Confederate Application for Pension
John Wrenn from Alamance Co., NC
from the Archives in Raleigh, NC
State of North Carolina,}
County of Alamance
}
On this 3d day of June
A.D. 190 1, personally appeared before me,
J. D. Kernodle
, C. S. C., in and for the State and County aforesaid,
John Wrenn ,
age 71
,years, and a resident at
Altamahaw post-office
in said County and State, and who being duly sworn,
makes the following declaration in order to obtain the pension under the provision of an
act entitled "An Act to amend Chap-
ter 198 of the Laws of 1889, for the relief of certain Confederate Soldiers and
Widows," ratified March 2, 1901: That he is the
identical John Wrenn
, who
enlisted in Co.
K
, 13th
Reg. N. C. State Troops, on or about the 20 day
of
May ,
186 2 , 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 1901. Read said section of said law
carefully, and to accomplish the classification therein called for, let state-
ment 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 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 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 2nd }
his
day of June , 190 1 }
John Wrenn
J. D. Kernodle }
mark
Signature of C.S.C.}
Signature of
Applicant
Also personally appeared before me A. L.
Canady
, who
resides at
Altamahaw
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 Wrenn
, 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 cor- rect to the best of his knowledge
and belief, and that he has no interest, direct or indirect, in this claim.
Sworn and subscribed before me, this 20th }
day of June , 190 1
}
A. L. Cannaday
L. D. Rippy, J. P.
}
Signature of Witness..
Signature of C.S.C.
}
Also personally appeared before me
a physician in good standing in said County and State, and being duly sworn, says that he
has carefully and thoroughly examined
, 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 1901).
J. W. Wren is no longer
able to support
himself because of chronic cata??? of blader
and organe Heart trouble of a valvular
nature and is 71 years of Age. In my
judgement is entitled to 3/4 the rate's
pension.
Sworn and subscribed to before me, this 20th}
day of June , 1901
} W.G.
Herndon (?)
L. D. Rippy, J. 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 Wrenn
________________________________ for a pension under the provisions of an act
entitled "An Act
to amend Chapter 198 of the Laws of 1889, for the relief of certain Confederate
Soldiers and Widows," ratified March 2, 1901, and
the proofs filed in support thereof; that we are satisfied the said
John Wrenn
is the identical person who enlisted in Company K
, 13th Regiment of N. C.
Troops, on or about the
10 day of May
186 2 , and who was disabled in manner and to the extent
stated in the fore-
going 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 immediately 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
from the State of North Carolina, and therefore his application is correct and just under
the act.
{Seal } S. H.
Webb
Ch'mn Board Com'r
"
A. J. Albright
Commissioner.
"
J. G. Dialey
"
"
Jos. W. Somers
"
{IMPRESS COUNTY SEAL HERE}
"
S.E. Tate
"
"
L.B.
McAdams
Sheriff
{Seal} J D. Kernodle Clerk of Superior Court
Approved: ???? Anderson
?????????
L. B. Holt
R. L. Walker
County Advisory Board
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SOLDIER'S APPLICATION FOR PENSION
Act of March
2d, 1901
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John
Wrenn
who enlisted in Company K 13
Regiment North Carolina State Troops.
APPROVED S. B. P. FOURTH CLASS
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Filed by Board of Inquiry of Alamance
County, N.C., 1st day of July
,
190 1