Branch, Theophilus in the Union Army; Winn, Rapides, LA
Submitter: Junior Branch
Date: 17 Oct 2006
Source: NARA
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                    Deposition

 Case of Mary Branch,   No 617622
 On this 18 day of June 1902,at near Gaars Mills county of Winn
 State of La. before me S.S.Galiher,aspeical examiner of Pensions,
 personally appeared W.Branch,who,being by me first duly sworn to
 answer truly all interrogatories propounded to him during this
 special examination of aforesaid claim for pension,deposes and
 says:I am 51 years of age former residence near and post office
 address is Gaars Mills,La.I am a son of the claimant and soldier
 and I am the oldest child.I remember when the civil war began,and
 remember many events that transpired in this neighborhood during
 the war.I know that my father kept to his work during the war until
 he could do so no longer and not expect to be captured by the confid
 erates.He then took to the woods and kept up that place for about
 sixteen months when he came home and was helping me to do the
 planting when a squad of confiderate cavalry came and caught him
 and carried him off.He was gone from home between ten and fifteen days
 and returned he had a furlough of five or six days and he told me
 that he got the furlough for the purpose,so he told them of
 straightening up his business and getting his clothing and then
 he would come back.After he reached home he stayed home until his
 furlough expired,but in the meantime he was trying to get up a
 crowd to go to the union army,and after his furlough expired he
 kept to the woods until he,with the others left for Alexandria
La to join the union army.I think that my father left here in
 April 1863 and he did not return here until July 1865.My
 father died June 12,1895 and my mother has not remarried nor lived with any

 man as his wife sence his death.The soldier left at his death 120 acres
 of poor land,a pair of Jennies,and five or six head of cattle.At the
 time my father died this piece of land would not have brought at a
 sale over one hundred and twenty five dollars.My mother has had no
 means of support since the date of filing her claim for pension
 except what she derived from the sale of the personal property of said
 above,after paying her indebtedness.Since the land was sold my mother
 has been supported by her children as lives with one awhile and
 then goes to another one.I have heard my statement read and my answers have been
correctly recorded.  W.Branch  Deponent.

 Sworn to and subscribed before me this 18 day of JUNE,1902 AND I CERTIFY
 THAT THE contents were fully made known to deponent before signing.

                                         S.S.Galiher