MONROE COUNTY, GA - MILITARY PENSION Pritchett, William J. Co K 53rd (widow) Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: (File contributed by Jane Newton, transcribed by E. Robertson) (*SOME NOTES HAVE BEEN ADDED BY TRANSCRIBER THESE ARE INDICATED BY (*Notes:) Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm WILLIAM J. PRITCHETT....WIDOWS APPLICATION (File contributed by Jane Newton, transcribed by E. Robertson) Questions for Applicant. STATE OF GEORGIA Monroe County Mrs. Martha A. PRITCHETT of said State and County, desiring to avail herself of the Pension allowed to ‘Indigent Widows of Soldiers, under Act of General Assembly, passed 1900, hereby submits her 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 (Give State, County and Post Office). Mrs. Martha A. Pritchett, Monroe County, GA. 2. How long and since when have you been a resident of this State? ——Sept. 14th. 1837 3. When and where were you born? _Monroe County, Ga., Sept. 14th, 1837 4. When and where was your husband born —state his full name, and when were you and he married? Monroe County, WILLIAM J. PRITCHETT, married August 5th, 1860 5. When and where, and in what Company and Regiment did your husband enlist or serve during the war between the States? MAY 1862, FORSYTH, GA., CO. K, 53RD GEORGIA VOLUNTEERS 6. How long did your husband serve in said Company and Regiment? 7 MONTHS 7. When and where did your husband’s Company and Regiment surrender and was discharged? APPOMATTOX COURT HOUSE CLOSE OF WAR 1865 8. Was your husband present at the time and place when his Company Regiment surrendered? ___NO________ 9. If not with his command at surrender, state clearly and specifically where he was, when he left command, and by what authority? HE WAS AT HOME LEFT COMMAND IN JANY. 1865 ON ACCOUNT OF DISABILITY BY REGULAR AUTHORITY 10. When and were did your husband die? FEBY. 11TH 1894 IN MONROE CO. GA. 11. 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? 1ST AND 2ND (?) 12. If upon the first ground, state how long you have been in such a condition that you cannot earn your support. If upon the second, give a full and complete history of the infirmity and its extent , the third, state whether you are totally blind, and when and where you lost your sight. FOR THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE YEARS, MY ARM AND SHOULDER HAVE BEEN HURTING ME UNTIL NOW I AM UNABLE TO MAKE AN EFFORT AT ANY ? 13. What has been your occupation since your husband's death? I live with my sister and brother- in-law and do what I can to assist them 14. How much can you earn gross, by your own exertion or labor? __nothing________________ 15. What property, real or personal, or income do you have or possess, and its gross value? nothing at all 16. What property, real or personal, did you possess at death of husband or he left you, and of the year 1899— 1900, and what disposition, if any, by sale or gift, have you made of the same? nothing at all 17. In what counties did you reside in 1899 and 1900, and what property did you return for taxation? _Monroe County, ad no property 18. How have you been supported since death of husband, and especially for 1899 and 1900? ? sister and brother in law _ 19. How much did your support cost for each of those years and how much did you contribute by your own labor or income? nothing 20. What was your employment during 1899 and 1900—how much did you receive for each year? Only assisted in keeping brothers home when able to work at all 21. Have you a family? If so, who composes such family? Give their means of support. Have they any lands or other property? One step daughter. she is poor and has (???) 22. Have you ever made an application for pension before? no 23. How many applications have you made for a Pension, and under what class? None Sworn to and subscribed before me this __25th day of Feby.