(Signed) L.P. Fuller, County Clerk
By T.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 T.B. Defoor for pension, under Act of the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, as approved March 11, 1901,
and that the proof in support of same, and find that said applicant is a 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
$60.00 pension.
(Signed) C. Malone (Seal)
(Signed) S.C. Brown (Seal)
EVIDENCE OF PHYSICIAN
STATE OF ARKANSAS)
County of Scott)
I, L.K. Robertson, a duly registered and practicing physician in Scott County, Arkansas, do hereby certify that I am
personally well acquainted with T.B. Defoor of Cedar Creek, 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
disability:
Nasal polypus & nasal catarh destroying Septum - also chronic nephretes with loss of vision to great extent from catarhal
condition of nasal cavity.
Physical condition and to what cause is his incapacity for manual labor attributable
To all of the above causes with advance age and that said disability is not the result of his own vicious habits still
persisted in "Temperate in all things."
Doctor sign here (Signed) Lucien K. Robertson, M.D.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 12 day of July 1902.
(Signed) W.R. Hawkins, J.P.
PROOF OF (SERVICE lined through) PROPERTY
(By Comrades if Possible)
STATE OF ARKANSAS)
County of Scott)
On this day personally came before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Scott and State of
Arkansas, J.B. Easter and J.M. Grigsby citizens of Cedar Creek, 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 T.B. Defoor and have known
him for 20 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 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.
One witness sign here. (Signed) J.B. Easter
One witness sign here. (Signed) J.M. Grigsby
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 12 day of July 1902
J.P. sign here. (Signed) W.R. Hawkins, Justice of the Peace
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, J.H. Defoor, a citizen of Cedar Creek, 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 T.B. Defoor and have known him for 55 years,
or as far back as I can remember.
That he was a Confederate soldier. Belonging to Company "C" in Col. Stewart's 9th Bat. Regiment of Ala. Cav. Vols. That as
such soldier he served from about 1864 to about the close of the war in the spring of 1865. That he was honorable paroled
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 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) J.H. (his X mark) Defoor
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 14 day of July 1902
(Signed) L.P. Fuller, Clerk
By T.M. Duncan, D.C.
APPLICATION FOR INCREASE OF PENSION
STATE OF ARKANSAS)
County of Scott)
I, T.B. Defoor 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), no 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 old age and general disability. I am 66 years of age and I hereby make application
for an increase of pension, under Act of the General Assembly of 1907.
(Signature) T.B. Defoor
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 8 day of July 1912
(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 T.B. Defoor 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) J.L. Evatt (Seal)
(Signed) J.P. Hall (Seal)
(Signed) Wm. Chitwood (Seal)
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APPLICATION OF
T.B. Defoor
Cedar Creek P.O.
Scott County
Examined and increase granted
and pension increased to 100
and Auditor authorized to draw warrant for same
July 3 1912
John R. Jobe, Auditor
This 13 day of Aug. 1912
E.W. Hodges, Sec. of State
J.R. Jobe, Auditor
Chas. Coffin, Major-General Commanding U.C.V.
EVIDENCE OF PHYSICIAN
On Application for Increase of Pension
STATE OF ARKANSAS)
County of Scott)
I, L.K. Robertson, a duly registered and practicing physician in Scott County, Arkansas, do hereby certify that I am
personally well acquainted with Tarpley B. Defore of Cedar Creek, 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
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Physical condition and to what cause is his incapacity for manual labor attributable to old age with catarh of head and
that said disability is not the result of his own vicious habits still persisted in.
Extent of disability (State whether total or otherwise) Total
(Signed) Lucien K. Robertson, M.D.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 8th day of July 1912
(Unsigned)
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