Pension File # 1801
State of Tennessee
SOLDIER’S APPLICATION FOR PENSION
NAME B. B. Pollard
Filed Jan 7, 1898
Allowed _____
[Barzillia Betts Pollard has two applications]
FILE IS STAMPED AcceptedSOLDIER’S APPLICATION FOR PENSION
I, Barzillia Betts Pollard a native of the State of North Carolina and now a citizen of Tennessee, resident at Bells, Tenn., in the County of Crockett in said State of Tennessee, and who was a soldier from the State of North Carolina 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 “E”, 14th North Carolina Infantry, I was wounded in the battle or battles of Strasburg or Cedar Creek, Virginia, on the 19th day of October, 1864, or contracted the following disease or disabilities, to wit: shot by minnie ball striking my left leg below the knee, fractured some of the bones and some of them worked out, – was captured the same evening by the Federals and taken to Point Lookout, Md. and placed in garrison, dressing my own wounds with the help of comrades, 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: Wake County, N.C., in 1846, – May 20th
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: Fall of 1862, in 14th U.S. Infantry, – Col. R. T. Bennett, and Maj. ____ Lambeth; In Company “E” commanded by Capt. Tom Pool; 1st Lt. Mack Hinson; Orderly Sergt. Jeff. Smith.
In what battle or battles were you wounded, and, if not in battle, state under what circumstances you received the injury or injuries?
Answer: In the battle of Strasburg or Cedar Creek, Virginia, – was loading my gun at the time, – it was about sun–rise; making a charge
What was the precise nature of your wound or disability, if any?
Answer: Shot by minnie ball in the leg below the knee as described above.
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 lost no limb, but the disability is permanent; I am not able to perform a full day’s work.
Were you incapacitated for service by reason of said wound or disability incurred?
Answer: Yes, sir, I was not in the service any more.
Were you discharged from the army by reason of said wound or disability?
Answer: Yes, sir, I was parolled and sent home from Point Lookout
If discharged from the army, where were you and what did you do until the close of the war?
Answer: I was at home, Wake County, N.C. – was not able to do anything
What was the name of the surgeon who attended you?
Answer: Do not remember the name of the field hospital Surgeon; but my regimental surgeon was Dr. Tracy, though he was not with me. My wounds were dressed on the field by a surgeion to me unknown.
How did you get out of the army, when and where?
Answer: Being captured, was parolled and sent home.
Did you take the oath of allegiance to the United States Government?
Answer: I did not.
If so, when and under what circumstances?
Answer: __________________________
Are you married, or have you been married?
Answer: Yes.
If so, what is the size of your family living together?
Answer: Wife and seven children
What are the respective ages of your wife and children living with you?
Answer: Wife 21 years; that is present wife; Children, 22, 21, 17, 7, 5, 3 and baby 4 months old.
To what sex do your children belong?
Answer: Three boys and four girls, oldest being a boy, – next three being girls, next two boys, baby a girl.
In what business are you now engaged, if any, and what do you earn?
Answer: I am trying to far; I have no other business and do not own the place I live on and have none of my own.
What estate have you in your own right, real and personal, and what is its value?
Answer: I have no real-estate. Very small personal estate, – a horse and some little house-hold furniture.
What estate has your wife in her own right, real and personal, and what is its value?
Answer: Has no real-estate, except a one-third interest in 30 acres of land; no personalty.
How have you derived support for yourself and family for the past five years?
Answer: By trying to work on a farm with the help of children.
Do you use intoxicants to any extent?
Answer: I do not.
How long have you been an actual resident of the State of Tennessee?
Answer: Since 1866, – 31 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 1st day of September 1897
(Signed) Barzillia Betts Pollard
WITNESSES:
(Signed) H. W. Cooke, Physician
(Signed) C. A. Goodloe, Witness
(Signed) H. W. Goodloe, Witness
STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett COUNTY.
Personally appeared before me, D. B. Dodson Clerk of the County Court of said County, the above named Barzilla Bett Pollard, 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 1 day of Sept 1897
(Signed) D. B. Dodson, Clerk.
STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County
Personally appeared before me, D. B. Dodson, Clerk of the County Court of said County, the above named H. W. Cook 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 Barzilla Betts Pollard, the applicant, and finds him laboring under the following disabilities:
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The calf of his leg having been shot throug as he says with minne Ball some of musles I think were completly cut in two and in healing left some ugly scars & caused varecose vains that when he walks or labors hard is troublesome & painful and in my opinion he is not able to perform hard labor as he was would had? if it had not been for the wound.
Witness my hand, this 1 day of Sept 1897
(Signed) D. B. Dodson, Clerk
STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County
Personally appeared before me, D. B. Dodson Clerk of the County Court of said County, the above named Barzilla Betts Pollard and H. W. Goodloe & C. A. Goodloe 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 _____________ further make oath to the following facts touching the applicant’s service in the _____________ army:
_____________________________________________
Witness my hand, this __ day of ___ 19__
(Signed) __________________
Second Application
Pension File # 1801
State of Tennessee
SOLDIER’S APPLICATION FOR PENSION
NAME B. B. Pollard
Co. E 14 N.C. Inf Rgt.
Filed Oct. 5, 1914
Allowed _______
FILE ISN’T STAMPED Rejected or AcceptedSOLDIER’S APPLICATION FOR PENSION
I, Barzillia B. Pollard a native of the State of N. C. and now a citizen of Tennessee, resident at Jackson in the County of Madison in said State of Tennessee, and who was a soldier from the State of North Carolina 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 Co. E. 14th North Carolina Reg Ramsuers Brigade Roads Divis Ewells 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: Wake County N.C. 1846
When did you enlist and in what command? Give the names of the regimental and company officers under whom you served.
Answer: In the winter 1863 Co E. Capt Tom Pool, Col. R. T. Bennett
In what battle or battles were you engaged, and, if not wounded, state what disabilities did you receive, if any?
Answer: I was with Lees army and was in several Battles. I was wound at Cedar Creed 19th Oct. 1864
What was the precise nature of your wound or disability, if any?
Answer: The mussell of my left leg shot into
Were you incapacitated for service by reason of said wound or disability incurred?
Answer: I was
Were you discharged from the army by reason of said wound or disability?
Answer: I was Captured and as soon as I was able was paroled
If discharged from the army, where were you and what did you do until the close of the war?
Answer: I was not discharged, but was at home on parole
What was the name of the surgeon who attended you?
Answer: I never had any surgeon untill I got home
How did you get out of the army, when and where?
Answer: I was Captured at Cedar Creek
Were you ever in prison? If so, what prison and when released?
Answer: Yes, I was carried to Point Lookout Dont remember the date released
Were you paroled? If so, when and where?
Answer: Yes. Paroled at Point Lookout
Did you take the oath of allegiance to the United States Government?
Answer: No I never have taken it
If so, when and under what circumstances?
Answer: __________________________
Have you applied for pension before this? If so, about when?
Answer: Yes. about ten or fifteen years ago
Are you married, or have you been married?
Answer: No. I have
If so, what is the size of your family living together?
Answer: Have three children living with me
What are the respective ages of your wife and children living with you?
Answer: Wife is dead. One boy 21 – one 18. Girl 16 years old
To what sex do your children belong?
Answer: Two Boys & one Girl
In what business are you now engaged, if any, and what do you earn?
Answer: Farming. Working on Shares
What estate have you in your own right, real and personal, and what is its value?
Answer: None
What estate has your wife in her own right, real and personal, and what is its value?
Answer: None
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: Me and my three children made six bales and we only got half of that
How have you derived support for yourself and family for the past five years?
Answer: By working on the farm
Do you use intoxicants to any extent?
Answer: No
How long have you been an actual resident of the State of Tennessee?
Answer: Since the fall 1867
Have you an attorney to look after this application?
Answer: No
If so, give his name and address.
Answer: ___________________________
Witness my hand, this 3 day of Oct 1914
(Signed) B. B. Pollard
WITNESSES:
(Signed) J. D. Hopper, Physician, Postoffice Address: Jackson, Tenn
(Signed) L. A. Dudley?, Witness, Postoffice Address: Jackson, Tenn
(Signed) Sheldon Smith, Witness, Postoffice Address: Jackson, Tenn
STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Madison County
I, Jno L. Pearson, Trustee of said County, certify that B. B. Pollard and his wife _____________ are assessed with nothing acres, valued at $ —– and with $ —— of personal property.
