State of North Carolina,}
County of Rockingham
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On this 1st day of June A.D. 190 1, personally
appeared before me, Jas Price, C. S. C., in and for the State and County
aforesaid, G W Wrenn, age 58 years, and a resident at Monroeton post-office
in said County and State, and who being duly sworn, makes the following
declaration in order to obtain the pension under the provision of an act
entitled "An Act to amend Chapter 198 of the Laws of 1889, for the
relief of certain Confederate Soldiers and Widows," ratified March 2, 1901:
That he is the identical G W Wrenn, who enlisted in Co. L,
21st Reg. N. C. State Troops, on or about the 24th day of June, 1861,
to serve in the armies of the late Confederate States, and that while in
said service at Gettsyburg, in the State of Pennsylvania, on or about the
2 day of July , 1863 he received a wound or wounds, etc.
(Applicant will here state the nature
and extent of his wounds and disability, so that a proper classification
can be made under the new Pension Law passed by the General Assembly of
1901. Read said section of said law carefully, and to accomplish the classification
therein called for, let statement here as to nature and extent of
wounds, disability, etc., be very full and explicit.)
Injured in my privates
He further states that he is, and has
been for twelve months immediately preceding this Application for Pension,
a bona
fide resident of North Carolina; that
he holds no office under the United States, or under any State or County,
from which he
is receiving the sum of three hundred
dollars as fees or as salary annually; That he is not worth
in his own right, or the right of
his wife, property at its assessed value
for taxation to the amount of five hundred dollars ($500), nor has he disposed
of property of such value by gift or voluntary conveyance since the 11th
of March, 1885, and that he is not receiving any aid from the State of
North Carolina or under any other statute providing for the relief of the
maimed and blind soldiers of the State.
Sworn and subscribed before me, this 1st
day of June, 1901
G W Wrenn
Signature of Applicant
Jas Price
Signature of C.S.C.
Also personally appeared before me D. M. Malloy, who resides at Reidsville post-office, in said County and State, a person whom I know to be respectable and entitled to credit, and being by me duly sworn, say he is acquainted with G W Wrenn, the applicant for pension, and has every reason to believe that he is the identical person he represents himself to be, and that the facts set forth in this affidavit are cor- rect to the best of his knowledge and belief, and that he has no interest, direct or indirect, in this claim.
Sworn and subscribed before me, this 1st
day of July, 1901
D.M. Malloy
Signature of Witness
Jas Price
Signature of C.S.C. }
Also personally appeared before me ______
a physician in good standing in said County and State, and being duly sworn,
says that he has carefully and thoroughly examined __________, the
applicant for pension, and finds such disability for manual labor as is
described below, by reason of wounds received while in the discharge of
his duty as a soldier or sailor of North Carolina in the service of the
late Confederate States.
(Let physician here give full and explicit
professional information as to the nature and extent of wounds, disability,
stating particularly whether disability amounts to three-fourths or not,
in order to accomplish the classification called for under the new Pension
law passed by the General Assembly of 1901).
George W. Wren suffers from an
enlarged testicle
Sworn and subscribed to before me, this 1st day of July 1901
S. Ellington M.D.
Signature of Physician
W.P. Wilson , Dept.?
Signature of C.S.C.
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, Rockingham County.
To the Auditor of the State of North Carolina:
We certify that we have carefully examined the application of G W Wrenn for a pension under the provisions of an act entitled "An Act to amend Chapter 198 of the Laws of 1889, for the relief of certain Confederate Soldiers and Widows," ratified March 2, 1901, and the proofs filed in support thereof; that we are satisfied the said G W Wrenn is the identical person who enlisted in Company L, 21st Regiment of N. C. Troops, on or about the 24th day of June 1861 , and who was disabled in manner and to the extent stated in the foregoing certificates of himself and physician in consequence of a wound received in battle on or about the 2nd day of July 1863 , and we certify the following allegations set forth in his application to be true, namely: That he is , and has been for twelve months immediately preceding this Application for Pension, a bona fide resident of North Carolina; that he holds no office under the United States, or under any State or County, from which he is receiving the sum of three hundred dollars as fees or as salary annually; that he is not worth in her own right, or the right of his wife, property at its assessed value for taxation to the amount of five hundred dollars ($500), nor has he disposed of property of such value by gift or voluntary conveyance since the 11th of March, 1885, and that he is not receiving aid from any other source from the State of North Carolina, and therefore his application is correct and just under the act.
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Thos R. Pratt
Ch'mn Board Com'r
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J. S. McAlister
Commissioner.
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Thos M. Hopkins
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{IMPRESS COUNTY SEAL HERE}
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R. W. Hutchinson
Sheriff
{Seal} Jas. Price
Clerk of Superior Court
Approved:
J. H. Law
L. B. Key
County Advisory Board
Flap on Front of Folder
SOLDIER'S APPLICATION FOR PENSION
Act of March 2d, 1901
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G W Wrenn
who enlisted in Company L
, 21th
Regiment North Carolina State Troops.
DISALLOWED
Insuf Disabie
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Filed by Board of Inquiry of
County, N.C., day of, 190
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