Pension File # 9720
State of Tennessee
SOLDIER’S APPLICATION FOR PENSION
NAME W. W. Whitley
Filed Dec. 3, 1907
Allowed _______
FILE IS STAMPED AcceptedSOLDIER’S APPLICATION FOR PENSION
I, W. W. Whitley a native of the State of Georgia 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 Missippi 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 K First Miss. Reg. Inf. Capt. O. D. Hughs, Col. John M. Simington 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: Putnam Co. Georgia. In the year 1843
When did you enlist and in what command? Give the names of the regimental and company officers under whom you served.
Answer: August 1861. Gen. Alcorn’s Brigade. First Regment John M. Simington Col. O. D. Hughs Capt. Co. K.
In what battle or battles were you engaged, and, if not wounded, state what disabilities did you receive, if any?
Answer: 1″ Fort Donaldson & was wounded in the Battle 2nd Fort Hudson La.
What was the precise nature of your wound or disability, if any?
Answer: I had 2 Ribs broken at Fort Donaldson
Were you incapacitated for service by reason of said wound or disability incurred?
Answer: I was in prison at Camp Morton Ind. for 7 Months
Were you discharged from the army by reason of said wound or disability?
Answer: No. I was able for service after I was exchanged
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. Roberts assistant Surgeon
How did you get out of the army, when and where?
Answer: Discharged at Iuk? Miss. at the close of the war
Did you take the oath of allegiance to the United States Government?
Answer: I did
If so, when and under what circumstances?
Answer: June 1865 Ordered to Iuka by the Federal Authorities
Are you married, or have you been married?
Answer: I am married
If so, what is the size of your family living together?
Answer: Four in number
What are the respective ages of your wife and children living with you?
Answer: Wife about 40 years. Children one 6 the 14 years
To what sex do your children belong?
Answer: Female
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: Farming. Am able to earn but little
What estate have you in your own right, real and personal, and what is its value?
Answer: No real estate Person about $150.00
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: Farming as best I can
Do you use intoxicants to any extent?
Answer: No
How long have you been an actual resident of the State of Tennessee?
Answer: Since 1884 (23 years)
Have you an attorney to look after this application?
Answer: C. A. Goodloe
If so, give his name and address.
Answer: Alamo Crockett County Tenn
Witness my hand, this 25 day of February 1907
(Signed) W. W. Whitley
WITNESSES:
(Signed) J. L. Fuller, Physician
(Signed) R. O. Tatum, Witness
(Signed) Willie Evans, Witness
STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett COUNTY.
Personally appeared before me, L. L. Cox, Notary Public of said County, the above named W. W. Whitley, 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 25 day of February 1907
(Signed) L. L. Cox, Notary Public
STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County
Personally appeared before me, L. L. Cox, Notary Public of said County, the above named Dr. J. J. Fuller 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 W. W. Whitley, the applicant, and finds him laboring under the following disabilities:
I have personally examined W. W. Whitley and find him suffering from the effects of broken ribs caused he says by a gun shot wound he recieved in the war, Also from irregular circulation and general nervous prost—- which render him unable to do manual labor.
(Signed) J. L. Fuller, M.D.
Witness my hand, this 28 day of February 1907
(Signed) __________________
STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County
Personally appeared before me, L. L. Cox, Notary Public of said County, the above named R. O. Tatum and Willie Evans, 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 and seal of office, this 28 day of February 1907
(Signed) L. L. Cox, Notary Public
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John H. Perry,
Trustee
Crockett County,
Tennessee.
Alamo, Tenn., ___________ 190__
This to Certify that W. W. Whitley is assessed with no Property either personal or Real in Crockett County.
This Nov. 30th 1907
Jno. H. Perry
Subscribed to before me, Nov. 30th 1907
J. W. Emison, Clerk
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C. A. Goodloe,
Attorney At Law.
Alamo, Tenn. 12-2-1907
To Board of Pension Comm—
Nashville, Tenn.
Dear Sir:
The —- application for Pension has been unintentionally mislaid. I — —- have —- early attention.
Yours,
C. A. Goodloe
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Headquarters
Tennessee Board of Pension Examiners
Nashville, Tenn. Dec. 17, 1907
Gen. F. C. Ainsworth,
Adjutant General,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
W. W. Whitley who is an applicant for Pension under the Tennessee Pension law, claims to have been a member of Company K First Regiment Miss Infty C.S.A., and to have been Jany 1, 1913. It is now claimed, that he later served in the 11th Miss. Cav.
Please give us the record of this soldier.
Respectfully,
George B. Guild
President
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No. 9720
Apr. the 9th 1908
Gadsden Tenn,
Mr. John Hickman
Dear sir if you will send to Washington you will find on record that I was captured on July the 8th 1863. I was paroled July the 12th & never was exchanged for & remained a paroled soldier untill the close of the war, in the early part of 64 I went to forest & served in his command under Capt. Rye, untill the close.
