Jones County, NC - J.W. Burkett Civil War Pension, 1910

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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA 
County of Jones

(Note that on this page J. B. Collins, CSC is at the head but it is 
signed by Plato Collins at end)

On this 3rd day of Sept, A. D., 1910, personally appeared before me J. 
B. Collins, C.S.C. in and for the State and county aforesaid, J W 
Burkett, age 82 years, and a resident at Dover, RFD #2 postoffice, in 
said county and State, and who, being duly sworn, makes the following 
declaration in order to obtain the pension under the provisions of an 
act entitled, “An act for the relief of certain Confederate Soldiers, 
Sailors and Widows,” ratified March 8, 1907; that he is the identical J 
W Burkett who enlisted in Co C, 27 Reg. N.C. State Troops on or about 
the 1st day of April, 1861, to service in the armies of the late 
Confederate States, and that while in said service at Reauns Station, 
in the State of Va, on or about the _____ day of ________ 186_, he 
received a wound or wounds, etc.

(Applicant will here state the nature and extent of his wounds and 
disability, so that a proper classification can be made under the new 
Pension Law passed by the General Assembly of 1907.  Read said section 
of said law carefully, and to accomplish the classification therein 
called for let statement here as to nature and extent of wounds, 
disability, etc., be very full and explicit).

Wounded over left eye – never been able to see much of that eye and now 
the other one is affected.

He further states that he is, and has been for twelve months 
immediately preceding this Application for Pension, a bona fide 
resident of North Carolina; that he holds no office under the United 
States, or under any State or county, from which he is receiving the 
sum of three hundred dollars as fees or as salary annually; that he is 
not worth in his own right, or the right of his wife, property at its 
assessed value for taxation to the amount of five hundred dollars 
($500), nor has he disposed of property of such value by gift or 
voluntary conveyance since the 11th of March, 1885, and that he is not 
receiving any aid from the State of North Carolina or under any other 
statute providing for the relief of the maimed and blind soldiers of 
the State.

Sworn and subscribed to before me this 3 day of Sept, 1910

(signed) Plato Collins  Signature of C. S. C. (this is written in) of 
Lenoir Co.

(signed) his mark JW Burkett    Signature of Applicant.

Also personally appeared before W. D. Rayner , who resides at Kinston 
postoffice in said county and State, a person whom I know to be 
respectable and entitled to credit, and being by me duly sworn, says he 
is acquainted with J. W. Burkett, the applicant for pension, and has 
every reason to believe that he is the identical person he represents 
himself to be, and that the facts set forth in this affidavit are 
correct to the best of his knowledge and belief, and that he has no 
interest, direct or indirect, in this claim.

Sworn and subscribed to before me this 3rd day of Sept, 1910

(signed) Plato Collins  Signature of C. S. C. (this is written in) of 
Lenoir Co

(signed) W. D. Rayner  Signature of Witness.

Also personally appeared before me John A. Pollock a physician in good 
standing in the said county and State, and being duly sworn, says that 
he has carefully and thoroughly examined J. W. Burkett, the applicant 
for pension, and finds such disability for manual (end of this page JH)


STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

Jones COUNTY.

To the Auditor of the State of North Carolina

We certify that we have carefully examined the application (this is 
written in JH) to increase pension of JW Burkett for pension under the 
provisions of an act entitled “An act for the relief of certain 
Confederate Soldiers, Sailors and Widows,” ratified March 8 1907, and 
the proofs filed in support thereof; that we are satisfied the said JW 
Burkett is the identical person who enlisted in Company C, 27 Regiment 
of NC Troops, on or about the 1st day of April 1861, and who was 
disabled in a manner and to the extent stated in the foregoing 
certificates of himself and physician in consequence of a wound 
received in battle on or about the ___day of __________, 186_, and we 
certify the following allegations set forth in his application to be 
true, namely:  That he is, and has been for twelve months immediately 
preceding this Application for Pension, a bona fide resident of North 
Carolina; that he holds no office under the United States, or under any 
State or county, from which he is receiving the sum of three hundred 
dollars as fees or as salary annually; that he is not worth in his own 
right, or the right of his wife, property at its assessed value for 
taxation to the amount of five hundred dollars ($500), nor has he 
disposed of property of such value by gift or voluntary conveyance 
since the 11th of March, 1885, and that he is not receiving aid from 
any other source from the State of North Carolina, and therefore his 
application is correct and just under the act.

(SEAL) (signed) JB Collins
Clerk Superior Count.

(IMPRESS COUNTY SEAL HERE).

Approved:

(signed) W. C. Kinsey
(signed) JW Wootin
(signed) F.M. Dixon
 County Pension Board

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