Bedford County VA - S. M. Hannabass, Civil War Pension Application File transcribed and submitted for use by the USGenWeb Archives Pension Project by: Mike Layman ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net *********************************************************************** FORM No. 4 APPLICATION of a Disabled Soldier, Sailor or Marine of the late Confederacy Under Act approved March 21, 1916 I, S.M. Hannabass do hereby apply for a pension under the provisions of the act of the General Assembly of Virginia, approved March 21, 1916, entitled, “An act to amend and re-enact an act approved March 12th, 1912 entitled an act to consolidate into one act all acts relating to Confederate pensions and to repeal all acts and parts of acts in conflict therewith.” I do solemnly swear that I am a citizen of the State of Virginia, and that I have been an actual resident of the said State for five years next preceding the date of this application, and that I was a soldier (sailor or marine) of the Confederate States in the war between the States, and that I am now disabled , and that from the effects of such disability I am incapacitated from following my usual and ordinary occupation for a livelihood; and that during the said war I was loyal and true to my duty, and never, at any time deserted my command or voluntarily abandoned my post of duty in the said service, and that by reason of such service and disability I am now entitled to receive a pension under the provisions of the said act. And I do further swear that I do not hold any national, State, city or county office or position which pays me in salary or fees Two Hundred ($200.00) Dollars per annum; nor have I an income from any other employment or any source whatever which amounts to Two hundred ($200.00) dollars per annum; nor do I receive from any source whatever money or other means of support amounting in value to the sum of Two hundred ($200.00) dollars per annum; nor do I own in my own right, nor does anyone hold in trust for my benefit or use, nor does my wife own, nor does anyone hold in trust for my wife, estate or property, either real, personal, or mixed, either in fee or for life, of the assessed value of One thousand ($1000.00) dollars; provided, however, that a soldier, sailor or marine who is totally blind, or who has lost a hand or a foot while in the discharge of his duty during the war shall be entitled to a pension, unless he or his wife shall have an estate of the assessed value of One thousand ($1000.00) dollars, but also that a soldier, sailor or marine who has reached the age of eighty years shall be entitled to a pension, unless he or his wife shall have an estate of the assessed value of Fifteen hundred ($1500.00); nor do I receive any pension from any other State, or from the United States, or from any other source, and that I am not an inmate in any soldiers’ home and am without necessary means of support from any source, and I do further swear that the answers given to the following questions are true: 1. What is your name? S.M. Hannabass 2. What is your age? 80 yrs. 3. Where were you born? Bedford Co. 4. How long have you resided in Virginia? 80 yrs. 5. How long have you resided in the City or County of your present residence? 80 yrs. 6. In what branch of the service were you? Company I, 58 Virginia Regiment Company I 7. Who were your immediate superior officers? Colonel F.H. Board Captain F.H. Board 8. When did you enter the service? August, 1861 9. Where did you enter service? Staunton, Augusta Co, VA 10. When and why did you leave the service? May 20, 1864, in Spotsylvania Co. Left service because of being wounded. 11. Where do you reside? If in city, give street address. Postoffice Goodview County of Bedford 12. Have you ever applied for a pension in Virginia before? If so, why are you not drawing one at this time? Yes, and drew one a number of years. Because assessment was raised. 13. What is your usual and ordinary occupation for earning a lielihood? Farming 14. Are you following such occupation or any other occupation or employment at this time? If yes, state the nature and extent of same. No. 15. What is your annual income? $50.00 16. How much property do you own? Real Estate $775.00 Personal Property $50.00 17. What is the exact nature of your disability and the cause thereof? Caused by wound and affects from the wound. Stydrocitis. 