HEARD COUNTY, GA - MILITARY PENSION Arch Hammond Co. E. 41st ***************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm *********************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Candace Gravelle Arch. Hammond of Co. E 41st Georgia Reg't Civil war pension application of A. Hammond of Heard County, Georgia January 22, 1900 State of Georgia, Heard County Indigent Pension Name: A. Hammond, Co. E 41st GA Questions for Applicant A. Hammond of said state and County, desiring to avail himself of the Pension Act, hereby submits his proofs, 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? A. Hammond, Franklin, Heard County, Georgia. 2. How long and since when have you been a resident of this state? I have been a resident of the state since my birth. 3. When and where were you born? I was born in February 1837 at Oglethorpe County, GA. 4. When and where and in what company and regiment did you enlist or serve? I enlisted March 10th 1862 in Company E 41st Georgia from Troup County, Georgia. 5. How long did you remain in said company and regiment? I remained with that company to close of the war in April 1865. 6. For how long a period did you discharge regular military duty? Three years. 7. When, where and under what circumstances were you discharged from service? I was payrolled in the city of Atlanta in April 1865 at close of the war. 8. What is your present occupation? Farming. 9. How much can you earn (gross) per annum by your own exertions or labor? About $40. 10. What has been your occupation since 1865? Farming. 11. Upon which of the following grounds do you base your application for pension, viz: first "age and poverty", second, "infirmity and poverty" or third "blindness and poverty" ? Infirmity and poverty. 12. State how long you have been in such condition that you could not earn your support? I have rheumatism and a spinal trouble, constitution and general health is wrecked and suffering from general debility and unable to work at any labor or calling sufficient to earn a support for self. 13. What property, effects or income do you possess and it's gross value? I have no property effects or income. 14. What property, effects or income did you possess in 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898 and 1899 and what disposition if any did you make of same? Nothing, no income except my own labor. 15. In what county did you reside during those years and what property did you then return for taxation? In Heard County and returned nothing. 16. How were you supported during the years 1898 and 1899? By what little I could do and help from children. 17. How much did your support cost for those years and what portion did you contribute thereto by your own labor or income? About eighty dollars. I contributed about one half. 18. What was your employment in 1898 and 1899? What pay did you receive in each year? Farming. I received about $40. each year. 19. Have you a family? If so, who composes such family? Give their means of support. Have they a homestead? Have a family of self and wife. She has a piece of land worth about $250. 20. Are you receiving a pension? I am not. A. Hammond, X, his mark Sworn to and subscribed before me this 22 day of January 1900. Robt G. Crain, Ordinary of Heard County. January 22, 1900 Questions for WItness State of Georgia, Heard County S. M. Thompson of said State and County, having been presented as a witness in support of the application of A. Hammond for pension under Section 1254 Code, 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? S.M. Thompson, Franklin, Heard County, Georgia. 2. Are you acquainted with A. Hammond the applicant; if so how long have you known him? I have known him for thirty five years. 3. Where does he reside and how long and since when has he been a resident of this State? He resides in Heard County and has been a resident of the state since I first knew him. 4. When, where and in waht company and regiment did he enlist and how do you know? He enlisted in Company E 41st Georgia Regiment March 1862 from Troup County. I was there. 5. Were you a member of the same company and regiment? I was. 6. 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 performed regulary military duty to my knowledge for about 12 months. In April 1864 at Battle of Resacca GA, I was wounded there and was never with the company after that time. He made a good soldier. 7. What property, effects or income has the applicant? (Give your means of knowledge). He has no property effects or income. I live a neighbor to him. 8. What property, effects or income did the applicant possess in 1896, 1897, 1898 and 1899 and what disposition if any did he make of same? Has had nothing during these years. 9. Has he conveyed away any of his property in the last four years, if so, what was it and to whom? He has not. 10. What is the applicant's occupation and physical condition? He is a farmer. He is all crippled up with rheumatism. Constitution and general health is wrecked and he is suffering from general debility. 11. Is the applicant unable to support himself by labor of any sort, if so, why? He is unable to support himself by labor or any sort on account on of his physical condition. 12. How was he supported during the years 1898 and 1899? By what little he could do and the help of others. 13. What portion of his support these two years were derived from his own labor or income? About one half. 14. Give a full and complete statement of the applicant's physical condition which entitles him to a pension under Section 1254, Code? He is all crippled up with rheumatism, has a spinal trouble and his constitution and general health is wrecked and he is unable to support himself by labor of any sort. 15. What interest do you have in recovery of a pension by this applicant? None. S.M. Thompson, X, his mark Sworn to and subscribed before me this 22 day of January 1900. Robt G. Crain, Ordinary. ?? 1, 1901 Note from Pension Office It is important for applicant to amend his application and swear to new facts as it is to prove it. Applicant should have reached his command and he made an honest effort. ?? was reached last Mar? 1865 ?? J.W. Lindsey, Comm's of Pensions. Georgia, Troup County Personally before me, came J. D. Tharp who being duly sworn, says that he is personally acquainted with Arch. Hammond, that he served with him in the same company and Reg't viz; Co. E 41st GA; that said Reg't surrendered at or near Greensboro, N.C.; that said Arch. Hammond was not present with the command for the following reasons: That he, J..D. Tharp, Arch Hammond and two others were sent out across the Congaru River to reconnoitre the enemy and that while they were out the enemies forces got between them and the bridge which was burnt and they were not able to reach their commands again before surrender of Johnson's army. That they were parolled after the surrender. This occurred a very short while before the surrender. All of these facts affiant knows of his own personal knowledge having served with him from enlistment to the close of the war. J.D. Tharp Sworn to and subscribed before me this April 11, 1901. J.B. Strong, Ordinary I, J.B. Strong, Ordinary of Troup County, GA do hereby certify that J.D. Sharp is a gentleman of trust worthy character and that his statements are entitled to full faith and credit. Given under my hand and seal this April 11, 1901. J.B Strong, Ordinary April 12, 1901 Georgia, Heard County Personally came A. Hammond who on oath says that his regiment surrendered at or near Greensboro, NC; that he was not present with his command for the reason that he and others of his company were sent out across the Cougeree ? River to reconnoiter the enemy and that while they were out the enemies forces got between them and the bridge which was burned and they were not able to reach their command again before surrender of Johnson's Army, that he was payrolled after the surrender. All of this occurred just a short while before the surrender. A. Hammond, X, his mark Sworn to and subscribed before me this April 12, 1901. Robt. G. Crain, Ordinary Aug 1903 ? Pension Office When and where did his regiment surrender; was he present at this time. If not why was he ?? for what cause and by what authority was he away and prove al this by a witness who of his own knowledge knows the ?? of the service and discharge ???. J.W. Lindsey, Com's of Pensions Aug 21, 1903 Georgia, Troup County Personally before me came J.D. Tharp and A. Hammond, who being duly sworn says that they both were members of Co. E 41st GA Reg't and that while they were performing military service in said Co. and Reg't on or about the first of March 1865 they were detailed and sent out to reconnoitre the enemies position and while on that detail they were cut off by the burning of the bridge across the river and that it was utterly impossible for them to get back to their command. The enemy ws in full force between them and their command. They were dodging capture all the while and making an effort to get to their command. We were exceedingly anxious to reach our command for personal afety and better security. We suffered much more than we would have suffered if we had been with our command. This absence was altogether unavoidable and undesirable to us. This affidavit is made to meet the requirement of the Pension Comms'n. J.D. Tharp, A. Hammond, X, his mark Sworn to and subscribed before me this Aug 21, 1903. J.B. Strong, Ordinary ***************************************************** ******************************************