George W. Burns Civil War File

Scott County Arkansas
Civil War Pension Application
GEORGE W. BURNS, CSA
Transcribed & Contributed by Delaine Edwards

5011
Application of
George W. Burns
Waldron P.O.
Scott County
Examined and allowed
and $25.00 allowed and Auditor
authorized to draw warrant for same.
[Signed] C. Malone
[Signed] S.C. Brown
This 20 day of Aug. 1902
J.W. Crockett, Sec'y. of State
T.C. Monroe, Auditor

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 George W. Burns for pension, under Act of 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 an injured and disabled Confederate soldier, is in indigent circumstances, and partially incapacitated for manual labor, and that his claim is just, and that he should be allowed $25.00 pension.
[Signed] C. Malone (Seal)
[Signed] S.C. Brown (Seal)

APPLICATION FOR PENSION

STATE OF ARKANSAS}
County of Scott}
I, George W. Burns do solemnly swear that I served as a soldier in the army of the Confederate States, being a member of Col. Avery's 4th (Co. "A") Regiment of Cavalry Vols. from the State of Georgia; that I was honorably paroled or released from such service on or about the [blank] day of May, 1865 at the close of the war 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, inexcess of $150.00 per year; that I am incapacitated to perform manual labor in any of the oridinary avocations of life and that such incapacity (or disability) is the result of advanced age, my age being now about 55 years, and rupture of right side and consequent debilitated physical condition or of age, and that such disability is not the result of my own vicious habits still persisted in, so help me God.
(Signature) George W. Burns
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 21 day of March 1902
[Signed] L.P. Fuller
County Clerk
By Thos. M. Duncan, D.C.

EVIDENCE OF PHYSICIAN

STATE OF ARKANSAS}
County of Scott}
I, J.O.A. Sullivan, a duly registered and practicing physician in Scott County, Arkansas, do hereby certify that I am personally well acquainted with G.W. Burns of near Waldron, Arkansas, who is an applicant for a pension under the Statutes of Arkansas.
That at his request I have made an examination of his physical condition and find: State description and character of wound or disability: The soldier is badly ruptured in right side which he states was done while in the armie; he also had his right arm broken about one year ago.
Physical condition and to what cause is his incapacity for manual labor attributable: [Blank] and that said disability is not the result of his own vicious habits still persisted in [Blank]
Extent of disability 1/4
[Signed] J.O.A. Sullivan, M.D.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 31 day of July 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 Circuit Clerk within and for the County of Scott and State of Ark., J.T. Satterfield, a citizen of Scott Co., 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 G.W. Burns, and have known him for 40 years.
That he was a Confederate soldier. Belonging to 4th Ga. Cavalry. 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 that such incapacity (or disability) is not the result of his own vicious habits still persisted in. That to the best of my knowledge, 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. That I was personally acquainted with soldier when the war commenced and I understood at the time and it was the general understanding among his neighbors that he joined the Confederate Army and I have always understood and heard the same since the war to the present.
[Signed] J.T. Satterfield
Subscribed and sworn before me this 31 day of July 1901
[Signed] L.P. Fuller, Clerk
By T.M. Duncan, D.C.

PROOF OF SERVICE

STATE OF ARKANSAS}
County of Scott}
On this day personally came before the undersigned, a Circuit Clerk within and for the County of Scott and State of Ark., Lewis H. Williams, 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 G.W. Burns, having known him for about 35 years. 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, he being now about 54 years old 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, 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. That I became acquainted with soldier after the close of the war - and it was my information and understanding then and has always been since that he belonged to the Confederate Army - although I did not see him in the service - my son-in-law W.L. Dole servedin the same Company with him (Dole)
[Signed] L.H. Williams
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 31 day of July 1901
[Signed] L.P. Fuller, Clerk
By T.M. Duncan, D.C.

