Schley County GaArchives Military Records.....Marion J. Wall January 20 1898 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 April 4, 2004, 3:08 pm 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. Mary B. Wall who being sworn according to law, says under oath that she is the widow of Marion J. Wall, who was a soldier in the service of the Confederate States, or Georgia State Troops, and served as a member of Company "B," of the 46th Regiment of Georgia Volunteers; that he enlisted in said service on or about the 1st day of March 1862, and was in the Army [Western (?)] Johnson ????? Brigade, up to the close of the war. That while in the army, he was on the ________ day of ________ 186_, That while serving in said war he contracted chronic diarrhea. That eating green corn in the march through Mississippi ????? diarrhea which with a spell of thyphoid fever produced (?) said chronic diarrhea and that on or about the 22nd July/64 the said M.J. Wall was wounded at Decatur & was transfered to Andersonville. That he remained in the service at Andersonville until close of the war. That he came home in April 1865 to Ellaville, Ga. and that he had diarrhea & suffered with it from that time until he died which was on 6th March 1886. That when he went with the service he was a strong healthy man and that when he was transferred to Andersonville he was almost an invalid and was transferred on account of his health being impaired. That her husband suffered continuously with chronic diarrhea until his death was caused by said chronic diarrhea. Deponent further swears that she was the wife of said deceased soldier during his term of service in the Army, and that she has never married since his death; that she became his wife on the 15th day of Nov., 1862, and that she was born in the state of Georgia and has resided continuously since the 15th day of Nov. 1862; that Georgia is her home, and was such on the 6th December, 1897, 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 General Assembly of Georgia, approved December 23d, 1890, for the pension year ending February 15th, 1898, and herewith tenders the proof of her right to recceive the pension granted by said Act. Mary B. Wall Post Office Ellaville, Ga. Sworn to and subscribed before me, this the 20th of January 1898. P.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 P.F. Dixon, J.T. Taylor and William Allen (each known to said Attesting Officer as truthful, reliable and reputable citizens), who severally say under oath, that, from their own personal knowledge, Mrs. Mary J. Wall, now a resident of the county of Schley, state of Georgia, is the widow of Marion J. Wall, who was a soldier in Company B of the 46th Regiment of Georgia Volunteers. The said soldier enlisted in the service of the Confederate States on or about the 1st day of March 1862. That while in said service or by reason of said service in the Army, he died on the 6th day of Mch(?) 1886, from the following causes: Deponent swears that they were comrads of the said Marion J. Wall and that during the service of said M.J. Wall he had a violent spell of sickness in the hospital in Charleston. We know that where the said Marion J. Wall enlisted in said service that he was a strong healthy man and that when he came home at the close of the war, that he was almost an invalid and was in poor health from the time he came home from the war until his death. We were in the same company bwith the said M.J. Wall except William Allen & said William Allen swears that he saw the said M.J. Wall in said war & doing military duty. Our opportunity for knowing the facts stated in reference to death of applicant's husband were, we were his near neighbors before his enlistment in the service and after he came home, that we saw him after & know that his health was impaired by service in the army. We furhter swear that she became the wife of said soldier on the 15th day of Nov. 1862, and so remained until his death, since then she has not again married, and that she resided in said state of Georgia continuously since the 15th day of Nov. 1862. We further swear that we have no interest in the pension asked for. P.F. Dixon J.T. Taylor William Allen Sworn to and subscribed before me, this the 20th January 1898. P.E. Taylor, Ordinary. Georgia Schley County Personally appeared before me the undersigned Ordinary of Schley County, Georgia, C.H. Smith, who on oath says that he as a practicing physician attended Marion J. Wall in his last illness. Deponent furher swears that he was the family physician of the said Marion J. Wall from the time he returned from the war until his death. Deponent further swears that he was acquainted with Marion J. Wall at & before