Can anyone look in the Cemetery book for his grave? Bonnie Reach, Alba, Texas Pension notes (furnished by another researcher) A. P. Rasbury. Full name Allen Polk Rasbury. He filed for a Confederate pension March 25, 1907 in Runnels Co., Texas. He stated he was 65 years old and had been engaged in freighting until recently. He enlisted in Co. K, 7th Georgia Infantry from March 8, 1861 and was discharged at the close of the war. Affidavits were made by C. N. Witcher of Lampasas and M. B. Rasbury of Ft. Worth. M. B. said, "He is my brother" and both were born in Georgia. Fulton County, Georgia, Civil War, They Were Here - Georgia Gen. Records. Allen R. Rasbury, Private. Index File, Georgia Archives, Atlanta -- Allen P. Rasbury, Co. K, 7th Reg., Georgia Volunteers, Private under Capt. John M. Lendon. He was born in Polk Co., Georgia, 17 years old at enrollment. He was 5' 5" tall, fair complexion, light hair. Enlisted August 3, 1861 and discharged July 16, 1862. A. P. Rasbury, originally filed under Allen R., Co. C, 64th Georgia Infantry. (Allen R. is his cousin) Allen Rasbury, Co D, 36, Villipigue's Infantry., Private. A. P. Rasbury, Co. C, 64th Georgia Infantry, Private and Sargeant. Lampasas Co., Texas Tax Rolls, microfilm. State Archives. 1880 A. P. Rasbury (only year listed) Confederate Pension Application #13178 H-379 (1469) Allen P. Rasbury, Runnels Co., Texas Approved September 30, 1907 by E. A. Boland, Chief Pension Clerk. and Comproller, J. W. Stephens. (January 12, 1927 given also) Note - Entered home September 24, 1921 Application of Indigent Soldier or Sailor of the late Confederacy for pension under the Act of May 12, 1899. ================= Pension Application Transcription The State of Texas, County of Runnels. To the Honorable County Judge of Runnels County, Texas. Your petitioner, Allen P. Rasbury, respectively represents that he is a resident citizen of Runnels County, in the State of Texas, and that he makes this application for the purpose of abtaining a pension under the act passed by the Twenty-sixth Legisature of the State of Texas, and approved May 12, A. D. 1899, the same being an act entitled "An act to carry into effect the admendment to the Constitution of the State of Texas, providing that aid may be granted to disabled soldiers, sailors and their widows under certain conditions, and to make an appropriation therefor," and I do solemnly swear that the answers I have given to the following questions are true. Note - Applicant must make answer to all of the following questions, and such answers must be written out plainly in ink. Q. What is your name? Answer: Allen P. Rasbury Q. What is your age? Answer: 65 years Q. In what County do you reside? Answer: Runnel Q. How long have you resided in said County and what is your postoffice address? Answer: about seven months; P. O. Ballinger Q. Have you applied for a pension under the Confederate Pension Law heretofore, and been rejected? If so, state when and where. Answer: no Q. What is your occupation if able to engage in one? Answer: I have been freighting until recently. Q. What is your physical condition? Answer: Run-down generally, nearly blind; have to walk with crutches; have hernia; rhaumitisms Q. If your physical condition is such that you are unable by your own labor to earn a support, state what caused such disability. Answer: same as above; also old age; 3 wounds in army. Q. In what state was your command originally organized? Answer: Georgia Q. How long did you serve? Give date of enlistment and discharge. Answer: 4 years; enlisted Mar, 9, 1861; discharged at cease of the war. Q. What was the name or letter of your company and name and number of your regiment? Answer: Co. K, 7th GA Infantry. Q. State whether you served in the infantry, artillery, cavalry, or the navy. Answer: Infantry Q. State whether or not you have received any pension or veteran donation land certificate under any previous law, and if you answer in the affirmative state what pension or veteran donation land certificate you have received. Answer: none. Q. What real and personal property do you now own, and what is the present value of such property? Give list of such property and value. Answer: nothing at all. Q. What property, and what was the value thereof, have you sold or conveyed within two years prior to the date of this application? Answer: none Q. What estate has your wife in her own right, real and personal, and what is its value? Answer: none Q. What income, if any, do you receive? Answer: none Q. Are you in indigent circumstances; that is , are you in actual want, and destitute of property and means of substance? Answer: yes Q. Are you unable by your labor to earn a support? Answer: yes Q. Have you transferred to others any property of value of any kind for the purpose of becoming a beneficiary under this law? Answer: no Q. Did you ever desert the confederacy? Answer: no Q. Have you been continuosly since the first day of January, 1880, a bona fide resident citizen of this State? Answer: yes Q. If you originally enlisted in the Confederate service from the State of Texas, were you at the date of the passage of this act, a bona fide resident of the State of Texas? Answer: From Georgia Wherefor your petitioner prays that his application for pension be approved and that such other proceedings be had in the premises as are required by law. (Signature of Applicant) Allen P. Rasbury Sworn to and subscribed before me this 25 day of March, A. D. 1907. Seal B. B. Stone County Judge, Runnels County, Texas =================== AFFIDAVIT OF PHYSICIAN THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY of Runnel Before me, B. B. Stone, County Judge of Runnel County, State of Texas, on this day personally appeared W. B. Holley, who is a reputable practicing physician of this County, who being by me duly sworn on oath, states that he has carefully and thoroughly examined Allen P. Rasbury, applicant for a pension, and finds him laboring under the following disabilities