MONROE COUNTY, GA - MILITARY PENSION Sheppard, Andrew M. 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 ANDREW M. SHEPPARD (File contributed by Jane Newton, transcribed by E. Robertson) DeKalb County, Decatur, Ga., May 20, 1909 Hon. Geo. W. Newton, Forsyth, Ga Dear Judge. Your letter of the 19 received in regard to the marriage of A. M. SHEPPARD AND MISS MARTHA P. WATKINS is of record in this office. License was issued April 7th, 1850, married April 7th, 1850. When I can serve you in any way, let me know. Respect, James R. George, Ordinary (DeKalb Co., GA) ************************ QUESTIONS FOR APPLICANT. STATE OF GEORGIA, County Of Monroe ANDREW M. SHEPPARD of said State and County, desiring to avail himself of the Pension Act (SECTION 1254, CODE), 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). .ANDREW M,. SHEPPARD, VENTURE, MONROE CO., 2. How long and since when have you been a resident of this State? NEARLY 40 YEARS SINCE NOVEMBER 1861 3. When and where were you born? 13 MARCH 1830, WAYNE CO., KY 4. When and where and in what company and regiment did you enlist or serve? DEC 5, 1861, SAVANNAH, GA, CO. D. 1ST REG. GA VOL. 5. How long did you remain in such company and regiment? ABOUT 40 MONTHS 6. When and where was your company and regiment surrendered and discharged? APRIL 9TH 1865, APPAMTTOX, VA. 7. Were you present with your company and regiment when it was surrendered? NO 8. If not present, state specifically and clearly where you were, when you left your command, for what cause and by whose authority? On 25th March 1865, I was wounded and taken to hospital there remained till surrender 9. How much can you earn (gross) per annum by your own exertions or labor? NOTHING 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”? 12 .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? I AM 71 YEARS OLD, HAVE RHEUMATISM IN ARMS AND LEGS, HAVE LOST SIGHT OF RIGHT EYE, ALL OF WHICH RENDERS HIM TOTALLY UNABLE TO WORK AT ANY CALLING SUFFICIENT TO EARN A SUPPORT. 13. What property, real or personal, or income, do you possess, and its gross value? NO PROPERTY, NO INCOME 14. What property, real or personal, did you possess in 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898 and 1899, and what disposition, if any, by sale or gift, have you made of same? NO PROPERTY, REAL OR PERSONAL 15. In what County did you reside during those years, and what property did you then return for taxation? Monroe Co., GA NO PROPERTY RETURNED 16. How were you supported during the years 1898 and 1899 and 1900? By help of relatives and friends. 17. How much did your support cost for each of those years, and what portion did you contribute thereto by your own labor or income? About seventy five dollars . NOTHING 18. What was your employement during 1898 and 1899 and 1900? What pay did you receive in each year? HAD NO EMPLOYMENT, RECEIVED NO PAY 19. Have you a family? If so, who composes such family? Give their means of support? Have they a homestead? YES, MYSELF AND WIFE MY WIFE HAS SMALL TRACT OF LAND WHICH DOES NOT YIELD AS MUCH AS $15.00 PER ANNUM, RECEIVE NOT 1/4 OF HER SUPPORT TO OTHER MEANS. 20. ARE YOU RECEIVING ANY PENSION? If so, what amount and for what disability? NO 21. Have you ever made an application for pension before? YES 22. How many applications have you ever made and under what class? ONE, INVALID Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 4 day of MARCH 1900 ANDREW M. SHEPPARD, APPLICANT T. E. Fletcher, Ordinary ******************************* AFFIDAVIT OF PHYSICIANS Personally came before me W. P. PONDER AND J. F. LANCASTER, both known to me as reputable physicians of said County, who, being severally sworn, say on oath that they have examined carefully ANDREW M. SHEPPERD, applicant for pension under Section 1254, Code, and after such personal examination say that his precise physical condition is as follows: CATARACT IN RIGHT EYE, ALSO FORMING IN THE LEFT. SUFFERS WITH MUSCULAR RHEUMATISM AND IS INFIRM FROM SAID CAUSES AND AGE, ALL OF WHICH RENDERS HIM UNABLE TO LABOR AT ANY WORK OR CALLING SUFFICIENT TO EARN A SUPPORT. They 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 Feb. 12, 1909, T. E. Fletcher, Ordinary W. P. PONDER, J. F. LANCASTER, MDS ******************************** ORDINARY'S CERTIFICATE: ....."Andrew M. Shepperd resides in said county and has been a bona fide resident since Apl. 1861"..Jas. M. Childs. March 4, 1909. ******************************** Affidavit to be Made by the Widow State of Georgia County of Monroe In person comes before me, the undersigned Ordinary M. P. SHEPPERD Mrs. Sworn according to law, says under oath that she is the widow of ANDREW M. SHEPPERD , to whom, in the County of DeKalb State of Georgia, she was married on the 7 day of April 1850, that she remained his wife up to the 29 day of March 1909, at which time he died, and that she has not since remarried. At the time of his death he was a resident of MONROE County, in said State of Georgia, and was on the INDIGENT pension roll of the State of Georgia, having been allowed a pension of $60.00 per annum on account of being a soldier in Company D 31st Regiment, GA. Volunteers, or State___________. What affliction have you and how does it affect you? INFIRMITIES ___________TO AGE, NOT ABLE TO DO ANY WORK. What have you been doing to earn a support since 1st January, 1900? Light housekeeping What property or effects had you on 1st January, 1906? SMALL UNIT NOT SUFFICIENT FOR SUPPORT What have you acquired since, and what income have you now? RECEIVED NONE AT ALL, NO INCOME What disposition have you made of any property since 1st January 1900, and at what price and for what purpose? MADE NO DISPOSITION OF ANY OF IT. Deponent further says that she is now a resident of MONROE County, and has continuously resided in the State of Georgia since the 1st day of October 1861. She applies for the pension provided by Act of the General Assembly, approved Dec. 18, 1901. Sworn to and subscribed before me, this, the 14 Day of September 1909. Geo. W. Newton, Ordinary. SS: MRS. M. P. SHEPPERD