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Transcription of the Confederate Pension Application of J.D.Leland, #A5050
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COMPTOLLERS OFFICE
           RECEIVED
          NOV 28 1899
Endorsements Hereon for Comptroller's Use Exclusively.

FORM No. 1.

CONFEDERATE PENSION APPLICATION

Name of Applicant

J.D. Leland
Upshur  County,
Post Office  Gilmer, Texas


Controllers File No.  5050
Dead

    I have carefully examined the within application for
pension, together with the proof in support thereof, and
I recommend that the application be_______________
Approved
this 18 day of December
A.D.   1899

J*M*S* Devoiu*
                                                               Pension Clerk


    I hereby Approve the within application
for pension, this      15               day of
      Dec.                     A.D.1899

R.M. Fairley*
                       Comptroller


No Application Rejected by County Judge or County Commisioners
Should be Forwarded to Comptroller

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APPLICATION of Indigent Soldier or Sailor of the late Confederacy for pension under the
           Act of May 12, 1899.

THE STATE OF TEXAS

COUNTY OF             Upshur

To the Honorable County Judge of         Upshur        County, Texas.

        Your petitioner,      J.D. Leland                                        respectfully represents that
he is a resident citizen of             Upshur       County, in the State of Texas, and that he makes this
application for the purpose of obtaining a pension under the act passed by the twenty-sixth Legislature 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 amendment to the Constitution of the State of Texas, providing that aid may be granted to disabled and dependent Confederate 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           J.D. Leland 

Q.   What is your age?  Answer    I am 58 years old. 

Q.   In what County do you reside?  Answer           Upshur County 

Q.   How long have you resided in said County and what is your post office address?  Answer I have

resided in this county about 11 years Gilmer is my Post office
Q.   Have you applied for a pension under the Confederate Pension Law heretofore, and been rejected?  If so state
when and where.  Answer   I never applied for pension before 
Q.   What is your occupation if able to engage in one?  Answer     Not able to engage in any 

Q.   What is your physical condition?  Answer    Bad 

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   I was wounded in army & broken down constitution 
Q.   State in what company and regiment you enlisted in the Confederate army, and the time of your service?
Answer  Co. F 5th Alabama Inft & 41st Ala. Inft 
Q.   If you served in the Confederate navy state when and where, and the time of your service.  Answer
                     Did not serve in Navy 
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 sate what pension or veteran donation land certificate you have received.

Answer           I have received none at all 
 
 

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 calue.  Answer              None at all. 

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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  only  made  Deed  to  home  &  Lot  in  Gilmer  for  purchase money Notes due against same, amount of notes being $62500
Q.   What income, if any, do you receive?  Answer        None  at  all. 

Q.   Are you in indigent circumstances; that is, are you in actual want, and destitute of property and means of subsis-

tence?  Answer  Yes  I  am 
Q.   Are you unable by your labor to earn a support?  Answer   Yes I am unable 

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  I  have  not. 
Q.   Did you ever desert the Confederacy?  Answer    No  I  did  not. 

Q.   Have you been continuously since the first day of January, 1880, a bona fide resident of this State?

Answer    Yes  I  have. 

Wherefore 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) J.D.Leland 

Sworn to and subscribed before me this   9th      day of  October A.D.    1899
           D. A. Buie*
               (SEAL)                         County Judge  UpshurCounty, Texas
 
 

AFFIDAVIT OF WITNESSES

(Note-There must be at least two credible witnesses.)
 

THE STATE OF TEXAS,
County of   Upshur                                                 Before me,       D. A. Buie 

County Judge of    Upshur   County, State of Texas on this day personally appeared           W.    L. 

                                                                     Spencer   and  W.  C.  Rogers 

who are personally known to me to be credible citizens, who being by me duly sworn on oath, state that they personally know

     J.  D.   Leland                                                                   the above named applicant for a pension, and that they

personally know that the said             J.   D.   Leland                                           enlisted in the service of the 

Confederacy and performed the duties of a soldier (or sailor) as claimed by him in the above and foregoing application, and 

that they furthur know that he, the said applicant, is unable to support himself by labor of any sort.
 

