infirmity &
     poverty by
     partial blindness. I have not been able to earn a support in 4 or 5
     years.
     I s___ with shortness of breath pills. general debility. can't see
     well.
     13. What property, effects or income do you possess & its gross
     value?
     nothing at all.
     14. What property, etc. did you possess in 1894, 1895, & 1896 &
     what
     disposition, if any, did you make of same?
     Had none, but small amount of household furniture.
     15. In what county did you reside during those years and what
     property did
     you then return for taxation?
     Dooly Co., GA Nothing but household furniture.
     16. How were you supported during the years 1895 and 1896? by the
     aid of my
     children
     17. How much did you support cost for each of those years, and what
     portion
     did you contribute thereto by your own labor or income? about $60
     nothing
     only ch__pped around house.
     18. What was your employment? Had no regular employment. I worked a
     little
     around the house.
     19. Have you a family? Yes. Wife one son & one daughter. Have no
     homestead.
     Have no means of support but ___ daily labor.
     20. Are you receiving any pension, if so what amount and for what
     disability? None
     Sworn to & subscribed before me this the 12th day of Jany 1897. W.
     A. Bryan
     
     Witness questions says he has heart trouble & in bad physical
     condition.
     witnesss B. G. Mulkey
     
     Affidavit of physician: infirm, near sighted, suffering from
     hemorrhoids, he
     seems quite feeble.
     
     For applicants heretofore allowed pensions
     Personally appears W. A. Bryan of Dooly Co., GA . . . reside in
     said state
     continuously ever since the 25th day of Oct 1833; that he is 64
     years old
     and by occupation a farmer that he enlisted in the military service
     of the
     State of Ga during the War between the States, and served for the
     term of
     nearly 4 years in Company C, of 12th regiment of GA Vol. that his
     physical
     condition is as follows: old age, broke down, hemorroids,
     rheumitism,
     blindness.