SCHLEY COUNTY, GA - MILITARY Civil War PENSION Aurelius Allen Company G 5th Ga Regt Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: LDSED@aol.com Linda Snow Davis Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm Oridinary's Certificate State of Georgia. Schley County} I, C.R. Tondee Ordinary of said County, certify that I know the applicant Aurelius Allen for pension is the person he represents himself to be and resides in said county. That I also know J. J. Snipes the witness swearing to the service; that they are both residents of said county and were duly sworn by me before signing the foregoing affidavit and they are all truthful and trustworthy and their statements are entitled to full faith and credit. Sworn under my hand and official seal of office this 19th day of August 1919 C. R. Tondee Ordinary of Schley County Application for Soldier's Pension Under Act 1910 Amended by Act 1919 Questions for Applicants to Answer State of Georgia, Schley County} Aurileus Allen of said State and County, herby 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 true answers to make to the questions propounded, answers as follows, to- wit: 1. What is your name and where do you reside? Aurileus Allen Ellaville P.O. 2. How long and since when have you been a continuous resident citizen of this State? 76 years 3. Did you enlist in the Army of the Confederate States or in the organized militia of the State from 1861 to 1865? Enlisted in Regular Army in 1862 4. When and where, and in what Company and Regiment did you enlist? May 1862 Corinth Miss. Co. G 5th Ga. Reg. - yes 5. How long did you remain in the actual military service with said Company and Regiment? Give date of discharge. I was with this Co and Reg until surrender at Greensboro, N.C. 6. When and where was your Company and Regiment surrendered or discharged from the Service? At Greensboro N.C. in April 1865 7. Were you actually present with your command when it was surrendered or discharged? yes 8. x a. Where was your command when you left it: Surrendedred at Greensbor NC April 1865 b.When did you leave the command? April 1865 c. For what cause did you leave? Surrender d. By whose authority did you leave: Joseph E. Johnson e. For how long was your leave granted? In what way? Paroled f. Why did you not return to your command after leave expired? no command to return to. g. In what way were you prevented? see above h. What effort did you make to return? " " i. Were you captured during the war? no j. x 9. Are you drawing a pension of any amount from this State or the United States? no 10. Have you ever applied for the Georgia Pension and had it refused? and for what cause it was not allowed? no Sworn to and subscribed before me, this the 19th day of August 1919 } Aurelius Allen C.R. Tondee Ordinary } of Schley County} (Seal) Questions for Witness as to Service State of Georgia, Schley County} J.J. Snipes of said State and County his hereby presented as a witness in support of the application of Aureluis Allen for the pension provided by the Act of 1910, as amended by the Act of 1919 in said State, and, after being sworn true answers to make the questions propounded , answers as follows: 1. What is your name and where do you reside? J.J. Snipes Ellaville P O Schley Co Ga 2. How long an since when have you known Aurelius Allen the applicant? Since 1860 3. Where does he now reside, and since when has he been a bona fide, continuing resident in this State, and how do you know? Ellaville Schley Co Ga. Lived here since 1860 because Ive associated with him 4. When, where and in what Company and Regiment did Aurelius Allen enlist during war from 1861 to 1865? Give date and place about May 1862 at Corinth Miss 5. How did you obtain your information of this Service? I was present when Aurelius Allen enlisted. 6. How long within your own personal knowledge did he perform actual military service with the Company and Regiment:? Give date From May 1862 until surrender at Greensboro 7. When and where was his command surrendered or discharged give date and place Greensboro NC Apr 1865 8. Were you personally present at the surrender? yes 9 x 10. Was the applicant personally present with his command at surrender? yes 11-14 x 15. Was applicant captured as a prisoner no Sworn to and subscribed before me, this the his 2nd Co. G 5 Ga 19th day of Aug. 1919 } J.J. X Snipes mark Liet Reg C.R. Tondee Ordinary} of Schley County} witnessed by A.S. Rainey (Seal)