Military: Albert AYERS, 1928, Lynchburg City, VA 

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Lynchburg Virginia USGenWeb Archives Military Records 
     Albert AYERS, Confederate Pension Application, 1928 

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[Albert Ayers, Confederate Pension Roll Page #1 of 11; image 00208.tif] 

[printed document, folded into three panels] 

[panel 1 of 3] 

                               NOTICE 
No Fee To Be Charged For Services Rendered Applicant; Penalty; Exempt 
             From Levy, Garnishment Or Attachment. 

      That no fee or other compensation shall be charged or received by any 
clerk, attorney, officer, or other person for any service rendered to any 
applicant under the provisions of this act; and any person who shall purchase 
from a soldier, sailor, or marine, or from any widow of any deceased soldier, 
sailor, or marine, any claim allowed under the provisions of this act for a 
price or sum of money less than the full amount thereof shall be guilty of a 
misdemeanor, and upon indictment and conviction thereof shall be fined not 
less than twenty-five, nor more than one hundred dollars, or imprisonment, or 
both, at the discretion of the court.  The provisions hereby made for disabled 
soldiers, sailors, or marines and widows of deceased soldiers, sailors, or 
marines, shall be exempt from levy, garnishment, or attachment for any debt or 
pecuniary demand. (Section 18, Pension Law.)["1" superscript] 

[panel 2 of 3; docketing; responses handwritten, except where noted] 
                    <APPROVED>[stamped]   <200.00> 
<[illegible]>       <MAR 20 1928>[stamped] 
                         <J> 
Filed in the Clerk's Office of the <Corporation> 
Court of  <Lynchburg>, Virginia, 
this <13th> day of <Feb'y>, 19<28>. 
___________________________________________________ 
             Pension Application 
                    For A 
         Disabled Confederate Soldier 
                    _____ 
              Acts 1924 And 1926 
[dingbat]To save trouble for applicant and Pension De- 
partment, please write plainly in spaces below, the 
County or City in which the Pension is granted and 
the name and Postoffice Address of the applicant. 
___________________________________________________ 
                               Roll No. <91> 
County[struck] 
City <Lynchburg, Va.> 
Name <Albert Ayers> 
Post office <Fairview Heights> 
            <Lynchburg, V_a> 
___________________________________________________ 
Class [blank] Rating [blank] Age [blank] 
Filed in Auditor's office [blank], 19[blank] 
Paid Warrant No. <8178> $<50.00> 
Date of Payment <MAR 30 1928[stamped]>, 19[blank] 
                   <8.1  8   $50.00>[stamped date illegible] 
___________________________________________________ 
                 Memoranda 
                   <12-1 - 80_00>[?] 

___________________________________________________ 
Form No. 4--2-22-24--2M.[?] 

[panel 3 of 3] 

                         INSTRUCTIONS 
                            ______ 
               Read Before The Form Is Filled In. 
                            ______ 
    All questions must be answered as fully as possible. 
    Read the whole form carefully before filling out. 
    If comrades cannot be found to fill in Certificate B, Certificate C must 
be filled. 
    Where there is a camp of Confederate Veterans, Certificate E must be 
filled. 
    Where there is a no camp, Certificate F must be filled. 
    When the name of the applicant, or any one making affidavit, is made by 
X mark, a witness must always be had to the mark. 
    The doctor, in filling in Certificate D, must set out clearly his 
examination, and define his case, whether partial or total, otherwise the 
rating of the applicant cannot properly be determined. 
    After the application is filled up through Certificate G, file it with the 
clerk of the Corporation or Circuit Court of your city or county. 
[page end] 


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   PENSIONERS now on the ROLL are NOT required to make new application, but 
                          must file annual certificate. 

