File #36356
Transcription of application follows:
Form A
For Use of Soldiers, Who are in Indigent Circumstances
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The State of Texas, County of Burnet
I,
W.R. Thompson, do hereby make application to the Commissioner of
Pensions for a pension to be granted me under the Act passed by the
thirty-first Legislature of the State of Texas, and approved April 7,
1913, on the following grounds:
I enlisted and served in the
military services of the Confederate States during the war between the
States of the United States, and that I did not desert the Confederate
services, but during said war I was loyal and true to my duty, and
never at any time voluntarily abandoned my post of duty in the said
service; That I was honorably discharged or surrendered
Surrendered at close of War at Meridian Miss.
that
I have been a bona fide citizen of this State since prior to Jan 1,
A.D. 1900, and have been continuously since a citizen of the State of
Texas. I do further state that I do not hold any national, State, city
or county office which pays me a 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 receive from any source whatever money or other
means of support amounting in value to the sum of one hundred and fifty
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, of the assessed value of over one
thousand 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 Confederate Home, and I do further state that
the answers given to the following questions are true:
1. What is your age? 84
2. Where were you born? Jackson Co. Ala .
3. How long have you resided in Texas? Came to Tex in 1848
4. In what county do you reside? Burnet
5. How long have you resided in said county and what is your postoffice address? Since 1873; Spicewood, Burnet Texas
6. Have you applied for a pension under the Confederate pension law and been rejected? Have never applied before
7. What is your occuption, if able to engage in one? farmer
8. In what State was the command in which you served organized? Texas
9.
How long did you serve? Give, if possible, the date of enlistment and
discharge. Enlisted in 1861; surrendered at close of war
10. What was the letter of your company, number or name of battalion, regiment or battery? Co. I, 10th Tex Regiment
11. If transferred from one command to another, give time of transfer, name of command and time of service.
12. What branch of the service did you enlist in--infantry, cavalry, artillery or navy? cavalry
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