Scott County Arkansas
Civil War Pension Files
JOHN B. LYNCH
Contributed by Scott County Historical & Genealogical Society
Special thanks to Betty Leeper
DECLARATION FOR ORIGINAL INVALID PENSION
State of Arkansas}
County of Scott} ss:
On this 3rd day of Oct. A.D. one thousand eight hundred and
eighty eight personally appeared before me a Clerk of the Circuit
Court the same being a court of record within and for the County
and State aforesaid, John Lynch, aged 57 years, a resident of
Brawley, County of Scott, State of Ark., who, being duly sworn
according to law, declares that he is the identical John Lynch who
entered service under the name of John Lynch on or about the 14th
day of Oct. 1864, as Pvt. in Company "C" of the 3rd regiment of
Ills. Vols. commanded by Byron M. Richmond and was discharged at
Leavenworth, Kans. on or about the 29th day of Nov., 1865, by reason
of expiration term of service, that his personal description is as
follows: Age, 57 years; height, 5 feet 5 inches; complexion, fair;
hair, dark; eyes, blue. That while a member of the organization
aforesaid, in the service and in the line of his duty near Fort
Leavenworth in the State of Kansas, on or about the [blank] day
of Feb., 1865, he contracted measles, affecting his lungs. That
he was not treated in hospitals. That he has not been employed in
the military or naval service otherwise than as stated above. That
since the 29th day of Nov. A.D. 1865, he has not been employed in
the military or naval service of the United States. That since
leaving the service his occupation has been that of a farmer. That
prior to his entry into the service above named he was a man of
good, sound, physical health, being when enrolled a farmer. That he
is now [illegible] disabled from obtaining his subsistence by manual
labor by reason of his injuries above described, received in the
service of the United States; and he therefore makes
this declaration for the purpose of being placed on the invalid
pension roll of the United States.
He hereby appoints George E. Lemon of Washington, D.C., his
true and lawful Attorney, to prosecute his claim. That he has never
received nor applied for a pension. That his Post-office address is
Brawley, county of Scott, State of Ark.
John Lynch
A.D. Peace
J.D. Benson
Widow's Application For Accrued Pension
State of Arkansas, County of Scott ss:
On this 23 day of April 1904 personally appeared Amelia E.
Lynch, who, being duly sworn, declares that she is the lawful widow
of John B. Lynch, deceased; that he died on the 6th day of Feb.,
1904, that he had been granted a pension by Certificate No. 645,807
which is herewith returned; that he had been paid the pension by
the Pension Agent at Knoxville, Tenn. up to the 4th day of Nov., 1903,
after which date he had not been employed or paid in the Army, Navy
or Marine service of the United States; that she was married to the
said John B. Lynch on the 24th day of January, 1867, at Blackfork,
Scott Co., in the State of Arkansas; that her name before said
marriage was Amelia E. McKisick; that she had been previously
married; that her husband had not been previously married; that she
hereby makes application for the pension which has accrued on aforesaid
certificate to the date of death.
That she hereby appoints, with full power of substitution and
revocation, Milo B. Stevens & Co., of Washington, D.C., her true and
lawful attorneys to prosecute this claim, the fee to be as prescribed
by law.
That her residence is No. [blank] street, City of Brawley,
County of Scott, State of Ark. and her post-office address is Brawley,
Ark.
Amelia E. (her "x" mark) Lynch
Also personally appeared T.M. Hayes, residing at Brawley, Scott
Co., Arkansas and Mrs. D.B. Bates, residing at Brawley, Scott Co.,
Ark., who, being duly sworn say that they were present and saw
Amelia E. Lynch sign her name (make her mark) to the foregoing
declaration; that they have known her to be the lawful widow of
John B. Lynch, who died on the 6th day of Feb., 1904, and that their
means of knowledge that said parties were husband and wife, and that
the husband died on the said date, are as follows: We have known the
soldier John B. Lynch and his wife, the widow Amelia E. Lynch, to
live as husband and wife for a number of years and that the widow
Amelia E. Lynch did care for the soldier in his last sickness and
death. We was not present at soldier's death.
T.M. Hayes
D.B. Bates
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