Thomas James CSA Pension 9498-

Thomas W. James
or could this be a Thomas N. James ?

Reproduced from the Confederate Pension Applications
from the holding of the Texas State Archives.

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The Front page of the Pension Application does look like Thomas W. James. as does the signature block where Thomas made his mark. see below

Thomas W. James applied for the Confederate pension at age 64 on October 16, 1902 (that would make his birthdate about 1838) and he was living in Mills County, Texas and had resided at McGirk, for 4 years. He stated that he did not apply for a pension and been rejected and that he was a farmer and his physical condition was bad.
He had

He joined his command in Texas and served 4 years, from April 1862 until the end of the war. He served in Co. A. Capt J. (M or W) Daniels Elmons Reg (hard to read) as artillery and infantry.

He owns fifteen head of cattle $ 100.00 value and no horses. He has no income except from the increase of my cattle. He states he as been a bona fide resident of the State of Texas since 1880 and when he enlisted in the Confederate Service from the State of Texas, he was a resident when the passage of this act. (see copy of signature block below.)

I had written Carlian Pittman, of the Hamilton County Genealogy Society and asked about where he may be buried. Her records show "Thomas James in Jonesboro Cemetery."

Thomas W. James
CO A 20 TEX INF
C.S.A.
No Dates.

The signature block on the application and the initial looks to be a " W".

The Witness Statements and the middle initial appears to look more like an "N" in my opinion because as you compare words beginning with a capital "W" such as Ed Barr's answer, "We went . . . then seeing the name with the middle initial in the same answer or sentence.

However this letter comparsion shows a "W" in Williams
and it is the same as the Middle Initial of Thomas

I had written to our own Mills County TX Civil War Historian, Stanley Bessent and he wrote that he did not have anything on the man but furnished the following about the unit:

"The 20th Texas Infantry was organized in the spring of 1862 and was composed primarily of middle aged men, many of them prominent citizens. The regiment did not see action outside of Texas and primarily performed guard duty along the coast from Galveston to the Sabine River. The 20th Texas played a prominent part in the re-capture of Galveston. Texas on Jan. 1, 1863.

20th Infantry Regiment Col. Henry M. Elmore, L. A. Abercrombie, Lt. Col. R. E. Bell,Major"

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