Schley-Marion-Talbot County GaArchives Military Records.....R. Marion Williams August 8 1907 Civilwar - Pension Co. C, 3rd 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: Harris Hill http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00011.html#0002514 April 7, 2004, 6:56 am QUESTIONS FOR APPLICANT State of Georgia Schley County R.M. Williams 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? R.M. Williams, Schley County, Georgia--P.O. Buena Vista, Ga. RFD ?5. 2. How long and since when have you been a resident of this state? Been resident of state seventy one years- since 1836. 3. When and where were you born? Was born in Alabama, Jan. 28th 1832. 4. When and where and in what ompany and regiment did you enlist or serve? Enlisted first part of year 1862, at Talbotton, Georgia, Company C, Third Georgia Regiment. 5. How long did you remain in such company and regiment? I remained in Compny and Regiment till close of war, though I did not surrender with my company and regiment at Greensborough, N.C.--I received my discharge later at Macon. 6. When and where was your company and regiment surrendered and discharged? At Greensborough, North Carolina at about he close of the war. 7. Were you present with your company and regiment when it was surrendered? I was not. 8. If not present, state specifically and clearly where you were, when you left your command, for what cause and by whose authority? I was "foraging officer" and had permission from officers to go into Greensboough--was trying to save some army horses. 9. How much can you earn per annum by your own exertions and labor? Practically nothing. 10. What has been your occupation since 1865? Mechanic and miller. 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"? Age and poverty. 12. If upon the first ground, state how long you have been in such conditions that you could not earn your support? If upon the second, give a full and complete history of the infirmity and its extent? If upon the third, state whether you are totally blind and when and where you lost your sight? I have not been able to earn a support for over one year. 13. What property, real and personal, or income, do you possess, and its gross value? I own no property. I did own an interest in a piece of real estate till 1901. 14. What property, real or personal, did you possess in 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904 and 1905, and what disposition, if any, by sale or gift, have you made of same? I owned none. The records in clerk's office show that I conveyed all realty by deed Jan. 1901, o my wife, who then and now has the responsibility of a dependant family. 15. In what county did you reside during those years, and what property did you then return for taxation? I resided in Schley Co. I returned the property referred to in 14. 16. How were you supported during the years 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904 and 1905? I was supported partly by my son, and the labors of my wife. 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? About $75. I contributed from 1/4 to 3/4 myself. 18. What was your employment during 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, and 1905? What pay did you receive in each year? I tended a little mill-whole income would not have supported me. 19. Have you a family? If so, who composes such family? Give their means of support. Have they a homestead, or other property? Their ages and how employed? Howell, age 16, Albert, age 10, George, age 8, Kimberly, age 6, Jennie Doyle, age 4, Minnie Weaver, age 2. Older ones in school, except Howell who works on farm. 20. Are you receiving any pension? If so, what amount and for what disability? I do not receive a pension. 21. Have you ever made an application for pension before? I have not. 22. How many applications have you ever made and under what class? I have made none. R.M. Williams, applicant Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 8th day of August 1907. P.E. Taylor, Ordinary of Schley County. QUESTIONS FOR WITNESS State of Georgia Talbot County. I, N.P. Carrelten(?), of said state and county, having been presented as a witness in support of the application of R.M. Williams for pension under section 1254, Code, and after being duly sworn true answers to make to the following questions, depose and answer as follows: 1. What is your name and where do you reside? N.P. Carrelten and reside in Talbotton, Talbot Co., Georgia. 2. Are you acquainted with R.M. Williams, the applicant: If so, how long have you known him? Forty years or more (?) 3. Where does he reside, and how long and since when has he been a resident of this state? Resides in Sligh Co., Ga. & been resident of this state since early boyhood. 4. When, where and in what company and regiment did he enlist, and how do you know? Talbotton, Ga. 3rd Ga. Cavalry, Co. C. Was in same Co.(county?) & had him as (unreadable) 5. Were you a member of the same company and regiment? No. 6. How long did he perform regular military duty? Nearly 4 years. 7. When and where was his command surrendered? In S.C. near Charlotte. 8. Were you present when it surrendered? Yes. 9. Was applicant present? No. 10. If he was not present, where was he? On detail duty. When did he leave his command? Four days before surrender. For what cause? Detail duty. By what authority he left? (Really unreadable--possibly Quarter Master) How do you know all of this? Was present. 11. What property, effects or income has the applicant? Do not know his financial condition at present. 12. What property, effects or income did the applicant possess in 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, and 1905, and what disposition, if any, did he make of same? Can't say. 13. Has he conveyed away any of his property in the last four years; if so, what was it, and to whom? Can't answer. 14. What is the applicant's occupation and physical condition? Don't know. 15. Is the applicant unable to support himselfby labor of any sort; if so, why? Can't answer. 