Thomas F. Conyers has two pension applications
Pension File # 5450
State of Tennessee
SOLDIER’S APPLICATION FOR PENSION
NAME Thos F. Conyers
Filed Aug. 10, 1903
Allowed _______
FILE ISN’T STAMPED Rejected or AcceptedSOLDIER’S APPLICATION FOR PENSION
I, Thomas F. Conyers a native of the State of Tennessee and now a citizen of Tennessee, resident at near Maury City in the County of Crockett in said State of Tennessee, and who was a soldier 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, 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 I was a member of Company “C” Fifteenth Tennessee Cavalry in Gen. N. B. Forrest’s corps. in the service of the Confederate or United States, and that by reason of disability and 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, 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: In Lauderdale County, Tennessee in 1834 or 1835, family records having been burned up, I am not positive.
When did you enlist and in what command? Give the names of the regimental and company officers under whom you served.
Answer: In 1863, in Co. “C” 15th Tenn Cavalry, month of July
In what battle or battles were you engaged, and, if not wounded, state what disabilities did you receive, if any?
Answer: Several engagements in winter of 1863 or 1864, at LaFayette, Ga Summer of 1864, Harrisburg, 1864, Athens Ala, Sulphur Trestle Ala, Johnsonville Tenn, Nashville, Tenn & captured at Nashville on Hood’s raid, lay in prison at Camp Chase until May 12, 1865
What was the precise nature of your wound or disability, if any?
Answer: Not wounded, but affected by sunstroke at battle of Harrisburg, I now have such defective eyesight that I labor with difficulty
Were you incapacitated for service by reason of said wound or disability incurred?
Answer: Only for a time, was soon in the service again
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: _________________________
What was the name of the surgeon who attended you?
Answer: Dr. Alex Hamilton was our regimental Surgeon.
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How did you get out of the army, when and where?
Answer: Was paroled from Camp Chase Ohio May 12, 1865
Did you take the oath of allegiance to the United States Government?
Answer: Yes, the war being then closed
If so, when and under what circumstances?
Answer: At the time of parole
Are you married, or have you been married?
Answer: Yes
If so, what is the size of your family living together?
Answer: Myself & wife
What are the respective ages of your wife and children living with you?
Answer: My wife is 63 or 64 years
To what sex do your children belong?
Answer: I have none with me
Are not some of your children able to support you?
Answer: They are not
In what business are you now engaged, if any, and what do you earn?
Answer: I am a farmer on a small scale
What estate have you in your own right, real and personal, and what is its value?
Answer: I have 89? acres of land valued at $500., mortgaged for $330.00
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: By what labor I could do
Do you use intoxicants to any extent?
Answer: No
How long have you been an actual resident of the State of Tennessee?
Answer: All my life
Have you an attorney to look after this application?
Answer: No, my old Captain is looking after it
If so, give his name and address.
Answer: H. T. Hawks, Ripley, Tenn, was Captain of Co. C 15th Tenn Cav.
Witness my hand, this Fifth day of August 1903
(Signed) Thos. F. Conyers
WITNESSES:
(Signed) John Hunter, Physician
(Signed) H. T. Hawks, Witness
(Signed) M. V. Bettis, Witness
STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Lauderdale COUNTY.
Personally appeared before me, L. B. Archer, Clerk of said County, the above named Thos. F. Conyers, 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 5th day of August 1903
(Signed) L. B. Archer, Clerk
STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County
Personally appeared before me, J. M. Neal, a Notary Publick of said County, the above named Johnn Hunter 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 Thos. F. Conyers, the applicant, and finds him laboring under the following disabilities:
Find him laboring under the following disabilities, Defective Eyesight and suffers a great death with Rheumatism
Witness my hand and seal of office, this 6th day of August 1903
(Signed) J. M. Neal, Notary Publick
STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Lauderdale County
Personally appeared before me, L. B. Archer, Clerk of said County, the above named H. T. Hawks and M. V. Bettis, two of the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing application, 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 they further make oath to the following facts touching the applicant’s service in the Confederate army:
that the said T. F. Conyers was a member of Co. C 15th Tenn Cav. as set forth above, which Co was commanded by the said H. T. Hawks one of the above subscribing witnesses & nearly every fact set forth above as to the military career of the said T. F. Conyers, is known to the said H. T. Hawks
Witness my hand and seal of office, this 5 day of August 1903
(Signed) L. B. Archer
Second application
Pension File # 5450
State of Tennessee
SOLDIER’S APPLICATION FOR PENSION
NAME T. F. Conyers
Filed May 15, 1907
Allowed _____
FILE IS STAMPED AcceptedSOLDIER’S APPLICATION FOR PENSION
I, T. F. Conyers a native of the State of Tennessee and now a citizen of Tennessee, resident at Chestnut Bluff in the County of Crockett in said State of Tennessee, and who was a soldier 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, 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 Company C. 15th. Tennessee Calvery, I was wounded in the battle or battles of ________, or contracted the following disease or disabilities, to wit: ________, 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: Lauderdale County, Tennessee and was borned in the year 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 other disability.