PROOF OF SERVICE
(By Comrades if Possible)

STATE OF GEORGIA}
County of Walker}
On this day personally came before the undersigned, a Ordinary within and for the County of Walker and State of Georgia, E.M. Tate and W.P. Tate, Jeremiah Burns, citizens of Walker, Georgia, 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 George W. Burns and have known him for 40 years, respectively.
That he was a Confederate soldier. Belonging to Company "A" in Col. Avery's 4th Regiment of Ga. Cavy. Vols. That as such soldier he served from about April 1864 to the close of the war about month of May, 1865. That he was honorably 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 advanced age and resulting debilitated physical condition and that such incapacity (or disability) is not the result of his own vicious habits still persisted in. That we served in same Company and Regiment with soldier, and know he served as claimed. That we have no interest in this claim.
[Signed] E.M. (his X mark) Tate
[Signed] W.P. (his X mark) Tate
[Signed] Jeremiah Burns
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 25 day of June 1902
[Signed] J.L. Rowland, Ordinary
of Walker County, Ga.

PROOF OF PROPERTY

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, W.G. Farnsworth and E.C. Beard, citizens of Waldron, Scott Co., 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 for pension George W. Burns and have known him for 10 years and 8 years, respectively.
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, and consequent 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, 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 we have no interest in this claim.
[Signed] W.G. Farnsworth
[Signed] E.C. Beard
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 14 day of June 1902
[Signed] L.P. Fuller, Clerk
By T.M. Duncan, D.C.

EVIDENCE OF PHYSICIAN
On Application for Increase of Pension

STATE OF ARKANSAS}
County of Scott}
I, J.O.A. Sullivan, a duly registered and practicing physician in Scott County, Arkansas, do hereby certify that I am personally well acquainted with G.W. Burns of Waldron, Arkansas, who is an applicant for an increase of pension under the Statutes of Arkansas.
That at his request I have made an examination of his physical condition and find: State description and character of wound: right arm has been broken and is some atrified. Broken between the elbow and shoulder. His age is 61, suffers with rheumatism.
Physical condition and to what cause is his incapacity for manual labor attributable: To the above named causes and rupture and that said disability is not the result of his own vicious habits still persisted in: No
Extent of disability: 3/4
[Signed] J.O.A. Sullivan, M.D.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 25 day of July 1908
[Signed] S.K. Duncan, Clerk

APPLICATION FOR INCREASE OF PENSION

STATE OF ARKANSAS}
County of Scott}
I, G.W. Burns do solemnly swear that I am now, and for the past twelve months have been, a bona fide resident of this State; that I am now drawing a pension as an ex-Confederate soldier, under an Act of the General Assembly of 1901, having made my original application from the county of Scott; that I am still in indigent circumstances; 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; that my disability has increased, and I am less able to perform manual labor than when my original application was made, by reason of increased age and increased disability. I am 61 years of age and I hereby make application for an increase of pension, under Act of the General Assembly of 1907.
(Signature) G.W. Burns
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 25 day of July 1908.
[Signed] S.K. Duncan, Clerk

STATE OF ARKANSAS}
County of Scott}
We, the undersigned, sitting as a Pension Board for Scott County, do hereby certify that we have examined the application of the within named G.W. Burns for increase of pension, under Act of the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, approved March 9, 1907, and the proof in support of same, and find that said applicant is less able to perform manual labor than he was at the time a pension was granted him, and that he is entitled to have the same increased to 75 Dollars.
[Signed] J.L. Evatt (Seal)
[Signed] J.P. Hall (Seal)

25
Application of
G.W. Burns
Waldron P.O.
Scott County
Examined and increased approved
and pension
increased to 75.00
and Auditor authorized to draw warrant
for same.
This 11th day of August 1908
O.C. Ludwig, Sec. of State
A.E. Moore, Auditor

