Augustus H. Morgan Civil War Pension File

Scott County Arkansas
Civil War Pension Application
AUGUSTUS H. MORGAN, CSA
Transcribed & Contributed by Delaine Edwards

#853
Scott County
Soldier's Application for Pension
Augustus H. Morgan
Co. D 15th Reg't. Ark. Vols.
Loss of one eye
Filed June 27, 1891
T.M. Duncan, Clerk
Filed Oct. 30th 1891
W.S. Dunlop, Aud.
Examined & approved
July 6th 1892 for $25.00
James P. Eagle, Gov.
W.E. Atkinson, Atty. Genl.
W.S. Dunlop, Auditor

APPLICATION FOR PENSION

To the Honorable County Court of Scott County,
Sitting as a Pension Board:
The undersigned, as an ex-Confederate soldier, hereby applies for a pension under the provisions of an act of the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, entitkled "An Act for the Relief of Certain Soldiers of the late War between the States," approved April 1, 1891, upon the following grounds:
That he is a bona fide citizen of the State of Arkansas, and has resided within the State for more than twelve months next before the filing of this application;
That he enlisted as a soldier in the State of Arkansas during the war between the States in Company "D" of the 15 Regiment of Arkansas Volunteers
That while in the discharge of his duty as a soldier of said company and regiment in the service of the State of Arkansas, or of the Confederate State of America, he received a wound, from the effects of which he lost an eye
That by reason of said wound and disability he is now indigent and incapacitated for manual labor;
That he is not receiving any aid from this State or from the United States, for such injuries, under any other statute, and that therefore he makes application for relief under the act aforesaid.
[Signed] Augustus H. Morgan
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 27th day of June 1891.
[Signed] Thomas M. Duncan
Clerk Scott Co., Ark.

STATE OF ARKANSAS}
County of Scott}
Personally came before me J.M. Bird and M.M. Beavers two credible witnesses, who make oath and say that they verily believe the applicant to be the identical person names in the application, and that the facts stated in the application are true.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 27th day of June 1891
[Signed] Thomas M. Duncan
Clerk Scott Co., Ark.

Witnesses:
[Signed] J.M. Bird
[Signed] M.M. Beavers

APPLICATION FOR PENSION
Office of Scott County Pension Board

State of Arkansas}
County of Scott}
We, James M. Harvey, Judge of the County Court, and L.P. Fuller, Sheriff, and Thomas M. Duncan, County Clerk of Scott County, constituting the Pension Board of Scott County, by an Act of the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, approved April 1, 1891, entitled "An Act for the Relief of Certain Soldiers of the late War Between the States, do hereby certify to the Auditor of the State of Arkansas that upon examination of the application of Augustus H. Morgan filed under said Act, we find that said claim of said applicant is just and the same is hereby allowed, the application and proof taken in said case being herewith transmitted. Given under our hands and the Seal of the County Court of Scott County, on this 22nd day of October 1891.
[Signed] J.M. Harvey, Judge Scott Co. Court
[Signed] L.P. Fuller, Sheriff Scott County
[Signed] Thomas M. Duncan, Clerk Scott County
Scott County Pension Board

415 - 417