Bell Co. TX - Confederate Pension Application
for James Clark Whiteley

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APPLICATION of Indigent Soldier or Sailor of the late Confederacy for 
pension under the Act of May 12, 1899.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,
County of Bell
To the Honorable County Judge of Bell County, Texas.

Your petitioner, J.C. Whiteley respectfully represents that he is a resident
citizen of Bell County, in the State of Texas, and that he makes application
for the purpose of obtaining a pension under the act passed by the Twenty-sixth
Legislature of the State of Texas, and approved May 12, A.D. 1899, the same 
being an act entitled “An act to carry into effect the amendment to the 
Constitution of the State of Texas, providing that aid may be granted to 
disabled and dependent Confederate soldiers, sailors, and their widows under 
certain conditions, and to make an appropriation therefore,” and I do solemnly 
swear that the answers I have given to the following questions are true.

What is your name? J.C. Whiteley

What is your age? seventy five

In what County do you reside? Bell

How long have you resided in said County and what is your post office address? 
Since 1859. Sparta.

Have you applied for a pension under the Confederate Pension Law heretofore, 
and been rejected? If so state when and where. No

What is your occupation if able to engage in one? Have been peddling but 
am not able now.

What is your physical condition? Bad.

If your physical condition is such that you are unable by your own labor to 
earn a support, state what caused such disability. Rheumatism. Paralysis 
caused by wounds, old age.

State in what company and regiment you enlisted in the Confederate army, and 
the time of your service? Co G. Baylors Texas Regiment Cavalry. Enlisted in 
the winter of 1861 & (unreadable) of war.

If you served in the Confederate navy state when and where and the time 
of your service. Did not serve in Navy.

State whether or not you have received any pension or veteran donation 
land certificate under any previous law, and if you answer in the affirmative 
state what pension or veteran donation land certificate you have received. 
Yes. (unreadable) H E Bradford & he located it. Don’t remember number of 
certificate.

What real and personal property do you now own, and what is the present 
value of such property? Give list of such property and value. Two horses 
worth $40.00. Wagon $20.00.

What property, and what was the value thereof have you sold or conveyed 
within two years prior to the date of this application? None.

What income, if any, do you receive? None.

Are you in indigent circumstances; that is, are you in actual want, and 
destitute of property and means of subsistence? Yes.

Are you unable by your labor to earn a support? Yes.

Have you transferred to others any property of value of any kind for the 
purpose of becoming a beneficiary under this law? No.

Did you ever desert the Confederacy? No.

Have you been continuously since the first day of January, 1880, a bona 
fide resident citizen of this State? Yes.

Wherefore your petitioner prays that his application for pension be approved 
and that such other proceedings be had in the premises as are required by law.

(Signature of Applicant) J C Whiteley

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 29th day of July A.D. 1899

D. R. Pendleton
County Judge,Bell County, Texas


THE STATE OF TEXAS,
County of Bell
Before me, D. R. Pendleton County Judge of Bell County, State of Texas, on 
this day personally appeared R. B. Thomas & W. D. Hall & W. A. White who are 
personally known to me to be credible citizens, who being by me duly sworn 
on oath, state that they personally know J. C. Whiteley the above named 
applicant for a pension, and that they personally know that the said J. C. 
Whiteley enlisted in the service of the Confederacy, and performed the duties 
of a soldier as claimed by him in the above and foregoing application, and 
that they further know that he, the said applicant, is unable to support 
himself by labor of any sort.

(Signature of Witness) W. D. Hall

(Signature of Witness) W. A. White

(Signature of Witness) R. B. Thomas

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 29th day of July A.D. 1899

D.R. Pendelton
County Judge Bell County, Texas


CERTIFICATE OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

THE STATE OF TEXAS
County of Bell. We, the undersigned members of the Commissioners Court of 
Bell County, Texas, hereby certify that the foregoing application of J. C. 
Whiteley for a pension, together with the proof in support thereof, was 
duly submitted by Hon. D. R. Pendleton County Judge of this Bell County, 
to the Commissioners Court of this Bell County, at a regular term thereof 
on the 14 day of August A.D. 1899, and after a careful consideration of the 
same we find the said applicant is lawfully entitled to the pension provided 
for by the Confederate Pension Law of this State, and we hereby approve said 
application.

Witness our hands and seal of office at Belton, this 19 day of

August A.D. 1899

(Unreadable)

N. B. Vinson

F. N. Lancaster

T. C. Stinson