Balus E. Brasher Civil War File

Scott County Arkansas
Civil War Pension Application
BALUS E. BRASHER, CSA
Transcribed & Contributed by Delaine Edwards

STATE OF ARKANSAS}
County of Scott} ss.
We, the undersigned, sitting as a Pension Board for Scott County, do certify that we have examined the application of the within named Balus E. Brasher for pension, under Act of the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, as approved March 11, 1901, and the proof in support of same, and find that said applicant is a wounded Confederate soldier, is in indigent circumstances, and wholly or partially incapacitated for manual labor, and that his claim is just, and that he should be allowed $100.00 pension.
[Signed] C. Malone (Seal)
[Signed] S.C. Brown (Seal)
[Signed] Wiley Young (Seal)

11131
Application of
Balus E. Brasher
Waldron P.O.
Scott County
Examined and allowed
and $100.00 allowed and Auditor
authorized to draw warrant for same.
Filed in Auditors office
Aug 6 1901
T.C. Monroe, Auditor
This 28 day of Aug 1901
J.N. Crockett, Sec'y. of State
T.C. Monroe, Auditor

APPLICATION FOR PENSION

STATE OF ARKANSAS}
County of Scott}
I, Balus E. Brasher do solemnly swear that I served as a soldier in the army of the Confederate States, being a member of Co. "H" I think commanded by Capt. Featherston in Col. Belconis[?] 19th Regiment of Infty. Vols. from the State of Arkansas. That I entered said service about the year 1862, early part, went in at beginning of war & served 6 mo. the time he went in for & came home & never went back; that I was honorably discharged (paroled or released) from such service after serving six months or or about the latter part of year 1862 or early part of 1863 and did not desert the same; that i am now, and for the past twelve months have been, a bona fide resident of this State; that I do not myself, nor does my wife, nor do we both together, own property, real or personal, or both, or money or choses in action in excess of the value of $400.00 (exclusive of household goods and wearing apparel), nor has either of us conveyed title to any property to enable me to draw a pension, and that neither I nor my wife is in receipt of any income, annuity, pension or wages for any services, the emoluments of an office, in excess of $150.00 per year; that I am incapacitated to perform manual labor in any of the ordinary avocations of life, and that such incapacity (or disability) is the result of wounds received in the service, being old age, my age now being 86 years, and feeble health and debilitated physical condition in consequence of old age and that such disability is not the result of my own vicious habits still persisted in, so help me God.
(Signature) Balus E. (his X mark) Brasher
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 25 day of May 1901
[Signed] L.P. Fuller, County Clerk
By Thos. M. Duncan, D.C.

PROOF OF SERVICE
(By Comrades if Possible)

STATE OF ARKANSAS}
County of Scott}
On this day personally came before the undersigned, a Clerk Circuit Court within and for the County of Scott and State of Arkansas, Thos. F. Smith, a citizen of near Waldron, Ark., whom I certify to be a creditable person and worthy of confidence, who being duly sworn, states that he is personally, well acquainted with applicant Balus E. Brasher, having known him for 40 years.
That he was a Confederate soldier. Belonging to Company [blank] Regiment of [blank] as I am informed and believe but I cannot give of my own personal knowledge his Company and Reg't. That a such soldier he served from [blank] to [blank]. That he was honorably discharged from such service, and did not desert the same. That he is now and has been for the past twelve months a bona fide resident of Arkansas. That he is incapacitated for manual labor by reason of advanced age, his age now being apparently about 85 or 86 years, and debilitated physical condition and that such incapacity (or disability) is not the result of his own vicious habits still persisted in. That to the best of my knowledge and as I know, all property now owned by him and his wife, together, is not worth exceeding $400 (exclusive of household goods and wearing apparel). That neither he nor his wife is in receipt of any income, annuity, pension or wages for any services, or the emoluments of an office, in excess of $150 per year. That I have no interest in this claim. I was living a near neighbor to soldier and was well acquainted with him when he joined the Confederate Army. I did not serve in the war with him, but I was at Waldron when he left Waldron with his Company and saw them start away. The Company at that time as I understood enlisted only for six months. I was also at Waldron when the Company returned home and saw them discharged and paid off and the soldier Balus E. Brasher was with them and as I saw him start away with the Company and [illegible] with the Company I know he served as a soldier in the Confederate Army.
[Signed] Thomas F. Smith
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 7th day of June 1901
[Signed] L.P. Fuller, County Clerk
By Thos. M. Duncan, D.C.

