Thos. M. Duncan
County Clerk
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 Willis Elwood 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 diseased and disabled Confederate soldier,
is in indigent circumstances, and wholly incapacitated for manual labor, and that his claim is just, and that he should be allowed $100.00 pension.
C. Malone (Seal)
J.L. Evatt (Seal)
S.C. Brown (Seal)
11139
Application of
Willis Elwood
Bates P.O.
Scott County
Examined and allowed
and $100.00 allowed and Auditor
authorized to draw warrant for same.
Dick Statum
Hartford, Ark.
was in same Co.
T.C. Monroe
Auditor
This 18 day of Aug 1904
[Blank] Sec'y. of State
T.C. Monroe Auditor
Filed in Auditors Office
Aug. 15, 1904
T.C. Monroe, Auditor
[Handwritten document]
State of Arkansas}
and}
County of Scott} Affidavit
My name is Willis Elwood. I am 60 years old. I live at Bates, Arkansas. I joined the Confederate Army at Gum Springs, 5 miles from Ft. Smith in 1862, Company B - 17th Ark. and
served constantly until the close of the War. Was paroled at Jackson, Miss. in 1865. I am now unable [to] work at manual or physical labor, am very near blind, and do not own real
estate or personal property at all, am entirely dependent on my daughter Mrs. Golden who lives at Bates, Ark.
Willis (his X mark) Elwood
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 20th day of July 1903
J.W. Combs, J.P.
[Handwritten document]
State of Arkansas}
and }
County of Scott} Affidavit
My name is J.E. Johnson. I am 53 years old. I live at Bates, Arkansas. I am acquainted with Willis Elwood, have known him since the year of 1860. he (Willis Elwood) was said to
have joined the army joined the army Rebble Army at or near Ft. Smith Sebastian County Arkansas in the year of 1862. I afterwards saw him with the Rebble Army in the year of
1864.
[Signed] J.E. Johnson (Seal)
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 18th day of July 1903
J.W. Combs
Justice of the Peace
in Scott County, Ark.
[Handwritten document]
State of Arkansas}
and }
County of Scott} Certificate of Dr. W.T. Atkins
This is to certify that I have this day examined Willis Elwood as to his physical condition and find him unable to perform hard labor. He Willis Elwood is about 60 years old and entirely
broken or unable to work at any hard physical labor and almost blind.
W.T. Atkins, M.D.
[Handwritten document]
Letterhead: N.S. Costelow
Notary Public
Heavener, I.T.
Bargains in Real Estate
Blank Deeds, Mortgages, Notes, etc.
My name is Sylus Gofourth, I am 71 years old. My P.O. address is Heavener, I.T. This is to certify that I served in the army with one Willis Elwood & we were in the same Co. at the
Battle of Pea Ridge & afterwards was taken to Mississippi. Our Regiment 17th Ark. Co. B
[Signed] Sylus (his X mark) Gofourth (Seal)
Witness to mark
O.J.M. Brewer
Subscribed & sworn to before me this 13th day of July 1903
N.S. Costelow
Notary Public
My Com. Exp. Mch. 21, 1907
PROOF OF SERVICE
(By Comrades if Possible)
Indian Territory}
County of Central Dist.}
On this day personally came before the undersigned, a Notary Public within and for the County of Central Dist. and Indian Territory, Sylus Goforth, citizen of Heavener, I.T., 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 Willis Elwood and have known him
for 50 years.
That he was a Confederate soldier. Belonging to Company "B" 17th Regiment of Ark. Infty. Vols. That as such soldier he served from about the year 1861 to the close of the war in
Spring of 1865. That he was honorably 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 inability to perform manual labor 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.
[Signed] Sylus (his X mark) Gofourth
Witness to mark
Oren J.M. Brewer
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 23rd day of June 1904
N.S. Costelow
My Com. Expr. Mch. 20, 1907
PROOF OF PROPERTY
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, G.T. Golden and W.G. Hardy, citizens of
Bates, 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
Willis Elwood, and have known him for 18 or 19 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 old age and being unable to work, 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 yea. That we have no interest in this claim.
[Signed] G.T. Golden
[Signed] W.G. Hardy
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 24 day of June 1904
C.H. Bird, J.P.
EVIDENCE OF PHYSICIAN
STATE OF ARKANSAS}
County of Scott}
I, W.T. Atkins, a duly registered and practicing physician in Scott County, Arkansas, do hereby certify that I am personally well acquainted with Willis Elwood of Bates,
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 disease or disability: that he has chronic sore eyes and
Rheumatism and is unable to do manual labor.
Physical condition and to what cause is his incapacity for manual labor attributable: Chronic sore eyes and Rheumatism and that said disability is not the result of his own
vicious habits still persisted in.
Extent of disability: Totally unable to do manual labor
W.T. Atkins, M.D.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 23rd day of June 1904
J.W. Combs, J.P.
APPLICATION FOR INCREASE OF PENSION
STATE OF ARKANSAS}
County of Scott}
I, Willis Elwood 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 being so diseased and infirm that
I am totally incapacitated to perform manual labor and I hereby make application for an increase of pension, under Act of the General Assembly of 1907.
(Signature) Willis (his X mark) Elwood
Witnesses to mark
W. Burght
J.W. Blair
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 11th day of May 1908
Hal Shaffer
Notary Public
My Commission Expires
Aug. 11, 1910
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 Willis Elwood 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 Dollars.
J.L. Evatt (Seal)
Wm. Chitwood (Seal)
J.P. Hall (Seal)
100
Application of
Willis Elwood
Bates P.O.
Scott County
Examined and increase
[blank] and pension
increased to [blank]
and Auditor authorized to draw warrant
for same.
Already on roll
at 100.00
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, W.T. Atkins a duly registered and practicing physician in Scott County, Arkansas, do hereby certify that I am personally well acquainted with Willis Elwood of Bates,
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: Rheumatism and old age and blindness
Physical condition and to what cause is his incapacity for manual labor attributable: To Rheumatism and increased age and that said disability is not the result of his own vicious
habits still persisted in but due to old age
Extent of disability: Total
[Signed] W.T. Atkins, M.D.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 11th day of May 1908
Hal Shaffer
Notary Public
My Com. Expires Aug. 11, 1910
Deceased Pensioner's
WIDOW'S APPLICATION
STATE OF ARKANSAS}
County of Scott}
I, Mary Elwood do solemnly swear that I am the widow of Willis Elwood, 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
5th day of Jan. 1912 and that I have not since remarried, so help me God.
(Signature) Mary (her X mark) Elwood
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 8 day of June 1912
[Signed] James Haywood
I, H.H. Travis do solemnly swear that I am personally acquainted with Mrs. Mary Elwood and that she is the widow of Willis Elwood, deceased.
(Signature) H.H. Travis
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 10th day of June 1912
[Signed] James Haywood
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 Mary Elwood 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 widow of a Confederate soldier, is in
indigent circumstances, and that her claim is just, and that she should be allowed $100.00 pension.
J.L. Evatt (Seal)
J.P. Hall (Seal)
Wm. Chitwood (Seal)
11139
Application of
Mary Elwood
Widow
Elwood, Willis
Bates P.O.
Scott County
Examined and appd.
and $100 allowed and Auditor authorized
to draw warrant for same.
Filed in Auditors office
Jul 30 1912
John R. Jobe, Auditor
This 12 day of Aug 1912
E.W. Hodges, Secretary of State
J.R. Jobe, Auditor
Chas. Coffin, Major General Commanding U.C.V.
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