Pension File # 14490
State of Tennessee

SOLDIER'S APPLICATION FOR PENSION

NAME I. A. Green
Co. A 12 Ala Cav. Rgt.

Filed Aug. 21, 1914
Allowed _______

[View Pension Application for wife, Rosa L. (Davis) Green]

FILE IS STAMPED Rejected

I, I. A. Green a native of the State of Alabama and now a citizen of Tennessee, resident at Maury City in the County of Crockett in said State of Tennessee, and who was a soldier from the State of Alabama in the war between the United States and the Confederate States, do hereby apply for aid under the Act of the General Assembly of Tennessee, entitled "An Act for the benefit of indigent and disabled soldiers of the late war between the States, and to fix the fees of attorneys or agents for procuring such pension, and fixing a penalty for the violation of the same." And I do solemnly swear that I was a member of Co. A. 12 Ala Cavalry in the service of the Confederate or United States, and that by reason of disability and indigence I am now entitled to receive the benefit of this Act. I further swear that I do not hold any National, State, or County office, nor do I receive aid or pension from any other State, or from the United States, and that I am not an inmate of any soldier's home, and that I am unable to earn a reasonable support for myself and family. I do further solemnly swear that the answers given to the following questions are true:

In what County, State and year were you born?
Answer: Cherica? Cty, Ala. Year 1847 (Should this possibly be Cherokee County?)

When did you enlist and in what command? Give the names of the regimental and company officers under whom you served.
Answer: Capt. Bennetts Co. A. 12 Ala Cav. R-----? Regiment. 1864. Under General Wheeler Reece Co. A. Captain Bennett.

In what battle or battles were you engaged, and, if not wounded, state what disabilities did you receive, if any?
Answer: Atlanta Ga. Was not wounded, no disability.

What was the precise nature of your wound or disability, if any?
Answer: None

Were you incapacitated for service by reason of said wound or disability incurred?
Answer: No

Were you discharged from the army by reason of said wound or disability?
Answer: No

If discharged from the army, where were you and what did you do until the close of the war?
Answer: Not discharge but stay til close

What was the name of the surgeon who attended you?
Answer: None

How did you get out of the army, when and where?
Answer: Parolled at Greensboro N.C. Some where in St. of Georgia.

Were you ever in prison? If so, what prison and when released?
Answer: No

Were you paroled? If so, when and where?
Answer: No

Did you take the oath of allegiance to the United States Government?
Answer: No

If so, when and under what circumstances?
Answer: None

Have you applied for pension before this? If so, about when?
Answer: No

Are you married, or have you been married?
Answer: Yes

If so, what is the size of your family living together?
Answer: Wife & 5 children

What are the respective ages of your wife and children living with you?
Answer: 59 wife - Age Willard 19 Cul? over 21 years of age

To what sex do your children belong?
Answer: 1 female 4 boys

In what business are you now engaged, if any, and what do you earn?
Answer: Farming Earn nearly a living

What estate have you in your own right, real and personal, and what is its value?
Answer: 100 acres. Personal 8 head stock val $400.

What estate has your wife in her own right, real and personal, and what is its value?
Answer: None

How have you derived support for yourself and family for the past five years?
Answer: By hard labor in the field

Do you use intoxicants to any extent?
Answer: No

How long have you been an actual resident of the State of Tennessee?
Answer: 48 years

Have you an attorney to look after this application?
Answer: No

If so, give his name and address.
Answer: None

Witness my hand, this 1st day of July 1914
(Signed) I. A. Green

WITNESSES:
(Signed) S. D. Booth, Physician, Postoffice Address: Maury City, Tenn
(Signed) J. D.? Riddick, Witness, Postoffice Address: Maury City, Tenn
(Signed) W. Z. Neal, Witness, Postoffice Address: Maury City, Tenn

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County

I, John F. Peal, Trustee of said County, certify that I. A. Green and his wife _____________ are assessed with 100 acres, valued at $ 1100.00 and with $ No of personal property.

Witness my hand, this 29 day of July 1914
Signed John F. Peal

If applicant and his wife have no property, the Trustee must so certify.

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett COUNTY.

Personally appeared before me, J. M. Neal, Notary Public of said County, the above named I. A. Green, the applicant, with whom I am personally acquainted, and having the application read and fully explained to him, as well as the statements and answers therein made, made oath that the said statements and answers are true.