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No. 9720
Apr. the 9th 1908
Gadsden Tenn,
Mr. Frank Moses
Dear sir it has been so long I can not be sirtain but it seems to me that it? was Ashcroft command, if you will examine you will find what company Capt. Rye was in. I was with him, one of my comrades live clost to me, he was with Rye & he says he thinks it was furgerson command. I think you (nothing more)
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Dorsey, Miss., _________191__
R.F.D. To Mantachie
This is the certify that I, Harmon Grimes hereby make affidavitt that I knew Wiley Whitley personally and knew him as a Soldier in the 11th Mississippi Calvary, Armstrong Brigade and under Bedford Forest.
H. Grimes
Sworn to and Subscribed before me, This 30th day of November 1912
S. H. Turner
Notary Public
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Humboldt, Tenn. R.F.D. #9
Dec. 28, 1912
To The Hon. Pension Board,
Nashville, Tenn.
Gentlemen: I hereby certify under my official oath that I know Wiley Washington Whitley, personally, that he is the same W. W. Whitley who has filed a claim for pension before your Hon. Board. He came here, near Gadsden, Tenn, 25 or 30 years ago from Miss. and has lived here in the 3rd Civil district of Crockett Co. ever since. I have been a member of the equilization
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board of taxes for th–? several times and know Wiley W. Whitley ha— taxable property in th—. He is an honorable — old gentleman and statements are en—- full faith and cre—-
Very Respe—-
J. W. Ros—-
Notary
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Nashville, Tenn.,
Dec. 17, 1907
George B. Guild, President,
Tenn. Board Pension Examiners.
For record of W. W. Whitley,
“K”, 1st Miss. Inf., C.S.A.
War Department,
The Adjutant General’s Office
Washington, January 4, 1913.
Respectfully returned to the
President,
Tennessee Board of
Pension Examiners,
Nashville.
The name W. W. Whitley has not been found on the rolls on file in this office of any company of the 11th Mississippi Cavalry, Confederate States Army. The prisoner-of-war records show, however, that one W. H. Whitley, private, Company H, 11th (Perrin’s) Mississippi Cavalry, Confederate States Army, surrendered May 4, 1865, at Citronelle, Alabama, and that he was paroled May 17, 1865, at Columbus, Mississippi.
Geo. Andrews
The Adjutant General.
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Lee Gray
Clerk of Circuit Court
Alcorn County
Corinth, Miss., September the 11th 1917
State of Mississippi.
Alcorn County.
Personally appeared before me Lee Gray a Notary Public for the County of Alcorn County State of Mississippi. The undersigned J. J. Leigh who being duly sworn by me states upon oath that he is well acquainted with W. w. Whitley and has known him for 60 years, He further states that he knows that the said W. W. Whitley received an honorable discharge from the army while they were at Iuka Mississippi. In the Spring of 1865. He futher states that he seen the discharge a number of times, He futher states that he was with this man all through the War, and that this man was a good soldier and was always at his post.
J. J. (his X mark) Leigh
Subscribed and sworn to before me this the 11th day of September 1917.
Lee Gray
Notary Public
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Gadsden, Tenn
Sept. 29th 1917
Hon. John P. Hickman, Sect
Pension Board, Nashville, Tenn
Mr. W. W. Whitley advises me that in 1909 or 1910, he filed his application with you for State Pension and in 191_ or 1914 he filed other evidence and the reply to said evidence was that he had not made? proof of his Discharge. And? up to ashert? while ago he was unable to locate any of his comrads, but by chance he found one whose affida— is here in enclosed. Said Comrad is now located at Corinth Miss. Mr. Whitley enlisted in Miss. but has been a Citizen of Tenn for the past 24 years and? a Citizen of Crockett County most of the time. He is now about 74 or 75 years old —- a family to support. He owns no property and needs the pension allowed old Soldiers. He is of the opinion that (nothing more)
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Headquarters
Tennessee Board of Pension Examiners
Nashville, Tenn. October 26, 1917
W. W. Whitley, No. 9720
Mr. W. W. Whitley,
Gadsden, Tenn.
My Dear Sir:
Was there a W. H. Whitley in your company? If so, what became of him? The war records report that he was paroled at Columbus, Miss. You say you were paroled at Iuka. Are you the one and the same man?
Very truly yours,
Frank A. Moses
Special Examiner
Gadsden Tenn. Oct. 30th 1917
Mr. Frank A. Moses, Special Examiner
Tenn = Board of Pensions
Dear Sir. By request of Mr. W. W. Whitley I answer your communication as per his explination. there was not any one in his company known as W. H. Whitley. There was a A. J. Whitley his Brother. And he was paroled at Columbus Miss. Said the company got Scattered and some of them was paroled at Columbus and (over)
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