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Confederate Application for Pension
J. G.  Sykes from Alamance Co., NC
from the Archives in Raleigh, NC

            

State of North Carolina,}
County of   Alamance     }
On this    1st   day of    July           A.D. 190  7  , personally appeared before me,
            J. D. Kernodle        , C. S. C., in and for the State and County aforesaid,
       John G.   Sykes               , age   63          ,years, and a resident at
     Burlington          post-office in said County and State, and who being duly sworn,
makes the following declaration in order to obtain the pension under the provisions of an act entitled
"An Act for the relief of certain Confederate Soldiers, Sailors and Widows," ratified March 8, 1907;
that he is the identical     John G.   Sykes                                                                                   
                            who enlisted in Co.   F           ,                 6th  Reg. N. C. State Troops,
on or about the                    day of                     ,  186    , to serve in the armies
of the late Confederate States, and that while in said service at                                                             ,
in the State of ______________________ , on or about the  ______ day of                                       ,
186     , he received a wound or wounds, etc.
(Applicant will here state the nature and extent of his wounds and disability, so that a proper classification can be made under the new Pension Law
passed by the General Assembly of 1907. Read said section of said law carefully, and to accomplish the classification therein called for, let statement here
as to nature and extent of wounds, disability, etc., be very full and explicit.)
                  Deaf in one ear -   Disabled from                                                         

     age and infirmities.                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                
   He further states that he is , and has been for twelve months immediately preceding this Appli-
cation for Pension, a bona fide resident of North Carolina; that he holds no office under the United
States, or under any State or County, for which he is receiving the sum of three hundred dollars as
fees or as salary annually; that he is not worth in his own right, or the right of his wife, property
at its assessed value for taxation to the amount of five hundred dollars ($500), nor has he disposed of
property of such value by gift or voluntary conveyance since the 11th of March, 1885, and that he is
not receiving any aid from the State of North Carolina or under any other statute providing for the
relief of the maimed and blind soldiers of the State.

Sworn and subscribed before me, this 1st  }                                         
day of July , 190 7 }                                                                   J. G.   Sykes
J.  D.   Kernodle     }                                                                                              Signature of Applicant            
Signature of C.S.C.}                                                                                           
              
      Also personally appeared before me     Wm. A. Mebane  Benj. Perry                                      , who
resides at      Mebane                                                    post-office, in said County and State, a person whom
I know to be respectable and entitled to credit, and being by me duly sworn, say he is acquainted with
                    John  G. Sykes                                , the applicant for pension, and has every reason to
believe that he is the identical person he represents himself to be, and that the facts set forth in this
affidavit are correct to the best of his knowledge and belief, and that he has no interest, direct or indi-
rect, in this claim.

     Sworn and subscribed before me, this   1  }                                                          his
day of     July  , 190 7                                   }                        Wm. A. Mebane  Benj. Perry  
J.  D.   Kernodle                                            }                                                         mark       Signature of Witness..
  Signature of C.S.C. }                                                                            

     Also personally appeared before me           Jno A Pickett                                                       
a physician in good standing in said County and State, and being duly sworn, says that he has care-
fully and thoroughly examined                       John  G.   Sykes                                  , the applicant for
pension, and  finds such disability for manual labor as is described below, by reason of wounds received
while in the discharge of his duty as a soldier or sailor of North Carolina in the service of the late
Confederate States.
(Let physician here give full and explicit professional information as to the nature and extent of wounds, disability, stating particularly whether
disability amounts to  three-fourths or not , in order to accomplish the classification called for under the new Pension law passed by the General Assembly

of 1907).

  The applicant is practically deaf in                       
  one ear and disabled from age                             
  and infirmities to the amount of                          
  one half. 1/2                                             
                                                  
                                                  

    Sworn and subscribed to before me, this 1   }
  day of         July     , 190  7                            }                             Jno. A. Pickett   
                J. D. Kernodle                                }                                  Signature of Physician
                  Signature of C.S.C.                        }
                       

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, }
                    Alamance         County.      }

To the Auditor of the State of North Carolina:

     We certify that we have carefully examined the application of           John                                    
                                 G.   Sykes                 
for a pension under the provisions of an act
entitled "An Act for the relief of certain Confederate Soldiers, Sailors and Widows," ratified March 8,
1907,  and the proofs filed in support thereof; that we are satisfied the said   John                    
                      G  Sykes           
is the identical person who enlisted in
Company   F        ,   6th    Regiment of         N. C.         Troops, on or about the                      
day of                          186       , and who was disabled in manner and to the extent stated in the
foregoing certificates of himself and physician in consequence of a wound received in battle on or
about the ____________ day of                               186__ , and we certify the following allegations
set forth in his application to be true, namely: That he is , and has been for twelve months imme-
diately preceding this Application for Pension, a bona fide resident of North Carolina; that he holds
no office under the United States, or under any State or County, from which he is receiving the sum
of three hundred dollars as fees or as salary annually; that he is not worth in her own right, or the
right of his wife, property at its assessed value for taxation to the amount of five hundred dollars
($500), nor has he disposed of property of such value by gift or voluntary conveyance since the 11th
of March, 1885, and that he is not receiving aid from any other source for the State of North
Carolina, and therefore his application is correct and just under the act.

{Seal} J. D. Kernodle                     Clerk of Superior Court
                                                          

{IMPRESS COUNTY SEAL HERE}                     
                                                      
Approved:     J. R. Ireland
                    J. H. Watson
                    Jn M. Clendenin   
                          County Advisory Board.


        Flap on Front of Folder
              ALAMANCE,
SOLDIER'S APPLICATION FOR PENSION
           Act of March 8, 1907
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          John  G.  Sykes            
who enlisted in Company   F ,   6th     
Regiment North Carolina State Troops.


                           Disabled

                          Ins - Dis -  

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Filed by Board of Pensions of
 Alamance  County, N.C.,
  1st   day of    July   ,190 

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