Scott County Arkansas
Civil War Pension Record
ELIAS WILLIAMS
Contributed by Richea Brigance
CIVIL WAR PENSION RECORD OF ELIAS WILLIAMS
APPLICATION FOR PENSION
State of Arkansas}
County of Logan}
I, Elias Williams do solemnly swear that I [illegible] member of
Co. "D" of the 44th Regiment of Infty. Vols. from the State of Miss. first
known as Blythe's Bat. of Miss. Infty. Vols; that I was honorably discharged
(paroled or released) from such service on or about the first day of
December 1863 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 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 and that such incapacity (or disability) is the result not of wounds
received in the service, but advanced age and debilitated physical condition,
and very poor health, my age bein now 66 years, and that such disability is
not the result of my own vicious habits still persisted in, so help me God.
Elias [his X mark] Williams
Subscribed and sworn to before me this [blank] day of June 1904.
[Signed] J.W. Binning, J.P.
County of Scott}
We, the undersigned, sitting as a Pension Board for Scott County,
do certify that we have examined the application of the within named Elias
Williams 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 diseased & disabled Confederate soldier, is in
indigent circumstances, and partially incapacitated for manual labor, and that
his cliam is just, and that he should be allowed $25.00 pension.
[Signed] C. Malone
[Signed] J.L. Evatt
[Signed] S.C. Brown
PROOF OF SERVICE
(By Comrades if Possible)
State of Arkansas}
County of Scott}
On this day personally came before the undersigned, a Circuit Clerk
within and for the County of Scott and State of Arkansas, John Williams, citizen
of Poteau, Ark. 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 for pension Elias Williams and has known him all his life being
an older brother.
That he was a Confederate soldier. Belonging to Company "D" 44th
Regiment Miss. Infty. Vols. which at first was designated as Blythe's Bat. of
Miss. Infty. Vols. That as such soldier he served from about June 1861 to about
the spring or summer of 1863 when he was sick & came home on furlough and don't
think he rejoined the army. 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 advanced age and very feeble health and that such
incapacity (or disability) is not the result of his own vicious habits still
persisted in. That to the best of my 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 I have no interest in this claim except my relation to him as a
brother.
[Signed] John Williams
Subscribed to and sworn to before me this 10 day of June 1904.
[Signed] T.M. Duncan, Clerk
PROOF OF PROPERTY
State of Arkansas}
County of Scott}
On this day personally came before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace
within and for the County of Logan and State of Ark. [blank] citizens of near Belva,
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
for pension Elias Williams, and have known him 4 years and 1 year, respectively.
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 advanced age
and poor health and that such incapacity (or disability) is not the result of his
own vicious habits still persisted in. That to the best of my 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] R.L. Williams
[Signed] M.A. Smith
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 20 day of June 1904.
[Signed] J.W. Binning, J.P.
State of Arkansas,
County of Scott}
I, W.W. Honrsby a duly registered and practicing physician in Scott County,
Arkansas, do hereby certify that I am personally [illegible] Elias Williams of
Belva, 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:
1st General Nervous Prostration.
2nd Supposed cancerous infiltration.
Physical condition and to what cause is his incapacity for manual labor attributable:
Weak and anaemic, also greatly emaciated. Causes viz. age, general cancerous
infiltration,
and that said disability is not the result of his own vicious habits still persisted
in.
Extent of disability is such that he is unable by his labor, manual, to make a support
for himself and family.
[Signed] W.W. Hornsby, M.D.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 20 day of June 1904.
[Signed J.W. Binning, J.P.
State of Arkansas,
County of Scott}
I, Susan E. Williams, do solemnly swear that I [illegible] Elias Williams
[illegible] of the Gneral Assembly, approved March 11, 1901; 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 said husband died on the 16th
day of July 1904 near Belva in Scott County, Arkansas and I hereby ask that the
evidence submitted by my said deceased husband's claim before his death and now on
file with the State Pension Board at Little Rock, Ark., as to my deceased husband's
service in the army &c be now considered in determining the justness of my claim as
his widow and that I have not since remarried, so help me God.
[Signed] S.E. Williams
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 6th day of March 1905.
[Signed] T.M. Duncan, Clerk
Scott Co., Ark.
I, R.R. Brigance, do solemnly swear that [illegible] with Susan E. Williams,
and that she [illegible]
State of Arkansas,
County of Scott}
We, the undersigned, acting as a Pension Board for Scott County, do certify
that we have examined the application of the within named Susan E. Williams for
pension under Act of 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 the
widow of a Confederate soldier, is in indigent circumstances, and that her claim
is just, and that she should be allowed $50.00 pension.
[Signed] C. Malone
[Signed] L.P. Fuller
[Signed] Wiley Young
State of Arkansas,
County of Logan}
On this day personally came before the undersigned, a Justice of the
Peace within and for the County of Logan and State of Arkansas, C.A. Davis and
J.F. Davis [illegible] acquainted with applicant's husband Elias Williams and
knew him prior to his death.
That he is now dead and that his widow Mrs. Susan E. Williams has been
for the past twelve months a bona fide resident of Arkansas. That to the best
of our knowledge, all property now owned by his widow is not worth exceeding
$400 (exclusive of household goods and wearing apparel). That his widow is not
in receipt of any income, annuity, pension or wages for any [illegible] of an
office, in excess of $150 per year, and that she has not since remarried. That
we have no interest in this claim.
[Signed] C.A. Davis
[Signed] J.F. Davis
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 6 day of July 1905.
[Signed] J.A. Davis,
a Justice of the Peace
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