Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Military Records.....Kea, Jesse B., 1888 

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Confederate Veteran's Pension Applications, Jesse B. KEA, [KEE, KEY], 
                                              7 May 1888 
                                              2 May 1900 

{Confederate Pension Application, Act of 1888, page 1 of 2; LVA Image 00511.tif} 

{printed document, folded into three panels; panels 1 & 3 blank} 

{panel 2 of 3; docketing; responses handwritten} 

     <Isle of W     14> 
_____________________________________________ 
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VIRGINIA: 
<County> of <Isle of Wight>, To-Wit: 

   I, <Geo. R. Atkinson>, Judge 
of the <County> Court for the <County> 
of <Isle of Wight>, 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 
named in the application; that the application is for 
these reasons approved, and is therefore certified that 
          <Jesse B. Kea> 
is entitled to receive annually from the State of 
Virginia the sum of <Fifteen> dollars 
    Given under my hand this <4th> day 
of <June>, 18<88>. 
                   <Geo. R. Atkinson> 
_____________________________________________ 
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[small <x>] 

                                        <wt[?] 2301> 
[date stamp mostly illegible] <JUN 1...> 

<appeared 
         MN> 

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{Confederate Pension Application, Act of 1888, page 2 of 2; LVA Image 00512.tif} 

[Official Form.] 
         APPLICATION OF A SOLDIER, SAILOR, OR MARINE FOR A PENSION. 
                                   __________ 

       I, <Jesse B. Kea>, a native of the State of <Virginia>, and now a citizen 
of Virginia, resident at <Smithfield> in the county (or city) of <Isle of Wight> 
in 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 the act of the General Assembly entitled "An act to give aid to 
soldiers, sailors, and marines of Virginia, maimed or disabled in the war 
between the States, and to the widows of Virginia soldiers, sailors, and marines 
who lost their lives in said war in the military service."  And I do solemnly 
swear that, while in the discharge of my duty in the service of the Confederate 
States, as a member of <Company I, 3rd Virginia Regiment> 
["James River Heavy Artillery"] 
on or about the <30th> day of <August> 18<63>*, I was wounded in the battle of 
<Manassas by a shot in the left shoulder> 
and that from the effects of such wound I was disabled, as follows: <I am unable 
<to work with axe, hoe, &c> 
and that by reason of such wound and disability I am now 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 soldiers' home. 
  I do further swear that the answers given to the following questions are true: 
       1st. What is the applicant's age?  Ans. <56 years> 
       2d. In what battle or combat, or under what circumstances was the 
applicant wounded?  Ans. <In second battle at Manassas.> 
       3d. What was the precise nature of the wound received?  Ans. <Shot in the 
left shoulder> 
       4th. What limb, if any, did the applicant lose by reason of said wound? 
What eye, if any, did he lose?  Ans. <__> 
       5th. If no limb or eye was so lost, what is the precise nature of the 
disability occassioned thereby?  Ans. <["In ability to work with ax, hoe &c" 
struck] Shot lodged under left shoulder blade.> 
       6th. Is it total?  <["Partial" overwritten] No> 
       (a)  Is it partial? and, if so, to what extent does it disable him from 
manual labor?  Ans. <Disabled from working with axe, hoe, &c.> 
    Given under my hand this <7th> day of <May> 18<88>. 
                                                      <his> 
                                                  <Jesse + B. Kea> 
                                                       <mark> 

       I, <George R. Atkinson>, Judge of the <County> Court for the <County> of 
<Isle of Wight> do certify that <Jesse B. Kea>, whose name is signed to the 
foregoing application, personally appeared before me in open court, and, having 
the said application read and fully explained to him, as well as the statements 
and answers therein made, he the said <Jesse B. Kea> made oath before me that 
the said statements and answers are true. 
       Given under my hand this <4th> day of <June>, 18<88> 
                                                            <Geo. R. Atkinson> 

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{Confederate Pension Application, Act of 1900, page 1 of 2; LVA Image 00784.tif} 

         Application of a Soldier, Sailor, or Marine for a Pension. 
                                   __________ 

