Schley County GaArchives Military Records.....Wesley Nathaniel Myrick & widow Olive Cornelia Devane Myrick November 17 1879 Civilwar - Pension Co. A, 27th 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 January 17, 2004, 8:49 am State of Georgia Schley County Personally appeared before me Nathaniel Wesley Myrick of the county of Schley, State of Georgia, who being duly sworn, deposes and says that he was on the 20th day of September, 1879, a bona fide resident of this state; that he enlisted in the military service of the Confederate States, or of this state, as a member in Company (A) 27th Regiment of Georgia Volunteers, that while engaged in such military service, to wit: at the battle or engagement of Petersburg & Weldon R.R. in the state of Virginia on the nineteenth day of August 1864, he was wounded in the knee or leg, and that the same was amputated above the knee, that he has not received the payment allowed him for such limb under an Act entitled an Act tocarry into effect the last clause of Paragraph 1, Section 1, Article 7 of the Constitution of 1877, approved September 20, 1879; that he has _____ supplied himself with an artificial leg; or that, not having done so, he prefers to supply himself with an artificial leg. Nathaniel W. Myrick Sworn to and subscribed before me this Seventeenth day of November 1879. C.H. Varner, Ordinary, S.C. COMMISSIONED OFFICER"S AFFIDAVIT State of Georgia Schley County Personally came before me Captain Robert Patton of the county of Schley, State of Georgia, who, being duly sworn, deposes and says that he was Captain in Company A, 27th Regiment and that Nathaniel W. Myrick, the above deponet was a member in said company, and that this deponent knows that said Nathaniel W. Myrick lost a leg in the military service as said in the above affidavit. Robt. Patton, Capt., Co. A, 27th Ga. Regt. Sworn to and subscribed before the (17) Seventeenth day of November 1879. C.H. Varner, Ordinary, S.C. AFFIDAVIT TO BE MADE BY THE WIDOW. State of Georgia County of Schley In person came before me, the undersigned Ordinary in and for the county of Schley, Mrs. Cornelia Myrick, who being sworn according to law, says under oath that she is the widow of Nathaniel Wesly Myrick, who was a soldier in the service of the Confederate States, and served as a member of Company "A". of the 27th Regiment of Georgia Volunteers; that he enlisted in said service on or about the 10th day of May 1862, and was in the Virginia Army up to 1865. That while in the Army, he was on the 8th day of August 1863, that while engaged in battle near Petersburg, Va. in the summer of 1863, said Nathaniel Wesly Myrick was shot through the right leg where the knee, which caused amputation of said leg three of four inches above right knee. That at said battle he was left on the battle field & taken prisoner by the yankees and carried north and there kept until the war closed when he returned home in Schley County, Georgia. Deponent swears that said Myrick suffered from severe attacts (attacks) of hemorage from right side & acute attacts (attacks) of cramp from the close of the war until he died on the 13th Nov. 1885. That said attacts (attacks) & his death was caused directly from the wound & amputation of said right leg. Deponent swears that said attacts (attacks) occurred weekly from the time of his arrival home until his death. His death was caused by excessive hemorage & said hemorage was caused by said wound. Said wound caused said ???? to waste away until there was nothing left but the skin & bone. Said leg wounds inflamed & break out in running sores that was difficult to heal. Deponent further swears that she was the wife of said deceased soldier during the term of service in the Army, and that she has never married since his death; that she became his wife on the 13th day of June 1861, and that she has resided in Georgia continuously since the 27th day of December, 1890, and since said date she has not lived in any other state or locality. Deponent, as the widow of said deceased soldier husband, applies for the pension provided by Act of the General Assembly of Georgia, approved December 23d, 1890, for the pension year ending February 15th, 1895, and herewith tenders the proof of her right to receive the allowance granted by said Act. Cornelia Myrick Post