Gwinnett County GaArchives Military.....Dutton, John C., Affidavit of Witnesses
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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

QUESTIONS FOR WITNESS.

STATE OF GEORGIA
Gwinnett County

E. W. Nash, of said State and County, having been presented as a witness 
in support of the application of John C. Dutton for pension under the Act 
apporved December 15th 1894, and after being duly sworn true answers to make 
to the following questions, deposes and answers as follows:

1. What is your name and where do you reside? E. W. Nash in Gwinnett 
County, Georgia.

2. Are you acquainted with John C. Dutton, the applicant, is of how long 
have you know him?.....Known him about 40 years

3. Where does he reside, and how long has be been a resident of this State?
...In Gwinnett Co. Ga. has been a resident all his life.

4. Do you know of his having served in the Confederate army or the Georgia 
militia? How do you know this?...Applicant served in the Confederat Service 
him and myself were members of same company.

5. When, where, and in what company and regiment did he enlist?.. He enlisted 
in the service in April 1862 at Yellow River P. O. in Captain A Dyers 
Company K 36th Ga Regt.

6. Where you a member of the same company and regiment?....I was

7. How long did he perform regular military duty, and what do you know 
of his service as a Confederate soldier, and the time and circumstances 
of his discharge from the service? ....He served to the surrender 1865. 
and was discharged Honorably, he was a Faithful Soldier.

8. What property, effects or income has the applicant? (Give your means 
of knowledge.)...applicant has no property. I am his near neighbor. His wife 
has a ? Horse wagon and mules inherited from fathers estate.

9. What property, effects or income did the applicant possess in 1895 and 1896, 
and what disposition, if any did he make of same?..He had no property or income 
in 1895 or 1896 to dispose of.

10. What is the applicant’s occupaton and physicial condition?..At Present he 
is entirely disabled to work. he was a formally a farmer. in 1895 . unfortunately 
got his leg curshed.

11. Is the applicant unable to support himself by labor of any sort, if so, why?
...he is unable to support himself by labor oa any sort. Can hardly go by the aid 
of crutches.

12. How was he supported during the years 1895 and 1896? ....part of 1895 was 
able to do some work but none 1896

13. What portion of his support for these two years was derived from his own 
labor or income? ....about 30 dollars in 1895 and nothing in 1896.

14. Give a full cand complete statement of the applicant’s physical condition 
that entitles him to a pension under the Act of December 15th, 1894?...Appliant 
is unable to work and has no land nor personal property and is afflicted with 
pain perhaps contracted from exposure in the service.

15. What interest have you in the recovery of a pension by this applicant?....none.

Sworn to subscribed before me, this                E.    W.     Nash
the 18th day of Jan. 1897                             Witness
John P. Webb, Ordinary.