Almarion Gaines Civil War Pension File

Scott County Arkansas
Civil War Pension Application
ALMARION GAINES, CSA
Transcribed & Contributed by Delaine Edwards

5049
APPLICATION OF
A. Gaines
Waldron P.O.
Scott County
Examined and Approved
and $50 allowed and Auditor
authorized to draw warrant for same.
This 9 day of Aug. 1909
O.C. Ludwig Sec'y. of State.
J.R. Jobe Auditor.

APPLICATION FOR PENSION

STATE OF ARKANSAS)
County of Scott)
I, A. Gaines do solemnly swear that I served as a soldier in the army (or sailor in the navy) of the Confederate States, being a member of Co. "E" 60th Ga. Regiment of Infantry Vols. from the State of Georgia; that I was honorably discharged (paroled or released) from such service on or about the [blank] day of Nov. 1864 and did not desert the same; 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 service, 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 old age and general infirmity, I am 64 years of age or of age, accident or disease, and that such disability is not the result of my own vicious habits still persisted in, so help me God.
(Signature) A. Gaines
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 3 day of Oct. 1908.
S.K. Duncan

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 A. Gaines 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 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 $50.00 pension.
(Signed) J.L. Evatt (Seal)
Wm. Chitwood (Seal)
J.P. Hall (Seal)

EVIDENCE OF PHYSICIAN

STATE OF ARKANSAS)
County of Scott)
I, L.D. Duncan a duly registered and practicing physician in Scott County, Arkansas, do hereby certify that I am personally well acquainted with A. Gains of 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 [Blank]
Physical condition and to what cause is his incapacity for manual labor attributable: General Debility from age. and that said disability is not the result of his own vicious habits still persisted in.
Extent of disability: 1/2
(Signed) L.D. Duncan, M.D.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 3 day of Oct. 1908.
(Signed) S.K. Duncan

For Original Applicants
PROOF OF SERVICE
And Proof of Indigency
(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 Ark. Catharine J. Cagle and G.G. Hughes citizens of Scott County, 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 A. Gaines and have known him for 45 and 45 years, respectively.
That he was a Confederate soldier. Belonging to Company E, 60th Ga. Regiment of Volunteers. That as such soldier he served from March, 62 to February, 64. 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 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) G.G. Hughes
(Signed) Catharine J. Cagle
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 3 day of Oct. 1908
(Signed) S.K. Duncan, Clerk

APPLICATION FOR INCREASE OF PENSION

STATE OF ARKANSAS)
County of Scott)
I, A. Gaines 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-Confererate 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 general disability, I am 68 years of age and I hereby make application for an increase of pension, under Act of General Assembly of 1907.
(Signature) A. Gaines
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 11 day of April 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 A. Gaines 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)

50
APPLICATION OF
A. Gaines
Waldron P.O.
Scott County
Examined and increase granted and pension increased to 100
and Auditor authorized to draw warrant for same.
(Stamped:) Filed in Auditors Office July 30, 1912
John R. Jobe, Auditor
This 13 day of Aug. 1912
(Signed) E.W. Hodges, Sec. of State
(Signed) J.R. Jobe, Auditor
(Signed) Chas. Coffee, Major-General Commanding U.C.V.

EVIDENCE OF PHYSICIAN
On Application for Increase of Pension

STATE OF ARKANSAS)
County of Scott)
I, L.D. Duncan a duly registered and practicing physician in Scott County, Arkansas, do hereby certify that I am personally well acquainted with A. Gains of Waldron, Scott Co., Ark. 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 [Blank]
Physical condition and to what cause is his incapacity for manual labor attributable: General debility from age. Also suffers from rheumatism and that said disability is not the result of his own vicious habits still persisted in: No
Extent of disability: Total
(Signed) L.D. Duncan, M.D.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 11 day of April 1912.
(Signed) S.K. Duncan, Clerk

Deceased Pensioner's
WIDOW'S APPLICATION

STATE OF ARKANSAS)
County of Scott)
I, Mrs. M.J. Gaines do solemnly swear that I was born the 17th day of November 1857 and that I am the widow of A. Gaines, 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 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 3rd day of February 1928 and that I have not since remarried, so help me God.
(Signature) M.J. Gains
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 20th day of February 1928
(Signed) Theo Money, Clerk
I, T.H. Taff do solemnly swear that I am personally acquainted with Mrs. M.J. Gaines and that she is the widow of A. Gaines, deceased.
(Signature) T.H. Taff
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 20th day of February 1928. (Signed) Theo Money
(NOTE:--No widow born subsequent to 1878 is entitled to a pension.)

