SCHLEY COUNTY, GA - CIVIL WAR PENSION T.J. Walker (wd Kittie 1910 29th Georgia Battalion. ***************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm *********************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: APPLICATION FOR PENSION BY A WIDOW UNDER ACT OF 1910--QUESTIONS FOR APPLICANT State of Georgia Schley County Personally before me comes Mrs. Kittie A. Walker of said state and county, and after being duly sworn, on oath says that she desires to apply for a pension allowed under the Act of ___________ 1910, and submit testimony to make out the same, true answers makes to the following questions to wit: 1. What is your name, and where do you reside? Kittie A. Walker. Ellaville, Schley Co., Ga. 2. How long and since when have you ben a continuing resident in th State of Georgia? All my life. 3. When, where and to whom were you married? Apr. 2, 1861, Schley Co., Ga., T.J. Walker. 4. When, where and in what Company and Regiment did your husband enlist as a soldier in Confederate Army or Georgia Militia? Georgia Batalion. Feb or March 1864 (looks like) in Schley Co., Ga. 5. When and where did the commands of your husband surrender or discharge from the army? Wanesborrogh, Ga. 6. Was your husband personally present at the time of the surrender or discharge of this command? (Several words unreadable, ink faded) He was at home, sick. 7. If he was not present state clearly where he was? At home. 8. Where was his command when he left? St. Marks, Fla. a. For what cause did he leave his command? He was sick. b. By whose authority did he leave his command? Capt. J.C. Laster. c. For how long was he granted leave of absence? Until well. e. (There is no d) What was his physical condition when he left his command? Quite feeble. f. What effort did he make to return to his command? No answer. g. In what way was he prevented from going back to command? Sickness. h. Was he captured by the enemy at any time? No. i. n/a j. When and wher did your husband die? Were you residing together when he died? If not, how long had you resided apart? Ellaville, July 1904. Yes. 9. What property of any description dis you own, hold or controlfor your use and its cash value, Nov. 4, 1908? 1/4 interest in 200 acres of land & house and 2 acres of land near Ellaville, value $900. Horse & buggy, $100. 1 cow $20. 5 hogs $20. 10. What property of any kind have you sold or given away since Nov. 4, 1908? What was received for it and what did you do with the proceeds thereof? None. 11. What property of any description of any value have you now? Give list and cash value? 1/4 interest in 200 acres, as above. Land & house & 2 acres land, horse & buggy, cow & hogs. 12. What are your annual earnings or income and their value? My interest in ranch(?) $100.00. 13. Have you heretofore been paid a pension by the state? No. Kittie A. Walker Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 3rd day of Oct. 1910. P.E. Taylor, Ordinary of Schley County. QUESTIONS FOR THE WITNESS AS TO SERVICE OF HUSBAND AND MARRIAGE State of Georgia Sumter County Personally before me comes G.M. Greene, who, after being duly sworntrue answers to make, to the following questions, answers as follows: 1. What is your name and where do you reside? G.M. Greene. Americus, Ga. 2. How long and since when have you known Mrs. Kittie A. Walker, applicant? No answer. 3. How long and since when has she continuously resided in this state? For about 57 years. 4. When and to whom was she married? How do you know? T.J. Walker. I was present at marriage. 5. How long and since when did you know T.J. Walker, her husband? Ever since 1861 up to his death. 6. When, where and in what company and regiment did T.J. Walker enlist? 29 Georgia Batalion. 7. Were you in the same company? I was. 8. How long within your personal knowledge did he perform actual military service with his company and regiment? About 12 months. 9. When, and where did his command surender, and was discharged? Wanesborrough in the Spring of 1865. 10. Where you present when it was surrendered? I was. 11. Was the husband of applicant personally present at surrender? No. If not, where was he? At home, sick. When, where and for what cause did he leave command? Some time in 1864. By whose authority did he leave his command? Capt. J.C. Lester. And how long was he granted leave? Until well. How do you know all of this? I was present. 12. For what cause, if you know of your own knowledge, was he prevented from returning to his command? He was unable o do service. 