(Signature of Witness)   W.  C.  Rogers 

(Signature of Witness)     T.  P.  *Ailhs 


(Signature of Witness)                                        

(Signature of Witness)                                       

Sworn to and subscribed before me this           9th      day of    October             A. D.   1899

    D.  A.  Buie 


                (SEAL)                                                                               County Judge   Upshur     County, Texas.
 


 
*Note: I have no idea why the signature does not match the name on this last Affidavit.  As near as I can tell the name is W.L. Spencer, who T.P. Ailhs is I am not sure.  R.M.Leland III  5/17/00

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AFFIDAVIT OF PHYSICIAN


THE STATE OF TEXAS,
 COUNTY OF   Upshur                                                    Before me          D.  A.  Buie 

County Judge of        Upshur              County, State of Texas, on this day personally appeared       Dr 

           R.  F.  White                                          , 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          J.  D.  Leland 

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:   I find him Laboring with chronic Disease of right Leg - To wit carries of

Bone from Gun Shot Wound Said to have been caused in C S Army - and chronic Diabetis of 7 years Standing 
 
 
 
 
 
 

(Signature of Physician)      R. F.  White  MD 

 
Sworn to and subscribed before me this      9th       day of   October                 A. D.   1899
 
     D. A.  Buie 
County Judge   Upshur  County, State of Texas
               (SEAL)

CERTIFICATE OF COUNTY JUDGE





















THE STATE OF TEXAS,
 

 COUNTY OF   Upshur                                                    I,              D          A         Buie 

County Judge of   Upshur                                             County, State of Texas, do hereby certify that on the 9th

day of   October                                     A. D.  1899      , before me came on to be heard the application of

    J.  D.  Leland                                                          for a pension under the Confederate Pension Law of this

State, approved May 12, A. D. 1899; that the answers of said applicant to the questions propounded were made under oath 

as the same appear in writing in the foregoing application; that the affidavits of the witnesses who are credible citizens were 

made before me as the same herein before appear, and that the foregoing affidavit of Doctor      R.  F.  White 

who is a reputable practicing physician of this County, was made before me.  I also certify that the said applicant J.D.Leland

                                                           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 application for a pension by the said   J  D  Leland    I find the said applicant is 

lawfully entitled to the pension provided by the Confederate Pension Law of this State, and I hereby approve said application.

Witness my hand and seal of office at   Gilmer  Texas  this   9th 
day of   October                     A.D.   1899 
 

   D   A  Buie 

              (SEAL)
County Judge   Upshur County, State of Texas

CERTIFICATE OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,
 

 COUNTY OF  UPSHUR                      We, the undersigned members of the Commissioners Court of

                             County, Texas, hereby certify that the foregoing application of  J  D Leland 

                                         for a pension, together with the proof in support thereof, was duly submitted

by Hon.    D.  A  Buie                             County Judge of this         Upshur 

County, to the Commissioners Court of this   Upshur         County, at a regular term thereof on the   14th 

day of   November   A. D.  1899  , 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 this State, and we hereby approve said 

application.

Witness our hands and seal of office at   Gilmer  Texas  this  14th 
day of   November A. D. 1899 
 

     J. D.  Curry* 

    J.  Childses* 

(Signatures of Commissioners)
     H. S.  Haber* 
(SEAL)
       J.  D.  Mathis* 
 

Pages 5,6 & 7

E  532.   INTERROGATORY  FOR  CONFEDERATE  PENSIONS.          Class  6.                             H. F. LANGE, Printing Co.,  La Grange, Texas

 
In Re. Confederate Pension Application of   J. D. Leland of 
  Upshur  County                                                  Soldier or Sailor of the late

Confederacy for pension under the Act. of May 12th, 1899.

