Scott County Arkansas
Civil War Pension Application
DANIEL W. ORTON, CSA
Transcribed & Contributed by Delaine Edwards

#845
Scott County
Soldier's Application for Pension
Daniel Orton
Co. "B", 42nd Regt.
North Carolina Vols.
Gun shot wound in
right leg
Filed Sept. 26, 1891
T.M. Duncan, Clerk
Filed Oct. 30th 1891
W.S. Dunlop, Aud.
Examined & approved
July 6th 1892 for $75.00
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, entitled "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 this State for more than twelve months next before the filing of this application;
That he enlisted as a soldier in the State of North Carolina during the war between the States in Company B of the 42 Regiment of North Carolina 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 States of America, he received a wound, from the effects of which he lost the use of his right leg to the extent that he is incapacitated for manual labor.
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] Daniel Orten
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 25th day of Sept. 1891.
[Signed] Thos. M. Duncan
Clerk Circuit Court
[Handwritten document]

Affidavit

State of Arkansas}
County of Scott}
On this 25th day of September 1891 personally appeared before the undersigned a Clerk of the Circuit Court Daniel Orton, Ex Confederate soldier of Co. B of the 42nd Reg't. N.C. Volunteers, who being first duly sworn states: That he is the identical person who served in said Company and Regiment during the late war. That his age is 52 years. That while in the aforesaid service he received a gun shot wound from the effects of which he lost almost entirely the use of his right leg. That he has suffered continuously from said wound during the whole time since the same was received to the present time. That his sleep is disturbed at night on account of the wound paining him, the bullet being still lodged in right leg and hip. That said wound runs all the time, frequently in the course of twenty four hours a teacup full of corruption coming from the wound and often for a month at a time being unable to do any work. That affiants comrades and witnesses present when he received said wound are all living at a distance, none living in this part of the country to affiants knowledge.
[Signed] Daniel Orten
Sworn to and subscribed before me on this 25th day of Sept. 1891.
[Signed] Thos. M. Duncan
Clerk Circuit Court

Office of Scott County Pension Board

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 said County, by 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 Daniel Orton 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 22 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
[Second page appears to be continued from another document]
Affiant further swears that he has no interest direct or indirect in this claim, and that his knowledge of the above facts is derived from long acquaintance with said Soldier and often hearing him speak of his disability on account of said service.
[Signed] J.P. Duncan
Sworn to and subscribed before me on this 25th day of Sept. 1891, and I hereby certify that affiant is reputable and entitled to credit.
[Signed] Thomas M. Duncan
Clerk Circuit Court
[Handwritten document]
This is to certify that I am personally acquainted with D.W. Orten, that I was his family Physician for several years, and that he has a gun shot wound in right hip, which is almost continuously discharging pus, that the limb is shorter than the left, and that there is partial paralysis of same. He says that said wound was received during the war while engaged as a Confederate Soldier.
[Signed] J.W. Sorrels, M.D.
Mansfield, Ark.
Oct. 13, 1891
[The same typewritten document signed by J.P. Duncan & dated 25th Sept. 1891 as above is included again here.]

AFFIDAVIT

State of Arkansas)
County of Scott)
In matter of pension claim of Daniel Orton ex-Confederate Soldier of Company B of 42nd Reg't. of North Carolina Volunteers
On this 25th day of Sept. 1891, before me, the undersigned, Clerk of the Circuit Court, J.P. Duncan whose age is 53 years, and who being first duly sworn says: I first became acquainted with said soldier Daniel Orton about the year 1880 and when I first became acquainted with said soldier he was suffering from wound in right leg received so he said in the aforesaid service. Have seen him often during the whole time since I first became acquainted with him to the present time and he has always complained of said wound, and at times it pains him so that he is unable to do any work whatever. By reason of said wound he is now indigent and incapacitated for manual labor.
Affiant further swears that he has no interest direct or indirect in this claim, and that his knowledge of the above facts is derived from long acquaintance with said Soldier and often hearing him speak of his disabibility on account of said service.
[Signed] P.J. Duncan
Sworn to and subscribed before me on this 25th day of Sept. 1891; and I hereby certify that affiant is reputable and entitled to credit.
[Signed] Thomas M. Duncan
Clerk Circuit Court
[Two Handwritten documents]
Oak Forest, N.C.
Nov. 25, 1891

T.M. Duncan
Waldron, Ark.