Office, Ellaville, Schley Co., Ga. Sworn to and subscribed before me, this the 22nd day of June, 1895. Phil E. Taylor, Ordinary. AFFIDAVIT FOR THREE WITNESSES. State of Georgia County of Schley In person came before me, the undersigned Ordinary in and for said County, witnesses J.H. Bivins, Peter Stewart and R.D. Flurry (each known to said Attesting Offiecer as truthful, reliable and reputable citizens), who severally say under oath, that, FROM THEIR OWN PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE, Mrs. Cornelia Myrick, of the County of Schley, state of Georgia, is the widow of Nathaniel Wesly Myrick who was a soldier in Company "A" of the 27th Regiment of Georgia Volunteers. That said soldier enlisted in the service of the Confederate States on or about the 10th day of May 1862. That while in said service or by reason of said service in the Army, he lost his life as follows: That while engaged in the battle near Petersburg, Va. in the summer of 1863 that he was shot through the right leg three or four inches above knee, he was left on the battle field and taken prisoner & carried north. That said wound caused said right leg to be amputated three or four inches above right knee. Said Myrick was kept a prisoner until the close of the war when he returned home. That he died at his home in Schley County, Georgia on Nov. 13th 1885. That he frequently had severe attacks of cramps and hemorage. That large quantities of blood passed from him during said hemorages. That said hemorages continued from the time ofhis return home until his death. Deponents swear that said Myricks death was caused from said wound. Our opportunity for knowing the facts in reference to death of applicant's husband were: Peter Stewart belong(ed) to same Company 7 was a Corporal in said company. R.D. Flurry was in same company. Both of them at the time said Myrick was wounded & left on said battle field & all of the witnesses were before the war & since, until said Myrick's death, near neighbors. J.h. Bivins knows of the enlistment of said Myrick & the direct cause of his death, as each of the other witnesses also know of the enlistment & cause of death of said Myrick. We further swear that Mrs. _____________ was the wife of said soldier during the service, and that she has not intermarried since his death, and that she resides in Schley county of the state of georgia. J.H. Bivins Peter Stewart R.D. Flurry Sworn to and subscribed before me, this the 22nd day of June 1895. Phil E. Tylor, Ordinary. Georgia Schley County Personally appeared before the undersigned officer, C.H. Smith, who on oath says that he is a practicing physician and that he was the family physician of Nathaniel W. Myrick in his lifetime and attended him in his last illness and that the death of said Nathaniel W. Myrick was the result of hemorage from the stump of an amputation of his right leg. Said Myrick had been subject to hemorage from said stump occuring at intervals from the close of the war until the time of his death. The intervalbetween said hemorages was about a week--and was directly tracable to the wound that required the amputation of said right leg. Said right leg was amputated three or four inches above the knee. C.H. Smith, MD Sworn to and subscribed before me June 22nd 1895 P.E. Taylor, Ordinary SC Below is burial information for the Myricks taken from the Schley Cemetery Archives. There would seem to be some confusion about the burial location of Cornelia Myrick as two cemeteries seem to claim her. A piece in the History of Schley County on the Devane family indicates she is buried at Hopewll. It is possible that there is a stone for her in the Myrick Cemetery placed there before her death and at her death she was buried at Hopewell? Hopewell Methodist Church Cemetery Myrick, Cornelia(wf/o N.W.) 7-27-1842 9-06-1903 MYRICK CEMETERY From Ellaville, take Ga 26 west to Concord Church Rd. Turn left(west) On Co. 34. Cemetery will be on right. Myrick, Olivia Cornelia Devane (no dates) Myrick, C.C. son of N.W. & Cornelia) 12-07-1871 11-10-1873 Myrick, N.W. [Nathan] 3-15-1836 11-13-1885 Myrick, S.A. (son of N. W. & Cornelia) 7-27-1882 11-27-1885 Schley County marriage records indicate that N.W. Myrick and Olive Cornelia Devane were married on 13 Jun 1861. This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 9.1 Kb