COMMISSION TO TAKE TESTIMONY OF WITNESS:

THE STATE OF TEXAS.
TO   County                                       JUDGE   OF   THE   County 
COURT OF    Pickens           COUNTY, STATE OF    Alabama 
or any officer who has a seal & is authorized to take interogatories
GREETING:- -
                             You are hereby authorized and empowered to cause to come before you


                Col.  M.  L.  Stansel  &  T.  G.  Carson 

                                                               resident of   Corrolton  Alabama 

of your County, and  Their answers to take to the accompanying interrogatories propounded to

   Each  of  Them 

in the matter of application of        J.  D.  Leland 

for Confederate Pensions under Act. of May 12, 1899, amde and now pending before the County Judge of

         Upshur                     County in the State of Texas, and having reduced the said answers to

writing, you will cause the said witnesses ,  to swear to and subscribe them before you, to which you will

Certify officially, after which you will seal up said Interrpgatories and answers together with this commission,

in a package directed to the Judge of the County Court of    Upshur                        County,

at           Gilmer                       , in the State of Texas,
 

WITNESS     D.  A.  Buie                                      , Judge of the County Court of
             Upshur                                   County, and the seal of said Court at my office, in the

City of           Gilmer                                  ,  State of Texas, this the    8th            day

of                October                A. D.  1899

         D.  A.  Buie 

County Judge of  Upshur   Co. Texas 

                     (Seal)                                                      Issued this the  9th   day of   October  A. D.  1899
D.  A.  Buie  Co. Judge  Upshur County. 

 
Ex - Party,
J. D. Leland                               In the matter of an application for Confederate Pension, pending

Applicat for Confederate      before the County Judge of        Upshur 

Pension                                                 County, State of Texas.    Under Act. of May 12, 1899

Statement of the Case:-


Applicant                J   D   Leland           , for Confederate Pensions under Act. of May 12,
1899,  of  the  State  of  Texas,  applied  for  pensions  and   made  Affidavit  before  me,  on  the    9th day of

   October                A. D. 1899, to the following facts:
 

That his name is   J.  D.  Leland                           Age          58                   years
resides in    Upshur                           County, in the State of Texas, and resided in said County for

     about 11 years 

Post office address is             Gilmer                                     ;  That he never heretofore
Applied for pension and been rejected.  That his occupation is           None at all 

                                  That his physical condition is              Bad 
 
 

and is unable to earn a support by his own labor;  cause of his disability is   that he was wounded while
in the confederate army & that his constitution is broken down

That he enlisted in the Confederate army in company Co. F.  5th Alabama & 41st Alabama Inft
Regiment

on or about the   1st          day of               April                1861 , and served for a term of

       Four  years                                            , That he has no income.  That he is in  indigent

circumstances:  in actual want and destitute of property and means of Subsistence.  That he never deserted the

Confederacy, and  that  he  has  been  a  bona  fida  resident  citizen  of the State of Texas, continuously since

January  1st,  1880
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Attest:-                                      D   A   Buie 

                                                      County Judge of     Upshur        Co., Texas 

Fill out answers to questions below


Ex - Party
   J.  D.  Leland                                          In the matter of an application for Confederate Pension, pending
Applicat for Confederate       before the County Judge of    Pickens 
                                             State of Alabama
Pension                                                       County,  State of Texas.     Under Act. of May 12, 1899.
 
Depositions and answers of   M.  L.  Stansel 
to the following interrogatories propounded to  M.  L.  Stansel                                           ,  in the

above entitled Pension claim, taken before    L.  C.  Hudgins                                              Judge

of the          Probate           Court of         Pickens                                     County, State of

           Alabama                  , in accordence with the accompaning commission, issued by the County

Judge of    Upshur                              County,  State of Texas.

Q.   1.  What is your name?  Answer   M.  L.  Stansel 

Q.   2.  What is your age?  Answer     Seventy years 

Q.   3.  In what County and State do you reside?  Answer       Pickens  County,  Ala. 

Q.   4.  What is your post office address?  Answer     Carrollton,  Ala. 

Q.   5.  Do you personally know           John  D.  Leland                                           who is an

  applicant for a pension?  Answer:-      I do. 
Q.   6.  Do you personally know that the said    John  D.  Leland,                                   applicant
  for pension, enlisted in the service of  the  Confederacy  and performed  the duties of a Soldier or Sailor?

