No. 279
State of Tennessee
NAME Luke Hays
Co. ________ Regt.
Filed March 27, 1934
Allowed _______
FILE IS STAMPED RejectedCOLORED MAN’S APPLICATION FOR PENSION
I, Luke Hays a native of the State of Tennessee and now a citizen of Tennessee, resident at Alamo in the County of Crockett in said State of Tennessee, and who was a servant from the State of Tennessee 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 of Tennessee of 1921. And I do solemnly swear that I was with Newt Nunn in the service of the Confederate States, and that by reason of indigence I am now entitled to receive the benefit 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. 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: Williamson County, Tennessee, in 1852
When did you go with the army? Give the names of the regimental and company officers under whom your master served.
Answer: I stayed at home and did the work while my master served. He served under Gen. Forest in the Calvary.
Give the name of your owner
Answer: Newt Nunn
What estate have you in your own right, real and personal, and what is its actual cash value?
Answer: None
What estate has your wife in her own right, real and personal, and what is its actual cash value?
Answer: She left me and 3 children and went to Arkansas about 30 or more ago, and have not heard from her since.
State the gross income of yourself and your wife from all sources for the past year. This must include all money received either from wages, rents or interest on loaned money, if any. Also family supplies raised or received from rents and used by your family.
Answer: None
How long and since when have you been an actual resident of the State of Tennessee?
Answer: All of my life.
Have you an attorney to look after this application?
Answer: Yes
If so, give his name and address.
Answer: Fred P. Warren, Alamo, Tennessee
Witness my hand, this 23 day of March 1934
(Signed) Luke (his X mark) Hays
WITNESSES:
(Signed) Frances Young, Witness, Postoffice Address Alamo, Tennessee
(Signed) J. C. W. Warren, Witness, Postoffice Address Alamo, Tennessee
STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County
I, W. R. Conley, Trustee of said County, certify that Luke Hays and his wife _____________ are assessed with 2 lots acres, valued at $ 130.00 and with $ None of personal property.
Witness my hand, this 23 day of March 1934
Signed W. R. Conley, Trustee
If applicant and his wife have no property, the Trustee must so certify.
STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett COUNTY.
Personally appeared before me, F. P. Warren, ____________ of said County, the above named Luke Hays, 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 23 day of March 1934
(Signed) F. P. Warren (N.P.)
STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County
Personally appeared before me, F. P. Warren, ____________ of said County, the above named J. C. W. Nunn and Frances Young, two of the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing application, with whom I am personally acquainted, and known to me to be citizens of veracity and standing in this community, and who make oath that they are personally acquainted with the foregoing applicant, and that the facts set forth and statements made in this application are correct and true, to the best of their knowledge and belief, and that they have no interest in this claim, and that said applicant’s habits are good and free from dishonor. And _____________ further make oath to the following facts touching the applicant’s service in the Confederate army:
That Newt J. Nunn the owner of Luke Hays was in the Confederate Army.
(Signed) Frances Young
(Signed) J. C. W. Warren
Witness my hand, this 23 day of March 1934
(Signed) F. P. Warren (N.P.)