Onslow County NcArchives Military Records.....Hoffman, John H. 1901 Civilwar - Pension ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Jo Huettl johit@suddenlink.net November 3, 2009, 6:28 pm SOLDIER'S APPLICATION FOR PENSION STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA County of Onslow On this 8th day of July, A. D., 1901, J. W. Burton, C.S.C., personally appeared before me in and for the State and county aforesaid, John H Hoffman, age 59 years, and a resident at Richlands post office, 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 John H. Hoffman who enlisted in Co K, 61 Reg. N.C. State Troops on or about the 1st day of September, 1862, to service in the armies of the late Confederate States, and that while in said service at Fort Harris, in the State of Va, on or about the 31st day of September 1864, 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). I was shot through the left thigh which has fastte disable my left leg and I am fastly incapable to perform manual labor. 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 8th day of July, 1901 (signed) J W Burton Signature of C. S. C. (signed) John H Huffman Signature of Applicant. Also personally appeared before me William Sanders , who resides at Richlands, NC post office 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 John H Hoffman 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 8th day of July, 1901 (signed) J W Burton Signature of C. S. C. (signed) William Sanders (his mark) Signature of Witness. Also personally appeared before me _________ a physician in good standing in the said county and State, and being duly sworn, says that he has carefully and thoroughly examined ___________, the applicant for pension, and finds such disability for manual labor as is described below, by reason of wounds received while in the discharge of his duty as a soldier or sailor of North Carolina in the service of the late Confederate States. (Let physician here give full and explicit professional information as to the nature and extent of wounds, disability, stating particularly whether disability amounts to one-forth, one-half, three-fourths, etc. in order to accomplish the classification called for under the new A pension Law passed by the General Assembly of 1901.) John A Huffman has bullet wound of left thigh ball passing through leg. This wound gives him right much trouble by partly servering a muscle & its shootings. States he suffers with nasal cantaiah neucular rhemitius of back of shoulder. States he can't hold his water at times. I think he is disabled 1/3. Sworn and subscribed to before me this 8th day of July, 1901 (signed) E. L. Cox Signature of Physician STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA Onslow COUNTY. To the Auditor of the State of North Carolina We certify that we have carefully examined the application John A Huffman 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 K, 671 Regiment of NC Troops, on or about the ___ day of September 1862, 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) Nash Mattocks, Clerk Superior Count. (signed) B Vinters Commissioner (signed) W T Walton (IMPRESS COUNTY SEAL HERE). (Sheriff) (signed) D J Sanders DisApproved: (signed) S. B. Taylors (signed) JA Pittman (signed) B L Kenon County Pension Board File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/onslow/military/civilwar/pensions/hoffman404mt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ncfiles/ File size: 6.6 Kb