16. How was he supported during the years 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904 and 1905? Don't know. 17. What portion of his support for these four years was derived from his own labor or income? Don't know. 18. Give a full and complete statement of the applicant's physical condition that entitles him to a pension under Section 1254, Code. Can't. 19. Who composes family? What property have they? Children's ages and their earning capacity? Don't know. 20. What interest have you in the recovery of a pension by this applicant? None. N.P. Carrelten Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 3rd day of Aug. 1907. Henry ??????, Ordinary. AFFIDAVIT OF PHYSICIANS State of Georgia Schley County Personally came before me, Dr. C.G. Jones and Dr. W.D. Sears, both known to me as reputable physicians of said county, who being severally sworn, say on oath that they have examined carefully, R.M. Williams, applicant for pension under section 1254, an after such personal examination say that his precise physical condition is as follows: We fiind him with a rupture of several years duration. He has to wear a truss all the time and from infirmities of old age, he is physically unable to perform manual labor. and that we have no interest in said pension being allowed. C.G, Jones W.D. Sears, MD Sworn to and subscribed before me, this the 8th day of August 1907. P.E. Taylor, Ordinary. SUPPLEMENTAL EVIDENCE TO THE PETITION OF R.M. WILLIAMS FOR PENSION. County of Schley State of Georgia I, E.B. Barrow, Clerk of the Superior Court of Schley County, Georgia, have examined the papers of record in the clerk's office of Schley County and also thos marked, "recorded," in the Clerk and Ordinary's Offices of Marion County, and hereby certify to the following facts as shown by the records above referred to: It appears that R.M. Williams is now living with his third wife. That on the 9th day of June 1879, his then wife, Wealthy Ann Williams made to R.M. Williams a trust deed for her then minor children, to certain hotel property in the town of Buena Vista, Ga., and 1/2 of lot of land in the county of Marion, that on February the 4th after the death of Wealthy Ann Williams, that R.M. Williams did petition the court for leave to sell the property held by him in trust for the purpose of reinvesting. The records further show that in chambers at Talbotton, Ga., on February the 19th, 1881, that J.T. Willis then judge of the Chattahoochee Circuit granted an order to sell and reinvest. A deed recorded in this office shows that certain mill property and lands deeded to Mrs. Mattie Williams by R.M. Williams on January the 1st, 1901, is the same property for which the order obatined from Judge Willis, directed the purchas. In other words, the order to sell directed that the money be reinvested in the mill and land property deeded by R.M. Williams to Mrs. Mattie Williams in January 1901, the records showing that the only interest that R.M. Williams has ever had in this property is that of Trustee for Minor Children, and that those children now of legal age can at theiir discretion lay claim to said property. The records further show that previous to the execution of the above trust deed, that R.M. Williams was granted a homestead from Marion County. That since the making of the trust deed by his first wife; Wealthy Ann Williams in 1879, that the said R.M. Williams has married two other times, and that children have been born as a result of each marriage. The records show that R.M. Williams owns no property. The property that he claimed as his, that is the property which he deeded to his third wife, Mrs. Mattie Williams in January 1901 in trust property and can be claimed by the surviving children by his first wife at their discretion. Witness my hand and official signature, this October the 23rd, 1907. E.B. Barrow, Clerk of the Superior Court of Schley County. (Note: The above is a two page type written document. The second page is on stationary of the "Third District Agricultural School, Americus, Georgia. Office of the Principal, Putnam, Ga., Until January 1st.") THIRD DISTRICT AGRCULTURAL COLLEGE State of Georgia County of Schley personally comes before me, J.M. Collum, of the county and state afforesaid, who on oath says: That he has known R.M. Williams for more than 20 years; the said R.M. Williams having lived less than two miles from him (j.M. Collum) during the entire 20 years; that the said R.M. Williams at this time has no property or affects or income, known to deponent. That since January the 1st 1901, the deed book in the Clerk's office shows that he has owned no real estate. That the deed book referred to shows that on January the 1st 1901, that the said R.M. Williams deeded all his interest in a certain lot, or part of two lots of very poor land to his wife, Mrs. Mattie Williams. That investigation of the deeding of this property that is valued at not more than $500, shows that Mrs. Mattie Williams, who is the third wife of R.M. Williams, is comparatively a young woman, and yet owned no property before her marriage to R.M. Williams. That R.M. Williams is quite old and feeble. That he has five small children by his last marriage, and a number by former marriages. That Mrs. Mattie Williams might be provided with a little home where she might be permitted to live with her small children, and in compensation for having to almost wholy provide for these young children, that the said R.M. Williams did deed the little home to his wife as against any interest that might be claimed by children by former marriages, all of said children having moved away where even if they were inclined, are not close enough, nor are they able those who would be so inclined, to render any help towards the support of R.M. Williams and his family of small children by his last marriage. That the said deed was made at at time when it was apparent that R.M. Williams had no claim for an extension of life. That I have every reason to believe that he does not own any real estate anywhere, nor do I know of any personal property that he owns, or has recently owned. That the occupation of the applicant is that of a miller and a mechanic, and that on account of age and infirmities, that I do not believe he can earn a support in following his occupation, or by any other means. That but for help other than has been at the command of himself and family, and the labor of small children that should have been in school, that he could not have been supporter , and that the facts are, that at all times during the last 5 years, it has been with the greatest difficulty that the family has been able to live. That in R.m. William's present condition, no one needing such services as he can perform, would, or could afford to contribute 1/2 his support for all he can do. J.M. Collum Sworn to and subscribed before me, this Sept. 2, 1907. P.E. Taylor, Ordinary of Schley County. (Add'l Info: R.Marion Williams is found on the roster of Company C, 3rd Ga. Cavalry, enlisting as a Corporal and ranked as a Private at the end of the war. I find a record of marriage of Jennie Doyle Williams to Cleveland I. Brown in Schley Co., 26 Jan. 1919. They are buried at Ellaville Cemetery. Brown, Cleve Izar 12-15-1891 8-11-1969 Brown, Jennie Doyle W. 3-28-1901 3-24- 1980) This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 14.1 Kb