Wayne County, NC - Jacob H. & Nancy Barnes Pension, 1906 ~~~~~~~~~~ Civil War Record of Jacob H. Barnes Source: Department of Cultural Resources Office of Archives and History Division of Historical Resources 4614 Mail Service Center Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4614 NC Confederate Pension Applications Act of 1901 Name: Jacob H. Barnes WIDOW'S APPLICATION FOR PENSION State of North Carolina, County of Wayne On this 2 day of July, A.D. 1906, personally appeared before me, I.F. Ormond, C.S.C. in and for the State and County aforesaid, Nancy A. Barnes, age 68 years, and a resident at Goldsboro post-office in said County and State, and who being duly sworn, makes the following declaration in order to obtain the pension under the provision of an act entitled "An Act to amend Chapter 332 of the Laws of 1901, for the relief of certain Confederate Soldiers, Sailors and Widows," ratified March 2, 1903; that she is the widow of the late Jacob H. Barnes who enlisted in Co. C, 5th Reg. N.C. Troops, on or about the 15 day of March 1863, to serve in the armies of the late Confederate States. She further states that she was married to said Soldier or Sailor before the first day of April, 1865, and that she is now a widow, and has been for twelve months immediately preceding this Application for Pension, a bona fide resident of North Carolina; that she holds no office under the United States or under any State or County from which she is receiving the sum of three hundred dollars as fees or as salary annually; that she is not worth in her own right, or the right of her late husband, property at its assessed value for taxation to the amount of five hundred dollars ($500), nor has she disposed of property of such value by gift or voluntary conveyance since the 11th of March, 1885. Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 2 } day of July, 1906 } I.F. Ormond } Signature of C.S.C } Nancy A. Barnes Signature of Applicant CERTIFICATE OF WITNESSES. Also personally appeared before me N.W. Musgrave, who reside at Goldsboro post-office, and Bourban Ivey, who reside at Grantham post- office, in said County and State, whom I know to be respectable and entitled to credit, and being by me duly sworn, say that they are acquainted with Nancy A. Barnes, the widow of the late Jacob A. Barnes, of Co. C 5th Regiment North Carolina State Troops, and that they believe her to be the identical person she represents herself to be, and that the facts set forth in her affidavit are correct to the best of their knowledge and belief, and that they have no interest, direct or indirect in this claim. Sworn to and subscribed before me, the 2 } Day of July, 1906 } I.F. Ormond } Signature of C.S.C } N. W. Musgrave Bourban Ivey Signature of Witnesses. [Second Page] STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA Wayne County, To the Auditor of the State of North Carolina; We certify that we have carefully examined the application of Mrs. Nancy A. Barnes the widow of the late Jacob H. Barnes, who enlisted in Company C, 5th Regiment of North Carolina Troops, for a pension under the provisions of an act entitled “An Act to amend Chapter 332 of the Laws of 1901, for the relief of certain Confederate Soldiers and Widows,” ratified March 2, 1903, and the proofs filed in support thereof; that we are satisfied the said Mrs. Nancy A. Barnes is a widow of the late Jacob H. Barnes, who enlisted in Company C, 5 Regiment of North Carolina Troops, on or about the (blank) day of (blank) 186(blank) We certify the following allegations set forth in her application to be true, namely: That she is now a widow; that she is, and has been for twelve months immediately preceding this Application for Pension, a bona fide resident of North Carolina; that she holds no office under the United States, or under any State or County, from which she is receiving the sum of three hundred dollars as fees or as a salary annually; that she is not worth in her own right, or the right of her late husband, property at its assessed value for taxation to the amount of five hundred dollars ($500), nor has she disposed of property of such value by gift or voluntary conveyance since the 11th day of Marxh, 1885, and therefore her application is correct and just under the act. I.F. Ormond Clerk Superior Court (IMPRESS COUNTY SEAL HERE) [none] Approved: A.B. Handewell? T.W. Slocumb County Pension Board [Jacket reads] WAYNE Widow’s Application for Pension ACT OF MARCH 2, 1903 Mrs. Nancy A. Barnes Widow of Jacob H. Barnes Company C, 5th Regiment North Carolina State Troops WAYNE, Filed by Board of Pensions of [blank] County, N.C., [blank] day of [blank] 190…. July 1906 Civil War Record of Jacob H. Barnes As recorded in North Carolina Troops 1861-1865 A Roster, Compiled by Weymouth T. Jordan, Jr., Unit Histories by Louis H. Manarin, Vol. IV Infantry, Raleigh, North Carolina, Office of Archives and History, 1973, Page 158, located at Johnston County Heritage Center, P.O. Box 2709, Smithfield, NC 27577 Barnes, Jacob H., Private. Born in Wayne County and was by occupation a farmer prior to enlisting at age 35, March 4, 1863, for the war. Present or accounted for until captured at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 1 - 3, 1863. Confined at Fort Delaware, Delaware, where he died on August 24, 1863 of "rubeola.” Roll of Honor states that he was awarded the Badge of Honor for gallantry at Gettysburg. Submitted by: Stewart T. Barnes stbarnes@earthlink.net ______________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Stewart Barnes - stbarnes@earthlink.net _____________________________________________________________________