Pension Application for James M. Nash of Jackson Parish, Louisian Submitted by Hugh LeBaron ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** TIPS FOR SEARCHING RECORDS ON THE INTERNET Netscape & Ms Explorer users: If searching for a particular surname, locality or date while going through the records in the archives or anywhere....try these few steps: 1. Go to the top of the report you are searching. 2. Click on EDIT at the top of your screen. 3. Next click on FIND in the edit menu. 4. When the square pops up, enter what you are looking for in the FIND WHAT ___________blank. 5. Click on DIRECTION __DOWN. 6. And last click on FIND NEXT and continue to click on FIND NEXT until you reach the end of the report. This should highlight the item that you indicated in "find what" every place it appears in the report. You must continue to click on FIND NEXT till you reach the end of the report to see all of the locations of the item indicated. SOLDIER'S APPLICATION FOR PENSION I, J. M. Nash, a native of Georgia and now a citizen of Louisiana at Quitman in the parish of Jackson in said State of Louisiana, and who was a soldier, (sailor or marine as the case may be) from the State of _________________ 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 125 of the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana of 1898; and I do solemnly swear that I served the Confederate State 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. 125 of 1898, as further shown by my answers to the questions below, which I swear to be true and correct. In what town, county, State , Country and year were you born? Answer: ____Crawford County, Georgia - Born June 15th 1826_____________________ When and where did you enlist, and in what command? Answer: _In 1861 at Montgomery Winn Parish La._I enlisted in the 28th Louisiana Cavalry(74 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: ____Clark - Colonel____Hardee - Capt____________________________ 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 was not. I contracted asma [asthma] and kidney disease from exposure during the war.____ What was the precise nature of your wound or wounds, if any? Answer: ______________________________________________________________ If you lost a limb or an eye, state when, where and how? Answer:______________________________________________________________ Were you discharged from the army by reason of wound, wounds, or from the effects of service? Answer: ______I was not_____________________________________________ If discharged or paroled from the Army, where were you, and what did you do until the close of the war? Answer: ______________________________________________________________ What was the name of the surgeon who attended you when discharged? Answer: ______________________________________________________________ Where were you at the surrender? Answer: ____I was at Natchitoches_______________________________________ If a prisoner, in what camp, and when were you released, and to where sent? Answer: _____________________________________________________________ Did you take the oath of allegiance to the United States Government at any time during the war? Answer: _____I did not______________________________________________ If so, when, where and under what circumstances? Answer: ______________________________________________________________ How long have you been a resident of the State of Louisiana next preceding the date of this application? Where have you resided during this period? Answer: ____About 42 years.__I have resided in Jackson Parish except about 18 months I resided in Winn Parish.________________________________________________ Are you married or have you been married? Answer: ____I am._________________________________________________ If so, what is the size of your family? Answer: ____Myself and my wife.________________________________________ What are the respective ages of your wife and children? Answer: ____My wife is 69 years old. My children are 44, 41, 31, & 26._____________ How many children have you, and how many of each sex? Answer: ___4 children____3 boys & one girl_________________________________ Are you engaged in any business? If so, what do you earn? Answer: ____I am not. I am unable to attend to any business at all._________________ Have you any estate in your own right, real or personal, and what is its value? Answer: ____I do not own any property.____________________________________ Has your wife any estate in her own right, real or personal, and what is its value? Answer: ___She has not______________________________________________ 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: ______I have derived a support by selling my land and personal property and am now living on another's land._______________________________________________ Do you use any intoxicants to any extent? Answer: ___I do not.________________________________________________ Have you an attorney to look after this application? Answer:_ ___I have not.______________________________________________ Give his name, address, and the compensation agreed between you. Answer:______________________________________________________________ Give names of two or more of your comrades with their postoffice [sic] addresses. Answer: ____Peter Shoran Quitman P.O.__T. H. Alexander(75 _Quitman P.O._______ Give your postoffice (sic) address and that of the two witnesses. Answer: ____My post office is Quitman-J. J. White, Vernon [and] Joel Grigsly, Vernon___ Witnesses my hand this _26th day of __Jan__1899. his __J M_X Nash__ mark Witness: his __J. J. X White______ mark John Grigsby_________ APPLICANT MUST GO BEFORE CLERK OF COURT STATE OF LOUISIANA} __Jackson_______ Parish} Personally appeared before me, __W. R. Carroll__________ Clerk of the District Court of said Parish, the above named __J. M. Nash__ the applicant, with whom I am personally acquainted, and having the applicant read and fully explain 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 26 day of __Jan_ 1899. __W. R. Carroll__ Clerk (If possible, the two witnesses as to character should have served with the applicant in the army, and if so, let them, or other, state in their oath; also any other information regarding applicant's army service.) STATE OF LOUISIANA} ____Jackson_________ Parish} Personally appeared before me, ___W. R. Carroll_________ Clerk of the District Court of said Parish, the above named ___J. J. White__________________and __John Grigsby__ , 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 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 __26__ day of __Jan__1899. __W. R. Carroll__ Clerk