Military: Elias THACKER, 1900, Albemarle Co., VA 

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Albemarle County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Military Records 
     Elias THACKER, Confederate Pension Application, 31 May 1900 
          Co. I/ 46th Virginia Infantry, CSA 

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[Elias Thacker, Confederate Pension Roll Page #1 of 4 {image 00292.tif}] 

[Official forms; responses indicated <thus>] 

                    Statement of Soldier, Sailor, or Marine, 
Pensioner under act of March 7, 1900, to be filed before Circuit or Corporation
                    Court  or the Judge thereof in vacation. 
   I, <Elias Thacker> of the county of <Albemarle> in the State of Virginia, 
do solemnly swear that I am the identical person named in the original 
application dated on the <31> day of <May> 19<00>, and who filed the said 
application for aid under the provisions of an act of the General Assembly  
approved March 7, 1900, for aid as a soldier (sailors or marine) of Virginia, 
in the service of the said State, or of the Confederate States during the war 
between the States, and that I am now an actual resident of the county of 
<Albemarle>, in the said State, and that I do not hold any national, State, 
city, or county office which pays me in salary or fees one hundred and fifty 
dollars per annum; nor have I an income from any other employment or other 
source whatever which amounts to one hundred and fifty dollars per annum; nor 
do I receive from any source whatever money or other means of support 
amounting in value to the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars per annum; nor 
do I own in my own right, nor does any one hold in trust for my benefit or 
use, nor does my wife own, nor does any one hold in trust for the benefit of 
my wife, either real, personal or mixed property or estate, either in fee or 
for life, of the assessed value of five hundred dollars; nor do I receive any 
aid or pension from any other State, or from the United States, or from any 
other source, and that I am not an inmate of the Soldiers' Home or other 
public institution.  And I do further swear that I am disabled as follows: 
<Cannot work at all> 
[blank] 
and that my disability came from <Bladder trouble & effects of measles during 
<the war - > 
and that I am now <72> years of age, and that the statements contained in my 
original application above referred to are true, and that during the said war 
I was loyal and true to my duty as a soldier (sailor or marine) of Virginia, 
or of the Confederate States, and never at any time deserted my command, or 
voluntarily abandoned my post of duty in the said service. 
                                                  <Elias Thacker> 

   Subscribed and sworn to before me, <J.C. Fannell[?] a Justice>, in and for 
the County of <Albemarle>, in the State of Virginia, this <13.th> day of 
<May>, 19<02> 
                                                  <J.C. Fannell[?] J.P.> 

                              Jurat of Witnesses. 
   We, <L.S. Drumheller>, and <W.J. Davis>, of the county of <Albemarle>, in 
the State of Virginia, do solemnly swear that we are personally acquainted 
<Elias Thacker>, whose name is signed to the annexed jurat, and that the said 
<Elias Thacker> is still living, and that we verily believe the statements 
contained in the annexed affidavit to be true. 
                                                  <L.S. Drumheller> 
                                                  <W.J. Davis> 
   Subscribed and sworn to before me, <J.C. Fannell[?] a Justice>, in and for 
the <County>, of <Albemarle. and State of Virginia:> and I do certify that the 
said <L.S. Drumheller> and <W.J. Davis>, whose names are signed to the annexed 
jurat, are persons of well-known reputation for truth, honesty, and integrity, 
and residing in the said <County and State> 
                                                  <J.C. Fannell  J.P.> 

                Certificate of the Commissioner of the Revenue. 
   I, <Geo.T. Omohundro>, Commissioner of the Revenue, in the <County> of 
<Albemarle>, in the State of Virginia, do certify that <Elias Thacker>, or his 
wife, or his trustee, or trustee for his wife, whose name is signed to the 
annexed statement, and who made application for aid under the act of the 
General Assembly of Virginia approved March 7, 1900, is charged on the land 
and personal property books of the said <County> with estate, real, personal 
and mixed, of the assessed value of <---------------> dollars. 
   Given under my hand, this <9> day of <May>, 19<02> 
                                                  Geo.T. Omohundro 

                Certificate of Physician As To Soldiers, Etc. 
   I, <Jno E Coles>, a practicing physician in the <County> of <Albemarle>, in 
the State of Virginia, do certify that I am personally acquainted with <Elias 
Thacker>, whose name is signed to the foregoing statement, and who made 
application for aid under the act of the General Assembly of Virginia approved 
March 7, 1900, and that from a personal examination of the said <Elias 
Thacker>, as to the disability set forth in his application and the cause 
thereof, I am clearly of the opinion that he is disabled by reason of (here 
state specifically the nature of the disability and the cause thereof, and 
whether it be total or partial, and whether the applicant is deprived of 
ability to pursue his usual and ordinary occupation for his livelihood, or any 
other occupation within his capacity) <He is totally 
<disabled due to Bladder [illegible]> 
[blank] 
[blank] 
and that I verily believe his disability is wholly due to the causes assigned 
in the said application, and that he is entitled to aid under the provisions 
of the act of the General Assembly of Virginia approved March 7, 1900. 
    Given under my hand, this <13.> day of <May>, 19<[02]>. 
                                        [signature cropped in online image] 


