Pension File # 3381
State of Tennessee
SOLDIER’S APPLICATION FOR PENSION
NAME J. W. Lemond
Filed June 4, 1901
Allowed _____
FILE IS STAMPED AcceptedSOLDIER’S APPLICATION FOR PENSION
I, J. W. Lemond a native of the State of Tennessee and now a citizen of Tennessee, resident at Gadsden 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 Co. I Sixth Reg Tennessee Vol – Confederate, I was wounded in the battle or battles of Shiloh and Chickamauga, and from the effects of such wound or wounds I was disabled as follows: in my left hand and left arm, 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: In Lilcoln (Lincoln) County Tennessee 20 day of Feb. 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: In May 1861. Maney Brid Cheatum Div Col W. H. Stephens. Capt. McKeney
In what battle or battles were you wounded, and, if not in battle, state under what circumstances you received the injury or injuries?
Answer: 1 Battle of Shiloh. 2 Chickamauga
What was the precise nature of your wound or disability, if any?
Answer: 1 Shot across hand cuting the benders? 2, shot through arm between elbow & wrist breaking the bones
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: Lost no limb. Impeured? the use of arm disibilities are permanent
Were you incapacitated for service by reason of said wound or disability incurred?
Answer: Yes sir was not able for services after that time was in Hospitale untill close of war
Were you discharged from the army by reason of said wound or disability?
Answer: Was
If discharged from the army, where were you and what did you do until the close of the war?
Answer: Was in Hospitale at Griffin Ga untill close of war
What was the name of the surgeon who attended you?
Answer: Dr. C. L. Herbert
How did you get out of the army, when and where?
Answer: Was in Hospital at time of Surrender
Did you take the oath of allegiance to the United States Government?
Answer: I did
If so, when and under what circumstances?
Answer: After the Surrender at Atlanta Ga on our way home
Are you married, or have you been married?
Answer: Yes sir am married
If so, what is the size of your family living together?
Answer: Self and wife. Two children, but not with me
What are the respective ages of your wife and children living with you?
Answer: Wife Fifty Five years. Children 26 & 33 years [could be 23 instead of 33]
To what sex do your children belong?
Answer: One boy – and one Girl
Are not some of your children able to support you?
Answer: Are not
In what business are you now engaged, if any, and what do you earn?
Answer: Try to farm, barely enough to live on
What estate have you in your own right, real and personal, and what is its value?
Answer: Thirty Three acres of land, worth about One Hundred and fifty dollars
What estate has your wife in her own right, real and personal, and what is its value?
Answer: Has non
How have you derived support for yourself and family for the past five years?
Answer: Was Tax Assessor for my district for Four years preceeding onfust?
Do you use intoxicants to any extent?
Answer: Do not use them at all
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: Yes
If so, give his name and address.
Answer: Cufene? Casey – Bells, Tenn.
Witness my hand, this 9 day of Jan. 1901
(Signed) J. W. (his X mark) Lemond
WITNESSES:
(Signed) ____________________, Physician
(Signed) ____________________, Witness
(Signed) ____________________, Witness
STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett COUNTY.
Personally appeared before me, J. C. Best, Notary Public of said County, the above named J. W. Lemond, 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 9 day of Jan 1901
(Signed) J. C. Best, Notary Public
STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County
Personally appeared before me, N. J. Hess, MD, __________________ of said County, the above named ________________ 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. W. Lemond, the applicant, and finds him laboring under the following disabilities:
He was shot in hand and arm producing some paralyses of arm, and is now —-? has been suffering from a hurt received in back? from a fall received in a reck? while in train? he is disabled to such an extent that he is not able to do more than 1/2 work
Witness my hand, this 9 day of Jan 1901
(Signed) J. C. Best, Notary Public
STATE OF TENNESSEE,
______________ County
Personally appeared before me, ______________________ of said County, the above named ______________________ 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 we further make oath to the following facts touching the applicant’s service in the Confederate army:
& he was a good solder & an Honorable man & discharged his duties in all respects & now stands Respectable in in the Community where he lives
(Signed) R. S. Matthews
I served in same Company with Mr. Lemons, and all he has said is true. No truer Southern Soldier ever fired a gun, and better citizen lives to day
(Signed) W. A. Dunigan
Sworn to before me the 16 May 1901
(Signed) R. W. Sims Notary Public
Form letter included in file
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State of Tennessee
Crockett County
I, J. W. Lemond of Gadsden Tenn, state under oath that I am a pensioner of the State of Tennessee, that I was born on 28″ day of Feb. 1834, and that I am entitled to receive the increase of Five Dollars per month, under the Act of 1919, for pensioners on the roll of eighty years, or over, of age.
[Signed] J. W. Lemons/Lemond
P. O. Address Gadsden
Crockett County, Tenn
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 30 day of May 1919
[Signed] L. L. Cox
Notary Public