Civil War Pension Application of Emile A. Bordelon, Avoyelles Parish, LA Submitted by: Cathy (Lemoine) Sturgell Date: 2/26/2005 Source: Civil War Pension Application ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ NOTE: This is a transcription of Emile A. Bordelon's Soldier's Application for Pension. Emile was my great-grandfather. He was married twice: 1st marriage was to Lea Juneau in 1873 and his second marriage was to Adolphine Rabalais (my great- grandmother) in 1883. He was the s/o Augustin Bordelon and Constance Marcotte. The application was approved in March 1914. Emile died in November of the same year and is buried in Bordelonville, Louisiana ******************************************************************** Parish of Avoyelles No. 8160 Soldier's Application for Pension The Board Reserves the Right to Call for Additional Testimony Emile A. Bordelon P.O. Bordelonville Company and Regiment B, 8th LA Cav Filed Nov 29, 1913 Allowed March 11th 1914 Quarterly Allowance, $ ________________ Pension Allowed from _________________ Rejected 12/11/13 Record-ok - Assessors Cert missing _________________________, President ______(illegible - maybe R. C Allen??), Secretary Board of Pension Commissioners. All documentary evidence substantiating your claim should accompany this application. All applications should be addressed to the Secretary of the Board of Pension Commissioners, at Baton Rouge. Blanks will be furnished by the Secretary on request. Regular meetings of the Board second Tuesdays in March, June, September and December. Company and Regiment or Naval Service? B, 8th LA Cav. Date, Place and Nature of Wound Received? _________________________ Disability - Where and How Occasioned? _________________________ Where and When Paroled or Discharged? Natchitoches, LA If Discharged, Where Remaining until Surrender? ________________________ Age 69 *********************************************************************** SOLDIER'S APPLICATION FOR PENSION I, Emile A. Bordelon, a native of Louisiana and now a citizen of Louisiana, resident at Bordelonville, in the Parish of Avoyelles in said State of Louisiana, and who was a soldier (sailor or marine as the case may be) from the State of Louisiana in the Confederate States army (or navy as the case may be) in the war between the United States and the Confederate States, do hereby apply for aid under Article 303 of the Constitution of 1898, and subsequent Acts of the State Legislature thereunder, and I do solemnly sweat that I served the Confederate States honorably from the day of my enlistment until the close of the civil war, (or until discharged or paroled as the case may be), as shown by answers below, and that I remained true to the Confederate cause until the surrender, and that I am now in indigent circumstances, and unable to earn a livelihood by my own labor or skill, and that I am not salaried or otherwise provided for by the State of Louisiana or by any other State or government, and am entitled to receive the benefits of said Acts, as further shown by my answers to the questions below, which I swear to be true and correct: 1. When and where were you born? Answer: On the 7th of January 1844 at Bordelonville, LA 2. When and where did you enlist? Answer: About the 25th day of May 1864 at Mansura, LA 3. Give the letter of your Company and the number of your Regiment. Answer: Company "B" of the 8th Louisiana 4. Give branch of service, Artillery, Infantry, Cavalry or Navy; if in Navy, give name or names of vessels you served in, or in what capacity. Answer: Cavalry 5. If discharged or paroled from the army, where were you, and what did you do until the close of the war? Answer: Never was discharged 6. Where were you at the surrender? Answer: Natchitoches, LA 7. If a prisoner, in what camp, and where were you released, and to where sent? Answer: Never was a prisioner 8. Did you take the oath of allegiance to the United States Government at any time during the war? If so, when and where? Answer: No 9. How long have you been a resident of the State of Louisiana next preceding the date of this application? Where have you resided during that period? Answer: All my life. 10. Are you engaged in any business? If so, what do you earn? Answer: I make a little crop. 11. Have you or your wife an estate in your own right, real or personal, and what is its value? Answer: I own a small tract of land on which I live valued at $480.00. 