  Answer:-  I do- Lieut Leland first enlisted 1861 as a private Co. F. 5th Ala Regt - was
in 1862 appointed 1st Lieut and adjt 41st Ala - served continuously until surrender was
wounded in Apr. 65 - made good soldier and officer

Q.   7.  Do you personally know in what Company and Regiment said    1st Lieutenant 
  enlisted in the Confederate army,  and the time of his service?  Answer:- Enlisted in 1861 in Co F 
5th Ala Regt - served 1 year in that regt and was appointed 1st Lieu and Adjutant 41st
Ala and served contiuously until 1865 in that regiment.
Q.   8.  Do  you  further  know  that  he,  said  applicant,  is  unable  to  support  himself  by  labor  of  any  sort?
  Answer:-   Of  my  own  personal  knowledge  do  not  --  but  should  judge  from 
Q.   9.   wound rec'd in battle and his age that heis would not. 

Q.  10.
 
 
 
 
 
 

( Signature of Applicant )     J.  D.  Leland 

By   S. C. Hort,*      Attorney. 


 
 
 

Cross Interrogatories by the County Judge:-

Q.   1                                                                                                                                                                . 

Q.   2                                                                                                                                                                . 
 
 
 

Q.   3 

Q.   4. 

                                                                                    County Judge of                                     County, Texas 

( Signature of Witness )           M.  L.  Stansel 

( Signature of Witness )             T.  G.  Carson 


 
The State of Alabama, 
County of     Pickens.                                        I,    L.  C.  Hudgins,                               Judge

of the   Probate   Court of   Pickens       County,  State of     Alabama, 

do hereby certify that   M.  L.  Stansel           and    T.  G.  Carson 

are personally known to me to be credible citizens of my County and State, that the foregoing answers of  M. L.

  Stansel                           and                 T. G. Carson                       , the witnesses before

named, were made before me and were sworn to and subscribed before me on the        2nd          day of

     November,        A. D.  1899  , by the said witness       .

Given under my hand and  Official seal this the   2nd  day of    Nov.             A. D. 1899.

(Seal here)                                                                     L.   C.  Hudgins 
 

Judge of the    Probate Court of      Pickens    County,  State of        Alabama 
5050
 
 

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LAW OFFICE OF
       M.L. STANSEL.
 
Carrollton, Pickens  Co.,  Ala.,Sept  261899
 I,  M. L. Stansel, Colonel of the 41st
Regiment of Ala. Volunteers during
the Civil War between the States
1961 1865, do hereby certify that
John D. Leland, now of Gilmer, Texas, 
was Adjutant of that Regiment
from April, 1862, to April, 1865;
that he was a splendid soldier
and a fine officer, greatly loved
and admired by his comrades,
was wounded in April, 1865, 
and was with his regiment
from the beginning to the End.
He is Entitled to all honor as a
Confederate Soldier.
                          M. L. Stansel,
                               Col. & c.*
    5050
 
 

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State of Alabama,
County of Pickens
                      I, J.W.Cox, Clerk of the
            Circuit  Court  of  said  County,
             hereby  certify  that  M.  L. 
             Stansel  whose  name  is
            signed  to  the  above  cer-
            tificate  and  who  is  known
            to  me,  acknowledged  be - 
            fore  me  this  day  that  he 
            wrote  and  signed  the
            said  certificate on  the
            day  the  same  bears  date
            and  for  the  purpose  therin
            indicated.   Witness  my  hand
            and  Official  Seal,  this  27th  day
            of  Sept.  A. D.  1899.
                           J.W. Cox    , Clerk, &c.

5050
 

 
 
 

 
This is the entire packet I received from the Texas Archive for John D. Leland. 


Battle flag of 41st Alabama Infantry Regient

Flag of the 5th Alabama



 
 
 

Battle flag of  5th Alabama
 

Flags courtesy of Alabama Department of Archives & History
 
 

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