Wesley A. Jackson, Soldier's Application For Pension
Vernon Parish Louisiana
Submitted by Chere Lee
Date: April 5, 2012

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SOLDIER'S APPLICATION FOR PENSION

I, Wesley A. Jackson, a native of Ala. and now a citizen of
Louisiana, resident at Walnut Hill in the Parish of Vernon
in said State of Louisiana, and who was a soldier, (sailor or
marine as the case may be) from the State of [blank] 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 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. 125 of 1898, as further
shown by my answers to the question below, which I swear to be 
true and correct: 
1. In what town, county, State, country and year were you born?
   Answer: In the town of Mobile Mobile Co. Ala. in the year
   1846.
2. When and where did you enlist, and in what command?
   Answer: About June 1864 at Alexandria, Rapides Parish
   Louisiana, In Louis Texada Command, afterwards transfered 
   to the Consolidated Cresent Regt
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: Regimental officers Col. Bierd Capt Jack Self, Liet
   Trothrow, Artly Sarg Abe Darwin Co "D" Consolidated Cresent
   Regiment
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 was not wounded
5. What was the precise nature of your wound or wounds, if any?
   Answer:  None
6. If you have lost a limb or an eye, state when, where and how?
   Answer: None
7. Were you discharged from the army by reason of wound, wounds,
   or from the effects of service?
   Answer: I was not
8. If discharged or paroled from the army, where were you and
   what did you do until the close of the war? 
   Answer: I was not discharged but stacked arms and went home
9. What was the name of the surgeon who attended you when
   discharged?
   Answer: None
10. Where were you at surrender?
    Answer: At Grantico Natchitoches Parish La.