Pension File # 15684
State of Tennessee

SOLDIER'S APPLICATION FOR PENSION

NAME Henry S. Randle
Co. F. 45 Tenn Inf
8 H 820 Tenn Cav Regt.

Filed Feb. 10, 1922
Allowed ___________

FILE IS STAMPED Accepted
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I, Henry Smith Randle a native of the State of Tenn and now a citizen of Tennessee, resident at Alamo, R. 4.3 in the County of Crockett in said State of Tennessee, and who was a soldier from the State of Tennessee 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. 46th Tenn. Reg. Volunteers - Co. F., Greer's Cav. under Forest Command - Co. F. Greer & Russell Reg. Forest Command - Quarle's Brigade, Goodhope ----? Ga. under Joseph E. Johnson Command, in Sept. 64 was sent from this command to May's Hospital?, Augusta, Ga., combined in Ward 8, Oct. 27 1864, furlough for 60 days. Was sent off? from Johnson's Command of Fed. Army and was never able to return. 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: Henry County, Tennessee, Dec. 15 1842, volunteered to Army Service from Henry County, Tenn.

When did you enlist and in what command? Give the names of the regimental and company officers under whom you served.
Answer: Dec. 1861 Co. A. 46th Tenn. Reg. Volunteers, - Sept. 1863 joined Co. F. Greer's Cav. under Forest's Command - later consolidates as Greer & Russell Reg. Co. F. - In April 1864 was transfered to Goodhope Ga. to Quarles Brigade under Joseph E. Johnson's Command.

In what battle or battles were you engaged, and, if not wounded, state what disabilities did you receive, if any?
Answer: Under Forest was at Fort Pillow-Paducah-Oklalona, was also in five or six other skirmishes. Was not wounded - Had attack of Chronic Direah in 1864., and was in hospital Augusta.

What was the precise nature of your wound or disability, if any?
Answer: See above

Were you incapacitated for service by reason of said wound or disability incurred?
Answer: Was incapacitated for service practically all summer of 1864, but stayed with my command and was in practically all the fight's until about 1864.

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: Was not discharged after furlough. I was unable to ever reach my command any more

What was the name of the surgeon who attended you?
Answer: Do not remember name of physician who attended me while in the hospital.

How did you get out of the army, when and where?
Answer: By furlough - as above stated

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: _____________

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

Are you married, or have you been married?
Answer: Yes - wife living at present

If so, what is the size of your family living together?
Answer: Just my wife and I

What are the respective ages of your wife and children living with you?
Answer: My wife in 73 years old - Children all grown, married and living away from me.

To what sex do your children belong?
Answer: Have 5 boys and three girls - all married and have families of their own.

In what business are you now engaged, if any, and what do you earn?
Answer: None - Farmed until I have gotten so feeble that I can do nothing.

What estate have you in your own right, real and personal, and what is its value?
Answer: One Horse - One Cow and house hold and kitchen furniture $300.00

What estate has your wife in her own right, real and personal, and what is its value?
Answer: 57 acres of land - baired? from her father $2800.00

State the gross income of yourself and your wife from all sources for the past year. This must include all money received either from wages, rents or interest on loaned money, if any. Also family supplies raised or received from rents and used by your family.
Answer: Share crop and everything received last year will not exceed $500.00

How have you derived support for yourself and family for the past five years?
Answer: By share cropping the lands ofmy wife above described.

Do you use intoxicants to any extent?
Answer: No

How long have you been an actual resident of the State of Tennessee?
Answer: All my life

Have you an attorney to look after this application?
Answer: Yes

If so, give his name and address.
Answer: J. B. Avery - Alamo, Tenn.

Witness my hand, this 31 day of Jan. 1922
(Signed) Henry Smith Randle

WITNESSES:
(Signed) E. S. Hopper M.D., Physician
(Signed) J. C. Smothers, Witness
(Signed) J. E. McCutchion, Witness

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County

I, H. P. Wilson, Trustee of said County, certify that Mr. H. S. Randle and his wife _____________ are assessed with 57 acres, valued at $ 2860.00 and with $ No of personal property.

Witness my hand, this 31 day of Jan 1922
Signed H. P. Wilson, Trustee

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

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett COUNTY.

Personally appeared before me, Cary Alsobrook, a Notary Public of said County, the above named Henry Smith Randle, 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 8th day of Feb 1922
(Signed) Cary Alsobrook, Notary Public

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County

Personally appeared before me, Cary Alsobrook, Notary Public of said County, the above named E. S. Hopper 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 said Henry Smith Randle, the applicant, and finds him laboring under the following disabilities:

Infirmaties of old age - He is of a frail statue and without strength to perform any manual labor by virtue of his age and feebleness.

