Gwinnett County GaArchives Military.....Dutton, John C., Affidavit of Physicians
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Original Pension Application Photocopy by Georgia Dept. Of  
Archives &  History, August 10, 1981, in possession of 
Sandra Dillard

Original Pension Application Photocopy by Georgia Dept. Of  Archives &  History,
August 10, 1981, in possession of Sandra Dillard
Indigent Pension 1897 No. 2439 Gwinnett County, Georgia

AFFIDAVIT OF PHYSICIANS.

STATE OF GEORGIA
Gwinnett County.

Personally came before me T.  K.. Mitchell and Thomas B. Bush, 
both known to me as a reputable physicians of said county, who 
being severally sworn, say on oath that they have examined 
carefully John C. Dutton, applicant for pension under the Act 
of 1894, and after such personal examination say that his precise 
physical condition is as follows:
14 months ago, applicant had right leg badly broken, both bones 
being broken in two places and badly ? making a multiple compound 
fracture, he has a large amount of bone 1/9 to work out his leg 
is still sore(?) bone having worked out in the  last ten weeks. 
He is conformed to use crutches and having lost so much bone we 
consider the injury permanent. Is also a suffering from chronic 
rheumatism.
	
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          T. K. Mitchell, M.D.
the 18 day of January 1897.                      Thos B. Bush, M. D.
John P. Webb, Ordinary.




ORDINARY’S CERTIFICATE.

STATE OF GEORGIA
Gwinnett County.

I, John P. Webb, Ordinary in and for said County, hereby certify that 
the applicant John C. Dutton resides in said County, and was a bona fide 
resident of this State on the first day of January, 1894, and that the 
witnesses, viz: E. W. Nash Dr T. K. Mitchell & Dr. T. B. Bush are of 
trustworthy character and that their statements are entitled to full 
faith and credi.

I further certify that before answering the forgoing questions, the 
applicant and each witness took the oath heron prescribed, and that 
the full text of the affidavits was read to the applicant and witnesses 
before same was signed.

I further certify that the tax digest of Gwinnett County show that 
applicant returned for taxation in his name in 1895, Nothing dollars 
of property, and in 1896, Nothing dollars of property.

In my opinion the forgoing claim is...............made in good faith.
Witness my hand and seal of office, this 18 day of Jan. 1897.
                                    John P. Webb Ordinary
                                    of Gwinnett County


NOTE

Before any questions are answered, the Ordinary shall swear applicant 
and the witnesses in the following words: “You shall true answers make 
to each of the questions asked of you, and the evidence you shall give 
will be the whole truth, so help you God.”

Additional affidavits may be attached if blank spaces are insufficient.