13. What effort did he make to return to his command and how do you know this? Of your own knowledge or how? I saw him & know he was quite feeble. G.M. Greene Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 24th day of Oct, 1910. John A. Cobb, Ordinary of Sumter County. Included in the file is a copy of the marriage license indicating that Thomas Walker and Kittie A. Wimbish were married 2 April 1861, in Schley County by John P. Duncan, Minister. The license is signed by Wm. T. Black, Ordinary of Schley Co. (These notes appear on the back of the application jacket. Pension office, 12/8/10. State and prove when he left his command how sick he was, and i what way the sickness affected him and kept him away from duty to the close of the war. Witness submitted seems to know nothing of his condition. Signed J.W. Lindsay, Com. of Pensions) Americus, Ga. 12/29/1910 Now comes G.M. Greene, who on oath says that he knew T.J. Walker of Schley Co. during his life and says that T.J. Walker was member of 29 Georgia Batalion, but he did not stay with the company because his health was terable. That he was suffering with hemoroids and something like Bright's disease. He could not stand on his feet long at a time nor could not ride but little. So he was granted leave of absence indeffinitely. I saw him several times during the war then after and know that he could not return to company as he was what I call a phisical reck. These are the reasons why he did not return to do acual service. In fact I knew him until death and know that he never could do manual labor after the surrender. G.M. Greene Sworn to before me this Dec. 29, 1910. John A. Cobb, Ordinary, Sumter County. Pension was noted OK for 1911, by Commissioner Lindsay. LETTER TO COMM. LINDSAY FORM K.A. WALKER Ellaville, Ga. December 29, 1914 Mr. J.W. Lindsay, Esquire Dear Sir: No doubt you will remember me having drawn a pension for the last three years, and now entitle to same, but as you know each county has its tax equalizers and when they come to the books. I found that I was paying tax on three hundred acres of land. They raised my taxes to about 8000 (?) dollars. That was explained to you at the time of my application for a pension. When my husband died he only left 300 acres of land to be divided between me and his three children. The children were all of age so they saw to divide it. I would not have enough for a support, so they told me if I would pay the taxes on it yearly, I could have the rents on all of it. I get only six bales of cotton on all of it. It is not sufficient for a support. I do not believe it is just and right that I should loose any pension on account of any children doing this. My husband done the service & suffered the hardships of war, and I feel that I am justly entitle to the pension. I am old and unable to do anything toward a support. I am laying this thing before you so you will know how it is. If you can do anything for me, you will please do it, for justice sake. What would you advise me to do in the matter? Hoping to hear from you soon, I am Very Respectfully, K.A. Walker, or rather Mrs. Thomas Walker, Ellaville, Ga. LETTER TO KITTIE WALKER FROM PENSION COMM. Jno. W. Lindsay Commissioner of Pensions Atlanta, Ga. Jan. 5, 1915 Mrs. K.A. Walker Ellaville, Ga. Madam: Under your statement of the situation of your property, I see no reason for retaining youon the pension rolls, but under the circumstances I will have to call on you to show cause why you should not have been struck from the pay roll and refund the pensions you have been paid for the last few years. Yours respectfully, Commissioner of Pensions. Jno. W. Lindsay Commissioner of Pensions Atlanta, Ga. Pension Office Jan. 6, 1915 To: Mrs.K.A. Walker Pension of Schley Co. Madam: You are hereby notified to furnish to this office on or by the 26th day of January 1915, sufficient competent evidence why you should not be stricken from the widow pension roll of Schley County, for cause stated below preferred against you by ______________. This evidence must be first class, made before Ordinary of your County, clearly and distinctly showing, beyond doubt, your right to this pension under the law. Charge is that the property you own & returned for taxes in 1914 is of greater value than $1500. J.W. Lindsay Comm. of Pensions Ellaville, Ga. January 9th 1915 Hon. J.W. Lindsay, Commissioner of Pensions Atlanta, Ga. Dear Sir: I served Mrs.K.A. Waler with notice yesterday. Will take her evidence Monday. Will mail you the paper on 1914 Digest as soon as possible. Please send me some blank applications for pensions. Yours Respectfully, C.r. Tondee, Ordinary, Schley County Taxes 1914 Acres of land Lot Dist. 101 168 29 85 167 29 5 194 29 101 193 29 2 99 30 Value $3000, kitchen & household furniture $100, horses $75, wagon $25. Total $3200. I, C.R. Tondee, Ordinary of Schley County, Georgia certify the above is a true copy from the tax digest of Schley Co., Ga. for the year 1914, of Mrs. K.A. Walker's property as assessed by the Tax Assessor of Schley Co., Ga. Witness my hand & official signature, this Jany. 20 1915. C.R. Tondee, Ordinary Ex Parte, Pension of Mrs. K.A. Walker, To, Hon. John W. Lindsay, Pension Commissioner of Georgia. And now comes Mrs. K.A. Walker and in answer to the notice served upon her to show cause why she should not be Stricken from the roll of pensioners and for answer to the same submits the following. Respondent would show that she has already been stricken from the roll of pensioners, by reccomendation of the Grand Jury of Schley County. That she was served with no notice of the action of the grand jury and that she was not heard before