Jones County, NC - William S. Cox Civil War Pension, 1909

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SOLDIER'S APPLICATION FOR PENSION

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
County of Jones

On this 5th day of July, A. D., 1909, personally appeared before me J. B. 
Collins, C.S.C. in and for the State and county aforesaid, William S. 
Cox, age 66 years, and a resident at Trenton postoffice, in said county 
and State, and who, being duly sworn, makes the following declaration in 
order to obtain the pension under the provisions of an act entitled, An 
act for the relief of certain Confederate Soldiers, Sailors and Widows, 
ratified March 8, 1907; that he is the identical William S. Cox who 
enlisted in Co LT, C1 Reg N.C. State Troops on or about the __ day of 
___, 1862, to service in the armies of the late Confederate States, and 
that while in said service at _________, in the State of _________, on or 
about the _____ day of ________ 186_, he received a wound or wounds, etc.

(Applicant will here state the nature and extent of his wounds and 
disability, so that a proper classification can be made under the new 
Pension Law passed by the General Assembly of 1907.  Read said section of 
said law carefully, and to accomplish the classification therein called 
for let statement here as to nature and extent of wounds, disability, 
etc., be very full and explicit).

He states that on account of his age together with rheumatism he is three 
fourths disabled to perform manual labor.

He further states that he is, and has been for twelve months immediately 
preceding this Application for Pension, a bona fide resident of North 
Carolina; that he holds no office under the United States, or under any 
State or county, from which he is receiving the sum of three hundred 
dollars as fees or as salary annually; that he is not worth in his own 
right, or the right of his wife, property at its assessed value for 
taxation to the amount of five hundred dollars ($500), nor has he 
disposed of property of such value by gift or voluntary conveyance since 
the 11th of March, 1885, and that he is not receiving any aid from the 
State of North Carolina or under any other statute providing for the 
relief of the maimed and blind soldiers of the State.

Sworn and subscribed to before me this 5 day of July, 1909

(signed) J B Collins  Signature of C. S. C.

(signed) W S Cox   Signature of Applicant.

Also personally appeared before Edward Wood, who resides at Kinston 
postoffice in Lenoir county and State, a person whom I know to be 
respectable and entitled to credit, and being by me duly sworn, says he 
is acquainted with Wm S Cox, the applicant for pension, and has every 
reason to believe that he is the identical person he represents himself 
to be, and that the facts set forth in this affidavit are correct to the 
best of his knowledge and belief, and that he has no interest, direct or 
indirect, in this claim.

Sworn and subscribed to before me this 5 day of July, 1909

(signed) J B Collins  Signature of C. S. C.

(signed) Edward Wood  Signature of Witness.

Also personally appeared before me D. H. G. Monk a physician in good 
standing in the said county and State, and being duly sworn, says that he 
has carefully and thoroughly examined WS Cox, the applicant for pension, 
and finds such disability for manual (end of this page JH)


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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

_______COUNTY.

To the Auditor of the State of North Carolina

We certify that we have carefully examined the application of ________ 
for pension under the provisions of an act entitled An act for the 
relief of certain Confederate Soldiers, Sailors and Widows, ratified 
March 8 1907, and the proofs filed in support thereof; that we are 
satisfied the said __________ is the identical person who enlisted in 
Company ________, Regiment of _________ Troops, on or about the ___ day 
of  _____ 186_, and who was disabled in a manner and to the extent stated 
in the foregoing certificates of himself and physician in consequence of 
a wound received in battle on or about the ___day of __________, 186_, 
and we certify the following allegations set forth in his application to 
be true, namely:  That he is, and has been for twelve months immediately 
preceding this Application for Pension, a bona fide resident of North 
Carolina; that he holds no office under the United States, or under any 
State or county, from which he is receiving the sum of three hundred 
dollars as fees or as salary annually; that he is not worth in his own 
right, or the right of his wife, property at its assessed value for 
taxation to the amount of five hundred dollars ($500), nor has he 
disposed of property of such value by gift or voluntary conveyance since 
the 11th of March, 1885, and that he is not receiving aid from any other 
source from the State of North Carolina, and therefore his application is 
correct and just under the act.

(SEAL) _______________________
Clerk Superior Count.

(IMPRESS COUNTY SEAL HERE).

(DIS is written before the typed word Approved JH)

Dis-Approved:

(signed) JW Wooten
(signed) TM Dixon  County Pension Board
(signed) W. C. Kinsey

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