__, 1901 _T. E. FLETCHER, Ordinary OF Monroe County SS; MRS. MARTHA A (X) PRITCHETT (her mark) (File contributed by Jane Newton, transcribed by E. Robertson) FOR INDIGENT WIDOWS HERETOFORE ALLOWED PENSIONS. STATE OF GEORGIA, Personally comes MARTHA A PRITCHETT County of MONROE COUNTY who, being sworn, says on oath, that she is a bona fide resident of said County of MONROE , State of Georgia, and that she has RESIDED in said State Continuously ever since APRIL 1862 . That she is the Widow of W. J. PRITCHETT who was a soldier in Company K of the 53 Regiment of GEORGIA Volunteers, that he enlisted in said regiment on or about the month of. APRIL 1862 and served in the Army up to 1864 . That he died on the 11TH day of FEBRUARY 1895 . Tumor in my right shoulder and the left arm broken by a fall in three places rendering me unable to earn a support of any kind of labor Depondent swears that she was the wife of said deceased soldier, during his service in the Army as a soldier, and that she has never married since his death aforesaid, and that she became his wife in the year 1861 . I have been allowed an Indigent pension as a resident of MONROE Monroe County, under Act 1900, for the year 19, and now apply for the pension provided by law for the year ending December 31, 1902. Sworn to and subscribed before me, the 18 day of JANY, 1902. T. E. FLETCHER, Ordinary C/B M. PRITCHETT ----------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- ---------------------State of Georgia, MONROE County. Ordinary of said County, certify that I am well acquainted with Mrs. . MARTHA A PRITCHETT who made the above affidavit and am satisfied that the facts therein stated are true, and I know she is the individual she represents herself to be, and that she has continuously resided in this State since the 14 DAY of SEPT. 1835 . Given under my official signature and seal, this the 18 Day of Jany. 1902. Ordinary of Monroe County (File contributed by Jane Newton, transcribed by E. Robertson) Questions for Witnesses STATE OF GEORGIA, MONROE County. W J. DUMAS of said State and County, having been presented as a witness in support of the Application of Mrs.MARTHA A PRITCHETT for a Pension under the Act of 1900, and after having been duly sworn true answer, to make to the following questions, deposes and answers as follows: 1. What is your name and where do you reside? W. J. DUMAS, FORSYTH, GA 2. Are you acquainted with the applicant, Mrs.MARTHA A PRITCHETT If so, how long have you known her? YEARS 3. Where does she reside, and how long and since when has she been a resident of this State. 4. When and where was she born. 5. Were you ever acquainted with her husband? YES 6. Where did he reside in 1861?MONROE COUNTY 7. When and to whom was he married? 8. When and where was he born? 9. How long have you known him? ABOUT FORTY FOUR YEARS 10.When and where did W J PRITCHETT enlist in the war between the States, and in what Company and regiment did he enlist and how do you know this? IN MAY 1862 AT FORSYTH GA IN CO. K, 53GA REG GA VOL. BECAUSE I WAS PRESENT 11. Were you a member of the same Company and Regiment ? YES 12. How long did he perform regular military duty? TO JANY. 1863 13. When and where was his Company and Regiment surrendered and discharged from service? APPOMATTOX COURTHOUSE CLOSE OF WAR 1865. 14. Were you with the command when it surrendered? NO 15. Was W J PRITCHETT the husband of applicant present? NO 16. If not present, where was he? 17. When and where did he leave his Command? JANY. 1863 FREDERICKSBURG, VA For what cause? PHYSICAL DISABILITY By whose authority he left? REGULAR AUTHORIZED AUTHORITY How do you know all this? State fully and clearly. I WAS IN COMMAND OF THE SAME COMPANY AT THE TIME. 18. When and where did W J PRITCHETT die? FEB. 11, 1894 19. Where did he reside at his death and how long had he been a resident of Georgia at his death? MONROE CO, HAD BEEN A RESIDENT ALL HIS LIFE OF MONROE COUNTY 20. Do you of your own knowledge know that applicant is the lawful widow of: W J PRITCHETT, YES 21. Has she remained unmarried since her soldier husband’s death, and is now his widow? YES 22. What property, effects or income has the applicant, if any, and how do you know this of your own knowledge? 23. What property, effects or income did applicant possess in 1899 and 1900 and what disposition did she make of it? 24. Has conveyed any property in last two years or given any away, if so what was it and to whom 25. What is applicant’s physical condition and her chances and ability to earn a support? SHE IS OLD AND INFIRMED AND UNABLE TO EARN A SUPPORT AT ANY CALLING. 26. Is applicant able to earn a support at labor of any sort, if not why? NO ON ACCOUNT OF AGE AND PHYSICAL CONDITION 27. How was she supported for 1899 and 1900? 28. How much did applicant contribute to her support for last two years? 