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Polk-Carroll County GaArchives Military Records.....Winkles, William M September 17 1902
Civilwar - Pension Co G 41st Reg GA Inf
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Confederate Veteran Pension Application
QUESTIONS FOR APPLICANT

State of Georgia
Polk County

William M Winkles of said State and County, desiring to avail himself of the
Pension
Act (Section 1254, Code), hereby submits his proofs, and after being duly sworn
true answers to make to the following questions, deposes and answers as follows:

1. What is your name and where do you reside? (give State, County and post
office)
W. M. Winkles, Walthral, Polk Co GA.
2. How long and since when have you been a resident of this State?
70 years since I was a child.
3. When and where were you born?
1830. in S.C.
4. When and where and in what company and regiment did you enlist or serve?
1862 Mar. Carrollton<?> Ga Co "G" 41 Reg Ga Inf.
5. How long did you remain in such company and regiment?
About 3 years.
6. When and where was your company and regiment surrendered and discharged?
I don't know.
7. Were you present with your company and regiment when it surrendered?
I was not.
8. If not present, state specifically and clearly where you were, when you
left your command, for what cause and by whose authority?
At home. was honorably discharged at Corinth Mississippi about Mar 10 - 1865
9. How much can you earn per annum by your own exertions of labor?
nothing at all. 2<?>
10. What has been your occupation since 1865?
Farming till 15 years ago
11. Upon which of the following grounds do you base your application for
pension, viz: first, "age and poverty," second, "infirmity and poverty," or
third, "blindness and poverty"?
Age & Poverty & Infirmity & Poverty
12. If upon the first ground, state how long you have been in such condition
that you could not earn your support? If upon the second, give a full and
complete history of the infirmity and its extent? If upon the third, state
whether you are totally blind and when and where you lost your sight?
done no work in 15 years. Have not been able. My right shoulder was dislocated
before I left the service. Have had 4 ribs broken & my back. 3 joints of my back
bone got knocked out of place <continuing vertically down right margin> and
are so yet. I have heart trouble also and am unable to do anthing for 15 years
<??> I was discharged on <??> of heart<?> disease and my dislocated
shoulder. by Regt Surgeon. Witnessed<?> by Tom Montgomery. discharge lost.
13. What property, real or personal, or income, do you possess, and its gross
value?
Nothing. Not even H.H.goods.
14. What property, real or personal, did you possess in 1894, 1895, 1896, 1898,
and 1899, and what disposition, if any, by sale or gift, have you made of
same?
None in that<?> <??> except my clothes and what I eat, & they were given to me.
15. In what county did you reside during those years, and what property did you
then return for taxation?
Polk County. No return for taxes.
16. How were you supported during the years 1898 and 1899?
My son William who has a family of his own. Has done so 15 years.
17. How much did your support cost for each of those years, and what portion
did you contribute thereto by your own labor or income?
Don't know, Nothing
18. What was your employment during 1898 and 1899? What pay did you receive in
each year?
None - Nothing.
19. Have you a family? If so, who composes such family? Give their means of
support?
Myself & old Lady. We live with our son William. He has no home. None of us
have any income or homestead.
20. Are you receiving any pension? If so, what amount and for what
disability?
No.
21. Have you ever made an application for pension before?
No. made out, but never sent
22. How many applications have you ever made and under what class?
None

applicant William M Winkles.

Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 17h day of Sept 1902.
( <???>)

A D Hogg, Ordinary of Polk County.