Witness my hand, this 31 day of Jan. 1922
(Signed) Cary Alsobrook, Notary Public

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
___________ County

Personally appeared before me, Cary Alsobrook, Notary Public of said County, the above named J. C. Smother and J. E. McCutchion whom I am personally acquainted, and know to me to be citizens of veracity and standing in this community, and who make oath that they are 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 good and free from dishonor. And they further make oath to the following facts touching the applicant's service in the Confederate army:

The above named Henry Smith Randle has been personally known by us for many years, andby reputation it is a generally known fact that he served in the Confederate Army. He is a man of unquestionable reputation and would not make a statement that was not absolutely correct.

Witness my hand, this 8th day of Feb. 1922
(Signed) Cary Alsobrook, Notary Public

Document included in file:

WAR DEPARTMENT

THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23, 1922.

Respectfully returned to Tenn. Board of Pension Examiners, Nashville, Tennessee with the information that H. S. Randle (also borne as S. Randal and H. Smith Randall), private, Company A. & F. 46h Regt. Tenn. Inf., enlisted Nov. 29, 1861, at Paris, Tenn.

Muster roll dated Oct. 24, 1863 (last on file) shows that he Sur. Island No. 10, escaped and never returned to duty.

He was admitted to Ocmulgee Hosp. Macon Georgia as H. Smith Randall, on Sept. 20, 1864, and transferred Sept. 27, 1864, Residence Henry County. No later record found.

He is borne on the rolls of Co. F., 2oth (Russell's) Regt. Renn.Cav. (which was known in the field as the 15th Regt.) as enlisted Sept. 20, 1863 at Paris, Tenn. "Taken to former command May 23, 1864."

(Signed) P. C. Harris
The Adjutant General

Typed letter included in file (spelling left as I found it):

STATE OF TENNESSEE
COUNTY OF CROCKETT

AFFIDAVIT OF HENRY S. RANDLE.

File No. 15-684.
Pension Board.

I, Henry S. Randle, the undersigned affiant upon my oath do say;

That I am now a resident of Crockett County, Tennessee, and am 84 years of age; that I was a resident of Henry County, Tennessee, during my boyhood and early manhood; that in the year 1861 I enlisted in the Confederate Army, in the town of Paris in said Henry County, and was assigned to Company "A" 46 Tennessee, Inf.; that said Company was transfered for a short while to Union City, Tennessee, and from said town of Union City and said Company was transfered to Island No. 10, in the Mississippi River; that after a short stay on said Island said Company was withdrawn into what was then the County of Obion; that while said Company was in this position a great portion of same was captured but the affiant escaped and made his way back to his home in Henry County, Tennessee.

Affiant further makes oath; that in the year 1865 he volenteered in the calvery under Capt. John Cardinal Wilson, which command was under Gen. Forrest; that after he so volenteered his command was sent into Mississippi and other Sother points, and engaged in several engagements and skirmishes the most notable of which took place at Oklona Miss. and Ft. Piller; that at Ft. Piller Capt. Wilson was mortally wounded and the affiant and another young confederate soldier, known as Hard Wilson, nursed and cared for Capt. Wilson until his death; that while in the command of Forrest the affiant was ordered back to his old command, the 56 Tenn., Inf., and affiant rejoined said Company at a church named Goodhope, near Dalton, Ga.; that affiant took part in many skirmishes after rejoining his old command until he was ordered to a hospital in Sept. 1864, while suffering from chronich diarrhoea, at Macon, Ga., later transfered to hospital at Auguesta,Ga., and then given a ferlough home.

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Affiant further makes oath; that while on said ferlough home the Federal forces cut him off from his command, and that he was unable to return at the expiration of his ferlough, his home being in the Northeast section of West Tennessee, and the Yankees being between him and his command, he could not return without being captured.

Affiant further makes oath; that owing to the foregoing facts he was unavoidabely cutoff from his command and was unable to get a discharge from the army; that because of his failure to get a discharge he has been refused a pension by the pension laws and board of Tennessee, but that he is advised that such ruling or laws will not longer prevent him from receiving a pension, owing to the fact that the Legislature of 1927 passed the Frazier bill, which requires an affidavit, such as the affiant herein has evdevored to make; that his record now on file with said Board will bear out this affidavit and he therefore request that his named be inscribed on the pension rolls of Tennessee and that he be granted a pension according to law.

In witness whereof affiant hereunto sets his hand and signature, this the 21st day of May, 1927.

(Signed) Henry S. Randle
AFFIANT

Sworn to and subscribed to before me this May the 21st. 1927.

(Signed) Harry S. Avery
Notary Public

My Commission expires, Jan. 26, 1930.