Civil War Pension Record J. G. Sykes 1908

State of North Carolina,}
County of   Alamance     }
On this    6   day of    July           A.D. 190 8 , personally appeared before me,
            J. D. Kernodle        , C. S. C., in and for the State and County aforesaid,
       John G. Sykes              , age 64          ,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          10          day of     May               , 186  1 , 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.)






   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 6 }                                             his
day of July , 190 8                                   }                                      John x G.   Sykes
J. C. Staly Notry Public                       }                                                           mark   Signature of Applicant
~~Signature of C~~.S.C.}

      Also personally appeared before me    Joseph A. Hamilton                                     , who
resides at      Burlington                                 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 6 }
day of     July , 190 8                                   }                        J. A. Hamilton
J. C. Staly Notery Public                             }                           Signature of Witness..
~~Signature~~ of C.S.C. }

     Also personally appeared before me          L.    A. Walker
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).

  This is to certify that I have been                       
  treating Mr. John G. Sykes for last 18 months             
  for Bronchal trouble & is not able                        
  to ???????????? labor & think his disabilty               
  amount to three fourth.

    Sworn and subscribed to before me, this 6 }
day of         July    , 190 8                         }                           L. A. Walker M.D.
                J. C. Staley N.P.                                }                                  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   15th
day of    15   May             186  1     , 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
                    Jn M. Clendenin
                    J. H. Watson
                              County Advisory Board.

        Flap on Front of Folder
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.

               5/10/1861
                 (6x or lex ?)
             gen deb

            aff'd
              4th

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Filed by Board of Pensions of
Alamance County, N.C.,
    day of   July 6 ,190 8