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QUESTIONS FOR WITNESS

State of Georgia
Carroll County

C. J. (Cosby) Barton, of said State and County, having been presented as a
witness in
support of the application of W. M. Winkles for pension under section 1254, Code,
and after being duly sworn true answers to make to the following questions,
deposes and answers as follows:

1. What is your name and where do you reside?
C. J. (Cosby) Burton Halett<?>, Carroll Co GA.
2. Are you acquainted with W. M. Winkles, the applicant; if so how long have you
known him?
yes. more than 40 years
3. Where does he reside, and how long and since when has he been a resident of
this state?
Polk Co Ga. Resided in Ga since I first knew him
4. When, where and in what company and regiment did he enlist, and how do you
know?
1862- spring. Carrollton Ga. We went off together.
5. Were you a member of the same company and regiment?
I was
6. How long did he perform regular military duty?
about 3 years
7. When and where was his command surrendered?
Near Goldsboro N.C. down in a pine thicket.
8. Were you present when it surrendered?
I was
9. Was applicant present?
He was not.
10. If he was not present, where was he?
Had just been discharged & sent home.
When did he leave his command?
about March
For what cause?
was discharged
By what authority he left?
The doctor of his Regt.
How do you know all of this?
I was there & known all about it at the time. My memory is not good but
I can remember things that happened them. I know that his shoulder was
<continued vertically down right margin> dislocated the doctors had to
set it every once in a while. He got so bad that the doctors discharged
him at Corinth Miss in the spring of 1865 & sent him home just a short time
before surrender
11. What property, effects or income has the applicant? (give means of knowledge)
I only know that he is a poor man.
12. What property, effects or income did the applicant possess in 1896, 1897,
1898, and 1899, and what disposition, if any, did he make of same?
Don't know.
13. Has he conveyed away any of his property in the last four years, if so,
what was it and to whom?
Don't know.
14. What is the applicant's occupation and physical condition?
no occupation, bad enough - can't work
15. Is the applicant unable to support himself by labor of any sort, if so, why?
Yes, can't work at any thing.
16. How was he supported during the years 1898 and 1899?
Don't know.
17. What portion of his support for these two years was derived from his own
labor or income?
Don't know.
18. Give full and complete statement of the applicant's physical condition that
entitles him to a pension under section 1254, Code?
His shoulder still gets out of place. Have just seen his back bone & it is all
knotty and crooked & I know by looking at him that he is certainly disabled.
19. What interest have you in the recovery of a pension by this applicant?
None. Want him to get it because he was a faithful soldier.


Sworn to and subscribed before me, this the 16th day of Sept. 1902.
C. J. Barton, witness

S J Brown
Ordinary


<along left margin>
Georgia, Carroll County, I S J Brown ordinary of said county certify that this
witness C J Barton is
a citizen of said county & is worthy of trust<?> and the contents of this
affidavit <???> were read to
him before signing in witness my hand & official seal . This 16 Sept 1902. S J
Barton, ordinary Carroll
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QUESTIONS FOR WITNESS

State of Georgia
Polk County

S. J. McBurnett, of said State and County, having been presented as a witness in
support of the application of W. M. Winkles for pension under section 1254, Code,
and after being duly sworn true answers to make to the following questions,
deposes and answers as follows:

1. What is your name and where do you reside?
S. J. McBurnett Polk County (Walthrall Ga)
2. Are you acquainted with W. M. Winkles, the applicant; if so how long have you
known him?
yes. for 20 years
3. Where does he reside, and how long and since when has he been a resident of
this state?
In Polk County since 1892
4. When, where and in what company and regiment did he enlist, and how do you
know?
Don't Know
5. Were you a member of the same company and regiment?
no
6. How long did he perform regular military duty?
don't know
7. When and where was his command surrendered?
(ditto marks}
8. Were you present when it surrendered?
no
9. Was applicant present?
Don't Know
10. If he was not present, where was he?
(blank)
When did he leave his command?
(blank)
For what cause?
(blank)
By what authority he left?
Don't Know
How do you know all of this?
(blank)
11. What property, effects or income has the applicant? (give means of knowledge)
None. I live close to him
12. What property, effects or income did the applicant possess in 1896, 1897,
1898, and 1899, and what disposition, if any, did he make of same?
None
13. Has he conveyed away any of his property in the last four years, if so,
what was it and to whom?
No Had none to convey
14. What is the applicant's occupation and physical condition?
Has no occupation. his phisical condition Very Poor ("Very Poor" is underlined)
Has lame back in bad health
15. Is the applicant unable to support himself by labor of any sort, if so, why?
He is on account of being entirely helpless unable to work
16. How was he supported during the years 1898 and 1899?
By his son
17. What portion of his support for these two years was derived from his own
labor or income?
no portion he being unable to work at all
18. Give full and complete statement of the applicant's physical condition that
entitles him to a pension under section 1254, Code?
He had his back broken 10 years ago Since then as been entirely unable to do
any work
19. What interest have you in the recovery of a pension by this applicant?
None


