Schley-Macon County GaArchives Military Records.....Charles A. Taylor March 18 1896 Civilwar - Pension Co. I, 4th 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 March 16, 2004, 8:12 am FOR USE OF APPLICANTS WHO HAVE NOT HERETOFORE DRAWN State of Georgia Schley County Personally appears C.A. Taylor, of Schley County, State of Georgia, who, being duly sworn says on oath that he is a nona fide citizen and resident of Georgia, and has been continuously since the 15th day of March 1835, that he enlisted in the military service of the Confederate States (or the state of Georgia) during the war between the states, and served as a private in Company I of 4th Regiment of Georgia Volunteers, Phil Cook's Brigade; that whilst engaged in such military service, and in line of duty in the state of Virginia, on the 10th day of May 1864, he was disabled or wounded as follows: was shot with a minnie ball in the upper third of the left forearm, fracturing the bone & causing a loss of five inches of the said bone & rendering the arm useless for any kind of manual labor to such a degree that I am unable to do sufficient work for asupport without great inconvenience, not being able to hold anything of any weight, the muscular contraction of the fingers being very weak & feeble, and the hand of little use. Deponent desires to participate in the benefits of the Act approved October 24th, 1887, and the Acts ammendatory thereof, and makes application for the allowance to which he is entitled for the year thereunder, ending October 26th, 1896. Chas. A. Taylor Sworn to and subscribed before me, this the 18th day of May (probably March) 1896. P.E. Taylor, Ordinary AFFIDAVIT FOR WITNESSES State of Georgia Macon County Personally appears before me, the undersigned, Ordinary in and for said County, W.K. Hall, J.T. Robinson & H(?) M. Kaigler, each of whom, being duly sworn according to law, severally say, under oath, that they are personally well acquainted with C.A. Taylor whose application is herewith presented for a pension, that he served in Company I of the 4th Regiment of Phil Cook's Brigade, and from our personal knowledge he was injured by the service as follows: (give full statement, and tell in your own language when and how the injury happened, and how badly applicant is disabled from work. If he does any labor, or can do any, state what.) He was shot through the left arm above the elbow near the shoulder, fracturing the bone of the arm & breaking the shoulder, thereby causing the loss of about 5 inches of the bone of the arm rendering the arm useless for practicable purposes. We personally know above stated facts. We were with him in the army and have known ever since. He was honorably dicharged or retired from the service on 15th day of April 1865. Applicant is permanently disabled as stated and has been so to our certain knowledge ever since 1864. We have no interest in the recovery of a pension by him. W.K. Hall H.M. Kaigler J.T. Robinson Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 20th day of March 1896. J.S. Elmore, Ordinary. PHYSICIAN'S AFFIDAVIT State of Georgia Schley County Personally comes before me Phil E. Taylor, Ordinary of said county, C.H. Smith and W.D. Sears, both known to me as reputable physicians of said county, who being severally sworn, say on oath, that they have carefully examined C.A. Taylor and after such personal examination, say that the present condition of applicant is as follows: The left arm is disabled from a gunshot wound which fractured the humerous at the upper third with loss of the bone, muscular atrophy, ???? ???? ???????? of bone but insufficient to render the arm useful. and that said condition is permanent. We further say that said condition arises from the following facts: As stated above, the disabled arm cannot be raised as much as 45(degrees). At the front of wound, this arm is not half the size of the other or the same arm above and below. What bone is there is doubtless new (?) formation. We have treated applicant professionally for X years, and his condidtion, as above stated does not arise from any hereditary or congenital cause, nor from any vicious or intemperate habits. C.H. Smith, MD W.D. Sears,MD Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 18th day of March 1896. Phil E. Taylor, Ordinary (The following note is hand written on stationary for the Peacock House) PEACOCK HOUSE C.L. Peacock, Proprietor Headquarters for Commercial Men....... Ellaville, Ga. April 4th, 1896. Hon. Richard Johnson Atlanta, Ga. Dear Sir: I had the physicians to add the condition of the arm as shopelac. The 45 degrees used in the description of the arm means the body as zero & shows the inability of the party to lift the arm to a height that would require the stiffness of the bone that should be in the arm. It was an oversight in me in not having the Ordinary to sign the affidavit. Please push this through if possible, as the money will be of great help to the applicant. Respectfully, A.J. Walters (Add'l info: Charles A. Taylor was older brother to Phillip E. Taylor, the Ordinary of Schley County who attested these documents. Their family on the 1860 Macon Co. census is shown below.) 1860 Macon Co. Census GMD 757, pg 101 Taylor, James N. 55 1804 Ga GMD 757 Macon Co., Ga Eliza C. 48 1811 Ga Charles A. 25 1834 Ga Sarah E. 19 1840 Ga Julia F. 13 1846 Ga John J. 12 1847 Ga Anna C. 9 1850 Ga. Philip E. 2 1857 Ga. Miller, William 33 1826 Ga. This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 6.0 Kb