 THIS APPLICATION must be filed with the Clerk of the Corporation Court of 
                  Your City or Circuit Court of Your County. 
       (No application will be entertained not on the printed form.) 
                                   ________ 
                                  Form No. 4 
Application of a disabled Soldier, Sailor or Marine of the late Confederacy 
under acts approved March 14, 1924, and March 13, 1926. 
                                   ________ 
      I, <Albert Ayers>, do hereby apply for a pension under the provisions of 
the acts of the General Assembly of Virginia, approved March 14, 1924, and 
March 13, 1926, relating to Confederate pensions. 
      I do solemnly swear that I am a citizen of the State of Virginia, and 
that I have been an actual resident of said State for two 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, or any other 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 said acts.  And I do 
further swear that I do not hold a national, State, city or county office or 
any position which pays me a salary or fees which amounts to Four Hundred 
($400.00) dollars per annum; nor have I an income from any other employment or 
source whatever which amounts to Four Hundred ($400.00) dollars per annum; nor 
do I receive from any source whatever money amounting in value to the sum of 
Four Hundred ($400.00) dollars per annum; nor do I own in my own right, nor 
does any one hold in trust for my benefit or use, nor does my wife own, nor 
does any one hold in trust for my wife, estate or property, either real, 
personal, or mixed, either in fee or for life, which yields a total income 
which amounts to Four Hundred ($400.00) dollars per annum, or which yields an 
income, which, added to my income from all other sources, amounts to as much 
as Four Hundred ($400.00) dollars per annum.  I do further swear that I do not 
receive a pension from this or any other State or from the United States, nor 
do I receive necessary aid from any source whatever, board and clothing 
excepted; and that I am not an inmate of any soldiers home.  I do solemnly 
swear that the answers given to the questions which I am required to answer in 
this application are true to the best of my knowledge and belief. 
        All questions must be answered fully.  Any assessment of property does 
not effect the right to pension, but the gross income from all sources must be 
less than $400.00 per year. 
______________________________________________________________________________ 
[column 1 of 2] 
 1.  What is your name? <Albert Ayers> 
 2.  What is your age? <80> years 
 3.  Where were you born? <Carroll Co  V.a> 
 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? <5 -> years 
 6. In what branch of the service were you? <Infantry> 
<34  Va> Regiment. 
 <G>     Company. 
 7. Who were your immediate superior officers? 
    Colonel <Wise Command> 
    Captain <W.G. [illegible] 
 8. When did you enter the service? <1864> 186[blank] 
 9. Where did you enter the service? <Wytheville V.a> 
10. When and why did you leave service? <April 9> 
                        <1865> 
                        [blank] 
11. Where do you reside?  If in a city, give street address. 
    Postoffice <Fairvew Hights V.a> 
    County of    <Campbell>    Virginia. 
               <Lynchburg V_a> 
12. Have you ever applied for a pension in Virginia before?  If so, why 
       are you not drawing one at this time. 
                                          <no> 
   <Address> 
   <Fairview Hights  Lynchburg Va> 
______________________________________________________________________________ 

[column 2 of 2] 
13. What is your usual and ordinary occupation for earning a livelihood? 
               <Carpenter> 
14. Are you following such occupation or any other occupation or em- 
        ployment at this time?  If yes, state the nature and extent of 
        same. 
                      <no> 
                        <none> 
15. What is your annual income? $[blank] 
   NOTE.-By income is meant the total gross receipts derived by you from all 
     crops (whether sold or used), wages and other sources valued in dollars. 
16. How much property do you own? 
    Real estate $      <none> 
    Personal Property $ <"> 
17. What is the exact nature of your disability and the cause thereof? 
               <Old Age> 
18. Are you totally or partially incapacitated by such disability? 
                        <yes> 
19. Give the names and addresses of two comrades who served in 
        thesame [sic] command with you during the war. 
    Name    <H F Sly> 
    Address <B H [illegible]> 
    Name   [blank] 
    Address <Lynchburg Va> 
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. 
     [blank] 
     [blank] 
______________________________________________________________________________ 

[footer] 
    A signature made by X mark is not valid unless attested by a witness. 
    WITNESS [blank]                          <Albert Ayers> 
                                                   Signature of Applicant. 

    Witness my hand this <15.th> day of <May>, 19<05> 
                                                  <Albert Ayers> 

    I, <R G Wood>, a <Chair Pension Board> in and for the <Lynchburg> 
[blank], in the State of Virginia, do certify that the applicant whose name is 
signed to the foregoing application personally appeared before me in my 
[blank] 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 <6> day of <Feb>, 19<28>  <R G Wood> 
                                  <Chair Pension Board>  Signature of Officer. 
[page end] 


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[small "x" in upper left corner] 

[column 1 of 2] 
                     (A) An Oath of Resident Witnesses. 

