Pension File # _14.458_______
State of Tennessee

SOLDIER'S APPLICATION FOR PENSION

NAME Wm A. Flowers
Co. K 4 Tenn Inf Rgt.

Filed July 20, 1914
Allowed _______

FILE IS STAMPED Rejected

I, Wm. A Flowers a native of the State of Tennessee and now a citizen of Tennessee, resident at __________ in the County of Dyer in said State of Tennessee, and who was a soldier from the State of _Tenn_______ 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 _Company_K_of_the_4th_Regiment_Tenn_Volunteer_Infantry_C.S.A. 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: In Rutherford County Tenn Dec 10th 1836

When did you enlist and in what command? Give the names of the regimental and company officers under whom you served.
Answer: May_15th_1861_first_Col_AJ_Kellar afterward O.F. Strahl first Captain HL Fowlkes later John W Lauderdale

In what battle or battles were you engaged, and, if not wounded, state what disabilities did you receive, if any?
Answer: Shilo Perryville Murfreesboro Chickamauga Atlanta Jonesboro Franklin Nashville______

What was the precise nature of your wound or disability, if any?
Answer: Was slightly wounded 3 times______

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: ______

What was the name of the surgeon who attended you?
Answer: None______

How did you get out of the army, when and where?
Answer: Discharged at Greensboro NC______

Were you ever in prison? If so, what prison and when released?
Answer: No______

Were you paroled? If so, when and where?
Answer: yes At Greensboro NC______

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: Been married______

If so, what is the size of your family living together?
Answer: Have no family______

What are the respective ages of your wife and children living with you?
Answer: ______

To what sex do your children belong?
Answer: male______

Are not some of your children able to support you?
Answer: ______

In what business are you now engaged, if any, and what do you earn?
Answer: No Business? at date?______

What estate have you in your own right, real and personal, and what is its value?
Answer: Eighty acres of Land Tot? valuation $1200______

What estate has your wife in her own right, real and personal, and what is its value?
Answer: ______

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: my only child a son lives on my place from whom I receive nothing but shelter of a home and house for self______

How have you derived support for yourself and family for the past five years?
Answer: As above stated______

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: No______

If so, give his name and address.
Answer: ______

Witness my hand, this 17th__ day of July___ 1914__
(Signed) W A Flowers__________________

WITNESSES:
(Signed) N.S. Walker______, Physician, Postoffice Address: Dyersburg Tenn______
(Signed) B.A. Haywood_sr_____, Witness, Postoffice Address: Dyersburg, Tenn______
(Signed) J.H. Tarrant______, Witness, Postoffice Address: Dyersburg Tenn______

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Dyer County

I, Dan? Cotton_____, Trustee of said County, certify that W. a Flowers_____________ and his wife _____________ are assessed with 80_____ acres, valued at $ 1200___________ and with $ no_________ of personal property.

Witness my hand, this 18th___ day of July___ 1914__
Signed Dan? Cotton______________________

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

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Dyer COUNTY.

Personally appeared before me, JR. Meuzis?_____________, Clerk County Court_____________ _____________ of said County, the above named W. A. Flowers_____________, 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 17__ day of July___ 1914__
(Signed) J.R. Meuzis? clk.__________________

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Dyer County

Personally appeared before me, J.R. Meuzis? clk. Clerk County Court_________________________________________ __________________ of said County, the above named N.S. Walker MD.________________ 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 William A. Flowers____________________, the applicant, and finds him laboring under the following disabilities:

Inability to see out right eye-from attack of ? and impending catoract?-can just see to get around with left eye due to ? of the lens- intermittent attack of diarrhea_________________________________________

(Signed) __________________

Witness my hand, this 17__ day of July___ 1914__
(Signed) J.R. Meuzis? clk__________________

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Dyer County

Personally appeared before me, J.R. Meuzis? clk_________________________________________ __________________ of said County, the above named B.A. Haywood sr________________ and J.H. Tarrant________________, 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 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 _____________ further make oath to the following facts touching the applicant's service in the _____________ army:

We know of our personal knowledge that the forgoing? applicant was a true and gallant soldier and conspicuous for bravery on the battle field. We were intimately associated with him throughout the war_________________________

Witness my hand, this 17__ day of July___ 1914__
(Signed) J.R. Meuzis? clk__________________

The following papers were attached:

No. 14.458

Tennessee Board of Pension Examiners

July 22 1914

Gen. Geo. Andrews
Adjutant General,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir: Wm A. Flowers who is an applicant for pension under the Tennessee Pension Law, claims to have been a member of Company K 4 Tenn Inf. CSA and to have been paroled at Greensboro N.C. in May 65

NK? Codt?

Handwritten letter by W.A. Flowers:

Dec 2nd 1914

Dyersburg RF.S? No.1

No. 14.458

Frank A Moses

Dear Sir

I supose? my land is worth about $2000.
I never ??? for it
I buy my own clothing and pay my own
doctor bill.

accept.? my thanks
for your kindness
W.A. Flowers

14.458
War Department,
2189862
The adjutant Generals Office,
Washington, July 27, 1914.

President
Tennessee Board of
Pension Examiners,
Nashville.

The records show that W.A. Flowers, private, Co. K, 4th Tennessee Infantry,C.S.A., enlisted May 15, 1861,and that he was paroled at Greensboro, N.C., May 1, 1865 as a private of Co. D, 3rd Consolidated Tennessee Infantry, C.S.A. (of which organization the 4th Tennessee infantry became a part about April 9, 1865)

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The Adjutant General.