Pension File # 3304
State of Tennessee
SOLDIER’S APPLICATION FOR PENSION
NAME F. M. Jackson
Filed May 1, 1901
Allowed _____
FILE IS STAMPED RejectedSOLDIER’S APPLICATION FOR PENSION
I, Francis Marion Jackson a native of the State of Alabama and now a citizen of Tennessee, resident at McBride in the County of Crockett in said State of Tennessee, and who was a soldier from the State of Tenn in the war between the United States and the Confederate States, do hereby apply for aid under the Act of the General Assembly of Tennessee, entitled “An Act for the benefit of indigent and disabled soldiers of the late war between the States, and to fix the fees of attorneys or agents for procuring such pension, and fixing a penalty for the violation of the same.” And I do solemnly swear that, while in the discharge of my duty in the service of the Confederate or United States as a member of The Confederate army 33 Tenn Company E, I was wounded in the battle or battles of Shilo, or contracted the following disease or disabilities, to wit: for field services for 12 months and I am now unable to farm, and that by reason of such wound and disability I am now entitled to receive the benefits of this Act. I further swear that I do not hold any National, State, or County office, nor do I receive aid or pension from any other State, or from the United States, and that I am not an inmate of any soldier’s home, and that I am unable to earn a reasonable support for myself and family. I do further solemnly swear that the answers given to the following questions are true:
In what County, State and year were you born?
Answer: Cherokee Co. Alabama 1834
When did you enlist and in what command? Give the names of the regimental and company officers under whom you were serving at date of wound or wounds?
Answer: In October 1861 33 Tenn. Company E. Col. Camel Capt. Hutchinson
In what battle or battles were you wounded, and if not in battle, state under what circumstances you received the injury or injuries?
Answer: Battle of Shilo in battle shot in right leg through back of knee
What was the precise nature of your wound or wounds?
Answer: Shot in right leg leader cut half into
What limb, if any, did you lose by reason of said wound or wounds, and, if no limb, state fully your disability, and in contracted in the service, and is said disability permanent?
Answer: I have sufered for 12 yr. when I try to plow my knee swells considerably
Were you incapacitated for service by reason of said wound or disability incurred?
Answer: Yes for about 12 months
Were you discharged from the army by reason of said wound or disability?
Answer: No
If discharged from the army, where were you and what did you do until the close of the war?
Answer: I staid with the army
What was the name of the surgeon who attended you?
Answer: Dr. Alexander
How did you get out of the army, when and where?
Answer: Turn loose at close of war at Franklin Tenn.
Did you take the oath of allegiance to the United States Government?
Answer: Yes
If so, when and under what circumstances?
Answer: On my way home I was forced to by some home guards
Are you married, or have you been married?
Answer: I have been married
If so, what is the size of your family living together?
Answer: Three children
What are the respective ages of your wife and children?
Answer: Wife 39 at death 13 years ago. 34, 21, 13
To what sex do your children belong?
Answer: Two oldest are girls youngest one a boy.
Are not some of your children able to support you?
Answer: No
In what business are you now engaged, if any, and what do you earn?
Answer: No business farm when able
What estate have you in your own right, real and personal, and what is its value?
Answer: Nothing at all
What estate has your wife in her own right, real and personal, and what is its value?
Answer: None
How have you derived support for yourself and family for the past five years?
Answer: Farming
Do you use intoxicants to any extent?
Answer: No sir
How long have you been an actual resident of the State of Tennessee?
Answer: 35 years
Have you an attorney to look after this application?
Answer: Yes sir
If so, give his name and address.
Answer: C. A. Goodloe, Alamo Tenn.
Witness my hand, this 16th day of April 1901
(Signed) H. W. Agee J.P.
WITNESSES:
(Signed) W. T. Nunn, Physician
(Signed) J. C. Brassfield, Witness
(Signed) N. N. Jones, Witness
(Signed) J. H. Mansfield, Witness
STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett COUNTY.
Personally appeared before me, H. W. Agee, J. P. of said County, the above named Francis Marion Jackson, the applicant, with whom I am personally acquainted, and having the application read and fully explained to him, as well as the statements and answers therein made, made oath that the said statements and answers are true.
Witness my hand, this 16 day of April 1901
(Signed) H. W. Agee, J.P.
STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County
Personally appeared before me, W. H. January, Noraty Public of said County, the above named Dr. W. T. Nunn one of the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing application, and who is a physician of good standing, and being duly sworn says that he has carefully and thoroughly examined Francis Marion Jackson, the applicant, and finds him laboring under the following disabilities:
A chronic inflamation above the knee joint which is thought? to have been caused by a wound sustained during the civil war, and on account of this wound the applicant cannot earn a living, at the only profession he has which is that of farming
Witness my hand, this 20th day of April 1901
(Signed) W. H. January, Notary Public