Old slave darkies a Pension and if such is facts why then we hope that we are in time to meet the benefits of such.
Yours respectfully,
Geo. Jones junior & Annie Koonce
P.O. Tuckahoe
Jones Co. NC
Received Jan 4, 1898
Source: Correspondence and Case Files of the Bureau of Pensions Pertaining to the Ex-Slave Pension Movement, 1892-1922. Microfilm M2110, 1 roll. Records of the Veterans Administration, Record Group 15. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.