G.W. Bass, Soldier's Application for Pension
Rapides Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Chere Lee	
Date: May 20, 2012

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Soldier's Application for Pension.

I, G.W. Bass, a native of Louisiana and now a citizen of
Louisiana, resident at Forest Hill in the Parish of Rapides
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 swear 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 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 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: In Rapides Parish Louisiana on Jan 11th 1846
2. [When and where did you enlist?]
   Answer: at Hineston Rapides Parish La in Oct 1863
3. Give the letter of your Company and the number of your 
   regiment.
   Answer: Company I Sixth Louisiana Cavalry
4. Give branch of service, Artillery, Infantry, Cavalry or Navy,
   give name or names of vessels you served in, or in what
   capacity.
   Answer: Cavelry
5. If discharged or paroled from the army, where were you, and 
   what did you do until the close of the war?
   Answer: Paroled. I was in La. Texas and was a cattle driver 
   from points in Texas to points on Red River in Louisiana
   where Beaves were delivered to boats and soldiers
6. Where were you at the surrender?
   Answer: On Colorado River in Texas
7. If a prisoner, in what camp, and where were you released,
   and to where sent?
   Answer: Paroled and sent home by Capt William Ivie on account
   of being sickly and told by Capt Ivie to stay until he come
   are sent for me
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: I did not
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: No Business. I try to mak a living farrming
11. Have you or your wife any estate in your own right, real or
    personal, and what is its value?
    Answer: We have none
12. Give name of two or more comrades, with their postoffice
    addresses?
    Answer: Jim Babb. Lecompte La
            H.J. Bennett Forest Hill La
            John Sanderson Cicamore La
13. Give your postoffice address and that of the two witnesses.
    Answer: My Po address is Forest Hill La

Witness my hand on this 30th day of September 1921
G.W. Bass [his mark]
APPLICANT.

Witnesses:
H.J. Bennett [his mark]
John Sanderson