Rankin Co, MS CW Pension Application
Submitted by: Susan

W. M. Waldrop
Application for Pension - signed March 31, 1919

Q. What is your name?   A. W. M. Waldrop
Q. What is your age?  A. 76
Q. In what county do you reside?  A. Rankin
Q. What is the name of your postoffice?  A. Puckett
Q. Are you a bona fide resident of the State of Mississippi? A. Yes.
Q. Are you married or unmarried? A. married
Q. In what State and County did you reside when you enlisted in the service of the Confederate States? A. Miss.
   Rankin County
Q. What was the date of your enlistment? A. July 1861
Q. What was the number of the regiment or name of the vessel in which you first enlisted? A. 6th Miss
Q. The name of its commander? A. J.I. Thornton
Q. Letter of designation of the company in which you enlisted? A. Co  D
Q. The name of its captain? A. W.J. Finch and Capt Harper
Q. The length of time which you served in the above company or regiment? A. from 1861 to 1865
Q. Were you ever discharged or transferred from the above command? A. no
Q. If so, give the date of discharge or transfer. A. none
Q. If discharged, on what grounds. A. no
Q. If transferred, to what command? A. (blank)
Q. Did you enlist the second time in the Confederate service? A. no
Q. If so, into what regiment or Company? A. (blank)
Q. Were you discharged from this command before the surrender in 1865? A. no
Q. If so, for what cause? A. (blank)
Q. Were you at any time absent from you command without leave? A. no
Q. If yes, how long and why? A. (blank)
Q. Did you ever absent yourself from your command without leave and join another? A. no
Q. Were you with your command in active service at the surrender in 1865? A. sick in hospital
Q. Where did you command surrender? A. Can't remember
Q. Were you absent from it when it surrendered? A. yes
Q. Why were you absent? A. sick in hospital
Q. How long had you been absent? A.  4 weeks
Q. What is your occupation at present? A. farming as long as able
Q. Do you apply for a pension because you are indigent and unable to earn a support by your own labor? A. yes
Q. Do you hold any State, United States, County or City _____ from which you are receiving a salary for the sum
    of six hundred dollars per annum? A. no
Q. Have you any sons over 16 and under 21 years of age? A. none
Q. If yes, how many? A. (blank)
Q. Have you any property in you own right ___ the right of your wife? A. no
Q. What is it's true, just and correct value? A. $200.00
Q. Have you a home of your own? A. yes
Q. If not, with whom do you now live? A. wife
Q. Is the person you are now living with a relation? A. as wife
Q. If so, what relation? A. as wife
Q. Have you any relation or connections whose legal duty it is to provide for you? A. no

Signature of Pensioner: W. M. Waldrop

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 31 day of Mar 1919

R. A. Kennedy
Chancery Clerk

W. M. Waldrop
Application for Pension - signed August 3, 1923

Q. What is your name? A. W. M. Waldrop
Q. In what county and state do you reside? A. Rankin County, Mississippi
Q. What is the name of your Post Office? A. Puckett Miss
Q. Are you a bona fide citizen of the United States? A. yes
Q. Are you an inmate of Beauvoir Soldiers Home? A. No
Q. What was the date of your enlistment? A. July 1861
Q. In what state, county and place did you reside when you enlisted? A. Rankin County Mississippi
Q. Give the names of the officers in your company, regiment or vessel?
A. Com J. I. Thornton, Capt W. J. Finch & Capt Harper
Q. Were you ever discharged from your command? A. Not until surrender
Q. If so, for what cause? A. No
Q. Were you in active service at the surrender? A. Yes
Q. If not, why? A. In service
Q. Have you lost one foot or one hand? A. No
Q. Have you lost the TOTAL use of one foot or hand? A. No
Q. Have you sustained such other permanent wounds or injury as disabled you from earning a support?
       A. Nothing only being almost blind
Q. What was the cause of the disabilities by which you claim preference under Class 2 - Soldiers and Sailors?
        A. almost totally blind

Signature of Pensioner:

X (his mark) W M Waldrop

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 3rd day of August 1923.

S. D. Donnell, Chancery Clerk

 

 

Rankin Co, MS CW Pension Application
Submitted by: Susan

Samuel B. Williams
Application for Pension - dated Sept 3, 1923

Samuel B. Williams

Q.  What is your name? A. Sam B. Williams
Q.  In what county and state do you reside?  A. Madison Co Miss
Q.  What is the name of your Post Office?  A.  Pocahontas
Q.  Are you a bona fide citizen of the United States?  A.  Yes
Q.  Are you an inmate of the Beauvoir Soldier's Home?  A.  No
Q.  What was the date of your enlistment?  A.  August 1862
Q.  In what state, county and place did you reside when you enlisted?  A.  Rankin Co Miss
Q.  Give the names of the officers of your company, regiment or vessel?  A.  J. W. Finch Capt. 6th Miss
Q.  Were you ever discharged from your command?  A.  No,  P____??
Q.  If so, for what cause?  A.  Wounded at home, wounded at Atlanta
Q.  Were you in active service at the surrender in 1865?  A.  Yes, but at home suffering from wound
Q.  If not, why?  A.  At home suffering from wound.

Signature of Pensioner:

Sam B. Williams
Sept 3, 1923
 

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