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 Mrs. M.J. Gaines 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 now in indigent circumstances, and that her claim is just, and that she should be allowed $[Blank] pension.
(Signed) L.D. Duncal (Seal)

5049
APPLICATION OF
Mrs. M.J. Gaines
WIDOW
Mansfield P.O.
Scott County
Examined and $ [Blank] allowed
and Auditor authorized to draw warrant for same.
This 27 day of Febry. 1928
(Signed) Jim B. Higgins, Secretary of State
(Signed) J. Cornellison, Auditor
(Signed) J.W. Hollis, Major-General Commanding U.C.V.

QUESTIONNAIRE
To Supplement Pension Application on File in the Auditor's Office

It is necessary that this Questionnaire be properly filled out, sworn to, and filed in the Auditor's office in order that your name may remain on the Confederate Pension Roll. Under authority of a ruling of the State Pension Board and Advisory Board, appointed by the Governor, at a meeting of said Boards on the 7th day of January, 1932.
1. What is your full name? Mary J. Gaines
2. Your present address? Mansfield, Ark.
3. When and where were you born? On the 17th day of November, 1856 County of Whitfield Sate of Georgia. 4. To whom, when and where were you married to the Veteran whose war record you are now drawing your Confederate Pension? (To be answered by widows only.) To A. Gaines on the 10th day of January, year of 1909, County of Benton, State of Arkansas.
5. With whom do you make your home? Ed Hickerson, Address Mansfield, Ark.
6. What relation are they to you? Nephew
7. Have you lived continuously in Arkansas for the past five years? Yes
8. Do you own any property, or interest in any property? No
If so, give value of same
9. Do you have any income other than Arkansas Confederate Pensions? No
If so, how much per month?
10. How much of your pension each month is spent for your benefit? All
STATE OF ARKANSAS) CERTIFICATE OF CONFEDERATE PENSIONER
County of Scott) SS
I, Mary J. Gaines, a resident of the County and State aforesaid, do solemnly swear that I fully and clearly understand the questions above set forth and that I have truthfully and to the best of my knowledge and ability given the answers set opposite each question.
(Signed) Mrs. M.J. Gaines, Confederate Pensioner
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 17th day of February 1932.
(Signed) G.F. Vest, Notary Public
My Commission Expires Nov. 4, 1935.
Any false statement made in this Questionnaire will be considered as a fraud, and the party making such false statement is subject to prosecution.

CERTIFICATE OF COUNTY CLERK
(Of Pension Due Estate of Deceased Pensioner)

STATE OF ARKANSAS)
County of Scott)
I, Gene Davidson, Clerk of the County Court within and for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Mrs. M.J. Gaines was a confederate pensioner, residing in said State, that the application of the said Mrs. M.J. Gaines was originally filed in said county; that said Mrs. M.J. Gaines died on or about the 21st day of April, 1937; that the last allowance or issuance of a pension warrant to said deceased pensioner was made in January 1937; and there being no administrator of the estate of said Mrs. M.J. Gaines therefore, W.W. Austin, Sheriff of said county as public administrator, is entitled to receive, under the provisions of Section 8193 of Crawford & Moses' Digest, and to be disbursed by him under authority of Section 8194 of said Digest, the pro rata amount accruing from January, 1937, to date of death of said pensioner, subject to the apportionment of the pension fund made by the State Board of Pensioners for the present year.
Given under my hand and official seal this 23rd day of April 1937.
(Seal) Gene Davidson, County Clerk
By Norman Goodner, Deputy Clerk

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