Dear Sir
I have the matter in hand as to D.W. Orten & certificate. I will put the case through in a few days, the parties of my company who know the fact[s] are nearly all dead & scattered, yet I will forward the matter in due form in a few days. The expense for trouble will be four (4) dollars. This covers the fees of Magistrate and Clerk of S. Court, with my trouble riding and so forth.
Resp., [Signed] J.F. Dotson

Statesville
We the undersigned certify that D.W. Orten was a soldier in Co. B, 42nd North Carolina Regiment Confederate States of America and that he was wounded in right hip at Bermuda Hundred near Richmond, Virginia.
[Signed] J.F. Dotson, 2nd Lt. Co. B, 42 NC
[Signed] T.C. Mills, Private, " " " "
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 25th day of Nov. 1891
[Signed] J.A. Gunn, J.P.
[Handwritten document]
North Carolina} Superior Court
Iredell County} Before the Clerk
I, J.H. Hill, C.S.C., do hereby certify that J.A. Gunn who took the foregoing affidavit is and was at the time of taking the same an acting Justice of the Peace of Iredell County and that due faith and credit should be given his official acts and that his signature to the foregoing affidavit is in his own proper handwriting. In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court at office in Statesville this 25th day of November 1891.
[Signed] J.H. Hill, C.S.C.
by A.D. Watts, D.C.
[Handwritten letter on Circuit Court letterhead]

Office of
The Clerk of the Circuit Court
and Ex-officio Clerk of the County
For Scott County, Arkansas
Thomas M. Duncan, Clerk
H.N. Smith, Deputy
Waldron, Ark.

Dec. 14, 1891
Hon. W.S. Dunlop,
Auditor of State
Little Rock

Dear Sir:
Enclosed please find some further evidence in the pension matter of D.W. Orton. please file with the original papers as you have them on file, and oblige.
Your Obedient Servant,
[Signed] Thos. M. Duncan
Clk.

APPLICATION FOR PENSION

STATE OF ARKANSAS}
County of Scott}
I, Daniel Orton do solemnly swear that I served as a soldier in the army of the Confederate States, being a member of Company "B" commanded by Capt. Crawford, in Col. Brown's 42nd Regiment of Infantry Vols. from the State of North Carolina; that I was honorably paroled from such service at the close of the war on or about the [blank] day of May, 1865, and did not desert the same; that I am now, and for the past twelve months have been, a bona fide resident of this State; 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 wounds received in the service, being gun shot wound in right leg, the ball being still lodged in flesh of right hip and same causing a permanent running sore and causing considerable pain all the time, as well as from advanced age, my age being now about 60 years, and consequent debilitated physical condition, and that such disability is not the result of my own vicious habits still persisted in, so help me God.
(Signature) Daniel Orton
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 15 day of June 1901.
[Signed] L.P. Fuller, Court Clerk
By Thos. 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 Dan Orton 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 wounded 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 $75.00 pension.
[Signed] C. Malone (Seal)
[Signed] S.C. Brown (Seal)
[Signed] Wiley Young (Seal)

Need Proof of Property
Application of
Daniel Orton 11159
Abbott P.O.
Scott County
Examined and allowed
and $75.00 allowed and Auditor
authorized to draw warrant for same.
Filed in Auditor's Office
Aug. 6, 1901
T.C. Monroe, Auditor

PROOF OF SERVICE
(By Comrades if Possible)

State of North Carolina}
County of Rowan}
On this day personally came before the undersigned, a Clerk Superior Court within and for the County of Rowan and State of North Carolina, James R. Crawford, a citizen of Saulsbury, N.C., 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 Daniel Orton, having known him for 3 years.
That he was a Confederate soldier. Belonging to Company "B" 42nd Regiment of North Carolina Infty. Vols. That as such soldier he served from March 8th 1862 to the close of the war in Spring 1865. That he was honorably paroled from such service, and did not desert the same. That I have no interest in this claim. I was Captain of the Company in which soldier served.
[Signed] J.R. Crawford W.G. Watson
Clerk, Superior Court

EVIDENCE OF PHYSICIAN

STATE OF ARKANSAS}
County of [Blank]}
I, J.W. Sorrels a duly registered and practicing physician in Scott County, Arkansas, do hereby certify that I am personally well acquainted with Daniel Orton of Abbott, 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 or disability: He has a gun shot wound in hip. There is almost constant discharge from wound which renders him unable to perform manual labor.
Physical condition and to what cause is his incapacity for manual labor attributable: To the affected condition of the entire hip. He has also been suffering for several years with chronic gastritis or catarrh of the stomach which of itself is very serious and that said disability is not the result of his own vicious habits still persisted in.
Extent of disability Total
[Signed] J.W. Sorrels, M.D.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 27 day of June 1901.
[Signed] A.M. Allen, Notary Public
My com. exp. 1 Jan. 1902

PROOF OF SERVICE
(By Comrades if Possible)

