Washington Parish, LA Civil War Pension Application Submitted By: ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ Below is Grief Carroll’s Civil War Pension Application: SOLDIER’S APPLICATION FOR PENSION I, Grief Carroll, a native of Tennessee and now a citizen of Louisiana, resident at Popeville in the Parish of Washington in said State of Louisiana, and who was soldier, (sailor or marine as the case may be) from the State of Mississippi 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 Act 123 of the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana of 1898; and I do solemnly swear that I served the Confederate States honorably from the date of my enlistment until the close of the civil war, (or until discharged or paroled as the case may be,) as shown by my 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 Act No. 123 of 1898, as further shown by my answers to the questions below, which I swear to be true and correct: 1. In what town, county, State, country and year were you born? Answer: Franklin County Tenn. W.S.A. 1833. 2. When and where did you enlist, and in what command? Answer: October 2, 1861 East Pascagoula, Miss. - Capt. H. Bruno Griffin Command 3. Give the names of the regimental and company officers under whom you enlisted, and under whom you were serving at the date of your discharge or parole. Answer: Capt. Griffin, Johnson 1st Lieut Jesse E. Thompson 2nd Lieut. Wm Welch 2nd Junior Lieut. Company L. 27th Miss. Reg. At my discharge Wm. Welch rest of officers being captured killed and wounded. 4. Were you wounded? If so, in what battles, and if not, state under what circumstances during the war you received injury or injuries. Answer: I received none. 5. What was the precise nature of your wound or wounds, if any? Answer: None 6. If you have lost a limb or any eye, state when, where and how. Answer: My eyes are badly effected from exposure during the war. 7. Where you discharged from the army by reason of wound, wounds, or from the effects of service? Answer: From effects of service 8. If discharged or paroled from the army, where were you, and what did you do until the close of the war? Answer: Dalton, Ga. at home. I farmed until close of War. I received a furlough from service at Dalton, Ga. by furnishing a recruit. 9. What was the name of the surgeon who attended you when discharged? Answer: None 10. Where were you at the surrender? Answer: At home. 11. If a prisoner, in what camp, and when were you released, and to where sent? Answer: Murfreesborough, Tenn. February 1868 - Chattanooga, Tenn. 12. Did you take the oath of allegiance to the United States Government at any time during the war? Answer: Did not 13. If so, when, where and under what circumstances? Answer: Did not 14. 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: Twenty six years Louisiana 15. Are you married or have you been married? Answer: Married 16. If so, what is the size of your family? Answer: Three 17. What are the respective ages of your wife and children? Answer: Wife sixty-one child eight 18. How many children have you, and how many of each sex? Answer: Five three boys and two girls 19. Are you engaged in any business? If so, what do you earn? Answer: Farming unable to earn a livehood 20. Have you any estate in your own right, real or personal, and what is its value? Answer: Forty acres land fifty dollars 21. Has your wife any estate in her own right, real or personal, and what is its value? Answer: None 22. How have you derived support for yourself, and family if you have one, for the last five years, and what prevents you from earning a living now? Answer: Farming. My eyes and other diseases. 23. Do you use any intoxicants to any extent? Answer: I do not 24. Have you an attorney to look after this application? Answer: None 25. Give his name, address, and the compensation agreed between you. Answer: XX 26. Give names of two or more of your comrades with their postoffice addresses. Answer: Andrew Vaughan Three Rivers, Miss. - Solomon Oswell Three Rivers, Miss. 27. Give your postoffice address and that of the two witnesses. Answer: Louis Crain & Frances Nobles, both of Popeville, Louisiana Witness my hand this 6th day of October, 1898 his Grief x Carroll mark Witnesses: Louis Crain his Francis x Nobles mark APPLICANT MUST GO BEFORE CLERK OF COURT State of Louisiana Washington Parish Personally appeared before me, L. A. Bickham clerk of the District Court of said Parish, the above named Grief Carroll the applicant, with whom I am personally acquainted, and having the application read and fully 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 6th day of October, 1898. L. A. Bickham Clerk (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 applicant’s army service.) State of Louisiana Washington Parish Personally appeared before me, L. A. Bickham Clerk of the District Court of said Parish, the above named Louis Crain and Frances Nobles, two of the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing application, with whom I am personally acquainted, and known 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 theyhave 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 6th day of October, 1998. L. A. Bickham Popeville, La. Nov. 14, 1898. Mr. E. F. Brian. Baton Rouge, La. Dear Sir – Yours of good inst. received and contents noted. My Company L 27th Miss. Regiment. Captain under whom I enlisted was H. B. Griffin. Yours, Respt. Grieff Carroll