Pension File # 14468
State of Tennessee
SOLDIER’S APPLICATION FOR PENSION
NAME J. N. Hicks
Co. I & E Forrest Regt. Cav. Rgt.
Filed July 29, 1914
Allowed _______
FILE IS STAMPED RejectedSOLDIER’S APPLICATION FOR PENSION
I, J. N. Hicks a native of the State of Mississippi and now a citizen of Tennessee, resident at Bells 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 When first organized I was in company “I” after Battle of Shiloh this was changed to company “E”, Forest’s regiment. 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: State of Mississippi 1844. Lived there four years then moved to Tennessee.
When did you enlist and in what command? Give the names of the regimental and company officers under whom you served.
Answer: March 12th 1862, under Col. N. B. Forrest, first Capt —— Shuyler, next Capt. —— Brooks, next Captain —— Wood (now living in Hardeman County)
In what battle or battles were you engaged, and, if not wounded, state what disabilities did you receive, if any?
Answer: Shiloh, Chickamauga, Corinth, Iuka, Columbia, Franklin, and around Nashville, Harrisburg and a number of smaller battles. Shot in right wrist at Bolivar.
What was the precise nature of your wound or disability, if any?
Answer: Dislocated wrist bone on right hand
Were you incapacitated for service by reason of said wound or disability incurred?
Answer: About 60 Days
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. Coleman a practicing Physician in Bolivar first dressed wound, later Dr. Puckett a private in our company.
How did you get out of the army, when and where?
Answer: Surrendered at Gainsville, Ala. No parole issued. (Either Gen’l. Jackson or Alexander Campbell ordered us to return home later part of April or May 1865. May 12th 1865)
Were you ever in prison? If so, what prison and when released?
Answer: No
Were you paroled? If so, when and where?
Answer: No
Did you take the oath of allegiance to the United States Government?
Answer: No
If so, when and under what circumstances?
Answer: _____________
Have you applied for pension before this? If so, about when?
Answer: No
Are you married, or have you been married?
Answer: Yes
If so, what is the size of your family living together?
Answer: Wife and one child
What are the respective ages of your wife and children living with you?
Answer: Wife 65, child 24
To what sex do your children belong?
Answer: Male
In what business are you now engaged, if any, and what do you earn?
Answer: Gin work man – $250.00 per year
What estate have you in your own right, real and personal, and what is its value?
Answer: Life estate in home place – value $450.00 No personal property
What estate has your wife in her own right, real and personal, and what is its value?
Answer: Life estate in realty value $450.00 – No personal property
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: My labor scarcely brings me $250.00 a year and my wifes property nets me $75.00 thus totaling $325.00. However I am declining with age and my ability to earn a livelihood lessens each year.
How have you derived support for yourself and family for the past five years?
Answer: Working on gins and with assistance of my child
Do you use intoxicants to any extent?
Answer: No
How long have you been an actual resident of the State of Tennessee?
Answer: Since 1848
Have you an attorney to look after this application?
Answer: Yes
If so, give his name and address.
Answer: G. C. Sherrod, Bells, Tennessee
Witness my hand, this 18 day of July 1914
(Signed) J. H. Hicks
WITNESSES:
(Signed) ___________, Physician, Postoffice Address: ___________
(Signed) N. E. Woods, Capt., Witness, Postoffice Address: Whiteville, Hardeman Co.
(Signed) Robt. J. Rhodes, Witness, Postoffice Address: Whiteville, Hardeman Co.
STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County
I, Jno. F. Peal, Trustee of said County, certify that J. N. Hicks and his wife Z. Hicks are assessed with 3 acres, valued at $ 900.00 and with $ _________ of personal property.
Witness my hand, this 27 day of July 1914
Signed Jno. F. Peal, Trustee
If applicant and his wife have no property, the Trustee must so certify.
STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County
Personally appeared before me, G. C. Sherrod of said County, the above named Dr. J. H. Harris 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 J. N. Hicks, the applicant, and finds him laboring under the following disabilities:
Mr. Hicks is suffering from ocular troubles and for past year has had vertigo. At times he is confined to his bed for several days and is not free from it at any time. Don’t know whether the condition is due to multiple sclerosis or the ocular trouble. If the trouble progresses as rapidly as it has in the past he will become incapacitated for any work.
Witness my hand, this 18 day of July 1914
(Signed) G. C. Sherrod
STATE OF TENNESSEE,
___________ County
Personally appeared before me, ___________________ of said County, the above named ________________ and ________________, 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 N. E. Wood further make oath to the following facts touching the applicant’s service in the Confederate army:
Was both of the Company known as — Forests — Regiment. Was with him all the war. Knew him to be a much? excellent soldier was paroled at Gainsville, Ala. R. J. Rhodes was with him continuously until 1864 in move? when he was wounded & left the army. Says he was a fine soldier and worth of any consideration upon your part.
Witness my hand, this 23 day of July 1914
(Signed) W. C. Neidham, Notary Public
Typed letter in file:
HEADQUARTERS
Tennessee Board of Pension Examiners
Nashville, Tenn. Aug. 18, 1914
Mr. J. N. Hicks, No. 14468
Mr. J. N. Hicks, Bells,Tenn.
Dear Sir:
I have examined your case filed in July, and will submit it to the Board at the next meeting, which begins the second Tuesday in Oct.. You say that you make by your own labor $250.00 a year, that your wife’s property nets you $75.00 per year, and that you have a son 24 years old, who, I suppose at least provides for himself. Your war record is all right, and the only thing I see, which the Board is likely to except to is your indigency. If you desire to make any further statement along this line, do so under oath and send it to me, and I will present it with your application.
Your truly,
(Signed) Frank A. Moses
Special Examiner.
(Handwritten note on bottom of the page):
This should be $250.00 per year together with what my son makes.
Typed letter in file:
STATE OF TENNESSEE
COUNTY OF CROCKETT
Personally appeared before me. G. C. Sherrod a Notary Public in and for said County, J. N. Hicks, with whom I am personally acquainted and who makes oath that the total amount of his labor and that of his son together is about $250.00 per year. That together with the net income from his wife’s property he and his family receive from his labors and that of his son $325.00 and that this is all of the revenue which affiants family receives. That affiants capacity to earn a livelihood is diminishing with each succeeding year; that his son although 24 years of age has very limited earning capacity and should he leave affiant, the revenue for his family would be reduced to 50 per cent of the amount above stated. Affiant further states that if should his son see fit to leave him, affiant doubts if he could earn $100.00 per year of his own labors.
(Signed) J. N. Hicks
Sworn and subscribed to before me August 22nd. 1914.
(Signed) G. C. Sherrod
Typed document in file:
WAR DEPARTMENT,
THE ADJUTANT GENERAL’S OFFICE
WASHINGTON, August 5, 1915
Respectfully returned to the
President
Tennessee Board of
Pension Examiners,
Nashville.
The records show that J. N. Hicks, private, Company E (also known as Company I), 3d Tennessee (Forrest’s) Cavalry, Confederate States Army, enlisted March 12, 1862; was surrendered at Citronelle, Alabama, May 4, 1865, and was paroled at Gainesville, Alabama, May 11, 1965.
(Signed) Geo. Andrews
The Adjutant General.