MONROE COUNTY, GA - MILITARY PENSION Standard, Ben F.  
Co H 32nd

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Application for Soldier’s Pension Under Amended by
Act 1919

Question For Applicants to Answer.

STATE OF GEORGIA, MONROE COUNTY

(File contributed by Jane Newton, transcribed by E.
Robertson)

BEN F. STANDARD of said State and county, hereby
applies for the pension provided by Act of 1910, as
amended by Act of 1919, to Confederate Soldiers, and
submits his sworn statement, with his testimony to
make out the same, and after being duly sworn  make
to the questions propounded, answers as follows, to
wit:

1. What is your name and where do you reside I (Give
County and Pensioners full name) : BEN F. STANDARD,
Berner R. F. D. #1, Monroe, GA2. How long and since
when have you been a continuous resident citizen of
this state?77 years since 1842, all my life

3. Did you enlist in the Army of the Confederate
States or in the organized militia of this State
from 1861 to 1865? Yes, Army

4. When and where, and in what Company and Regiment
did you enlist (Give the arm and class of Service.)
May 1862, Forsyth, GA  Monroe Co., Co. H, 32reg.
private

5. How long did you remain in the actual military
service with said Company and Regiment? (Give date
of discharge). about three years from May 1862 to
May 1865

6. When and where was your Company and Regiment
surrendered or discharged from the Service? May
1865, Greensboro, N. C.

7. Were you actually present with your command when
it was surrendered or discharged?Yes

8.  If you were not actually present, state
specifically and clearly where you were. Present

a. Where was your command when you left it?
Greensborro N. C. at Surrender

c. For what cause did you leave? Surrender

d. By whose authority did you leave? Surrender

e. For how long was your leave granted? In what way?
Not until surrender

f. Why did you not return to your command after
leave expired? Not until surrender

g. In what way were you prevented?

h.What effort did you make to return?

i. Were you captured during the war? No

j. If so, when, and where? In what prison were you
held and when were you released?

9. Are you drawing a pension of any amount from this
State? No

10. Have you ever applied for the Georgia Pension
and had it rejected for what cause it was not
allowed? No

Sworn to and subscribed before me, this the 27th day
of August 1919 SS: Ben F. Standard



W. JACK STANDARD (File contributed by Jane Newton,
transcribed by E. Robertson)

APPLICATION FOR PENSION DUE DECEASED PENSIONER

(only copy of coversheet included)  For. W. J.
Standard, Date of Death January 11, 1929, Amount
$100.00

Statement for Funeral Expenses....From S. H.
Thornton, Furniture and Undertaking High Grade
Pianos, Talking Machines, Records, Licensed Embalmer

1929, Jan 11.    Casket and (?)     $175.00
Embalming    $25.00

Sworn to and subscribed....J. H. Ham, Ordinary S. H.
Thornton   ( BUTTS COUNTY)
BUTTS COUNTY