   We, <["L. E. Wilkinson" struck; "W. W. Galleher" inserted> 
and <["J. Y. Worsham" struck, reinserted]> 
do solemnly that we are residents of the <City> 
of <Lynchburg>, in the State of Virginia, and that we 
have known personally and well for <21> years the applicant 
whose name is signed to the foregoing application for aid under acts of the 
General Assembly of Virginia, approved March 14, 1924, and March 13, 1926, 
and that the said appllicant is a resident of the said city or county 
and is a man of good reputation for truth and honesty, and that we have 
read the foregoing application and the answers to the questions therein 
propounded, made by the said applicant, and verily believe that the said 
applicant has been truthful in the said statements and answers, and that 
from our personal knowledge the applicant is disabled, as stated in answer 
to questions 17 and 18, and that we verily believe the said applicant is 
justly entitled to aid under said acts and that we have no personal interest 
in the allowance of the applicant's claim. 
    A signature made by X mark is not valid unless attested by a witness. 
                                             <W W Gallaher> [small check mark] 
                                             <J.Y Worsham>  [small check mark] 
                                                   Resident Witnesses. 
WITNESS [blank] 
        [blank] 
   Subscribed and sworn to before me, a <Notary Public> 
in and for the <City> of <Lynchburg> 
State of Virginia, this <11.th> day of <February>, 19<28> 
                       <Virginia F. Ambler[??]> 
                           <Notary Public>   Signature of Officer. 

                      (B) Affidavit of Comrades. 
            his 
    We, <H F + Sly> 
            mark 
and     <B H Lakes> 
do solemnly swear that we are residents of the <City Lynchburg> 
of [blank], in the State of <Va> 
and that the applicant whose name is signed to the foregoing application 
for aid under acts of the General Assembly of Virginia, approved March 14, 
1924, and March 13, 1926, is personally well known to us, and that we 

have known him well for [blank] years, and that we were soldiers (sailors 
or marines) in the military (or naval) service of Virginia, or of the Confed- 
erate States, and that the said applicant, who was also a soldier (sailor 
or marine) in the said service during the said war, was, with us, members of 
the same command [phrase underlined] 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 said 
acts. 
     A signature made by X mark is not valid unless attested by a 
witness.        his 
           <H F (+) Sly> 
                mark 
           <B H Lakes> 
                                   Comrades. 
WITNESS <Mrs J E Turner [??]> 
        [blank] 
   Subscribed and sworn to before me, a <R G Wood> [sic] 
in and for the <City> of <Lynchburg> 
State of Virginia, this <6> day of <Feb>, 19<28> 
        <RG Wood  Chairman Pension Board> 
                         Signature of Officer. 

[column 2 of 2] 
   NOTE.-If no such comrade is living required in certificate B whose address 
is known to the applicant, then let one or more reputable persons who have 
personal knowledge of the services of the applicant and cause of his 
disability make affidavit C. 

                   (C) Affidavit of Witnesses, Not Comrades. 
               (Not necessary when Certificate B can be filled.) 

   We, [blank] 
and [blank] 
do solemnly swear that we are residents of the [blank] 
of [blank] in the State of [blank] 
and that we personally know, and are well acquainted with, the applicant 
whose name is signed to the foregoing application, and who is applying 
for aid under acts of the General Assembly of Virginia, approved March 
14, 1924, and March 13, 1926, and that we have known the said applicant 

for [blank] years, and that to our personal knowledge 
the said applicant was a loyal and true soldier (sailor or marine), in the 
military or naval service of Virginia, or of the Confederate States, in the 
war between the States, 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 set forth, and that his claim is just, and that we have no 
personal interest in the allowance of his claim under said acts. 
                                             [blank] 
                                             [blank] 
                                                   Witnesses not Comrades. 
WITNESS [blank] 
        [blank] 
   Subscribed and sworn to before me, a [blank] 
in and for the [blank] of 
[blank] State of Virginia, this [blank] day of [blank],19[blank] 
                                             [blank] 
                                                   Signature of Officer. 
   NOTE-If no comrade in arms or other person who has knowledge of the 
services of the applicant and the cause of his disability is living, whose 
address is known to the applicant, state that fact here. 
[blank] 
[blank] 
[blank] 

                         (D) Certificate of Physician. 