he enlisted in said war and that before & at the time he enlisted in said service he was a strong able bodied man. Deponent further swears that after he, the said Marion J. Wall returned from said war, he had frequent attacks of Dysentery & Diarrhea and said marion J. Wall had chronic inflamation of the mesenteric glands and impaired digestion and in the opinion of the deponent was caused from exposure and such diet as said Marion J. Wall had in said war. Deponent further swears that said Marion J. Wall died from the ineraction (?) caused by dysentery & diarrhea and that said dysentery & diarrhea was the the direct cause of said Marion J. Walls death who died on or about the 6th March 1886. C.H. Smith Sworn to and subscribed before me this Jany 20th 1898. P.E. Taylor, Ordy, S.C. FROM THE PENSION OFFICE 3/7/1898 The witnesses seem to date illness from the sickness in hospital in Charleston. They are requested to give the date of such sickness & to say what it was and whether a recovery was ever had from same. If the witness can say of their own knowledge that applicant contracted diarrhea in the service & that he died from same, they should state such facts in connection with same as sustains their judgement as to the cause of death. Date of death is left blank. Witnesses should not testify from heresay. Rich Johnson, Comm. of Pensions RESPONSE Georgia Schley County Personally comes before me the undersigned Ordinary of said county, J.T. Taylor, who on oath says that in addition to the facts testified to by him, deponet says that he went into the service with M.J. Wall & that at that time he was a strong healthy man and that on the March through Mississippi, said M.J. Wall contracted diarrhea by eating green corn that deponent knows this of his own knowledge and that said Wall had frequent attacks of diarrhea from that time until he was attacked with thyphoid fever about Aug. 1862. Said Walls was carried by deponent to the hospital in Charleston and detained there by thyphoid fever and diarrhea and that deponent was with said M.J. Wall after he left said hospital and that said Walls was emaciated and suffered with frequent attacks of diarrhea and when deponent returned home said Walls was a near neighbor of deponent & deponent knows that said Walls suffered from said diarrhea and that finally it was the direct cause of said M.J. Wall's death. Deponent was often (in) the company of said Walls after his return home & saw him & was with him often & knows that he suered continuously with said diarrhea until it caused his death. That deponent knew said Walls before he entered the service and before and at the time he entered the service he was a strong healthy man. J.T. Taylor Sworn to and subscribed before me April 12/98. P.E. Taylor, Ordy., S.C. FROM THE PENSION OFFICE 4/23/1898 The proofs now show that prior to marriage, the deceased had contracted the disease, which is claimed to have caused death. Rich Johnson, Comm. of Pensions FROM THE PENSION OFFICE 6/30/1898 Three witnesses are required to each material point-and it must be so shown as is set out in the memorandum of Mch 7, 1898 herein. Richd Johnson Comm. of Pensions RESPONSE Georgia Schley County Personally appeared before the undersigned Ordinary, J.H. Bivins & J.W. Snipes who after being duly sworn deposeth & says that they knew Marion J. wall and that both of them were in the same company with said Walls and that they remember distinctly when said Walls obtained a furlough to come home & marry and at that time he was a strong healthy man, that it was on or about Nov. 1862 and that after said M.J. Wall married he contracted diarrhea & was in the hospital in Charleston that J.H. Bivins swears that he visited said Walls almost daily for two or three weks while he was in the hospital and that said Wall was unconscious most of the time. That said Walls had thyphoid fever & he also suffered with dysentery & both witnesses swear that they know he had dysentery & diarrhea & also typhoid fever in the hospital in Charleston in 1863 and the said Walls never recovered from said diarrhea & that they were with him after said Walls left the hospital and that he had frequent attacks of diarrhea & was emaciated and that both of deponents were near neighbors of said Walls after the war & know that he suffered with diarrhea until it caused his death in 1886. Deponents knowledge of the foregoing facts are based on being in the same company, same regiment, same brigade & same Army. That they have no personal interest in said pension that is asked for. J.W. Snipes J.H. Bivins Sworn to & subscribed before me this July 9/98. P.E. Taylor, Ordy., S.C. This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 10.3 Kb