12. Give name of tow or more of your comrades, with their postoffice address? Answer: Paulin D. Mayeux at Moreauville, LA R.F.D. No 1. and Remi Bordelon at Bordelonville, LA 13. Give your postoffice address and that of the two witnesses: Answer: My Postoffice address is Moreauville, LA R.F.D. No 1. and the witnesses is Marksville, LA Witness my hand on this 28th day of November 1913. (Emile A. (his X mark) Bordelon) Applicant Witnesses: (A.E. Gremillion) (I. B. Lemoine) **************************************************************************** Applicant Must Go Before Clerk of Court, or Notary Public, or Justice of the Peace State of Louisiana Avoyelles Parish Personally appeared before me, Charles J. Mayeux, Deputy Clerk of the District Court of said Parish, the above named Emile A. Bordelon the applicant, with whom I am personally acquainted, and having the application read and explained to him as well as the statements and answers therein made, made oath that the statements and answers are true. Witness my hand and seal of office, this 28th day of November 1913 (Chas.J. Mayeux, Ds.Clerk of Court) (If possible, the two witnesses as to character should have served with the applicant in the army, and, if so, let them, or either, state it in their oath; also, any other information regarding teh applicant's army service.) State of Louisiana Avoyelles Parish Personally appeared before me, Charles J. Mayeux, Deputy Cleark of the District Court of said Parish, the above named Alfred E. Gremillion and Ignatius B. Lemoine, two of the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing application, with whom I am personally acquainted, and know to be citizens of veracity and standing in this community, and who make oath that they are personally acquainted with the foregoing applicant, and that the facts set forth and statements made in his application are correct and true to the best of their knowledge and belief, and that they have no interest in this claim, and that said applicant's habits are good and free from dishonor. Witness my hand and seal of office, this 28th day of November 1913. (Chas.J. Mayeux, Ds.Clerk of Court) ************************************************************************** No. 12583 Judge A. C. Allen, President E. F. Brian, Secretary Franklin, LA Baton Rouge, LA STATE OF LOUISIANA OFFICE OF BOARD OF PENSION COMMISSIONERS Baton Rouge, LA, Nov. 29 1913 To Chief of the Record and Pension Office War Department Washington, D.C. Dear Sir: This Board, in the discharge of its duties under Article (illegible) of the Constitution of 1898 of the State of Louisiana, and of Act (illegible) 125 of its General Assembly of the same year, created a Boar(illegible) Pension Commissioners, respectfully apply for information (illegible) your records, relative to Emile A. Bordelon of Company B 8th LA Cavalry Claims he enlisted about (illegible) 25th May 1864 at Mansura LA and was at Natchitoches, LA at the surrender. Please give (illegible) record. Very respectfully, (A. C. Allen) President ************************************************************************* (Seal: Adjutant General's Office, War Department, December 4, 1913, 2103659) 12583 WAR DEPARTMENT THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE 2103659 Washington December 5, 1913 Respectfully returned to the President Louisiana Board of Pension Commissioners Baton Rouge. There are no rolls on file in this office of Troop B, 8th Louisiana Cavalry, C.S.A. The prisioner of war records show, however, that Emile _ Bordelon, private of said organization, was surrendered at New Orleans, Louisiana, May 26, 1865, and that he was paroled at Alexandria, Louisiana, June 28, 1865. (Geo. Andrews) The Adjutant General ************************************************************************** STATE OF LOUISIANA Judge A.C. Allen, President Franklin, LA E.F. Brian, Secretary Baton Rouge, LA OFFICE OF BOARD OF PENSION COMMISSIONERS BATON ROUGE, LA Feb 6, 1914 Mr. Emile A. Bordelon Bordelonville, LA Dear Sir: The Board requires the Assessors Certificate of your property valuation. Respectfully, (illegible signature and title) ************************************************************************** 12583 STATE OF LOUISIANA PARISH OF AVOYELLES # I do hereby certify that Emile A. Bordelon a resident of the Sixth Ward in the Parish of Avoyelles, is assessed with thirty acres of land valued at 480 (480). (__ Bielkiewi__) Deputy Assessor