APPLICATION OF VETERAN
The State of Texas
County of Panola
To the Honorable County Judge of Panola County, Texas.
Your petitioner, T.J. Garland, respectfully represents that he is a resident citizen of Panola County, in the State of Texas and that he makes this application for the purpose of obtaining a pension under the act passed by the Twenty-sixth Legislature of the State of Texas, and approved May 12, AD 1899, the same being an act entitled "An act to carry into effect the amendment to the Constitution of the State of Texas, providing that aid may be granted to disabled and dependent Confederate soldiers, sailors and their widows under certain conditions, and to make an appropriation therefore," and I do solemnly swear that the answers I have given to the following questions are true.
What is your name? T.J. Garland
What is your age? 66 years
In what County do you reside? Panola
How long have you resided in said County and what is your post office address? 12 years, Fair Play Texas
Have you applied for a pension under the Confederate Pension Law heretofore, and been rejected? No
What is your occupation if able to engage in one? Farming when able
What is your physical condition? I suffer from rheumatism
If you physical condition is such that you are unable by your own labor to earn a support, state what caused such a disability> Do not know. Exposure in war likely
In what State was your command originally organized? Alabama
How long did you serve? 3 years, I enlisted about March or May 1862, Discharged May 1865
What was the name or letter of your company and name or number of your regiment? R.F. Kolb’s Battery
State whether you served in the infantry, artillery, cavalry or the navy. Artillery
State whether or not you have received any pension or veteran donation land certificate under any previous law. No
What real and personal property do you now own, and what is the present value of such property? None
What property, and what was the value therof, have you sold or conveyed within two years prior to the date of this application? None
What estate has your wife in her own right, real and personal, and what is its value? None
What income, if any, do you receive? Nothing except my own labor
Are you in indigent circumstances: That is, are you in actual want, and destitute of property and means of subsistence? Yes
Are you unable by your labor to earn a support? Yes
Have you transferred to others any property of value of any kind for the purpose of becoming a beneficiary under this law? No
Did you every desert the Confederacy? No
Have you been continuously since the first day of January 1880 a bona fide resident citizen of this State? Yes
Signature of Applicant: T.J. Garland
Sworn and subscribed before me this 8th day of September, AD 1903
J.G. Woolworth
County Judge, Panola County, Texas
AFFIDAVIT OF WITNESSES
The State of Texas
County of Panola
Before me, J.G. Woolworth, County Judge of Panola County, State of Texas, on this day personally appeared A.R. Garland and W.M. Bryant who are personally known to me to be credible citizens, who being by me duly sworn on oath, state that they personally know T.J. Garland the above named applicant fo a pension and that they personally know that the said T.J. Garland is unable to support himself by labor of any sort.
W.M. Bryan
A.R. Garland
Sworn and subscribed before me this the 8th day of September, 1903
J.G. Woolworth
County Judge, Panola County Texas
AFFIDAVIT OF PHYSICIAN
Before me J.G. Woolworth, County Judge of Panola County, State of Texas, on this day personally appeared Dr. F.W. Cariker, who is a reputable practicing physician of this County, who being by me duly sworn on oath, states that he had carefully and thoroughly examined A.J. Garland, applicant for a pension, and finds him laboring under the following disabilities which render him unable to labor at any work or calling sufficient to earn a support for himself: General Disability
Fred W. Cariker
Sworn and subscribed before me this 12th day of October, AD 1903.
CERTIFICATE OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
We the undersigned members of the Commissioners Court of Panola County, Texas, hereby certify that the foregoing application of A.J. Garland for a pension, together with the proof in support thereof, was duly submitted by Hon. J.G. Woolworth, County Judge of this Panola County, to the Commissioners of this Panola County, at a regular term thereof on the 11th of November AD 1903, and after a careful consideration of the same we find the said applicant is lawfully entitled to the pension provided for by the Confederate Pension Law of this State, and we hereby approve said application. Witness our hands and seal of office at Carthage, Texas this 11th day of Nov. AD 1903
John A. Heaton
J.W. Bowen
G.A. Westmoreland
C.C. Johnson
AFFIDAVIT OF SUPPORT
Before me, J.G. Woolworth, County Judge in and for Panola County, Texas, on this day personally appeared W.M. Brian and A.R. Garland who, being by me duly sworn, depose and say, that their ages are 61 and 60 years respectively, and that their places of residence is Clayton, Panola County, Texas. We personally know and did know T.J. Garland, who is an applicant for a pension herein. We have known t.J. Garland since he was a child. We were boys together; we first knew him in Alabama Barber (sic) County when a child. We personally know that T.J. Garland, applicant for a pension, enlisted in the service of the Confederacy and performed the duties of a soldier. We personally know that T.J. Garland enlisted in R.F. Kolb’s Barber (sic) Light Artillery. He enlisted during may 1862 and performed the duties of a soldier until about May 1865. He enlisted in Barber (sic) County, Alabama. We were in the war together is the source of our knowledge. We know that the said T.J. Garland is unable to support himself by labor of any sort. We never did know any other soldier by the name of T.J. Garland serving in the same regiment or any other. We are positively certain that said T.J. Garland, applicant for pension, is the identical T.J. Garland who enlisted from Barber (sic) County, Alabama. Our answer is not based on conjecture, for we saw him enlist and served with him during the war. We know that T.J. Garland never did desert the Confederacy.
W.M. Bryan
A.R. Garland
Sworn to and subscribed before me on this the 8th day of September, 1903.
J.G. Woolworth
County Judge, Panola County, Texas
COMPTROLLER’S DEPARTMENT
State of Texas – Austin
Mr. T.J. Garland, Fair Play, Texas
Dear Sir,
Your application for a pension under Act of the Legislature of Texas, approved May 12, 1899, was filed in this Department and approved on the 28th day of March, 1904. The file number of your Claim is 10281 and your first payment under the law cannot be made before April 1, 1904. The enclosed blank affidavit must be filed on or after the 1st of April, 1904.. Your warrant for pension cannot issue until the affidavit is properly filled out and returned to this office. Go before some officer with seal authorized to administer oaths on and after the first of each quarter. This notice should be retained by you, and in writing about your pension mention above number. Take notice that the law does not provide for the payment of back pensions.
Respectfully,
R.M. Love, Comptroller