18. Are you totally or partially incapacitated? Totally 19. Give the names and addresses of two comrades who served in the same comand with you during the war. Name T.G. Hannabass Address: Goodview, VA Name: J.P.Meador Address: Moneta, VA See Certificate “B” 20. Is there a camp of Confederate Veterans in your city or county? Yes 21. Give here any other information you may possess relating to your service or disability which will support the justice of your claim. Completely worn down from old age also caused by wound. S/ S. M. Hannabass I, S.H. Cundiff a justice, in and for the County of Bedford, in the State of Virginia, do certify that the applicant whose name is signed to the foregoing application, personally appeared before me in the county aforesaid, having the aforesaid application read to him and fully explained, as well as the statements and answers therein made, the said applicant made oath before me that the said statements and answers are true. Given under my hand this 5th day of May 1917 S/ S.H. Cundiff, J.P. (B) AFFIDAVIT OF COMRADES (see Question 19 on page one.) We, T.G. Hannabass and J.P. Meador do solemnly swear that we are residents of the county of Bedford, in the State of Virginia and that the applicant whose name is signed to the foregoing application for aid under the act of the General Assembly of Virginia, approved March 21, 1916, is personally well known to us and that we have known him 77 years, and that we were soldiers (sailors or marines) in the military (or naval) service of Virginia, or of the Confederate States, during the war between the United States and the Confederate States, and that the said applicant, who was also a soldier (sailor or marine) in the said service during the war, was, with us, members of the same command and that the said applicant was a true and loyal soldier (sailor or marine) in the service, and was faithful in the discharge of his duty, and that we verily believe he is disabled from the causes and in the manner in his application stated and that his claim is just and that we have no personal interest in the allowance of his claim under the said act. S/ T.G. Hannabass S/ J.P. Meador Witness S/ Eula Cundiff S/ Eula Cundiff Subscribed and sworn to before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Bedford, State of Virginia this 16th day of May, 1917. S/ S.H. Cundiff, J.P. (D) CERTIFICATE OF PHYSICIAN I, A.G. Thurman, a practicing physician in the County of Bedford, in the State of Virginia, do certify that I am personally acquainted with the applicant and that from a personal examination of him I am clearly of the opinion that he is disabled by reason of (physician will here state SPECIFICALLY the nature of the disability and the cause thereof, and if such detail be total , whether the applicant is deprived thereby of all ability to pursue his usual and ordinary occupation, or any other occupation for a livelihood, and if the disability is partial, to what extent the applicant is hindered thereby from pursuing such occupation as aforesaid. If the physician considers the disability total, he will, in addition to the cause disclosed by the examination, repeat the language underscored above. Disabled by reason of wound of the chest severing clavicle and scapula from which he has suffered since the war. He is afflicted with hydro*** in weakened condition. The applicant is deprived thereby of all ability to pursue his usual and ordinary or any other occupation for a livelihood. And that I have no personal interest in the allowance of the applicant’s claim. Given under my hand this 8th day of May, 1917. S/ A. G. Thurman, M.D. (E) CERTIFICATE OF CAMP OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS (Must be filled up when there is a camp in applicant’s city or county) I, Thos. S. West commander of Joseph E. Johnson (sic) Camp No. 1 of Confederate Veterans of the County of Bedford in the State of Virginia, hereby certify that the said camp has examined into the merits of the foregoing application for aid under the act of the General Assembly of Virginia, approved March 21, 1916, and being satisfied of the justice of said claim, hereby recommend the same, under the provisions of the said act, and that the said camp has no personal interest in the allowance of the applicant’s claim. S/ Thos. S. West Commander (G) CERTIFICATE OF COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE I, J. H. Hogan a Commissioner of Revenue in the County of Bedford, in the State of Virginia, do hereby certify that the applicant (his wife, trustee, or trustee for his wife) whose name is signed to the foregoing application for aid under the act of the General Assembly of Virginia, approved March 21, 1916 is charged on the land and personal property books of the said County with estate, real, personal or mixed, of the appraised value of $1245. Given under me hand this 31st day of May, 1917. S/ J. H. Hogan Commissioner of Revenue (H) CERTIFICATE OF PENSION BOARD I, R. L. Elliott, chairman of the Pension Board of the County of Bedford, State of Virginia, do hereby certify that the foregoing application has been examined and approved by the said Board. In testimony whereof I hereby set my hand, July 5, 1917. S/ R. L. Eliott Chairman, Pension Board [COVER] Approved $50.00 Aug 16, 1917 Roll No. 228 County Bedford Name S. M. Hannabass Post Office Goodview, Va. Filed in Auditor’s Office Aug 4, 1917 Paid Warrant No. 5664 $50.00 Date of Payment Sept 1, 1917