Wayne County NcArchives Military Records.....Herring, William J. August 17, 1932
Civilwar - Pension 
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Civil War Pension Application
North Carolina Archives

Soldier's Application for Pension
State of North Carolina
County of Wayne

On this 17 day of August AD 1932 personally appeared before me, C. R. Aycock, 
CSC in and for the State and county aforesaid, William J. Herring, age 85 years, 
and a resident of Mt. Olive, Route # 4 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 to amend and consolidate 
the pension laws of the State of North Carolina," ratified March  8, 1821: The 
he is the identical William J. Herring who enlisted in Co A, 2nd Reg, Junior 
Reserve, NC Troops, on or about the 26th day of July 1864, to served in the 
armies of the late Confederate States, and that while is said service at 
Bentonville & Kinston & New Bern in the state of North Carolina, on or about the 
Spring of 1865, he/no received a wound or wounds, etc. while engaged in these 
battles.

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, 
for 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 as its 
assessed value for taxation to the amount of two thousand dollars ($2,000), nor 
has he disposed of property of such value by gift or voluntary conveyance since 
the 11th March, 1885;

And that he is not now 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 this or any other State.

Signed W. J. Herring
Sworn and subscribed to before me this 17 day of August, 1932. C. R. Aycock CSC

Also personally appeared before me L. H. Lambert, who resides at Mt. Olive, Rt. 
#4 postoffice in said county and state, a person whom I know to be respectable 
and entitled to credit, and being duly sworn, says he is acquainted with William 
J. Herring 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.

Signed W. J. Herring

Sworn and subscribed before me this 17 day of August, 1932. C. R. Aycock CSC

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This is to certify that William Herring of Wayne Co. was a member of Co. A 2nd
Regt. junr. Reserves
A. R. Hicks senr. Capt. of said Co.


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