Physician will please read carefully the answers to questions 17 and 18 and 
                the following certificate before filling out. [italicized] 

      I, <E F Younger>, a practicing physician in the 
<Lynchburg> of <Virginia> [sic], in the State of 
Virginia, do certify that I am personally acquainted with the ap- 
plicant, 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 SPECI- 
FICALLY the nature of the disability and the cause thereof, and if such 
disability be total, whether the applicant is deprived thereby of all ability 
to pursue his usual and ordinary occupation, or any other occupation for a li- 
velihood [phrase italicized], and if the disability be partial, to what extent 
the applicant is hindered thereby from pursuing such occupation as aforesaid. 
If the physician considers the disability is total, he will, in addition to 
the cause disclosed by the examination, repeat the language in italics above.) 
<The applicant is deprived thereby of all> 
<ability to pursue his usual & ordinary> 
<occupation or any other occupation for> 
 <a livelihood  as a reult of> 
<Senility> 
and that I have no personal interest in the allowance of the applicant's 
claim. 
    Given under my hand this <6> day of <Feby>, 192<8>. 
                                                            <E F Younger> M.D. 
[page end] 


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[column 1 of 2] 
                   (E) Certificate of Camp of Confederate 
                                   Veterans. 

        (Must be filled up when there is a camp in applicant's city or 
                                    county.) 

      I, <R G Wood> commander of 
<Garland Rodes Camp C V> 
Camp of Confederate Veterans of the <City> of 
<Lynchburg> 
in the State of Virginia, hereby certify that the said camp has examined 
into the merits of the foregoing application for aid under acts of the Gen- 
eral Assembly of Virginia, approved March 14, 1924, and March 13, 1926, 
and being satisfied of the justice of said claim, hereby recommend the same, 
under the provisions of said acts, and that the camp has no personal 
interest in the allowance of the applicant's claim. 
                                             <R,G,Wood> 
                                                       Commander. 

    Given under my hand this <8> day of <Feb>, 19<28> 
   NOTE.-If there is no camp of Confederate Veterans in applicant's city or 
county, the certificate of one or two ex-Confederate soldiers, of good 
reputation, residing in said city or county, must be obtained to certificate F,
if possible. 

                  (F) Certificate of Ex-Confederate Soldiers. 
               (Not necessary when Certificate E can be filled.) 


      We, [blank], and [blank] 
[blank] of the [blank] of [blank] 
[blank] 
State of Virginia, do certify that we were soldiers (sailors or marines) of 
the Confederate States in the war between the States, and that we have 
examined into the merits of the foregoing application for aid under acts 
of the General Assembly of Virginia, approved March 14, 1924, and March 
13, 1926, and that we are satisfied of the justice of said claim, and recom- 
mend the same under the provisions of said acts, and that we have no 
personal interest in the allowance of the applicant's claim. 
    Given under our hands this [blank] day of [blank], 19[blank] 
                                             [blank] 
                                             [blank] 
                                                   Ex-Confederate Soldiers. 
                   
                 (G) Certificate of Commissioner of Revenue. 

      I, <D L Taylor> Commissioner of Revenue 
in the <City> of <Lynchburg>, 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 acts of the General Assembly of Virginia, approved March 14, 1924, 
and March 13, 1926, is charged on the land and personal property books of 
said <City> with estate, 
real, personal or mixed, of the assessed value of $<Nothing> 
      Given under my hand this <6> day of <Feby>, 19<28> 
                                             <D L Taylor> 
                                                   Commissioner of Revenue. 


                      (H) Certificate of Pension Board. 

      I, <R,G,Wood>, chairman of the 
Pension Board of the <City> of <Lynchburg> 
State of Virginia, do hereby certify that the foregoing application has been 
examined and approved by said Board. 
      In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand this <13> day 
of <February>, 19<28> 
                                             <R G Wood> 
                                                   Chairman of Pension Board. 

    Given under my hand this <8> day of <Feb>, 19<28> 

                          (I) Certificate of Judge. 

    This Court, from an examination of the foregoing application and 
of the affidavits, certificates, etc., therewith filed, and hereto annexed, 
["and of such witnesses as were required and called by the court," struck] 
being satisfied that the said application is supported by the affidavits, 
certificates, etc., of persons of well-known reputation for truth, honesty and 
integrity, and that the claim of the said applicant is just, and in due form, 
doth certify the same to the Auditor of Public Accounts. 
   Given under my hand this <13> day of <Feby>, 19<28> 
                                             <Frank P. [illegible]> 
                                                     <~>         Judge. 
[page end] 


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[typed letter; letterhead printed] 

<ORD> 

                               WAR DEPARTMENT 
                       The Adjutant General's Office 
  In Reply                       Washington  <February 18, 1928.> 
  Refer To 

             <Respectfully returned to> 

             <Auditor Public Accounts,> 
               <Pension Department)> 
                  <Richmond, Virginia.> 

