Schley-Sumter County GaArchives Military Records.....William B. Tiner August 11 1900 Civilwar - Pension Higginbottom's Co., G.W. Lee's Battalion ************************************************ 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 29, 2004, 9:20 am QUESTIONS FOR APPLICANT State of Georgia Schley County William B. Tiner 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? William B. Tiner. Schley County, Ga. 2. How long and since when have you been a resident of this state? All my life. 55 years. 3. When and where were you born? In Sumter Co., Ga. July 26, 1844. 4. When and where and in what company and regiment did you enlist or serve? In Higgnbottoms Co., Battallion of Col. (unreadable), Co. D ????. In Atlanta, Ga., Feb or Mar. 1864. (This is Col. Lees (?), but Higginbottom's Co. L) 5. How long did you remain in such company and regiment? About 1 year. I first served in Cutts Battallion, afterwards I served Col. ?? Lee's Bat., Higginbottom's Co. 6. For how long a period did you discharge regular military duty? Together about two years. 7. When, where and under what circumstances were you discharged from service? Were you with your command at th time? After I was wounded at Bentonville battle, I ????? ???? and did not get back into service again. 8. What is your present occupation? Farming. 9. How much can youearn per annum by your own exertions or labor? None. 10. What has been your occupation since 1865? Farming. 11. Upon which of the following grounds do you base your application for pension, viz: first, "age and poverty," second, "infirmity and poverty," or third, "blindness and poverty"? Infirmity and Poverty. 12. If upon the first ground, state how longyou have been in such condition that you could not earn your support? If upon the second, give a full and complete history of the infirmiy and its extent? If upon the third, state whether you are totally blind and when and where you lost your sight? I was wounded in the foot at battle of Bentonville, N.C., which broke all the bones between the ????? and toes, which has never entirely been cured as it at times rises and confines me to my bed and is always painful. I also suffer from ????? of the head & kidney disease, all of which keeps me in the worst of health. 13. What property, effects or income do you possess, and its gross value? None. 14. What property, effects or income did you possess in 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, and 1899, and what disposition, if any, did you make of same? None. 15. In what County did you reside during those years, and what property did you return for taxation? Schley. 16. How where you supported during the years 1898 and 1899? By my family. 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? None. 18. What was your employment during 1898 and 1899? What pay did you receive in each year? None. 19. Have you a family? If so, who composes such family? Giv their means of support? Have they a homestead? All of my children are grown up and their is no one but me and wife, and I will be compelled to have some help from the county or state. Wife name Rebecca Tiner, she has to depend upon me for her living. 20. Are you eceiving any pension? If so, what amount, and for what disability? No. W.B. Tiner Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 11th day of Aug. 1900. P.E. Taylor, Ordinary of Schley County. QUESTIONS FOR WITNESS State of Georgia Schley County H.T. Jordan of said state and county, having been presented as a witness in support of the application of W.B. Tiner for pension under Section 1254,Code, 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 rside? Henry T. Jordan. Schley County, Georgia 2. Are you acquainted with W.B. Tiner, the applicant; if so, how long have you known him? Yes, about 40 years. 3. Where does he reside and how long and since when has he ben a resident of this state? In Schley County. All his life. 4. When, where and in what company and regiment did he enlist, and how do you know? In Higginbottom's Co., Co. G.W. Lee's Battalion, from Mar. 1864. 5. Were you a member of the same companyand regiment? Yes. 6. How long did he perform regular military duty, and what do you know of his service as a Confederate soldier, and the time and circumstances of his discharge from the service? Were you present with command when discharged? About 12 months or more. Made good soldier. I was not with him when he was discharged. 7. What property, effects or income has the applicant? None. I know the family. 8. What property, effects or income did the applicant possess in 1896, 1897, 1898 and 1899, and what disposition, if any, did he make of same? None. 9. Has he conveyed away any of his property in the last four years, if so, what was it, and to whom? No. 10. What is the applicant's occupation and physicalcondition? Farming. He has bad wounded foot, also a suferer from catarrah. He is unable to earn his living by manual labor. 11. Is the applicant unable to support himself by labor of any sort, if so, why? He is unable to do so as he is feble and suffers a great deal from the wounded foot which sometimes ????? him to his bed, also badly affected from ???? kidney, been suffering from catarrah for many years. 12. How was he supported during the years 1898 and 1899? By the labor of his family. 13. What portion of his support for these two years was derived from his own labor or income? Very little. 14. Give a full and complete ststement of the applicant's physical condition that entitles him to a pension under Section 1254, Code? He received the wound at Bentonville, N.C. Has had catarrah every since the war. The bulletbroke the bones of the foot between the toes & instep and all the bones ????? of that part of foot. I was there when he was wounded. 15. What interest have you in the recovery of a pension by this applicant? None. (Note: Henry T. Jordan signed this affidavit and P.E.Taylor attested on the 11th August 1900. However, all of that is struck through and beneath it, it is signed by Joe Chambliss and attested by Thos. M.(or W) Allen on the 13th day of Sept. 1901) AFFIDAVIT OF PHYSICIANS State of Georgia Schley County Personally came before me B.L. Bridges and R.T. Bivins, both known to me as reputable physicians of said county, who, being severally sworn, say on oath that they have examined carefully W.B. Tiner, applicant for pension under Section 1254, Code, and after such personal examination say that his precise physical condition is as follows: This man was shot through the foot destroying several of the metatarsal bone. Also destroying the ???? position of tibula and fibula causing ???? have to work ??? continuously and he is now not physically able to do manual labor. They further say on oath that the physical condition of the applicant renders him unable to labor at any work or calling sufficient to earn a support for himself, and that we have no interest in said pension being allowed. B.L. Bridges, MD R.T. Bivins, MD Sworn to and subscribed before me, this the 11th day of Aug., 1900. P.E. Taylor, Ordinary. Ellaville Agency Bank of South-Western, Georgia Georgia Sumter Co. In person appeared Jos. Chambliss of said county, who being duly sworn, deposeth & says that he has heard all the questions for the witness in application of pension of W.B. Tiner, and that the answers thereto are my answers, and the answers on question No. 11 where made before signing of my name below when H.T. Jordan signed his sworn to & subscribed before me this the 13th day of Sept. 1901 Jos. Chambliss Thos. M. Allen, Ordinary,Sumter Co. Georgia Sumter Co. I ordinary of said county hereby certify that I am acquainted with Jos. Chambliss, who is subscribed as a witness to application of W.B. Tiner, is of trustworthy character and that his statements are entitled to full faith & credit. I further certify that the said witness before making answers to said questions took the oath required by law and the full text of the affidavits were read to the witness before same was signed . Jos Chambliss Sworn, this Sept. 13th 1901. Thos. M. Allen, Ordinary. (These comments are found on the back of the pension jacket which may expalain the change of witnesses.) Pension office 9/4/1900. Must furnish a witness who was present at time he was wounded and ???? Can of his own knowledge swear to the truth of any statements in application to be true(?) J.W. Lindsay, Comm. of Pensions This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 9.3 Kb