Culpeper County, VA - Confederate Pension Application: A.T. Kilby LIBRARY OF VIRGINIA image368 Transcribed by Scott Harlow and submitted for use in the USGenWeb Archives. ***************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be repro- duced 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 con- sent 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 per- mission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net ****************************************************************** 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, A. T. Kilby a native of the State of Virginia, and now a citizen of Virginia, resident at Clarkson in the County (or city) of Culpeper in the said State of Virginia, and who was a soldier, from the State of Virginia 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 sold- ier, sailor, or marine who by disease or other infirmities of age, is dis- abled from earning or is without the means of procuring a support, and to give 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 a member of Company "B" 13th Va. infantry and that I am now disabled by reason of shell wound in the back of the left hand at Winchester and by in- firmities of age and by reason of such disability I am entitled to receive, under said Act, the sum of Fifteen 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 other source which amounts to three hundred dollars; 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 sol- diers' home. I do swear that the following answers are true: 1sst. What is the applicants age? Ans. 55 2nd What is the precise nature of the disability of the applicant? Ans. Left side is totally disabled 3rd Is it total? Ans. No (a) Is it partial? And; if so, to what extent does it disable him from manual labor? Ans. Yes, left side is totally disabled (b) Given under my hand this 28th day of April, 1900 A T Kilby I, Chas M. Waite, a commissioner in chancery for the Circuit Court of Culpeper County, Virginia. do certify that A. T. Kilby, 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 wellas the statements and answers therein made, he, the said A.T. Kilby, made oath before me that the said state ments and answers are true. Given under my hand, this 28 day of April 1900. Chas. M. Waite, Commissioner in chancery for Circuit Court of Culpeper County, Va. In the Circuit Court of the County of Culpeper on the 20th day of April 1900 The application of A T Kilby for a Pension, with the certification of the Chairman of the Confederate Pension Board of the County of Culpeper, that it has been approved by said Board thereon endorsed, was presented to the Court and the Clerk of the Court is directed to certify a copy of this order to the Auditor of Public Accounts. I, W.E. Coons, Clerk of the County Court of the county (or city) of Culpeper, do certify that the foregoing is a true copy from the Records of said Court. In testimony whereof, I hereto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court, this 1st day of May 1900 W E Coons Clerk Culpeper County No. 45 Culpeper County, VA - Confederate Pension Application: A T Kilby LOV image369 Name A T Kilby Post Office Clarkson VIRGINIA County of Culpeper To-wit I, W W Lewis, Chairman of the Confederate Pension Board of the County or City of Culpeper do certify that Said Board has carefully considered and Examined into the within application, and being fully illegible from the evidence that each and all of the illegible set forth therein are true; that the application illegible for these reasons approved, and it is therefore certified that A. T. Kilby is entitled to receive thereof Fifteen dollars. Given under my hand this 28th day of Apr 1900 W W Lewis, Chairman Countersigned G. B. Miller, Clerk 8794 2356 [When copied, the form was placed too close to the right margin and some of the letters were cut off. Hence the several ‘illegible’ words above.] [The veteran above was Andrew Thomas Kilby]