Answer: Enlisted in 1863, in Forest’s Command Co. C. — Tennessee Cal Hanfs was Capt. and Stuard Col.
What was the precise nature of your wound or disability, if any?
Answer: __________________________
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: __________________________
Were you incapacitated for service by reason of said wound or disability incurred?
Answer: __________________________
Were you discharged from the army by reason of said wound or disability?
Answer: __________________________
If discharged from the army, where were you and what did you do until the close of the war?
Answer: __________________________
What was the name of the surgeon who attended you?
Answer: __________________________
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How did you get out of the army, when and where?
Answer: I was a prisoner, and released on parol, 12th day of May 1865, at Camp Chase, Ohio
Did you take the oath of allegiance to the United States Government?
Answer: Yes. I was Captured near Nashville 16th Dec/64
If so, when and under what circumstances?
Answer: the war had closed, and I had to take the oath to be released
Are you married, or have you been married?
Answer: I am now married
If so, what is the size of your family living together?
Answer: Myself and wife
What are the respective ages of your wife and children living with you?
Answer: My wife is about 68 years old
To what sex do your children belong?
Answer: One son and two dauters
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: I am not able to do any thing, so earn nothing
What estate have you in your own right, real and personal, and what is its value?
Answer: I have 30 acres of land val. at $300.00, some house furniture val. #125. I am in debt for $130.00, and my land is bound for same
What estate has your wife in her own right, real and personal, and what is its value?
Answer: Nothing
How have you derived support for yourself and family for the past five years?
Answer: I worked until two years ago, and since have been selling land for support
Do you use intoxicants to any extent?
Answer: No
How long have you been an actual resident of the State of Tennessee?
Answer: All my life
Have you an attorney to look after this application?
Answer: B. H. Harmon is looking after it for me
If so, give his name and address.
Answer: B. H. Harmon, Murry (Maury) City Tenn
Witness my hand, this 9 day of May 1907
(Signed) T. F. Conyers
WITNESSES:
(Signed) D. J. Conyers, Physician
(Signed) J. H. Brooks, Witness
(Signed) L. J. Moore, Witness
STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett COUNTY.
Personally appeared before me, B. F. Sudbury a Notary Public, of said County, the above named T. F. Conyers, 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 and seal of office, this 9 day of May 1907
(Signed) B. F. Sudbury Notary Public
STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County
Personally appeared before me, W. W. Spence, Notary Public of said County, the above named D. J. Conyers 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 T. F. Conyers, the applicant, and finds him laboring under the following disabilities:
Rhumatism to the extent of the disabling of one leg. Chronic Bronchitis, Piles, suffers from the effects of Several attacks of Renal Colic, Eyesight is so bad that he can scarcely see his way. In fact patient is suffering from all the ills incident to old age.
Witness my hand, at office, this 13 day of May 1907
(Signed) W. W. Spence, Notary Public, Clerk.
STATE OF TENNESSEE,
______________ County
Personally appeared before me, B. F. Sudbury a Notary Public of said County, the above named L. J. Moore and __________ whom I am personally acquainted, and know 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 I further make oath to the following facts touching the applicant’s service in the Confederate army:
I was in same regiment as this applicant, and know that he made a good and dutiful soldier, and have known him continuously since the war closed, and that he has been a good citizen, all the time.
