Confederate Application for Pension
J. G. Sykes from Alamance Co., NC
from the Archives in Raleigh, NC
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
7
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