State of North Carolina,
County of Rockingham
On this 5th day of July A.D. 1902
, personally appeared before me, Jas N Price, C. S. C., in and for
the State and County aforesaid, H. W. Wrenn , age
59 , years, and a resident at
Ruffin post-office in said County and State, and who being
duly sworn, makes the following declaration in order to obtain the 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: That he is the identical
H. W. Wrenn
who enlisted in Co. "B" , 4th Calvary
Reg. N. C. State Troops, on or about the 4
day of June, 1862 , to serve in the armies of the
late Confederate States, and that while in said service at
, in the State of ______________________ , on or
about the ______ day of ________,186__
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 PensionLaw
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.)
Has a crippled foot & ------ & an
not able to ----- (use?) also has Kidney
disease & am ruptured.
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, for 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 5 day of June 1902
H. W. Wrenn
Signature of Applicant
Jas N Price
Signature of C.S.C.
Also personally appeared before me
J. S. Johnston , who resides at Ruffin
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 H. 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 correct 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 5th day of July, 1902
J. S. Johnston
Signature of Witness
Jas N 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
whetherdisability amounts to one fourth, one half, three-fourths, etc.,
in order to accomplish the classification called for under the new Pension
law passed by the General Assembly of 1901).
Anguinal hernia ---- ---- he says gives
him a great deal of troube Has frequent
Mic----tion has to get up of nights to make water
Has chronic rhumatism Disablit abut one
half
Sworn and subscribed to before me, this 5 day of
July 1902
C.R. Wharton
Signature of Physician
Jas. N. Price
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 H. 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 H. W. Wrenn is the identical person who enlisted in Company B , 4 Regiment of N. C. Troops, on or about the ~ day of 186 , 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 ______ day of 186__ , 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 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 suchvalue by gift or voluntary conveyance since the 11th of March, 1885, and that he is not receiving aid from any other source for the State of North Carolina, and therefore his application is correct and just under the act.
{Seal } Thos
R. Pratt
Ch'mn Board Com'r
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Thos M. Hopkins
Commissioner.
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J. S. McAllster
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{IMPRESS COUNTY SEAL HERE}
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A W Hutchin(e?s)
Sheriff
{Seal} Jas N Price
Clerk of Superior Court
Approved: J. H. Lane
S. B. Way
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E. R. Harris
County Advisory Board.
Flap on Front of Folder
SOLDIER'S APPLICATION FOR PENSION
Act of
March 2d, 1901
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H. W. Wrenn
who enlisted in Company B , 4
Regiment Calvary North Carolina State Troops.
(STAMPED)
INSUFFICIENT DISABILITY
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Filed by Board of Inquiry of
County, N.C., day of, 190
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