Welcome to the Ivy PlaceAs the Ivy grows and branches everywhere, so does our familyConfederate Pension Application |
| Question | Application number 7895 |
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| Date Filed: | April 23, 1900 |
| Date Approved | March 21, 1901 |
| Date of Death | Not listed |
| What is your age? | sixty |
| How Long have you resided in the State of Texas | |
| How long have you resided in the county of your present residence? And what is you postoffice address? | Twenty Years, Mullin |
| What is your Husband's full name? | William Henry James |
| When and where were you married? | Yes, March 30th 1857, Limestone County, TX |
| What was the date of his death? | Dec 24th 1869 |
| In what State was your husbnd's command originally organized? | |
| How Long did your husband serve? If known to you, give date of enlistment and discharge | enlised in Spring 1862, served until Lee's surrender |
| State in what company and regiment your deceased husband for whose services you claim a pension enlisted in the Confederate Army and the time of his service therein? | Company D, Capt John Oliver Bradfords Brigade |
| If your deceased husband served in the Confederate Navy, state when and where and the time of such services | NO |
| State whether or not you have received any pension or vetern donation land certificate under any previous law, and if you answer in the affirmative state what pension or veteran donation land certificate you have | None, he enlisted in Limestone Co Spring of 1863 |
| What real and personal property do you now own and what is the present value of such property? Give list of such value | 3 head of cattle one horse, value $60.00 |
| Are you in indigent circumstances, that is, are you in actual want and distitute of property and means of substenceWhat real and personal property do you now own and what is the present value of such property? Give list of such value | Yes |
| Have you transferred to others any property of any kind for the purpose of becoming a beneficiary under this law? | NO |
| Signed | By her own Hand, Lu A. James |
| Date of Signature | April 23, 1900 |
AFFIDAVIT OF WITNESSES
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P.K James, and J. E. Isenhower swore that they knew Lu A. James and William H. James and that she is the widow of William H. James |
AFFIDAVIT OF WITNESSES
| Question | John Moss | Sam Hamilton |
|---|---|---|
| Inter 1. State your name , age and present place of residence: | John W. Moss, my age is 54 years, my residence Kosse, Limestone County, Texas | Sam W. Hamilton age 55 residence Lousisana? Navoro County, TX |
| Inter. 2. State whether or not you did service as a soldier in the Confederate Army or Navy | I was a member of Company D. Capt John Oliver commanding and Col Bradford regiment in the Confederate Army | Yes served in the Confederate Army |
| Inter. 3. If in answer to the foregoing interrogatory you have stated that you have served as a soldier in the Confederate Army, then state in what company and regiment you did serve? Or if you served in the Navy of the Confederate States, then state the time of such service and where you served? | I was a member of Company D. Capt John Oliver commanding and Col Bradford regiment in the Confederate Army | I first served in Company D, ? 4th? State Troops and afterwards in Company D, inder Colonel Bradford and taken un? Col Mann (unreadable) |
| Inter. 4. State whether or not you personnally know or knew . . | I knew said Bill James during 1864 and 1865 while a member of my company, have not seen him since the war- in 1865 I know he enlisted in Company D Capt John Olliver's Company. Bradford regiment and performed the diuties of a soldier for at least two years in the Confederate Army | I knew Bill James while I was in the Confederate Army under Bradfor and Mann? I served in the same company and regiment with him for Feb 1864 to May 1865 |
| Inter. 5. How Long have you known said . . .and where and when did you first know him? | I never knew any other man of the name of Bill James except the one mentioned above. | Bill James served in the Confederate Army from Feb 1864 to May 1865 I served with him that long as ? in Sept 5th I did not know any other Bill Jame in the Army. I knew James by the name of Bill hi name may have been Bill H. I do not ? the H. |
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