What is your name: J.M.
Owen
What is your age: 64
Where born: Warren Co., Georgia
How long in Texas: since January
1, 1879
In what County do you reside: Nolan
County
How long have you resided in said county: about 10 months,
Sweetwater, Texas
Occupation: Hotel Keeper
Physical condition: Not
good. Gravel, physician says
caused by
Kidney trouble. I lost my left eye in battle and wounded in left
leg.
What state was company or command organized & how long:
Georgia.. About 14 months... Co. B
22 Georgia Battalion. Artillery
Date signed: June 24, 1912
Witness #1: Rachel Parker
Witness #2:
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REID,
SARAH MARGRITE
Name: Sarah Margrite Reid
Widow of: William C. Reed, died March 27, 1920
Gains Co., TX
Married: December 2, 1848 Erath Co., TX
Age: 71 years
Where born: Mississippi
How long in
Texas: 1869
How long in this
county: about 35 years,
Stephensville
Husband draw
pension, if so number: 26961
Husband's
name: William Columbus Reid
Date of his
death: March 27, 1920
State of your
husbands command: Texas
How long did he
serve: about 18 months
Witness #1: A.C. Watson
Witness #2: Robt. R. Cooper
Approved: June 28, 1920
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REID, W.C.
Applied Gaines Co., TX
Name: W.C. Reed (William Columbus Reid
h/o Sarah Margarite)
Age: 67 years old born in
1846, July 5th
Where born: Miss. ... Leak
County
How long in Texas: Since
1859
In what county reside: Gaines
How long: 6 years.
P.O. Seminole, TX
Applied before: No
Occupation: Farmer
State commond organized: Texas
How long served: In Army 14
months
Letter of Company: C or G
Regiment, Col. Bradfords, later Col. Maneis
Filed: Mar. 1st, 1914
Witness #1: J.J. Adams
Witness #2: James Jones
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What
is your name: Samuel Burdine
Rowland What
is your age: 68 yrs, the 7th day
of last June
Where born: Pope County, Arkansas
In what County do you reside:
Nolan County Texas
How long in said county
&
P.O. address: 7 years, Post
Office is Roscoe, Nolan Co., TX
Occupation: Farming when able to do so.
What state, company &
regiment you enlisted in: Arkansas.
Co. A Col. Stermans Reg. 1st Battalion of Arkansas Calvary.
What Branch: Calvary
Nature of Service and
how
long: Was not conscripted, was
only detailed by and from my regiment to do special
courier service.
Date signed: October 13, 1913
Witness #1: Peter A. Sossamon
Witness #2: W.W. Sossamon
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WRIGHT, JOHN W.
Name: John W. Wright
What is age: Seventy three
years last June 26th
Resident of what county: Nolan
How long resided in county: resided
in Nolan County principally for 30 years. Address Sweetwater,
Texas
Applied before: No
Occupation: Carpenter, not
ably to engage in. Can't get about very well
Physical condition: am in
fair condition for my age. Old age, and exposure in war.
In what State command organized: in Ellis County Texas
How long served: enlisted
in fall of 1861 and discharged in May 1865.
Name of company: Co. F.
Regiment No. 12th Parsons regiment. Served in Calvary
Property: I have no
realestate, no personal property, have a few ponies wroth from two to
three hundred dollars.
Property sold last 2 years: Sold
3 ponies about $165.00
Witness #1: John H.
Cochran, Sr.
Witness #2: J.C. George
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