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA}
County of [Blank]}
On this day personally came before the undersigned, a Clerk Superior Court within and for the County of [Blank] and State of North Carolina, [Blank] a citizen of [Blank] 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 Daniel Orton, having known him for [blank] years.
That he was a Confederate soldier. Belonging to Company "B" 42nd Regiment of North Carolina Infty. Vols. That as such soldier he served from [blank] 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 I have no interest in this claim.
[Signed] R.W. Price, Lt. Co. "B" 42 NC State Troops
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 29 day of June 1901.
[Signed] W.G. Watson
Clerk Superior Court

Petition
in matter of
Increase of pension
of D.W. Orton
To State Board
No increase
allowed by
law.
The Board

[Handwritten letter]
State of Arkansas, County of Scott
In the matter of xconfederate pensions
To the members of the 34th General Assembly
My Dear sir & friend
I would represent to your Honorable Body that I am an Ex Confederate soldier, was badly wounded while serving my country in the Army and am now carrying a miny ball in the bone of my right hip and the wound is running or discharging puss daily and gives me so mutch pain that I can scarcely do an hour's work during the day and I sleep but little at night and I will further state that the records in Little Rock will show who and what I was during the civil war and I will further state to you that the pension board has granted me a pension which gives me Seventy Five Dollars $75.00 per year. And I come to you and ask your Hon. Body to pass a special act to give to me and other old soldiers that was as badly wounded as myself the full amount in cash allowed us by the Pension Board.
I believe the above representations of Mr. D.W. Orton are true.
[Signed] J.W. Sorrels, M.D.
Having known Mr. Orton for a number of years I believe his statement is true.
[Signature cut off in copy.]
[Copy of the lower section of above document.]
[Signed] T.C. Miller, M.D.
Have known and been D.W. Orton's physician for many years and can state that the above description of his case is substantially correct. Will further state that he is sufferer from stomach trouble (dispepsic and gastric catarrh)
[Signed] H.J. Hodges, M.D.

APPLICATION FOR INCREASE OF PENSION

STATE OF ARKANSAS}
County of Scott}
I, D.W. Orton 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 gun shot wound received in the service and I hereby make application for an increase of pension, under Act of the General Assembly of 1907.
(Signature) Daniel W. Orton
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 29th day of June 1907.
J.M. Marshall, Notary Public
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 D.W. Orton 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.
[Signed] J.L. Evatt (Seal)
[Signed] J.P. Hall (Seal)
[Signed] Wm. Chitwood (Seal)

Granted
Application of
Daniel W. Orton
Abbott P.O.
Scott County
Examined and increase
approved and pension
increased to 100
and Auditor authorized to draw warrant
for same.
This 14 day of Aug. 1907
A.E. Moore, Auditor
J.H. Berry, Major-General Commanding U.C.V.

EVIDENCE OF PHYSICIAN
On Application for Increase of Pension

STATE OF ARKANSAS}
County of Sebastian}
I, J.W. Sorrels a duly registered and practicing physician in Sebastian & Scott Counties, Arkansas, do hereby certify that I am personally well acquainted with Daniel W. Orton of Scott County, 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: Gun shot wound in right hip which supurates almost continually.
Physical condition and to what cause is his incapacity for manual labor attributable: Wound and general breaking down of the nervous system and that said disability is not the result of his own vicious habits still persisted in.
Extent of disability: Total
[Signed] J.W. Sorrels, M.D.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 29th day of June 1907.
[Signed] J.M. Marshall
Noty. Public

Deceased Pensioner's
WIDOW'S APPLICATION

STATE OF ARKANSAS}
County of Scott}
I, Jane Orton do solemnly swear that I am the widow of Daniel W. Orton, deceased, late of Scott Co., Ark., 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 Thirtyeth day of January 1908 near Abbott, Scott County, Arkansas and that I have not since remarried, so help me God.
(Signature) Jane Orton
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 5th day of May 1908.
[Unsigned]
I, S.A. Farmer do solemnly swear that I am personally acquainted with Mrs. Jane Orton and that she is the widow of Daniel W. Orton, deceased.
(Signature) S.A. Farmer
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 5th day of May 1908.
[Signed] W.r. Alexander
Notary Public
My Commission expires Feb. 23rd, 1912
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 Jane Orton for pension, under Act of the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, approved 1907, 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.
[Signed] J.L. Evatt (Seal)
[Signed] Wm. Chitwood (Seal)
[Signed] J.P. Hall (Seal)

845
Application of
Mrs. Jane Orton
Widow of
Orton, Daniel W.
Abbott, Scott Co., Ark. P.O.
Scott County
Examined and approved
and $100 allowed and Auditor authorized
to draw warrant for same.
This 11th day of August 1908
O.C. Ludwig, Secretary of State
A.E. Moore, Auditor

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