[Elias Thacker, Confederate Pension Roll Page #2 of 4 {image 00293.tif}] 

[handwritten document, folded into three panels; panels 1 & 3 blank] 

[panel 2 of 3; docketing, near bottom edge] 

     Thacker, Elias 
       _________ 
     Approved 


[Elias Thacker, Confederate Pension Roll Page #3 of 4 {image 00294.tif}] 

          I, <Elias Thacker>, a native of the State of <Virginia>, and now a 
citizen of Virginia, resident at <Covesville> in the County (or City) of 
<Albemarle> in said State of Virginia, and who was a soldier from the State of 
<V.a>, in the war between the United States and the Confederate States, do 
hereby apply for aid under an act of the General Assembly, approved March 7, 
1900, entitled "An act to give aid to soldiers, sailors, and marines disabled 
in the war between the States, and to every such soldier, sailor, or marine 
who by disease or other infirmities of age, is disabled from earning or is 
without the means of procuring a support, and to the widows of Virginia 
soldiers, sailors, or marines who lost their lives in said war,in the military 
or naval service, or whose husbands have died since the war."  And I do 
solemnly swear that I was a member of _ <Company I, 46 Virginia  Volunteers> 
and that I am now disabled by reason of. <Bladder trouble and affects of 
<Measles during the war- > 
and that by reason of such disability I am now entitled to receive, under said 
Act, the sum of <Thirty> dollars, annually.  I further swear that I do not 
hold any National, State, or County office which pays me in salary or fees 
over three hundred dollars per annum; nor have I an income from any source 
which amounts to three hundred ; nor do I own in my own right, nor does my 
wife own, property of the assessed value of more than one thousand dollars; 
nor do I receive aid or a pension from any other State or from the United 
States; and that I am not an inmate of any soldiers' home. 
       I do further swear that the following answers are true: 
            1st. What is the applicant's age?  Ans. <70 Years old> 
            2d.  What is the precise nature of the disability of the applicant?
            Ans. <Cannot work at all> 

            3d.  Is it total?  Ans. <Yes> 
            (a) Is it partial? and, if so, to what extent does it disable him 
            from manual labor?  Ans. <as stated Above> 

     Given under my hand this <31.st> day of <May>, 190<0> 
                                                   <Elias Thacker> 

     I, <N. Garland>, a <Justice> for the <County> of <Albemarle> do certify 
that <Elias Thacker>, whose name is signed to the foregoing application, 
personally appeared before me in my county (or city) aforesaid, and having the 
aforesaid application read to him and fully explained, as well as the 
statements and answers therein made, the said <Elias Thacker>, made oath 
before me that the said statements and answers are true. 
         Given under my hand this <31.st> day of <May>, 190<0> 
                                                  <N. Garland  J.P.> 
     In the <Co> Court of the < -le> of <Albemar_> on the <10> day of_ <July>, 
190<0>. 
     The application of <Elias Thacker> for a Pension, with the certificate of 
the Chairman of the Confederate Pension Board of the County (or City) of 
<Albemarle>, that it has been approved by said Board thereon endorsed, was 
presented to the Court; and the Clerk of this Court is directed to certify a 
copy of this order to the Auditor of 
['Public Accounts'; remainder of page cropped in online image]  <John M White> 


[Elias Thacker, Confederate Pension Roll Page #4 of 4 {image 00295.tif}] 

[printed document, folded into three panels] 

[panels 1 & 2 give full text of the act, in small font, not fully legible in 
 online image; in 2 columns, perpendicular to text below] 

[panel 3 of 3; docketing] 

<x> 
___________________________________________________________ 
<[illegible]> County.  No. <[illegible]> 
Name <Elias [Thacker; illegible]> 
Post-office <Covesville> 
___________________________________________________________ 
Virginia: 
 <[illegible]> of <[illegible]>, To-wit: 
 I, <[illegible]>, Chairman of the Confederate Pension Board 
of the County or City of <[illegible]>, do certify that the 
said Board has carefully considered and examined into the 
within application, and being fully satisfied from the evidence 
that each and all of the facts set forth therein are true; that 
the applicant is the identical person named therein; the 
application is for these reasons approved, and it is therefore 
certified that <[Elias; illegible] Thacker> is entitled to receive 
annually from the State of Virginia the sum of <[illegible]> dollars. 
   Given under my hand this <[illegible]> day 
of <[illegible]>, 190<[illegible]>. 
                                   <[illegible]> 
                                        Chairman. 
Countersigned: 
                                   <[illegible]> 
                                           Clerk. 
___________________________________________________ 
                                   <4966> 

                                    <716> 
[document & file end] 

The Library of Virginia, Richmond, VA 
Confederate Pension Rolls, Veterans and Widows Database 
http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/mil/conpenabout.htm 
Images 00292.tif - 00295.tif 

[DAVIS, DRUMHELLER, FANNELL, GARLAND, OMOHUNDRO, THACKER, WHITE] 

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