Grayson County, VA - Soldier's Civil War Pension Application: G. W. Sells, 1895

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(Official Form)
APPLICATION OF A SOLDIER, SAILOR OR MARINE FOR A PENSION.

G. W. Sells
Native of Virginia
Resident of _______
County of Grayson
Soldier in state of Virginia
Co. D, 50 Virginia Regt.


Wounded: May 3, 1863, at the Battle of Chancellorville, Virginia
A gunshot wound in right shoulder, taking off part of shoulder bone

Disabled as follows: ___?___ two fingers and right hand (the middle of my finger)

Applicant's age: 52


If no limb or eye was lost, what is the precise nature of the disability occasioned thereby?

Loss of use of right arm almost entirely.
Can not chop wood or do any kind of work to
amount to much which[sic] right arm hard to be used. 

May 6, 1895          Signed: G. W. Sells                                                             


I, R. L. Kirby, Judge of the County Court for the County of Amherst, do certify that 
G. W. Sells, whose name is signed to the foregoing application, personally appeared
before me in open court, and, having the said application fully read and explained to him,
as well as the statements and answers therein made, the said G. W. Sells made oath
before me that said statements and answers are true.

Given under my hand this 7 day of May, 1895

                                                    Signed: R. L. Kirby

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Grayson County
No. 53

VIRGINIA:

County of Grayson, TO-WIT:

I, R. L, Kirby, Judge
of the County Court for the County
of Grayson, do certify that I have care-
fully enquired and examined into, and am fully satis-
fied from the evidence adduced before me that each
and all of the facts set forth in the within application
are true; that the applicant is the identical person
name in the application; that the application is for
the reasons approved, and it is therefore certified that

G. W. Sells

is entitled to receive annually from the State of
Virginia the sume of Thirty-five dollars.

Given under my hand this 7 day
of May, 1895.

                    Signed: R. L. Kirby

Stamped: June 2, 1895

Added:

Facts certified do not
indicate a disability equal
to that which
would be caused by
the loss of a limb.

    D_______