Pension File # 8715
State of Tennessee
SOLDIER’S APPLICATION FOR PENSION
NAME F. J. Wood
Filed Jan. 26, 1907
Allowed _______
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FILE IS STAMPED RejectedSOLDIER’S APPLICATION FOR PENSION
I, F. J. Wood a native of the State of Tennessee and now a citizen of Tennessee, resident at Bells, moving to Memphis now 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 say that I was a member of and Capt. of Co. “G”, 27th Regt Tennessee Infantry 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 affirm 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 say that the answers given to the following questions are true:
In what County, State and year were you born?
Answer: Haywood County Tenn. A. D. 1839
When did you enlist and in what command? Give the names of the regimental and company officers under whom you served.
Answer: April 1861, (Col Kit Williams) 27th Regt Tenn Infantry. Kit Williams Col – Homer Brown Lt Co – Love Maj. J. P. Burns Capt. — (F. J. Wood 1st Lt) John Beasly 2d Lt. A. C. Allen 3d Lt
In what battle or battles were you engaged, and, if not wounded, state what disabilities did you receive, if any?
Answer: I was wounded 22d of July 1864. was in Battles from 20th to 22, Peachtree Creek and others.
What was the precise nature of your wound or disability, if any?
Answer: I was shot through the right thigh.
Were you incapacitated for service by reason of said wound or disability incurred?
Answer: Yes. Afterwards I was placed on post duty. Pro? M. Macon Ga
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: —- —- Hospital Forsyth — do not recollect name of —–
How did you get out of the army, when and where?
Answer: Captured and paroled by Gen. Wilson at Macon Ga 20th April 1865
Did you take the oath of allegiance to the United States Government?
Answer: No
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: Myself, Lady & baby
What are the respective ages of your wife and children living with you?
Answer: Wife 45 yrs – Baby 2 1/2 yrs
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: None
What estate have you in your own right, real and personal, and what is its value?
Answer: Refer you to Trustee’s Certificate
What estate has your wife in her own right, real and personal, and what is its value?
Answer: Refer to Trustee’s Certificate. 25 acres of land worth $250.00
How have you derived support for yourself and family for the past five years?
Answer: By a small amount of money on hand &? collections?
Do you use intoxicants to any extent?
Answer: No
How long have you been an actual resident of the State of Tennessee?
Answer: during my entire life
Have you an attorney to look after this application?
Answer: No
If so, give his name and address.
Answer: ________________________________
Witness my hand, this 23d day of January 1907
(Signed) F. J. Wood, Capt. Co. G 27th Regt Tenn Infty
WITNESSES:
(Signed) Jno H. Harris, Physician
(Signed) S. J. Hopkins, Witness
(Signed) W. F. Webb, Witness
STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County
I, Jno H. Perry, Trustee of said County, certify that Capt. F. J. Wood and his wife Emma Wood are assessed with 2 Houses acres, valued at $ $1,300. and with $ wife has 25 acres of land worth $250.00 of personal property.
Witness my hand, this 23d day of January 1907
Signed J. H. Perry
If applicant and his wife have no property, the Trustee must so certify.
STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett COUNTY.
Personally appeared before me, J. C. Humphreys, N. P. of said County, the above named F. J. Wood, 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, affirmed that the said statements and answers are true.
Witness my hand and seal of this office, this 23 day of Jan 1907
(Signed) J. C. Humphreys
STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County
Personally appeared before me, J. C. Humphreys, N. P. of said County, the above named Jno H. Harris M.D. one of the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing application, and who is a physician of good standing, and being duly sworn says makes affirmation that he has carefully and thoroughly examined Capt. F. J. Wood, the applicant, and finds him laboring under the following disabilities:
Severe Myopia. Wounded leg that renders him unfit for work. and for? proof several months from chronic nephritis due to colonli? that incapacitates him for pysical work. Taking age disabilities ect into consideration his time for work is over.
Witness my hand, this 23 day of Jan 1907
(Signed) J. C. Humphreys
STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County
Personally appeared before me, J. C. Humphreys, N. P. of said County, the above named S. J. Hopkins and W. F. Webb, 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 makes affirmation 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 affirm to the following facts touching the applicant’s service in the of since the war army:
we have been personally acquainted with Capt. F. J. Wood since the close of the war, and know that he has been an honest upright and peacible? Citizen, a strict member of the Church, filled the positions of Trustee and Steward of his Church.
Witness my hand, this 23 day of Jan 1907
(Signed) J. C. Humphreys
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Headquarters
Tennessee Board of Pension Examiners.
Nashville, Tenn. Febry 2, 1907
Trustee Shelby County
Memphis, Tenn.
Dear sir,
Will you kindly certify on the bottom of this sheet the character and assessed valuation of —? property in your county assessed to F. J. Wood or his wife Emma Wood?
The parties live in Crockett County Tenn. This information is wanted as proof in a pension case.
Yours truly,
Frank A. Moses
Special Examiner
What ward or District is the Property in?
J. J. Taylor Tr? Logan?
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Headquarters
Tennessee Board of Pension Examiners.
Nashville, Tenn. Febry 2, 1907
Gen. F. C. Ainsworth,
Military Secretary,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
F. J. Wood who is an applicant for Pension under the Tennessee Pension law, claims to have been a captain of Company G Twenty seventh Regiment Tenn Infty C.S.A., and to have been paroled by Gen. Wilson at Macon Ga in April 1865.
Please give us the record of this soldier.
Respectfully,
George B. Guild
President
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War Department,
The Military Secretary’s Office.
Washington, February 7, 1907.
Respectfully returned to the
President,
Tennessee Board of Pension
Examiners,
Nashville.
The records show that F. J. Wood was captain of Company G, 27th Tennessee Infantry, C.S.A. On the muster roll of the company dated April 30, 1864 (latest on file), he is reported “Absent at Atlanta, Georgia, on no duty.” His name appears on a report of the Confederates captured at Macon, Georgia, April 20, 1865, but no record has been found of his parole.
F. C. Ainsworth
The Military Secretary.
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The Bank of Alamo
Capital Stock, $20,000.00
Alamo, Tenn. Feb 18, 1907
John P. Hickman
Nashville, Tenn.
Dear Sir,
At a call meeting of Joseph E. Johnston Bivouac #25 and Camp #915, on Saturday Feb. 16th 1907, the following proceedings were had,
Whereas this Camp & Bivouac have learned that one of our comrades F. J. Wood has made and filed an application for a Pension as an ex confederate Soldier,
And, Whereas the Records in West Tenn. fail to show that he is a pauper, or in indigent circumstances, on the contrary he is in affluence as compared to other old Soldiers and widows of old Soldiers in Tenn Therefore
Be it Resolved that it is the sense of this Bivouac & Camp
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that the granting of said pension would not only be improper, but an injustice to many others of our ranks who are worthy and exceedingly needy.
The above preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted.
C. A. Goodloe 1st Vice Pres
D. B. Dodson Sec