EVIDENCE OF PHYSICIAN
On Application for Increase of Pension

STATE OF ARKANSAS}
County of Scott}
I, I.K. Leming, a duly registered and practicing physician in Scott County, Arkansas, do hereby certify that I am personally well acquainted with Geo. W. Burns of Scott Co., Arkansas, who is an applicant for an increase of pension under the Statutes of Arkansas.
That at his request I have made an examination of his physical condition and find: State description and character of wound - rupture of right side and inflamation of kidneys and bladder.
Physical condition and to what cause is his incapacity for manual labor attributable: rupture and kidney trouble and Rheumatism. He is sixty seven (67) years old and feeble. His wife is sixty nine (69) years old and almost helpless - and with no visible means of support and that said disability is not the result of his own vicious habits still persisted in [Signed] I.K. Leming, M.D.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this June 11 1914.
[Signed] J.M. Martin

APPLICATION FOR INCREASE OF PENSION

STATE OF ARKANSAS}
County of Scott}
I, Geo. W. Burns do solemnly swear that I am now, and for the past twelve months have been, a bona fide resident of this State; that I am now drawing a pension as an ex-Confederate soldier, under an Act of the General Assembly of 1901, having made my original application from the county of Scott; that I am still in indigent circumstances; 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; that my disability has increased, and I am less able to perform manual labor than when my original application was made, by reason of rupture of right side and inflamation of kidneys and I hereby make application for an increase of pension, under Act of the General Assembly of 1907.
(Signature) George W. Burns
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 11 day of June 1914
[Signed] J.M. Martin, Clerk

STATE OF ARKANSAS}
County of Scott}
We, the undersigned, sitting as a Pension Board for Scott County, do hereby certify that we have examined the application of the within named [Blank] for increase of pension, under Act of the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, approved March 9, 1907, and the proof in support of same, and find that said applicant is less able to perform manual labor than he was at the time a pension was granted him, and that he is entitled to have the same increased to 100.00 Dollars.
[Signed] C. Malone (Seal)
[Signed] I.W. Davis (Seal)

24569
Application of
Geo. W. Burns
Waldron P.O.
Scott County
Examined and increase
[blank] and pension
increased to 100
and Auditor authorized to draw warrant
for same.
Filed in Auditors Office
Jul 28 1915
M.F. Dickinson, Auditor
This 21 day of Aug 1915
E.W. Hodges, Sec. of State
M.F. Dickinson, Auditor
J.R. Gibbons, Major-General Commanding U.C.V.

DECEASED PENSIONER'S
WIDOW'S APPLICATION

STATE OF ARKANSAS}
County of Scott}
I, Elizabeth Burns do solemnly swear that I was born the 10 day of November 1859 and that I am the widow of George W. Burns, who served as a soldier in the army (or sailor in the navy) 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, while a resident of Scott County, Arkansas, 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 husband died on the [blank] day of Oct. 1916 and that I have not since remarried, so help me God.
(Signature) Elizabeth (her X mark) Burns
Attest: S.K. Duncan
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 30 day of June 1917
[Signed] S.K. Duncan, Notary Public
I, E.M. Fuller do solemnly swear that I am personally acquainted with Mrs. Elizabeth burns and that she is the widow of George W. Burns, deceased.
(Signature) E.M. Fuller
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 30 day of June 1917
[Signed] S.K. Duncan
Notary Public

STATE OF ARKANSAS}
County of Scott} ss.
We, the undersigned, sitting as a Pension Board for Scott County, do hereby certify that we have examined the application of the within named Elizabeth Burns for pension, under Act of the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, 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 $100.00 pension.
[Signed] L.K. Robertson (Seal)
[Signed] [Illegible] (Seal)
[Signed] W.R. Piles (Seal)

5011
Application of
Elizabeth Burns
Widow
Burns, George W.
Coaldale P.O.
Scott County
Examined and approved
and $100 allowed and Auditor author-
ized to draw warrant for same.
This 15th day of Aug 1917
Tom J. Terral, Secretary of State
Hogan Oliver, Auditor

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