said body and she did not know of the action of the said grand jury until she saw the proceedings published in the County paper. Respondent would show the following facts. That by deed of her father (who died in the infacy of Respondent) that she was left an undivided interest in five hundred acres of land and that when she arrived of age, she married Thomas Walker who bought of her brothers and sisters their 6/? interest so that she and her husband owned the five hundred acres. That during the lifetime of her said husband that they sold off two hundred acres, so at the death of her husband she and her three children owned three hundred acres. That she owned a 1/7 and a 1/4 interest in the three hundred acres of land. That her children who were grown owned the balance of the three hundred acres. Respondent would show that her children to assure her from coming to actual want made her a quit claim deed (which is of record) to two hundred acres and allowed her to receive the rents from the other hundred acres. That while the title is in her to the two hundred acres, it was put there for the purpose as alledged. Respondent shows that she gave in for taxes all of the three hundred acres as she was in possession of the same and received the rents and profits from the same. Respondent shows that her son Thomas Walker has had the place in charge for her and rented it out for her and collected and turned over all the rents to her and that the following is a true statement of all the rents and profits received by Respopndent from said three hundred acres of land for 1914. To wit, seven bales of cotton of which 4 bales was sold and brought the sum of $132 & three bales on hand is now worth about $100. Respondent shows the tax assessors of Schley County assessed the taxes on said land so high that she had to pay the sum of $42 taxes which only left her the sum of $190 to live upon. Respondent would show that the place is run down so that it is hard to get tenants and that she is not able to have the same put in good condition. That the 200 acres rents for 4 bales of coton & the 100 acres rents for 3 bales. That the 100 acres belongs to her children Thomas Walker & Kittie King. Respondent would show that she is old and feeble and unable to make a living at any kind of work and that the rents and issues and profits of not only the two hundred acres to which she holds a quit claim deed from her children but including also the other hundred acres which the children allow her to receive the rents of is not sufficient to support her. Wherefore petitioner prays your honor to restore her name to the pension roll and that if the grand jury had allowed her to be heard she would have shown that while it appeared by the tax books that she was worth over the amount allowed by law that the tax books did not show all the facts connected with the ownership and control of said land. Personally comes before me Mrs. K.A. Walker who being duly sworn deposeth and says the facts contained and set forth in foregoing and above are true. K.A. Walker Sworn to and subscribed before me, this Jan. 20th 1915. C.R. Tondee, Ordinary, Schley County Georgia. Georgia Schley County Personally appeared befoe the undersigned officer Thomas H. Walker, who on oath says he is the son of Mrs. K.A. Walker and that he has read over her answer to the rule served upon her in regard to a pension and that the facts as to the quit claim deed as stated by his mother is true. Deponent says he has been renting out the said three hundred acres of land for his mother for several years and gave her all of the rents issues and profits arising from said land and that he furnished the renters wiyh supplies himself and that the renters are now owing him a large sum of money notwithstanding the facts that he has turned over to his mother every pounty of cotton collected as rent for rhe yea 1914. That the place of three hundred acres was rented by him to the best advantage possible, that he tried to get as much as possible for the rent of the same and that while his mother receives all of the rent it is not enough to decently support her. Deponent & his sister own 100 acres of this land & it rents fro 3 bales of cotton & on 200 acres rents for 4 bales of cotton. Deponent has managed the place with as good care and judgement as if it belonged to him and a piece of land is worth just what it will repay in money upon the investment used in the usual way. That the total revenue from all of said three hundred acres of which his mother only has a quit claim deed to two hundred acres that said land is not worth near the amount placed upon it by the tax assessors. Deponent says that real estate should at least pay 10 per cent net on the purchase price of the same and if the actual wear and tear of the three hundred acres is accounted for that it would take atleast two hundred dollars per year to keep said three hundred acres in proper repair. T.H. Walker Sworn to and subscribed before me, this Jan. 20th 1915. C.R. Tondee, Ordinary. NOTATION ON PENSION JACKET Pension office---1/28/1915 After due