- 
             <The name Albert Ayers has not been found on the muster rolls of> 
        <Co. G, 34th. Virginia Infantry, C.S.A., which rolls cover in part the>
        <period from March 20, 1862 to October 31, 1864.> 
             <Nor has any record been found of his service, capture or parole> 
        <as of the 34th. Virginia Infantry, C.S.A.> 
                                              <Lutz Wahl,> [signed] 
                                              <Major General,> 
                                          <The Adjutant General.> 
                                               <By J.C.> 
                                              [initialled, underlined by hand] 

[letter end] 


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[comrades' statement, 1 of 2; handwritten] 

<Albert Ayers> 
<on 24 day of Jan. 1865> 
<got his leg cut. he was.> 
 <Choping.  wood with a> 
<Man  &   his ax glanced> 
<& Cut his leg..they were> 
<Cut ing wood for Co. G.> 
<he was sent home on a> 
<furlow the thirtieth,> 
<he Couldnt walk when> 
<the Surrender. Come in> 
<1865-  B.H. Lakes> 
       <H.F. Sly> 
                   <over> 

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[comrades' statement, 1 of 2; handwritten] 

<Albert Ayers> 
<fairvew  Hights> 
       <Lynchburg V_a.> 
<22 March 1928.> 


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[typed letter] 

                          <March 16, 1928.> 


<Mr. Albert Ayers,> 
<Fairview Heights,> 
<Lynchburg, Va.> 

<My dear Sir:-> 

             <Replying to your inquiry about your application> 
<for pension on file in this office, I beg to state that upon> 
<examining the official Confederate war records, we failed to> 
<find any record of your service as a Confederate soldier, of> 
<Company G. 34[digit overstruck]th Virginia Infantry.> 

             <I therefore suggest that you write out a> 
<statement explaining as well as you can recall your service,> 
<especially showing when and where you finally left the army.> 
<If you can obtain from Mr. H. F. Sly and Mr. B. H. Lakes, who> 
<have endorsed your application as comrades, a statement showing> 
<what they know of your service, and to the best of their knowledge> 
<when and where you finally left the army, it may help your claim.> 

             <I trust you or your friends will give this matter> 
<prompt attention.> 
                <Yours very truly,> 
                
                <E. R. Combs,> 
                <Comptroller.> 

               <By______________________________> [not signed] 
                    <Pension Clerk.> 
<JHJ/ls> 

[letter end] 


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                                  SOLDIERS' 
                            Rerating Application. 

For Total Blindness Or Total Deafness.  Use This Form Only For Pensioners On 
              The Roll Who Have Become Total Blind Or Total Deaf. 

   I, <Albert Ayers>, solemnly swear that I am now on the pension roll of the 
State of Virginia, and do hereby apply to be rerated as totally <Blind> and 
that I am the identical person named in the original application for pension 
filed in the office of the clerk of the <Corporation> court of <Lynchburg Va.> 
April 2' 1902, as 
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; that I 
am now an actual resident of the State of Virginia.  I do further swear that 
my income from all sources does not exceed $400.00; nor am I an inmate of the 
Soldier's Home.  
______________________________________________________________________________ 
1. What is your name? <Albert Ayers>          2. What is your age? <81> years. 
3. Where do you reside? (If in city give street address) 
    <DeWitt St Fairview Sta Lynchburg Va> 
   Post Office <Lynchburg Va>, Virginia  4. Give the name and address of the 
   the physician who examined you for total blindness or total deafness? 
    Name <H P Brown> Address <Ro 1  Lynchburg Va> 
5. Give here information relating to your disability which will support the 
   justice of your claim <Totally unable to get about on account of Blindness> 
6. When was your pension first granted, and in what county or city? 
    <March 1-1928- Lynchburg Va> 
______________________________________________________________________________ 

    A signature made by X mark is not valid        <his> 
       unless attended by a witness.       <Albert  +  Ayers> 
                                                  <mk> 
                                                    (Signature of Pensioner.) 
   Witness <Maggie Ayers> 
   Subscribed and sworn to before me, a <Notary Public>, in and for the <City> 
of <Lynchburg>, this <16> day of <August>, 19<28>. 
                                    <Nancy V. Urquhart> 
                                                     Signature of Officer. 
                                         <Notary Public>  
NOTE.-The above affidavit may be taken before any officer in this state 
 authorized by law to administer an oath. 
______________________________________________________________________________ 