which render him unable to labor at any work or calling sufficient to earn a support for himself: Nearly blind, bad hernia, (caused by helping to move cannon at Gettysburg), and has to walk with crutches. Also from his age and rheumatism, which render him almost helpless. (Signature of Physician) Halley & Love person Sworn to and subscribed before me this 24 day of April, A. D. 1907. seal B. B. Stone County Judge Runnel County, Texas ================ CERTIFICATE OF COUNTY JUDGE THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY o f Runnel I, B. B. Stone, County Judge of Runnel County, State of Texas, do hereby certify that on the 24 day of May, A. D. 1907, before me came on to be heard the application of Allen P. Rasbury for a pension under the Confederate Pension Law of this State, approved May 12, A. D. 1899; that the depositions of the witnesses were made before the officers indicated and that the foregoing affidavit of Dr.__________ who is a reputable practicing physician of this county, was made before me. I also certify that the said applicant Allen P. Rasbury, is not an inmate of the Texas Confederate Home, nor otherwise disqualified under the provision of section 12, of the Confederate Pension Law. I further certify that after considering all the proceedings had before me relative to the said applicant is lawfully entitled to the pension provided by the Confederate Pension Law of this State, and that I hereby approve said application. Witness my hand and seal of office at Ballinger, Texas this 24 day of April A. D. 1907. seal B. B. Stone County Judge Runnel County, Texas ================ CERTIFICATE OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF RUNNEL We, the undersigned members of the Commissioners Court of Runnel County, Texas, hereby certify that the foregoing application of Allen P. Rasbury for a pension, together with the proof in support thereof, was dulely submitted by Hon. B. B. Stone, County Judge of this Runnel County, to the Commissioners of this Runnel County, at a regular term thereof on the 17 day of May, A. D. 1907, and after a careful consideration of the same we find the said applicant is lawfully entitled to the pension provided for by the Confederate Pension Law of the State, and we hereby approve said application. Witness our hands and seal of office at Ballinger, Texas this 17 day of May, A. D. 1907. W. M. Weeks Signature of Commissioners J. E. McAdams W. P. Hawkins seal C. N. Craft ================= Letter from Comtroller's Department, State of Texas, to the Adjutant General, to the Military Secretary, War Department, Washington, D. C. Dear Sir: I have the honor to request the military record of Allen P. Rasbury who is reported to have enlisted in Company K, 7th Regiment Georgia Infantry in the service of the Confederate States Army. Purpose: The person above named is an applicant for a Confederate pension granted by this State, and I desire to verify his proof of service. Very respectively yours, J. W. Stephens, Comptroller =================== 1281277 WAR DEPARTMENT THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE Washington September 13, 1907 Respectfully returned to the Comptroller State of Texas, Austin. It is shown by the records that Allen P. Rasbury, private, Company K, 7th Georgia Infantry, C. S. A., enlisted September 3, 1861, and that he was discharged July 16, 1862, under the Conscript Act. It is deemed proper to add that it is also shown by the records that one Allen P. Rasbury served as a member of Company C, 64th Georgia Infantry, C. S. A., and that he deserted therefrom, but it can not be determined from the records of this office whether or not he is identical with the man of that name who served in Company K, 7th Georgia Infantry, C. S. A. F. C. Awsoorde (?) The Adjutant General ================== APPLICATION FOR MORTUARY WARRANT THE STATE OF TEXAS, County of Burnet I, J. H. Stapp do hereby certify that I am the person to whom is intrusted the paying of the accounts and indebtedness of the late A. P. Rasbury, who was a pensioner of the State of Texas, and whose file number was 13178 and whose original county was Runnels. The said pensioner A. P. Rasbury, died on the 11th day of January, 1927, in the town of Burnet, County of Burnet, Texas. The pensioner died in the home of County Building of Burnet County who was related to the pensioner as _______. That the warrant, which application is hereby made for, shall be applied to paying all or part of the funeral expenses incurred by the said pensioner A. P. Rasbury. I further certify that the warrant for the current quarter has not been cashed by the pensioner, to the best of my knowledge and belief. I am related to the pensioner as (friend) no relation that my postoffice address is Burnet, Texas. signed J. H. Stapp Sworn to before me this 13thday of January, 1927 Ben L. King Notary Public in and for Burnet, State of Texas =================== CERTIFICATE OF UNDERTAKER I, J. H. Stapp, do certify that I am an undertaker in the town of Burnet, County of Burnet, State of Texas, that I had charge of the body of A. P. Rasbury, who died in the town of Burnet, County of Burnet, State of Texas on the 11th day of January 1927, That said body was prepared for burial by me on the 12th day of January 1927, and that I am of the opinion that warrant herein applied for should be issued to the said J. H. Stapp who makes the foregoing application. signed J. H. Stapp ==================== CERTIFICATE OF PHYSICIAN I, Dr. J. L. Williamson do certify that I am a practicing physician, and that I attended A. P. Rasbury in his last illness, and am of the opinion that his ailments were Senility & exposure, complicated by heart disease. I futher certify that I am of the opinion that the Mortuary Warrant above requested should be issued in the name of the aforementioned applicant, in accordance with Act passed by the Thirty-eighth Legislature and approved March 2, 1923. Signed J. L. Williamson M. D. Physician's Address Burnet, Texas |