29. Give a full and complete statement of applicant’s physical condition? SHE IS OLD AND FEEBLE 30. What interest have you in the recovery of this pension by the applicant? NOTHING Sworn to and subscribed before me this 9 day of MARCH 1901 Ordinary: T E FLETCHER Witness: W. J. DUMAS (File contributed by Jane Newton, transcribed by E. Robertson) AFFIDAVITS OF PHYSICIANS STATE OF GEORGIA MONROE COUNTY Personally before me comes J M F BARRON, MD and THOS. J. BRIDGES, MD both known to me to be reputable physicians of said county, who, being severally sworn, said an oath that they have examined carefully Mrs. MARTHA A PRITCHETT Applicant for a Pension under Act of 1900, and after such personal examination say that her physical condition is this FATTY TUMORS JUST UNDER COLLAR BONE EXTENSIVE FROM THE PECTORALS MAJOR MUSCLE TO POINT OF RIGHT SHOULDER WHICH CAUSES ALMOST ENTIRE USELESSNESS OF RIGHT ARM AND WHICH RENDERS HERE INCOMPETENT TO EARN A LIVING BY MANUAL LABOR And we have no interest in said pension if allowed Sworn to and subscribed before me this 09 day of MARCH 1901. Ordinary: T E FLETCHER MD: J. M. T. BARRON, MD MD THOS. J. BRIDGES, MD ALSO included in this file: Ordinary's Certificate and Power of Attorney for 1901, 1902 and 1903 QUESTIONS FOR APPLICANT. (File contributed by Jane Newton, transcribed by E. Robertson) STATE OF GEORGIA, County Of Monroe _THOMAS J PRITCHETT_______________________ of said State and County, desiring to avail himself of the Pension Act approved December 15th, 1894, 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? (give State, County and post office).Thomas J. Pritchett. I reside in Monroe County in Georgia all my life 2. Where did you reside on January 1st, 1894, and how long have you been resident of this State? In Monroe County, Georgia. Have resided in Georgia all my life 3. When and where were you born? 19th July 1845, Monroe County, State of Georgia 4. Did you volunteer in the Confederate Army or in the Georgia Militia? Confederate Army 5. When and where did you enlist?4th March 1862. Enlisted Forsyth, Monroe Co., GA 6. In what company and regiment did you enlist?’ Co. D 45th GA Vol. Infantry 7. How long did you remain in that company and regiment ? For Three Years 8. If you were discharged from same and joined another, or if you were transferred to another, give an account of such discharge or transfer?. Was not discharged or transferred during three years, 9. For how long a period did you discharge regular military duty? Three Years and 1 MO. 10, When, where and under what circumstances were you discharged from service. Was not discharged until surrender 11. What is your present occupation? Farming when able to work 12. How much can you earn per annum by your own exertions or labor? Not more than ˝ support at most. 13. What has been your occupation since 1865? Farming 14. What sum would be necessary for your support for this pension year, and how much are you able to contribute thereto either in labor or income.? Sixty Dollars 15. What is your resent physical condition and how long have you been in such condition. I am very badly and dangerously ruptured in upper bowels and right side. 16. 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”? Second, Infirmity and Poverty 17. If upon the first ground, state how long you have been in such condition that you could not earn your support? If upon the second, give a full complete history of the infirmity and its extent? If upon the third state whether you are totally blind and when and where you lost your sight? First discovered rupture latter part of War about latter part of 1864 and it has grown gradually worse since that time until until now it is nearly as large as my head …….. can’t wear truss 18. What property or income do you possess? None except household and one cart and horse. 19. What property, effects or income did you possess in 1893 and in 1894 and what disposition, if any did you make of same? I possess nothing except as stated in answer #18 above to wit, household and cart and one horse. 20 In what County did you reside during those years and what property did you then return for taxation? I resided in Monroe County. Returned for household, one cart and one horse above enumerated to wit. 21 How were you supported during the years 1893 and 1894? By my own and labor of my two children. I performed hardly half labor. 