       I, <Jesse B. Key>, a native of the State of <Virginia>, and now a citizen 
of Virginia, resident at <Isle of Wight C.H.> in the County (or City) of <Isle 
of Wight> in 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 soldier, sailor, or marines 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" 3d Regiment Virginia Infantry> 
and that now I am disabled by reason of <a wounded received at the battle of 
Gaines Mill and 2d battle of Manassas> and that by reason of such disability I 
am now 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 
soldiers' home. 
  I do further swear that the answers given to the following questions are true: 
       1st. What is the applicant's age?  Ans. <Seventy Five Years> 
       2d. What is the precise nature of the disability of the applicant? 
       Ans. <I was shot in the head first and in the left shoulder afterwards.> 
       3d. Is it total?  <No> 
       (a)  Is it partial? and, if so, to what extent does it disable him from 
manual labor?  Ans. <Yes, I am unable to do manual labor regularly on account of 
my wound> 
    Given under my hand this <2d> day of <May> 190<0> 
                                                          <his> 
                                                  <Jesse B. x Kea> 
                                                         <mark> 

       I, <J.R. Latimer>, <Notary Public> for the <County> of <Isle of Wight> do 
certify that <Jesse B. Key>, whose name is signed to the foreging 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, he, the said <Jesse B. Key> made oath before me that 
the said statements and answers are true. 
       Given under my hand this <2d> day of <May>, 190<0> 
                                                            <J.R. Latimer  N.P.> 

       In the <County> Court of the <County> of <Isle of Wight> on the <[blank]> 
day of <May>, 190<0>. 
       The application of <Jesse B. Key> for a Pension, with the certificate of 
the Chairman of the Confederate Pension Board of the County (or City) of <Isle 
of Wight>, 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. 

       I, <N.F. Young>, Clerk of the the <County> Court of the county (or city) 
of <Isle of Wight>, do certify that the foregoing is a true copy from the 
Records of said Court. 
       In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said 
Court, this <7th> day of <May>, 190<0>. 
                                                            <N.F. Young> 
                                                                        Clerk. 
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{Confederate Pension Application, Act of 1900, page 1 of 2; LVA Image 00785.tif} 

{printed document, folded into four panels; 
 panels 1-3 give full text of the Act of Assembly (mostly illegible)} 

{panel 4 of 4; docketing; responses handwritten} 

     <Old List> 
_____________________________________________ 
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<Isle of Wight> County.     No. <24> 
 Name <Jesse B. Key> 
 Postoffice <Isle of Wight C. H.> 
_____________________________________________ 
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VIRGINIA: 
 <County> of <Isle of Wight>, To-wit: 
   I, <N.F. Young>, Chairman of the Confederate 
Pension Board of the County ["(or City)" struck] 
of <Isle of Wight>, do certify that the said Board 
has carefully considering 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           <Jesse B. Kea> 
is entitled to receive annually from the State of 
Virginia the sum of <Fifteen> dollars. 
   Given under my hand this <2d> day 
of <May>, 190<0> 
                         <N.F. Young> 
                                     Chairman.
Countersigned: 
                         <J.W. Jordan> 
                                     Clerk. 
_____________________________________________ 
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                                  <10102> 
    <approved> 
<List No 1   in> 
 <___________> 

{*Second Manassas was fought 28-30 Aug 1862. 
 3rd Va, under Col. Joseph Mayo, Jr, was then assigned to 
 Pryor's Brigade, Wilcox' Division, under Longstreet 
 Gaines Mill was fought 27 Jun 1862 (Wikipedia).} 

{Official form; responses indicated by <,>} 

{Key, Jesse B., enlisted 23 Jun 1861, Smithfield; 
 wounded at Second Mannassas; 
 discharged 20 Dec 1862 (being over age 40). 
 (Helen Haverty King. "Historical Notes on Isle of Wight County, Virginia." 
  Isle of Wight: 1993, Board of Supervisors. Appendix B, p. 533, citing: 
  "3rd Virginia Infantry," by Lee A. Wallace, Jr.)} 

The Library of Virginia, Richmond, VA 
Confederate Pension Rolls, Veterans and Widows Database 
http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/opac/conpenabout.htm 
http://image.lva.virginia.gov/CP/html/03357.html 
http://image.lva.virginia.gov/CP/html/11303.html 

Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Matt Harris (Zoobug64@aol.com) 
 {capitalization, line breaks & brackets mine}. 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/military/civilwar/pensions/k000j1cp.txt