Taylor County, TX - Civil War Pension Application - Q. Booth **************************************************************** Contributed by Kathy Booth Locke Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm **************************************************************** ------------------ Affidavit of Physician. The State of Texas, County of Taylor before me D.G. Hill County Judge of Taylor County, State of Texas, on this day personally appeared Dr. L. W. Hollis, who is a reputable practicing physician of this County, who being in by me duly sworn on oath, states that he has carefully and thoroughly examined Q. Booth applicant for a pension, and finds him laboring under the following disabilities which render him unable to labor at any work or calling sufficient to earn a support for himself: He suffers with varicose veins of leg. also incidence of fracture of right leg. He is feeble and unable to make living by manual labor. Signature of Physician LW Hollis MD Sworn to and subscribed before me this 19 day of August A. D. 1899 Signature D. G. Hill County Judge Taylor County, State of Texas ---------------------- Certificate of County Judge The STATE OF TEXAS County of Taylor I, D.G. Hill County Judge of Taylor County, State of Texas, do hereby certify that on the 19 day of August A.D. 1899, before me came on to be heard the application of State, approved May 12 A.D.1899; that the answers of said applicant to the questions propounded were made under oath as the same appear in writing in the foregoing application; that the affidavits of the witnesses who are credible citizens were made before me as the same herinbefore appear, and that the foregoing affidavit of Doctor L.W.Hollis who is a reputable practicing physician of this County, was made before me. I also certify that the said applicant Q. Booth, is not an inmate of the Texas Confederate Home, nor otherwise disqualified under the provision of Section 12, of the Confederate Pension Law. I further certify that after considering all the proceedings had before me relative to the said application for a pension by the said Q Booth I find the said applicant is lawfully entitled to the pension provided by the Confederate Pension Law of this State, and I hereby approve said application. Witness my hand and seal of office at Abilene this 19 day of August A.D. 1899. D. G. Hill County Judge Taylor County, State of Texas Certificate of County Commissioners. The State of Texas County of Taylor We, the undersigned members of the Commissioners Court of Taylor County, Texas, hereby certify that the foregoing application of Q Booth by Hon. D.G. Hill County Judge of this 19th County, to the Commissioners Court of this Taylor County, at a regular term thereof on the 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 for by the Confederate Pension Law of this State, and we hereby approve said application. Witness our hands and seal of office at Abilene this 19 day of August A.D. 1899 J H Bass W W Harris Ross T. Jones ?. Nisbett ------------------------------------ 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 Taylor. To the Honorable County Judge of Taylor County, Texas. Your petitioner, Q Booth respectfully represents that he is a resident citizen of Taylor County, in the State of Texas, and that he makes this 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 ranted 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. Q. What is your name? Answer. Q. Booth Q. What is your age? Answer. Sixty one years old 16th of Oct. 1899. Q. In what County do you reside? Answer. Taylor Q. How long have you resided in said County and what is your post office address? Answer. Since the 11th day of December 1897. Abilene, Tx. Q. Have you applied for a pension under the Confederate Pension Law heretofore, and been rejected? If so, state when and where. Answer. I have not. Q. What is your occupation if able to engage in one? Answer. Farmer. Q. What is your physical condition? Answer. Weakly. Not good. Q. If your physical condition is such that you are unable by your own labor to earn a support, state what caused such disability. Answer. I do not know unless it is from hurts in the small of neck and hips also my foot mashed up. Q. State in what company and regiment you enlisted in the Confederate army and the time of your service? Answer. Company A. 9th Texas Calvary. Served from the beginning of the war until the war closed. Q. If you served in the Confederate navy states when and where, and the time of your service. Answer. I never served in the navy. Q. 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. Answer. I have not. Q. 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. Answer. I have no real estate. 2 horses. 1 brown horse about 15 or 16 hands high. Branded GIP on thigh O jaw. Value $40.00 1 dune mare 14 hands high GG on thigh and G in jaw Value $25.00 and two cows branded M.E.B. value about $60.00 with this 2 calves. Q. What property, and what was the value thereof have you sold or conveyed within two years prior to the date of this application? Answer. I sold about 14 head of cattle within the last 2 years. Value about $200.00. Q. What income, if any, do you receive? Answer. I have no income. Q. Are you in indigent circumstances; that is, are you in actual want, and destitute of property and means of subsistence? Answer. Yes. I am destitute of property and means of subsistence. My boys help me to make one a living. Q. Are you unable to labor to earn a support? Answer. Yes. Q. Have you transferred to others any property of value of any kind for the purpose of becoming a beneficiary under this law? Answer. I have not. Q. Have you been contnuously since the first day of January, 1880, a bona fide resident citizen of this State? Answer. Yes. In the fall of 1858 I came to Texas. 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 Q Booth. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 20th day of July A. D. 1899. D. G. Will County Judge, Taylor County, Texas --------