Witness my hand, at office, this 9 day of May 1907
(Signed) B. F. Sudbery, Notary Public
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Headquarters
Tennessee Board of Pension Examiners.
Nashville, Tenn. Sept. 15, 1905
Gen. F. C. Ainsworth,
Military Secretary,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir: Thos. F. Conyers who is an applicant for Pension under the Tennessee Pension law, claims to have been a member of Company C Fifteenth Regiment Tenn Cav C.S.A., and to have been released from prison at Camp Chase O. in May 1865
Please give us the record of this soldier.
Respectfully,
George B. Guild
President
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Tennessee Board of Pension Examiners,
Nashville, Tenn. Sept. 15, 1905
Thos. F. Conyers,
Co. C. 15 Tenn. Cav. C.S.A.
Prest.
Requests record of above named.
War Department,
The Military Secretary’s Office,
Washington, Sept. 19, 1905.
Respectfully returned to the
President,
Tennessee Board of Pension Examiners,
Nashville.
The records show that T. F. Conyers, private, Company C, Stewart’s 15th (also called 14th) Tennessee Cavalry, C.S.A., was enlisted December 1, 1863. The roll of the company dated May 10, 1864, the only roll on file, shows him present.
The records also show that Thomas F. Conyers, private, Company K, 14th Tennessee Cavalry, was captured at Nashville, Tennessee, December 16, 1864, and that he was released at Camp Chase, Ohio, May 12, 1865, upon taking the oath of allegiance.
F. C. Dismuks
The Military Secretary.
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Alamo, Tenn., 4/22, 1907
This is to certify that T. F. Conyers is assessed with only 30 acres of Rand (Land) Valued at $300.00 in this Crockett County.
Jno H. Perry, Trustee
Subscribed to before me this Apr. 22nd 1907
J. W. Emison, Clerk
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Chestnut Bluff Tenn
May 9, 1907
Confed. Exam Board
Nashville Tenn.
I was a Confederat Soldier, taken prisoner and carried to Camp Chase Ohio – I was captured at Nashville Tenn
T. F. Conyers
I was a prisoner at the same time with Mr. Conyers in Camp Chase Columbus Oho and know that he was a Soldier in the Confederate Armey.
B. B. Palmore
State of Tennessee, Crockett County.
Personally appeared before me, Sam Young Notary Public of said Co. T. F. Conyers & B. B. Palmore the within named with whom I am personally acquainted, and who acknowledged that they signed within instrument for the purposes herein contained.
Witness my hand, at office in Alamo, Tenn., this 9 day of May 19–
Sam Young
This to certify that I was with the applicant Mr. T. F. Conyers in the Confederate Army and know that he mad a true and faithful Solger to end of war and that he has been a good law abiding Siterdem ever since.
May 9th 1907
R. H. Jetton
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B. H. Harmon,
Attorney At Law.
Maury City, Tenn., May 14, 1907
Hon. John P. Hickman
Nashville, Tenn.
Dear Sir & Com –
In another cover you will find the application for a pension for your – Thos F. Conyers of this County, while Mr. Conyers names me as his atty, I did not prepare the application or the affidavits accompaning the same, but have examined them, and while they are not in fine form, the main substance is therein stated, I prepare? to assist Com. Conyers without the hope or expectation of fee or reward, while I was not familiar with his conduct as a confederate soldier, he being with Forest and myself following Cheatham, I am assured beyond a doubt that he de—- himself Cudetably? as a solder, was captured
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while fighting in the ranks at Nashville in Dec 1864, and was a prisoner of war when the war closed. Took the oath and was sent home as thousands of us were in the same fix. In his answer? to a certain question “how had he supported himself for the past 5 years”, his answer in part was “by selling land”, he means by that, he sold a little land off his home place and had been supported by the proceeds of that till it was exhausted and now he only owns 30 acres valued at $300. and in debt $125. and mortgage on his little home to s—- —- debt. Com. Conyers is not able to do manual labor, is at must? blind besides. If your board sees fit to place him on the pension rolls I shall be glad. If further evidence is wanted or even a better form of application please send me blanks and I will prepare them.
I am yours very truly,
B. H. Harmon
Address me Maury City, Tenn.