Schley-Marion County GaArchives Military Records.....W.W. Chapman February 6 1906 Civilwar - Pension Co. B, 46th Ga. Inf. ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Harris Hill http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00011.html#0002514 November 7, 2003, 8:06 pm QUESTIONS FOR APPLICANT STATE OF GEORGIA Schley County W.W. Chapman of said state and county, desiring to avail himself of the Pension Act, 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? W.W. Chapman 2. How long and since when have you been a resident of this state? All my life. 3. When and where were you born? Meriwether County 4. When and where and in what company and regiment did you enlist? 1862, from Schley County in Co. B, 46th Regt. Of Ga. Vols. Schley Rifles. 5. How long did you remain in such company and regiment? From 1862 to 1865, close of war. 6. When and where was your company and regiment surrendered and discharged? Close of war, 1865, Bentonville, NC, discharged. 7. Were you present with your company and regiment when it was surrendered? I was not. 8. If not present, state specifically and clearly where you were, when you left your command, for what cause and by whose authority? I was at Charlotte, NC, being detailed to guard trains. 9. How much can you earn (gross) per annum, by your own exertions of labor? Very little. 10. What has been your occupation since 1865? Trying to farm. 11. Upon which of the following grounds do you base your application for pension, viz.: first, “age & poverty,” second, “infirmity and poverty,” or third, “blindness and poverty”? 1st, age 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 and complete history of your infirmity and its extent? If upon the third, state whether you are totally blind and when and where you lost your sight? For the past four years, unable to earn my support, am 75 yrs. old. 13. What property, real or personal, do you possess, and it gross value? Own no property. 14. What property, real or personal, did you possess in 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900 and 1901, and what disposition, if any, by sale or gifr, have you made of same? Own little mule, until Jan. 1906. I sold the mule. 15. In what county did you reside during those years, and what property did you return for taxation? Marion County. Returned for taxes, the mule. 16. How were you supported during the years of 1899, 1900 and 1901? Trying to farm and by 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 $100.00 a year, I made very little. 18. What was your employment during 1898, 1899, and 1901? What pay did you receive in each year? Trying to farm, made very little, 19. Have you a family? If so, who composes such family? Give their means of support? Have they a homestead? Have no wife but 6 small children under 10 years. Youngest 3 weeks old. ___ no means for support. Have no home. 20. Are you receiving any pension? If so, what amount and for what disability? No 21. Have you ever made application for before? No. 22. How many applications have you ever made and under what class? None. W.W. Chapman, applicant. Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 6th day of Feby., 1906. P.E. Taylor, Ordinary of Schley, County. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 3.8 Kb