Confederate Pension Application for Green E. Noble, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. Submitted by Sherry Sanford. ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Parish of E.B. Rouge No. 2825 SOLDIERS APPLICATION FOR PENSION Green E. Noble P.O. Pride Company and Regiment: Co. C. 9 La. Cav. , Ogden's Battl Filed: Sept. 25, 1902 Allowed: (blank) Quarterly Allowance $: (blank) Pension Allowed from: (blank) Rejected: (blank) (Signatures of President & Secretary, Board of Pension Comm. Is unreadable) Company and Regiment or Naval Service? Answer: (blank) Date, Place and Nature of Wound Received? Answer: (blank) Where and When Paroled or Discharged? Answer: (blank) If Discharged, Where Remaining until Surrender? Answer: (blank) Age? Answer: (blank) SOLDIERS APPLICATION FOR PENSION I, Green E. Noble, a native of Louisiana and now a citizen of Louisiana, resident at Pride, P.O. in the Parish of East Baton Rouge 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 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 fro 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 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: 1. When were you born? Answer: In 1835, on the 5th day of April 2. Where were you born? Answer: In the Parish of East Baton Rouge 3. When did you enlist in the Confederate service? Answer: In 1862 4. Where did you enlist? Answer: At the Plains, in East Baton Rouge Parish, La. 5. In what command? Answer: 3rd La. Cavalry 6. Give the letter of your Company? Answer: C 7. Give the number of your regiment? Answer: 3rd La. Cavalry 8. 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 9. 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: John Jones, Capt. Company "C" Winfield, Col. Commanding Regiment. Was serving in Ogden's Bat. At date of surrender, Capt. Co. "C" = G.C. Mills - Ogden, Col- Commanding at Gainsville, Alabama 10. Were you wounded? If so, in what battles, and if not, state under what circumstances during the war you received injury or injuries. Answer: No 11. What was the precise nature of your wound or wounds, if any? Answer: Not wounded 12. If you have lost a limb, or an eye, state when, where and how? Answer: I have not 13. Were you discharged from the army by reason of wound, wounds, or from the effects of service? Answer: No 14. If discharged or paroled from the army, where were you, and what did you do until the close of the war? Answer: Served until end of war 15. What was the name of the surgeon who attended you when discharged? Answer: Tolbert was chief surgeon & Buno (?) asst. 16. Where were you at the surrender? Answer: At Magnolia, Miss. Hospital 17. If a prisoner, in what camp, and where were you released, and to where sent? Answer: I was not a prisoner 18. Did you take the oath of allegiance to the United States Government at any time during the war? Answer: No 19. If so, when, where and under what circumstances? Answer: Did not 20. 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: Have lived in the State of Louisiana all my life. 21. Are you married, or have you been married? Answer: I have been married - wife has been dead 15 years 22. If so, what is the size of your family? Answer: 5 grown children 23. What are the respective ages of your wife and children? Answer: Children from 22 to 41 24. How many children have you, and how many of each sex? Answer: 5 children, 3 boys and 2 girls 25. Are you engaged in any business? If so, what do you earn? Answer: No 26. Have you any estate in your own right, real or personal, and what is its value? Answer: I have none. 27. Has your wife any estate in her own right, real or personal, and what is its value? Answer: No 28. How have you derived support for yourself, and family if you have one, for the last five years? Answer: I have supported myself making a small corn crop and have been cared for by my children. 29. What prevents you from earning a living now? Answer: Old age and general debility, arthritis and a broken shoulder 30. Do you use intoxicants to any extent? Answer: No 31. Have you an attorney to look after this application? Answer: No 32. Give his name, address, and the compensation agreed between you? Answer: None 33. Give name of two or more of your comrades with their postoffice addresses? Answer: Sym Whitehead, Puckett, P.O., La., Frank Crumholt, Puckett P.O., La. 34. Give your postoffice address and that of the two witnesses? Answer: L. Mahoney, Pride, P.O. La., Thos. E.McHugh, Baton Rouge, La. Witness my hand on this 25th day of September, 1902 (Signed) G.E. Noble, applicant Witnesses: L. Mahoney T.E. McHugh (Letters contained with this Pension Application) State of La. Parish of East Baton Rouge To the Hon. Band of Pesnion Commissioners Gent. I enlisted in 1862 in the Plains near Port Hudson under Capt. Jones, John Cage First Lieut., Gib Mills 2nd Lieut. Ed Young 3rd Lieut. We were moved to Camp Moore in May 1862. After (?) at camp Moore we were sent into the Confederate line & we were under Col. Winfield until after the Battle of Baton Rouge (?) the 5th 1862 from there we were sent to Port Hudson. And served under Colonel Gardner, until aftter the Battle of the Plains Cross Roads. After that we served under Col. Griffith Conrad, and were in (?) same commandment (?) under him. After that our company and Capt. Byers company were sent to Mississippi to Captain Dusten (?) and send them to Brandon Miss. Our company served in Missis. (?) County and Capt. Bogans company in Jones county. We served about seven months in Marion County. After that we were transferred to De Shoultells Regiment. Co(?) G. And Captan Caiyn (?) was promoted to Lieutentant Col. And Mills was our Captain. We lost Col. Cage and served off our men at Tupelo Miss. In Battle. We were afther that Transferred to Col. Ogden's Regiment. And changed officers. Our Captain was Gib Mills, First Lieut. Ed Young,, Sec. George Cage, Third Tom Fuqua, Company C. We surrerended at Gainsville, Ala. At the close of the war. Very Respectfully (Signed) G.E. Noble I hereby certify that my Books show that G.E. Noble sold his place in this neighborhood to J.T. Barksdale April the 7th 1900. Since that time J.T. Barksdale has transferred his title to Eddie (can't read last name). I did the writing in the (?). Very Respectfully, W. A Leviy (?) J.P. (Letter) Board of Pension Commissioners State of Louisiana Baton Rouge January 27, 1932 2, 155 - Noble Mr. W.H. Smith, Pride, Louisiana. Dear Mr. Smith: I am returning herewith the application for headstone for grave of Green E. Noble, with the following information, taken from his application for pension: Green E. Noble was born in the Parish of East Baton Rouge, Louisisna, on April 5th, 1835. He enlisted in the Confederate Army at the Plains, in East Baton Rouge Parish, La., in the year 1862, as a private in Co. C, 3rd Regt. Louisiana Cavalry, C.S.A., and served under Capt. John Jones. At the time of the surrender he was serving under Capt. G.C. Mills in Company C, Ogden's Battalion La. Cavalry, C.S.A., and was in the hospital at Magnolia, Mississippi. Mr Noble drew a pension under No. 2155. No official record of service is on file in this office with Mr. Noble's pension papers. His application was witnessed by L. Mahoney and T.E. McHugh, who certified to the correctness of the information given. Yours very truly, Secretary, Board of Pension Commissioners.