22. How much did your support cost for each of those years and what portion did you contribute thereto by your own labor or income? Sixty or Seventy dollars. I contributed hardly half by my own labor. 23. What was your employment during 1893 and 1894? What pay did you receive in each year? Farming when able to work. I received no pay in those years except from products raised on farm. I am a tenant. 24 Are you married and have you a family? If so, is your wife living and how many children have you? My wife is dead. Have these three children, to wit: Floyd, 28 years; Lizzie 26 years; Willie 20 years. This latter boy cant do any work at all he being afflicted. They have no means of support except from their daily labor as all live on rented land. Give age and sex of children and their means of support? 25. Are you receiving a pension under any law of this State, if so, what amount and for what disability? I receive no pension at all. Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 5th day of April 1895 Stephen D. Mobley, Ordinary Applicant: Thomas J. Pritchett (X his mark) ******************************************* QUESTIONS FOR WITNESS: Signed by M. B. White 5th of April, 1895, Stephen D. Mobley, Ordinary ******************************************* GEORGIA, MONROE COUNTY Personally came before me STEPHEN D. MOBLY, Ordinary in and for said County WILLIAM W. WALTON a resident citizen of said County who on oath says that he is personally and intimately acquainted with THOMAS J. PRITCHETT who is applicant for pension under Act of General Assembly of proved December 15th 1894. That he has known said Pritchett since 1865, has lived in his immediate neighborhood for 18 or 20 years where I have seen him almost daily during said term of years. Said Pritchett is badly ruptured. I have found him repeatedly in his form lying flat on his back unable to help himself in any way whatsoever and am confident would have died had not found him and gotten him to his house. The said Pritchett is unable to support himself by labor of any sort. He is uneducated, cant even write his name. The said Pritchett has been in his present cindtion for thirty years and is daily growing worse. I make this affidavit in answer to question No. 11 propounded to witnesses in original application. Signed. W. W. Walton, witness Sworn to and subscribed this 24th day of December 1895. Stephen D. Mobly, Monroe Co., GA ******************************************* (File contributed by Jane Newton, transcribed by E. Robertson) APPLICATION FOR PENSION DUE TO A DECEASED PENSIONER: (To be paid to the Ordinary for Expense of Funeral and Last Illness) (Under Act Apprived August 15, 1904) Personally before me, the Ordinary of said County, comes Geo. W. Tribble of said County, who after being sworn, on oath says that he knew T. J. PRITCHETT of said County, and that said Pensioner was on the Pension Roll of said County at the time of death, which occurred in Monroe County, in this State, on the 26 day of August, 1925 and that a Pension of $300.00 Dollars was due pensioner and unpaid at the time of pensioner’s death, and that pensioner left no widow but dependent children surviving, and no estate of any value sufficient to pay these funeral expenses, which amounted to the sum of $50.00, per sworn statements fully and completely ITEMIZED hereto attached. Sworn this 12th day of December 1925, G. W. Newton, Ordinary by G. W. Tribble ************************************** AFFIDAVIT OF PHYSICIANS: Personally came before me B. F. Rudisill and Dr. J. B. Turner, both known to me as reputable physicians of said county, who being severlly sworn, say on oath that they have examined carefully Mr. THOMAS J. PRITCHETT, applicant for pension under the Act of1894, and after such personal examination, say that his precise physical condition is as follows: He is troubled with an *(?) Hernia on right side, The side of Hernia being very considerable. Make active manual labor very difficult and almost impossible. His condition growing gradually worse. Sworn: April 5, 1895. Stephen D. Mobley, Ordinary of Monroe Co. Signed by B. F. Rudisill, MD and John B. Turner, M. D. ******************************** ORDINARY’S CERTIFICATE: ……………….I further certify that the tax digests of Monroe County show that applicant returned for taxation in his name in 1893, One hundred and Six Dollars of property, and in 1894, Eighty Dollars of property.