                       Certificate of Physician 

   I, <H.P[illegible] Brown>, practicing physician in the <Co.> of <Campbell> 
State of Virginia, do certify that I am personally acquainted with the 
applicant and that from a personal examination as to the affliction set forth 
in his application, I am of the opinion that he is totally <blind> (here the 
physician will state the nature and extent of blindness or deafness) [phrase 
[italicized] <and Almost totally deaf.> 
    Given under my hand this <14.th> day of <August>, 19<28> 
         <H.P[illegible] Brown> M.D. 
          <no #1  Zachery, V_a>[??] 
[page end] 


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[printed document, folded into three panels] 

[panel 1 of 3] 

                           Affidavit of Witnesses. 
                 Two witnesses required in this certificate. 

     We, <J Y Worsham & W W Gallaher>, solemnly swear that we are residents 
of the <City> of <Lynchburg> State of <Virginia> and that we personally know, 
and are well acquainted with the applicant whose name is signed to the fore- 
going application for rerating on account of total <Blindness> and that we 
have known the said applicant for <Three> years, and that we verily believe 
he is totally <Blind> as set forth in his application, and that his claim for 
rerating is just.  We further declare we have no personal interest in this 
claim. 
<J.Y. Worsham>                <W W Gallaher> 
     Witnesses to signatures made by X mark [blank] 
     Subscribed and sworn to before me, a <Notary> in and for the <City> 
of <Lynchburg> State of Virginia, this <16.th> day of <August>, 19<28> 
                                    <Nancy V. Urquhart> 
                                                   Signature of Officer. 
                                         <Notary> 
    <My Commission Expires Nov. 25, 1931>[stamped] 


[panel 2 of 3; docketing; responses handwritten, except where noted] 
 <9-1-28> 
    <50.00>         <Approved>[stamped]   <$20.00> 
                    <SEP 6  1928>[stamped] 
                         <J> 
___________________________________________________ 
                 Act of 1928. 
                  For No. 10.
___________________________________________________ 
             Rerating Application 
                     Of 
                  Soldiers 
           (Confederate Pensioners) 
        Totally Deaf Or Totally Blind 
___________________________________________________ 
  Please write plainly in spaces below the County or 
City in which the pension was FIRST GRANTED, 
and the name and present Postoffice Address of 
Pensioner. 
___________________________________________________ 
                               Roll No. [blank] 
County[struck] 
City <Lynchburg> 
Name <Albert Ayers> 
Post Office <Fairview ["Station" struck; "Heights" inserted]> 
   <Lynchburg Va> 
___________________________________________________ 
Filed in Comptroller's Office <8-16-'28>. 
               <SEP 7  1928>[stamped] 
Paid Warrant No. [blank] $<30.00> 
Date of Payment [blank; above] 
___________________________________________________ 
Form  No. 10. 
<[illegible] 80.00   asst. R.R. -3rd Qr. 
   <9-1-     50.00    3rd Qr. 
             ______
          $  30.00   Bal. 3rd Qr. 
             ______

[panel 3 of 3] 

      The pension law by Act approved March 26, 1928, requires Confederate 
 soldiers to be rerated on account of total blindness, or total deafness 
 to obtain a certificate from a practicing physician, and affidavits from 
 two reputable unrelated and disinterested citizens who are fully acquainted 
 with the applicant, showing to the best of their knowledge and belief the 
 extent of blindness or deafness. 

      No rerating is allowed for partial blindness or partial deafness. 

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   <No Record @> [blank] 
City  } <Lynchburg> 
County} 
___________________________________________________ 
              Commonwealth of Virginia 
                      Office of 
               The Auditor of Public 
                      Accounts 
                (Pension Department) 

                  <RECEIVED>   [stamped] 
                  <FEB 17 1928>[stamped] 
                  <[illegible]>[stamped] 

                Richmond 

            The Adjutant General, 
                  War Department, 
                    Washington, D. C. 

            Sir: 
              I have the honor to request the official record 
            of <Albert Ayers> 
            [blank] 
            Co. <G.     34th> Regt. <Va. Inft.> 
            Colonel <W. V. Jordan.> 
            Captain [blank] 
              This information is to be used in connection 
            with an application for a Confederate pension, 
            which has been filed in this office. 
                      Respectfully, 
                  <Jno H Johnson>[signed] 
                           Auditor Public Accounts. 
___________________________________________________ 
Pension  32--11-6-21--2M[??] 

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