Sworn to and subscribed before me, this the 17th day of Sept. 1902.
S. J. McBurnett, witness

A D Hogg
Ordinary


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AFFIDAVIT OF PHYSICIANS

State of Georgia
Polk County

Personally came before me W. H. Mansell and W. G. England both known to be
reputable physicians of said county, who, being severally sworn, say on oath
that they have examined carefully William M. Winkles, applicant for pension under
Section 1254, Code, and after such personal examination say that his precise
physical condition is as follows:

Very much enfeebled from age, exposure<?> & Rhumatic <??>, Loss of use of Right
arm
from <???> - Severe injury to spine, due to injury about 15 years ago
Incompacitated<?>
from enaring a living in any way whatsoever

and that we have no interest in said pension being allowed.

W. G. England, M.D.
W. H. Mansell, M.D.

Sworn to and subscribed before me, this the 17th day of Sept. 1902.

A D Hogg, Ordinary.

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ORDINARY'S CERTIFICATE

State of Georgia
Muscogee County

I, A D Hogg, Ordinary in and for said county, hereby certify that the
applicant William M Winkles resides in said county, and has been a bona fide
resident
of this state since the first day of Jan 1890 and that the witnesses
(blank) are of trustworthy character, and
that before answering the foregoing questions the applicant and each witness
took the oath hereon prescribed, and that the full text of the affidavits was
read to the applicant and witness before same was signed.

I further certify that the tax digests of Polk County show that applicant
returned for taxation in his name in 1899, no return Dollars of property, and in
1900, (ditto marks) Dollars of property.

In my opinion, the foregoing claim is made in good faith.
Witness my hand and seal of office, this 12th day of Sept 1902.

A D Hogg, Ordinary of Polk County.

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FOR APPLICANTS WHO HERETOFORE ALLOWED PENSIONS.
State of Georgia
Polk County

Personally appears William M Winkles of Polk County, State of Georgia,
who, being duly sworn, says on oath that he is a bona fide citizen and resident
of said County and State, and has resided in said State continuously ever
since the
1st day of Jan, 1894; that he is 74 years old and by occupation a farmer, that
he enlisted
in the military service of the Confederate States (or the State of Ga) during
the war between
the States, and served for the term of 3 years in Company G of 41st Regiment of
Ga infantry;
that his physical condition is as follows:
Badly afflicted with rhumentism
that his property consists of the following items: nothing
of the value of (blank) Dollars, that by reason of his physical condition and
poverty he is
unable to support himself by his own exertion or labor, and that he receives no
pension
but the one herein applied for.
Deponent desires to participate in the benefits of the Act, approved
December 15th,
1894, and the Acts amedatory thereof, and makes application for the pension to
which
and the Acts amendatory thereof, and makes application for the pension to which he
is entitled for the year 1904 . I have heretofore as a resident of Polk County
been allowed
a Pension for the year 1903

William M Winkles

Sworn to and subscribed before me, this the 4th day of Jan 1904.
A D Hogg Ordinary.

STATE OF GEOGIA
Polk Count.

I, A. D. Hogg Ordinary of said County, do certify that I am well acquainted with
William M. Winkles the applicant in the foregoing affidavit, and am well
satisfied that
the statements made by him in said affidavit are true, and I know he is the
individual he
represents himself to be, and that he resides in this County.

Given under my official signature and sent this 4th day of Jan 1904.
A. D. Hogg
Ordinary Polk County.






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