DANVILLE, VA - MILITARY - W.T. Aaron, Civil War Pension Application ----¤¤¤---- TRANSCRIPTION DATE: November 23, 2001 Due to image quality, there may be misspellings, or inaccurate transcription on my part. Please report any inaccuracies based on the document only, to Teri Vaughn at AncestorRoots@aol.com. Words in caps, or ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, are words that are hand-written in by the Justice, Clerk or original applicant, with the exception of the document title, who's type set was capitalized. Question marks next to a word or letter, denote questionable legibility. When completely illegible, it is thus noted. Image can be viewed on the Library of Virginia website at: http://image.vtls.com/CP/html/09211.html ================================================================ ================================================================ COVER PAGE County No. 87 Name: AARON, W.T. Post Office: DANVILLE, VA ========= VIRGINIA: CITY OF DANVILLE, To-Wit: I, F.F. BOWEN, Chairman of the Confederate Pension Board of the City of DANVILLE, 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 the reasons approved, and it is therefore certified that W.T. AARON is entitled to receive annually from the State of Virginia, the sum of THIRTY dollars. Given under my hand this 15 day of MAY, 1900 (signature) F.F. BOWEN Chairman Countersigned (signature) F. B. Grav??? Clerk PAGE ONE OF APPLICATION (Official Form) 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, W. T. AARON, of the city of DANVILLE, in the State of Virginia, do solemnly swear that I am the identical person named in the original application dated on the [blank] day of [blank], 19 [blank],and who Filed the said application for aid under the previsions of an act of the General Assembly approved March 7, 1900, for aid as a soldier (sailor 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 city of DANVILLE, in the said State, and 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 own in my own right, nor does anyone 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 I am disabled as follows: (handwritten) By RHUMATISM MISFORTUNE And that my disability came from EXPOSURE IN WAR & (illegible) ABUSED and I am now SIXTY SEVEN years of age, and that the statement contained in my original applications 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 (signature) W.T. AARON Subscribed and sworn to before me, A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, in and for the city of DANVILLE, in the state of Virginia, this 24TH day of APRIL, 1902. (signature) W. W?. BAUGH? We, J.A. ADAMS, and W.B. CRATOCK?, of the city of DANVILLE, in the State of Virginia, do solemnly swear, that we are personally aquainted with W.T. AARON, whose name is assigned to the annexed jurat, and that the said ... W.T. AARON.... , is still living, and that we verily believe the statements contained in the annexed affidavit to be true. (signature) W.B. (his X mark)CRATTOCK (signature) J.A. ADAMS Subscribed and sworn to before me, W.A.? BAUGH (Note: the name John A. Adams is struck through in this entry, with W. BAUGH'S name written above it.) in and for the CITY of DANVILLE, and I do certify that the said W.B. Crattock and J.A. ADAMS, whose names are signed to the annexed jurat , are persons of well- known reputation for truth, honesty, and integrity, and residing in the said CITY. (signature) W.A. BAUGH.....JP CERTIFICATE OF THE COMMISIONER OF THE REVENUM I, JOSEPH B. ANDERSON, Commissioner of the Revenue, in the CITY of DANVILLE, In the State of Virginia, do certify that W.T. AARON, 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 CITY with estate, real, personal, and mixed, of the assessed value of NOTHING dollars. Given under my hand, this 23rd day of APRIL, 1900 (signature) JOSEPH B. ANDERSON COM. REV. CERTIFICATE OF PHYSICIAN AS TO SOLDIERS, ETC. I, G.W. COCKE, a practicing physician in the CITY of DANVILLE, in the State of Virginia, do certify thatI am personally acquainted with W.T. AARON, whose name is signed in the forgoing statement, and who made application for aid under the act of the General Assembly, approved March 7, 1900, and that from a personal examination of the said W.T. AARON, 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 the disability, and the cause thereof, and whether it be total or ????al, and whether the applicant is deprived of ability to persue his usual and ordinary occupation for his livelihood, or any other occupation within his capacity) ......... RHUMATISM - CHRONIC , DOUBLE RUPTURE WHICH TOTALLY DISABLES HIM FROM MANUAL LABOR - 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 previsions of the act of the General Assembly of Virginia approved March 7, 1900. Given under my hand, this 28TH day of APRIL, 1900. (signature) G. W. COCKE, M.D. VIRGINIA: City of LAWRENCE, to-wit: I, JUS R. COOK?, clerk of the (corporation) court of DANVILLE do certify that the (judge-of-the) said court has directed me to certify to the Auditor of Public Accounts that W.T. AARON, a pensioner under the act of March 7, 1900, is entitled to receive annually from the State of Virginia the sum of THIRTY DOLLARS. Given under my hand, this 15TH day of JUNE, 1900. (signature) JUS. R. COOK? Clerk --END OF APPLICATION PAGE ONE- ============================================================================ --BEGINNING OF APPLICATION PAGE TWO - APPLICATION OF A SOLDER, SAILOR, OR A MARINE FOR A PENSION, Disabled for Reason of Disease or Other Infirmities. I, W. T. AARON, a native of the State of VIRGINIA, and now a citizen of Virginia, resident at DANVILLE, in the county (or city) of PITTSYLVANIA - in said State of Virginia, and who was a soldier from the State of [blank], in the war between the United States and the Confederate States, do hereby apply for aid under a 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 CAPT. ?? VAUGHNS COMPANY (illegible) GUARDS RICHMOND VA And that I am now disabled by reason of RHUMATISM & RUPTURE, and that by reason of such disability I am now entitled to receive under said act, the sum of [blank} 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 of 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 Soldier's Home. I do further swear that the following answers are true: 1st. What is the applicant's age: Ans. 64 YRS. 2nd. What is the precise nature of the disability of the applicant? Ans. RHUMATISM & RUPTURE 3rd. Is it total? Ans. YES 4th. Is it partial? And if so, to what extent does it does it disable him from manual labor? Ans. [blank] Given under my hand this 14 day of MAY, 1900 (signature) W.T. AARON I, HARRY MOODING, a JUSTICE PEACE, for the CITY of DANVILLE, do certify that W.T. AARON, whose is signed to the forgoing 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 thereto made, he, the said W.T. AARON, made oath before me that the said statements and answers are true. Given under my hand, this 14 day of MAY, 1900. (signature) HARRY MOODING, JP. ~ In/Negation ~ In the CORPORATION Court of the (entry struck through) of Danville on the 22ND day of MAY, 1900. The application of W.T. AARON for a pension, with the Certificate of the Chairman of the Confederate Pension Board at the (city of) DANVILLE ~, that it has been approved by said board thereon endorsed, was presented to the Judge of Said court; and the clerk of this court is directed to certify a copy of this order to the Auditor of Public Accounts. I, WILLIAM RISON, Clerk of the Corporation court of DANVILLE, do certify that the forgoing 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 22nd day of MAY, 1900. (Signature) WM RISON (Signature) BY J.R. COOK, DC - clerk. ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Teri Vaughn AncestorRoots@aol.com ___________________________________________________________________