PROOF OF SERVICE
(By Comrades if Possible)

STATE OF ARKANSAS}
County of Scott}
On this day personally came before the undersigned, a Clerk Circuit Court within and for the County of Scott and State of Arkanss, Obediah Vaughn and [blank], citizens of Blue Ball and [blank], Ark., whom I certify to be creditable persons and worthy of confidence, who being duly sworn, state that they are each, personally, well acquainted with applicant Balus E. Brasher, and have known him about 39 and [blank] years, respectively.
That he was a Confederate soldier. Belonging to Company "H" 19th Regiment of Ark. Infty. Vols. That as such soldier he served from about the beginning of war the latter part of 1861 or early part of 1862, to about latter part of 1862 or early part of 1863. That he was honorably discharged (paroled or released) from such service, and did not desert the same. That he is now and has been for the past twelve months a bona fide resident of Arkansas. That he is incapacitated for manual labor by reason of old age, and debilitated physical condition and that such incapacity (or disability) is not the result of his own vicious habits still persisted in. That to the best of our knowledge, information and belief, all property now owned by him and his wife, together, is not worth exceeding $400 (exclusive of household goods and wearing apparel). That neither he nor his wife to our knowledge is in receipt of any income, annuity, pension or wages for any services, or the emoluments of an office, in excess of $150 per year. That we have no interest in this claim. Affiants say they each served in same Company with soldier, but affiant Vaughn says he does not remember how long soldier served.
[Signed] Obediah (his X mark) Vaughn
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 28 day of June 1901
[Signed] L.P. Fuller, County Clerk
By T.M. Duncan, D.C.

DECEASED PENSIONER'S
WIDOW'S APPLICATION

STATE OF ARKANSAS}
County of Scott}
I, Sarah Brasher, do solemnly swear that I am the widow of B.E. Brasher, deceased, who served as a soldier in the army of the Confederate States, his proof of service being now on file in the Auditor's office, at Little Rock, he having been allowed a pension under Act of the General Assembly, approved March 11, 1901; that I am now, and for the past twelve months have been a bona fide resident of this State; that I do not own property, real or personal, or both, or money or choses in action, in excess of the value of $400.00 (exclusive of household goods and wearing apparel), nor have I conveyed title to any property to enable me to draw a pension, and that I am not in receipt of any income, annuity, pension or wages for any services, the emoluments of an office, in excess of $150.00 per year; that my said husband died on the [blank] day of [blank] 1901, and I ask that the proof of his service, &c furnished by him in his lifetime and upon which his claim for Confederate Pension was allowed, be taken and accepted by the County and State Boards in my claim as his widow without my having to furnish further proof of his said service in my claim the same being now on file in the Auditor's Office at Little Rock, Ark., and that I have not since remarried, so help me God.
[Signed] Sarah (her X mark) Brasher
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 1st day of July 1902
[Signed] L.P. Fuller, County Clerk
By Thos. M. Duncan, D.C.
I, Thos. F. Smith, do solemnly swear that I am personally acquainted with Mrs. Sarah Brasher, and that she is the widow of B.E. Brasher, deceased, and that she has not remarried since his death.
(Signature) Thomas F. Smith
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 28 day of July 1902
[Signed] L.P. Fuller, County Clerk
By Thos. M. Duncan, D.C.

STATE OF ARKANSAS}
County of Scott} ss.
We, the undersigned, sitting as a Pension Board for Scott County, do certify that we have examined the application of the within named Sarah Brasher for pension, under Act of the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, as approved March 11, 1901, and the proof in support of same, and find that said applicant is the widow of a Confederate soldier, is in indigent circumstances, and that her claim is just, and that she should be allowed $50.00 pension.
[Signed] C. Malone (Seal)
[Signed] S.C. Brown (Seal)

11131
Application of
Sarah Brasher
Widow of
B.E. Brasher, Decd.
Waldron P.O.
Scott County
Examined and allowed
and $50.00 allowed and Auditor authorized
to draw warrant for same.
C. Malone
S.C. Brown
For proof of service
see application of B.E. Brasher
This 20 day of Aug 1902
J.W. Crockett, Secretary of State
T.C. Monroe, Auditor
Filed in Auditors Office
Aug 11 1902
T.C. Monroe, Auditor

PROOF OF PROPERTY FOR WIDOW

PROOF OF SERVICE FOR WIDOW
(By Comrades of Husband if Possible)

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