notice & hearing, it appears that as shown by tax book, that the taxable value of her property as shown by tax book of 1914 is $3200. It is ordered that her name be stricken from pension roll of Schley Co. J.W. Lindsay Comm of Pensions APPLICATION FOR PENSION BY A WIDOW UNDER ACT OF 1910 AS AMENDED BY ACT OF 1919 QUESTIONS FOR APPLICANT State of Georgia Schley County Personally before me comes Mrs. K.A.Walker of said state and county, and after being duly sworn, says she desires to apply for a pension allowed under the Act of 1910, as ammended by Act of 1919, and submit testimony to make out the same, true answers makes to the following questions to wit: 1. What is your name, and where do you reside? K.A. Walker. Ellaville, Ga. 2. How long and since when have you been a continuing resident of the state of Georgia? All my life. 3. When where and to whom were you married? 2nd day of April 1861, Schley County, Thomas J.Walker. a. Have you married since the death of first and soldier husband? No. 4. When, where and in what Company and Regiment did your husband enlist as a soldier in Confederate Army or Georgia Militia? 1864 Militia. He was a member of Joe Brown Militia & then joined a cavalry co. Jerry Lassater was Captain from Schley Co. (Co. D, 29th Ga. Cav. Bttn. T.J. Walker is not found on the roster) 5. When and where did the commands of your husband surrender or discharge from the army? At Andersonville, Ga. 1865. 6. Was your husband personally present at the time of surrender of discharge of this command? Yes. 7-8.n/a 8a. For what cause did he leave his command? Surrender. 8b. n/a 8c. n/a 8d. omitted 8e. What was his physical condition when he left his command? Was not well (hemoroids) 8f. n/a 8g. In what way was he prevented from going back to command? Surrender. 8h. Was he captured by the enemy at any time? No. 8i. n/a 8j. When and where did your first husband die? Ellaville, July 16th 1904, Schley Co. 8k. Where you residing together when he died? Yes. 8l. n/a 8m.Are you a widow? Yes. 9. Have you or your husband heretofore been paid a pension by the state? I was. If so, when and for what cause were you or your husband place on the roll? As an indigent pensioner & then dropped from the roll because the grand jury thought my property exceeded $1500. K.A. Walker Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 22nd day of September 1919. C.R. Tondee, Ordinary of Schley County. Georgia Schley County Personally appeared before me the undersigned officer, Mrs. Kittie A. Walker who on oath says that she is an applicant for a pension under amended act of 1910 and that the witnesses who was in the war with her husband that is known to deponent are dead. Deponent says she was on the pension list of Georgia as a soldier's widow during the years 191, 1912, 1913 & 1914 and the proof of the service ofher husband Thomas J. Walker is on file in the office of the Pension Commissioner (J.W. Lindsay) of said state. Deponent prays that the said John W. Lindsay, Pension Commissioner of said state may attach said proof to this the application fora pension by deponent. Deponent was stricken from the list of pensioners because the grand jury of Schley County thought that deponents property exceeded in value the sum of $1500. K.A.Walker Sworn to and subscribed before me this Sept. 22nd 1919. C.R. Tondee, Ordinary, Schley Co. APPLICATION FOR PENSION DUE TO A DECEASED PENSIONER (To Be Paid to the Ordinary for Expenses of Funeral and Last Illness) (Under Act Approved August 15, 1904) Georgia Schley County Personally before me, the Ordinary of said County comes T.S. Tondee of said county, who, after being sworn, on oath says that he knew Mrs. K.A. Walker of said county, and that said Pensioner was on the widow pension roll of Schley County at the time of death, which occurred in Schley Co., Ga., on the 3rd day of August 1928, and that a Pension of one hundred dollars was due pensioner and unpaid at the time of pensioner's death, and that pensioner left no widow or dependent children surviving, and no estate of any value sufficient to pay these funeral expenses, which amounted to the sum of $218.40, per sworn statements fully and completely itemized hereto attached. T.S. Tondee Sworn to an d subscribed before me this 9th day of August 1928. W.C. Stewart, Ordinary, Schley County. LETTER FROM PENSION COMMISSIONERS OFFICE August 11, 1928 Mr.W.C.Stewart Ordinary of Schley County Ellaville, Ga. My Dear Judge: As the accounts attached to the claim for funeral expenses of Mrs. K.A. Walker are not sworn to according to instructions on the bottom of the blank, please advise if this pensioner died leaving any estate of any value sufficient to pay these. With kind regards, Very truly yours John W.Clark Commissioner of Pensions (Hand written reply on bottom of letter) Mrs.k.A.Walker it appears had $50 in bank at the time of her death besides a life interest in considerable real estate. I do not know exactly what the law is in a case of that kind and will have to be governed by the ruling of the pension department. Respectfully, W.C.Stewart, Ordinary.