William C. Nash, Soldier's Application For Pension
Rapides Parish Louisiana
Submitted by Chere Lee
April 1, 2012

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I, William C. Nash, a native of Georgia and now a citizen of
Louisiana , resident at Glenmora 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 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 benfits of said
Acts, as further shown by my answers to the following questions
below, which I swear to be true and correct: 

1. When and where were you born?
   Answer: January 9th, 1848, Henry County, Georgia
2. When and where did you enlist?
   Answer: Alexandria, Louisiana, cn cr about October 10th 1865
3. Give the letter of your Company and the number of your
   Regiment.
   Answer: Company E. Consolidated Cresent Regiment
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: Infantry
5. If discharged or paroled from the army, where were you, and
   what did you do until the close of the war?
   Answer: Alexandria, Louisiana, discharged at close of war.
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: [blank]
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: October 1859, Rapides Parish.
10. Are you engaged in any business? If so, what do you earn?
    Answer: No
11. Have you or your wife any estate in your own right, real or
    personal, and what is its value?
    Answer: No
12. Give name of two or more comrades, with their postoffice
    addresses?
    Answer: Smith Crowder, Glenmora, La.
            W.F. Blackman, Alexandria, La.
            John Savage, Cheneyville, La.
13. Give your postoffice address and that of the two witnesses.
    Answer: W.F. Blacman, Alexandria, Louisiana
            Dave T. Stafford, Alexandria, Louisiana

Witness my hand on this 22nd day of February 1922
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Witnesses:
W.F. Blackman
D.T. Stafford