Witness my hand, this 1st day of July 1914
(Signed) J. M. Neal, Notary Public

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County

Personally appeared before me, J. M. Neal, Notary Public of said County, the above named S. D. Booth one of the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing application, and who is a physician of good standing, and being duly sworn says that he has carefully and thoroughly examined I. A. Green, the applicant, and finds him laboring under the following disabilities:

Disability from old age

(Signed) S. D. Booth M.D. Witness my hand, this 1st day of July 1914
(Signed) J. M. Neal, Notary Public

STATE OF ALABAMA,
St. Clair County

Personally appeared before me, M. M. Fulghum, Register in Chancery of said County, the following named John C. Williams and N. A. Hood, two of the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing application, whom I am personally acquainted, and known to me to be citizens of veracity and standing in this community, and who make oath that they were personally acquainted with the foregoing applicant, and that the facts set forth and statements made in this application are correct and true, to the best of their knowledge and belief, and that they have no interest in this claim, and that said applicant's habits are unknown to us. And we further make oath to the following facts touching the applicant's service in the Confederate army:

That according to our knowledge and belief applicant - I. A. Green enlisted in Capt. Bennetts Company "A" 12 Regiment Alabama Cavalry. Col. Reese? Regiment, Wheelers Command. Date of Enlistement 1864. That said applicant was a good soldier and was with his command at the time of Johnston Surrender at Greensboro N.C. he was a true and good soldier, didn't desert ther service of the Confederate states. We were in the same Brigade.

(Signed) J. C. Williams
(Signed) N. A. Hood

Witness my hand, this 23 day of July 1914
(Signed) M. M. Fulghum, Register in Chancery

Typed letter included in file, on Tennessee Board of Pension Examiners letterhead:

Nashville, Tenn.
Sept. 12, 1914

Mr. I. A. Green
No. 14490

Mr. I. A. Green,

Dear Sir:

In your application for pension in answer to the question, "How did you get out of the army, when and where", you say, "Paroled at Greensboro, N.C.", and just below that you say, "Somewhere in the State of Georgia." In answer to the question, "Were you paroled", you say, "No". What do you claim. I find a record of you for Dec. 31, 1864, when you were reported, "Present with your command".

I see you are assessed with 100 acres of land valued at $1100.00, and you say you have 8 head of stock. Tell me what your land is actually worth, and tell me also what your income is from all sources.

Yours truly,

(Signed) Frank A. Moses
Special Examiner.

Typed letter included in file:

Nov. 24, 1914

Mr. I. A. Green
No. 14490

Mr. E. A. Green,
Maury City, Tenn.

Dear Sir:

I have your affidavit of Sept. 22nd in reply to my letter of Sept. 12th Who was with you at the time you claim you were released at Jonesboro, N.C. Is there anyone now living that knows the facts. I wrote you sometime ago that I could find no record of it. Your explanation is not satisfactory. Must have better proof as to how, when, and where you got out of the Army.

Yours truly,

Special Examiner
(Not signed)

Handwritten letter included in file:

12-8-1914

Maury City, Tenn

Mr. Frank A. Moses
Nashville, Tenn.

Dear Sir,

I rec your letter in regards to my aplication for a pension I have no better proof then I have already sent you unless I can find some one that was with me at the time I was released from the army. I have writen again to a man that has his name on my aplication for a pension.

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Handwritten letter included in file:

12-21-1914

Maury City, Tenn.

Mr. Frank A. Moses
Nashville Tenn.

Dear Sir,

I have rec another letter from a friend in Ala who knew me personally during the war. Mr. J. C. Williams, Ashville, Ala & Mr. N. A. Hood & Bud Cox was in Mr. J. C. Williams's Brigade & with me also, & was there when Johnson surrendered, they knew me their address is Ashville Ala, will write again and have an add put in the Gadsden Times & News & see if I can find any other Reeses Battalion living about there it does look like that those men that signed my aplication would be proof enough if I can't find any of my Co. all those men was in the same Brigade.

Hoping to hear from you soon I remain respectfully

I. A. Green

Typed letter included in file:

State of Ala.
St. Clair Co.

Personally appeared before me the undersigned authority N. A. Hood and L. M. Cox who being by me duly sworn doth depose and say that they were members of Company "E" 51st Alabama Calvery Confederate States of America. That they are personally acquainted with Isaac A. Green, who was a member of Company "A" 12th Alabama Calvery of the same Brigade. CSA. That said Green now resides in or near Friendship, Tenn. During the last service of the war we freequently met with Mr. Green, and to the best of our knowledge and belief he remained in the service of the Confederate States up to the time of the surrender. Affiant Hood states that he saw said Green freequently after the war for some time and that he did not desert.

(Signed) N. A. Hood
(Signed) L. M. Cox

Sworn to and subscribed to before me this 28th day of March 1917

(Signed) Perkins McCendon?
Judge of Probate, St. Clair
County, Alabama

Typed letter included in file:

COMMITTEE ON FLOOD CONTROL
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES U.S.
WASHINGTON, D.C.

June 14, 1917.

Mr. W. H. Coley,
Milan, Tenn.

Dear Mr. Coley:

I have a letter from a friend of mine of Maury City, Tennessee, saying that Mr. I. A. Green, who lives at that town, was a Confederate Soldier and that he has made application for a pension, filed proof, etc.

I venture to write to ask that you will bear this case in mind and see that it has proper consideration.

With kindest regards, I remain,
Your friend truly,

(Signed) Finis J. Garrett