Wesley A. Jackson, Soldier's Application For Pension
Vernon Parish Louisiana
Submitted by Chere Lee
Date: April 16, 2012

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Soldier's Application for Pension.
I, W.A. Jackson, a native of Ala. and now a citizen of Louisiana
resident at Simpson in the Parish of Vernon, Louisiana 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 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 Actss, 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: Born on 11, day of December 1946.
2. When and where did you enlist?
   Answer: In Rapides Parish, now Vernon Parish, in Spring
   of 1864, I enlisted.
3. Give the letter of your Company and the number of your 
   Regiment.
   Answer: Martin's Company "K".
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: Was first Cavalry, and then transferred to Company
   "D" of Consolidated Cresent Regiment Infantry.
5. If discharged or paroled from the army, where were you, and
   what did you do until the close of the war?
   Answer: Was never discharged, but disbanned at Grandecore,
   Louisiana., on Red River in Natchitoches Parish, La., and
   from there went home after the surrender in the year of
   1865.
6. Where were you at the surrender?
   Answer: At Grandecore, La. Natchitoches Parish, La.
7. If a prisoner, in what camp, and where were you released,
   and to where sent?
   Answer: Never was a prisoner.
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 never did.
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: I have resided in Louisiana since 1859, mostly in
   Vernon Parish, La.
10. Are you engaged in any business? If so, what do you earn?
   Answer: No business at all.
11. Have you or your wife any estate in your own right, real
   or personal, and what is its value?
   Answer: I have no property in my own right, but my wife has
   property valued at $500.00.
12. Give name of two or more of your comrades, with their post
   office addresses?
   Answer: Nathan S. Smart, DeRidder, La. James P. Warrick, 
   DeRidder, La. and S.G. Dowden, Natchitoches, La.
13. Give your postoffice address and that of the two witnesses.
   Answer: Simpson, La. E. Williamson, Simpson, La. D.R.
   Williamson, Simpson, La.

Witness my hand on this 26, day of December 1916
W.A. Jackson

WITNESSES:
J T Brown
C. illegible