Pike-Taliaferro-Spalding County GaArchives Military Records.....William R. Evans, Pension October 30 1897
Civilwar - Pension Company G, 63a GA Regt
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Indigent Pension 1897
W.R. Evans
Pike County

Questions for Applicant
State Of Georgia, Pike County

W.R. Evans 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.)
W.R. Evans, Pike County Georgia, Pedanville, Ga
2. Where did you reside on January 1st, 1894, and how long have you been a 
residence of this State?
in Pike County, over 78 years
3. When and where were you born?
in 1820 in Telafaro Co Ga
4. When and where and in what company and regiment did you enlist or serve?
in 1862, in Griffin Ga. Co  G 63a Ga Regt
5. How long did you remain in such company and regiment? 
three years, till the close of the war
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? 
in April 1865 at the close of the war
8. What is your present occupation? 
I have no ocupation (to do anything can't see)
9. How much can you earn (gross) per annum by your own exertion or labor?
nothing
10. What has been you occupation since 1865?
I have been 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"?
on the 3rd
12. If upon the first ground, state how long you have been in such a condition 
that you could not earn 
your support?  If upon the second, give a full and 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 so near blind that I cant see how to do anything 
and have been in this condition for 4 or 5 years
13. What property, effects or income do you possess and its gross value?
I dont possess any property at all
14. What property, effects or income did you possess in 1894, 1895 and 1896 
and what disposition, if any, 
did you make of same?
I had nothing in those years
15. In what County did you reside during those years and what property did you 
then return for taxation?
In Pike County Georgia & returned no property
16. How were you supported during the years 1895 & 1896?
by my son
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 one hundred dollars, nothing
18. What was your employment during 1895 & 1896?  What pay did you receive in 
each year?
I could not see well enough to do anything
19. Have you a family?  If so, who composes such family? Give their means of 
support?  Have they
a homestead?
I have none
20. Are you receiving any pension, if so, what amount and for what disability? 
none

Sworn to an subscribed before me this the 30 day of October 1897  W.R. Evans 
(his mark) Applicant.
J.W. Means Ordinary of Pike County.

Additional Comments:
*documents also include Witness Questions, Affidavit of Physicians, Ordinary's 
Certificate, and Power of Attorney
William R Evans was given a $60 pension.
Have copies of Indigent pension for 1899 and 1900.  Both of those documents 
have William Evans birth date listed as 13 April 1818.
Have copies of Widow's Pension for 1906 and 1907.  Phoebe Evans applied in 
Spalding County and stated she stopped being married in 1892 and William died 
1902.
For more information on William Rayburn Evans, please send me an email.

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