Witness my hand, this 3 day of Oct 1914
Signed Jno L. Pearson
If applicant and his wife have no property, the Trustee must so certify.
STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Madison COUNTY.
Personally appeared before me, C. B. Jains?, Dep. C-? Ct. Clerk of said County, the above named B. B. Pollard, 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 3 day of Oct 1914
(Signed) C. B. Jains?, D. C.
STATE OF TENNESSEE,
____________ County
Personally appeared before me, _________________________________________ __________________ 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 Mr. B. B. Pollard, the applicant, and finds him laboring under the following disabilities:
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Rhuematism with Bladder trouble or freaquant urination nervious, and —- of long —- —- weakness from gun shot wound in left —– foot & —–
(Signed) __________________
Witness my hand, this 3 day of Oct 1914
(Signed) M. G. Moore Dep? Clerk
STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Madison County
Personally appeared before me, M. G. Moore, Depty Clerk of said County, the above named L. A. Dudley and Sheldon Smith, 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 _____________ further make oath to the following facts touching the applicant’s service in the _____________ army:
Witness my hand, this 3 day of Oct 1914
(Signed) M. G. Moore
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State of Tennessee
Tipton County
Personally appeared, before me, L. W. Hamilton, a notary Public for said County, W. G. Pollard, with whome I am Personally aquanted, who Being Duly sworn sayes – I have Read the statement of Barzilla Betts Pollard in his application for Pension, and know them to be correct, first, as to his Wound in the Battle of Ceder Creek. By hearing him and others his comrads, talking, about the occurence and By talking with those of his comrads who were in the Battle, and who were in Prison with him, I was in Prison myself at the time, But saw his Furlough, and Renewals from time to time, after we were boath Paroled. Second, I know of his Disability. By living with him and seeing him on cruches for about two years after the War, and have worked with him ocasionally since and know he is not able to do a mans work. By Reason of the old wound.
W. G. Pollard
Sworn to before me this the 28 Day of December 1897
L. W. Hamilton N.P.
And I father certify that W. G. Pollard is known to me to be a creditable Person
L. W. Hamilton
Notary Public
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Office of
County Court Clerk, Madison County
J. A. Thompson, Clark
M. G. Moore, Deputy Clerk
A. W. Stovall, County Judge
Jackson, Tennessee
September 25th, 1914.
Hon. T. W. Sims,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
I was a Confederate soldier in the War between the States and I am writing you this letter, to ask a favor of you; will you please examine the War Records and see if you can find when I was parolled from Prison.
I was in the 14th, North Carolina Regiment, Company E. Remsuers Brigade, Roads Division, Ewells Corps; I was parolled at Point Lookout Md.
I am now a citizen of the State of Tennessee, this information will be thankfully received.
Respectfully,
Barzillia Pollard
Jackson Tennessee
R.F.D. No 2
P.S. was parolled in 1864
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House of Representatives,
Committee On
Interstate and Foreign Commerce,
Washington, D.C.
September 28, 1914.
Brig. Gen. George Andrews,
War Department,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
I beg to call your attention to the inclosed letter of Mr. Barzillia Pollard, rural route No. 2, Jackson, Tenn., asking for certain information and giving data. Will you kindly furnish me the information desired by him, returning inclosure with your reply.
Very truly yours,
—–?
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War Department,
The Adjutant General’s Office
2213811 Washington, September 29, 1914
Respectfully returned to the
Hon. Thetus W. Sims,
House of Representatives.
The records show that Barzillia B. Pollard served as a private in Company E, 14th North Carolina Infantry, Confederate States Army. He was captured at Cedar Creek October 19, 1864, on which date he received a gunshot wound in calf of left leg; was admitted October 23, 1864, to U.S.A. General Hospital, West’s Building, Baltimore, Maryland, and was transferred October 25, 1864, to General Hospital at Point Lookout, Maryland. The records show that he was paroled at Point Lookout, date of parole not stated; was exchanged at the same place October 30, 1864, by the assistant agent of exchange. No later record of him has been found. The letter from Mr. Pollard is herewith returned. H. P. —–? The Adjutant General.