Hill Co., TX - Pensions: R. K. Bailey ***************************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb by: Thomas Lee Bailey USGenWeb Archives. Copyright. All rights reserved http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ***************************************************** R. K. BAILEY - APPLICATION FOR PENSION - CIVIL WAR Soldier's Application for a Pension Name of Applicant: R. K. Bailey Hill County, Itasca, Texas Filed Oct. 21, 1930 Approved 20 Oct 1930 Pension allowed from Nov. 1st, 1930 "I was honarably paroled at Iuka, Miss, immediately after the surrender of the Confederacy." I have been a bona fide resident of the State continuously since the day of AD 1873. What is your age? 87 years of age, 15 Oct. 1843 State where the command in which you served was organized - Miss. Postoffice address at time of enlistment - Smithville, Miss. Length of service - almost four years Enlisted Sept. 19, 1861, Discharged immediately after surrender of Confederacy. Company H., 1st Mississippi Infantry Verified by A.M. Frazier and R.L. Helms who state they personally know R.K. Bailey Signature of County Judge R.L. Hill An attached letter from the War Department of the Adjutant General's Office verifies that R. K. Bailey served as stated, but also shows him absent sick for a period at the hospital in Jackson, Mississippi. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------