Schley-Marion County GaArchives Military Records.....A.J. Melton January 1 1904 Civilwar - Pension Co. A, 2nd Ga. Cavalry ************************************************ 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: H HillC http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00011.html#0002514 January 7, 2004, 5:36 pm Notations in this file indicated that it was transfered to Schley from Marion County. FOR APPLICANTS HERETOFORE ALLOWED PENSIONS State of Georgia Schley County Personally appears A.J. Melton of Schley County, State of Georgia, who, being duly sworn, says on oath that he is a bona fide citizen and resident of said county and state, and has resided in said state continuously ever since the "all my life;" that he is 71 years old and by occupation a farmer, that he enlisted in the military service of the Confederate States during the war between the states and served for the term of 3 years in Company A, of 2nd Regiment of Georgia Cavalry; that his physical condition is as follows: old and infirm, unable to do any thing to earn a living, that his property consists of the following items: 00/100, No property, of the value of 00/100 dollars, that by reason of his physical condition and poverty, he is unable to support himself by his own exertion or labor, and that he receives no pension but the one herein applied for. Deponent desires to participate in the benefits of the Act, approved December 15th, 1894, and the Acts amendatory thereof, and makes application for the pension to which he is entitled for the year 1904. I have heretofore as a resident of Marion County been allowed a pension for the year 1903. A.J. Melton (his mark) Sworn to and subscribed before me. this the 1st day of January 1904. P.E. Taylor, Ordinary. Add'l info: Later filings indicate his date of birth as 14 Oct. 1834. This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb