SEVIER COUNTY, TN - MISC - Michael D.Shults, Questionnaire from Civil War Pension Application ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Russell L. Lawrence ruslaw@bellatlantic.net ==================================================================== Contributor's Note: The Following transcript is a questionnaire that was taken from the Civil War Pension Application file of Michael D.Shults, who served in Company K, 9th and 11th Volunteer Cavalry Regiments (Union Army), as received from the National Archives, Washington D.C. This is the third of three such questionnaires in the file, dated January 15, 1898; June 3/July 20, 1912; & January 3, 1915) -------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF PENSIONS Washington, D.C., January 3,1915 Sir: Please answer at your earliest convenience, the questions enumerated below. The information is requested for future use, and it may be of great value to your widow or children. Use the inclosed envelope, which requires no stamp. Very respectfully, G M Saltz_____ MICHAEL D.SHULTS COSBY, TENN. RT.36, 439945 No.1. Date and place of birth? Answer: Jan.26th 1842 Sevier County, Tennessee. The name of organizations in which you served? Answer: 11 & 9th Regiment Company K of Tennessee Volunteers Cav. No.2. What was your post office at enlistment? Answer: Sevierville, Tennessee. No.3. State your wifes full name and her maiden name. Answer: Harriett Shults & Harriett Williams. No.4. When, where and by whom were you married? Answrer: Sevier County Tenn. by Thomas Mathews J.P. June the 24th 1866. No.5. .....(not applicable) No.6. .....(not applicable) No.7. .....(not applicable) No.8. Are you living with your wife, or has there been a Separation? Answer: Yes we are living together. No.9. State the names and dates of birth of all your children, living or dead. Answer: D.W.Shults May the 6th 1867, J.L.Shults Aug.25th 1869, L.M.Shults April 8th 1872 Florence C.Shults Jan.14th 1876 Alice Shults June 6th 1879 Eva Shults Jan.4th 1883 Arthur Shults Aug.31st 1884 Robt.Shults Nov.17th 1886 Bruce Shults June 14th 1889 Date: April 8th 1915 (Signature)Michael D.Shults