James White Civil War File

Scott County Arkansas
Civil War Pension Application
JAMES WHITE, CSA
Transcribed & Contributed by Delaine Edwards

Co. "E" 3rd Regt. Mo. Vols.
Scott County
#1566
James White
Gipson, Ark.
Application for Pension
$50.00
Examined and
$25.00 allowed and
Auditor authorized
to draw warrant
for same
This 5 day of Aug 1893

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 in the State of Missouri during the war between the States in Company "E" of the 3rd Regiment of Missouri 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 was wounded in right thigh and left side of face from the effects of which he almost lost the use of his right leg which is so stiff that it is difficult for him to get around and work. That he is not receiving any aid from this State or from the United States, for such injury, under any other statute, and that therefore he makes application for relief under the act aforesiad. That by reason of said wounds and disabilities he is now indigent and incapacitated for manual labor.
[Signed] James White
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 1st day of June 1892
[Signed] D.H. Blair, J.P.

State of Arkansas)
County of Scott)
Personally came before me H.H. Travis and Dr. J.A.J. Roth, two credible witnesses, who make oath and say that they verily believe the applicant to be the identical person named in the application, and that the facts stated in the application are true.
[Signed] H.H. Travis
[Signed] Dr. J.A.J. Roth
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 1st day of June 1892.
[Signed] D.H. Blair, J.P.

CERTIFICATE

THE STATE OF ARKANSAS}
County of Scott}
I, Thomas M. Duncan, Clerk of the Circuit Court, and ex-officio County Clerk within and for the county of Scott, in the State of Arkansas, do hereby certify that D.H. Blair whose genuine signature appears to the above and foregoing and here to attached Certificate or Jurat was at the time of the execution of the same a Justice of the Peace of Scott County, Arkansas, duly elected, commissioned, qualified and acting, and that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit; and that his commission was dated on the 30th day of Oct. 1890 and expired on the 30th day of Oct., 1892.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of my office on this 10th day of May 1893.
[Signed] T.M. Duncan, Clerk.

Affiant further states 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 disabilities on account of said service.
[Signed] H.H. Travis
Sworn to and subscribed before me on this 1st day of June 1892 and I hereby certify that affiant is reputable and entitled to credit.
[Signed] D.H. Blair, J.P.

State of Arkansas
County of Scott
We, E.D. Yandell, Judge of the County Court of Scott County, L.P. Fuller, Sheriff, and T.M. Duncan, Clerk, sitting as a Pension Board for Scott County, do certify that we have examined the application of the within named James White for pension, under Act of the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, as approved April 1, 1891, and the proof in support of same, and find that said applicant is a wounded Confederate Soldier, is in indigent circumstances and partially incapacitated for manual labor, and that his claim is just, and that he should be allowed a pension. And we further certify that we believe said soldier is entitled to the sum of Fifty Dollars per annum on account of the disabilities mentioned in his application and said sum is hereby allowed him. This July 18, 1893.
[Signed] E.D. Yandell, County Judge
[Signed] L.P. Fuller, Sheriff
[Signed] Thomas M. Duncan, Clerk

AFFIDAVIT

State of Arkansas)
County of Scott)
In matter of Pension claim of James White, ex-Confederate Soldier of Company "E" of 3rd Reg't. of Missouri Volunteers.
On this 1st day of June 1892 before the undersigned Justice of the Peace, appeared H.H. Travis whose age is 46 years, and who being first duly sworn says: That he has been well acquainted with the above named soldier James White for [illegible] years; that he has often heard said soldier speake of his wound in right thigh and left side of face as received while in the service aforesaid. That said soldier can hardly use his right leg it being stiff from the effects of the wound and is not able to perform manual labor.

EVIDENCE OF PHYSICIAN

State of Arkansas)
County of Scott)
I, J.A.J. Roth, a duly registered and practicing Physician in Scott County, Arkansas, do certify that I am personally acquainted with James White, an applicant for pension under the Statutes of Arkansas, and that he is wholly incapacitated for manual labor by reason of a wound in the right thigh and left side of face, and by reason of said wound he is in indigent circumstances.
[Signed] J.A.J. Roth, M.D.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 20 day of May A.D. 1893
[Signed] C.H. Bird, J.P.

State of Arkansas}
County of Scott}
I, Thomas M. Duncan, County Clerk of Scott Co., Ark., do certify that C.H. Bird, Esq. whose genuine signature appears to the above and foregoing jurat as J.P. is now and was at the time of the execution of the same a Justice of the Peace of Scott County, Arkansas, duly commissioned, qualified and acting and that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this July 14, 1893.
[Signed] Thos. M. Duncan, Clerk

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