William T. Autrey Civil War File

Scott County Arkansas
Civil War Pension Application
WILLIAM T. AUTREY, CSA
Transcribed & Contributed by Delaine Edwards

STATE OF ARKANSAS}
County of Scott} ss.
We, the undersigned, sitting as a Pension Board for Scott County, do certify that we have examined the application of the within named Wm. T. Autrey for pension, under Act of the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, as approved March 11, 1901, and the proof in support of same, and find that said applicant is a wounded Confederate soldier, is in indigent circumstances, and wholly or partially incapacitated for manual labor, and that his claim is just, and that he should be allowed $75.00 pension.
[Signed] C. Malone (Seal)
[Signed] L.P. Fuller (Seal)
[Signed] Wiley Young (Seal)

5003
Application of
Wm. T. Autrey
Weeks P.O.
Scott County
Examined and approved
and $75.00 allowed and Auditor
authorized to draw warrant for same.
This 14 day of Aug. 1905
O.C. Lugwig, Sec'y. of State
A.E. Moore, Auditor
Don W. Jones, Major General Commanding U.C.V.

APPLICATION FOR PENSION

STATE OF ARKANSAS}
County of Scott}
I, Wm. T. Autrey do solemnly swear that I served as a soldier in the army (or sailor in the navy) of the Confederate States, being a member of 43rd Tenn. Regiment of Infantry from the state of Tennessee; that I was honorably discharged (paroled or released) from such service on or about the [blank] day of Mch. or Apr. 1865 and did not desert the same; that I am now, and for the past twelve months have been, a bona fide resident of this State; that I do not myself, nor does my wife, nor do we both together, own property, real or personal, or both, or money or choses in action in excess of the value of $400.00 (exclusive of household goods and wearing apparel), nor has either of us conveyed title to any property to enable me to draw a pension, and that neither I nor my wife is in receipt of any income, annuity, pension or wages for any services, the emoluments of an office, in excess of $150.00 per year; that I am incapacitated to perform manual labor in any of the ordinary avocations of life and that such incapacity (or disability) is the result of general disability by reason of old age, and on accounty of my age and ill health not being scarcely able to do any work at all and that such disability is not the result of my own vicious habits still persisted in, so help me God.
(Signature) W.T. Autrey
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 27 dy of March 1905
Thos. M. Duncan, Clerk
By S.K. Duncan, Jr., D.C.

PROOF OF SERVICE
(By Comrades if Possible)

State of Texas}
County of McLennan}
On this day personally came before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace & Ex officio Notary Public within and for the County of McLennan and State of Texas, John Taylor, citizen of Texas whom I certify to be creditable person and worthy of confidence, who being duly sworn, state that they are each, personally, well acquainted with applicant Wm. T. Autrey and have known him Fifty years, respectively.
That he was a Confederate soldier. Belonging to Company "A" 43rd Regiment of Tenn. That as such soldier he served from 1862 to 1865. That he was honorably discharged (paroled or released) from such service, and did not desert the same. That he is now and has been for the past twelve months a bona fide resident of Arkansas. That he is incapacitated for manual labor by reason of old age and general disability and that such incapacity (or disability) is not the result of his own vicious habits still persisted in. That to the best of our knowledge, all property now owned by him and his wife, together, is not worth exceeding $400 (exclusive of household goods and wearing apparel). That neither he nor his wife is in receipt of any income, annuity, pension or wages for any services, or the emoluments of an office, in excess of $150 per year. That we have no interest in this claim.
[Signed] John Taylor
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 5 day of May 1905.
[Signed] R.A. Ward, J.P. & Exofficio
Notary Public, McLennan County, Texas

EVIDENCE OF PHYSICIAN

STATE OF ARKANSAS}
County of Scott}
I, R.C. Cline, a duly registered and practicing physician in Scott County, Arkansas, do hereby certify that I am personally well acquainted with W.T. Autrey, of Scott Co., Arkansas, who is an applicant for a pension under the Statutes of Arkansas.
That at his request I have made an examination of his physical condition, and find: State description and character of wound [blank].
Physical condition and to what cause is his incapacity for manual labor attributable: general disability the result of old age and that said disability is not the result of his own vicious habits still persisted in.
Extent of disability 3/4
[Signed] R.C. Cline, M.D.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 25 day of May 1905.
[Signed] B.F. Long, J.P.

PROOF OF SERVICE
(By Comrades if Possible)

STATE OF ARKANSAS}
County of Scott}
On this day personally came before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Scott and State of Arkansas R.M. Autrey citizens of Ind. Ter. whom I certify to be creditable persons and worthy of confidence, who being duly sworn, state that they are each, personally, well acquainted with applicant Wm. T. Autrey and have known him 58 years, respectively.
That he was a Confederate soldier. Belonging to Company "A" 43rd Regiment of Tenn. That as such soldier he served from 1862 to 1865. That he was honorably discharged (paroled or released) from such service, and did not desert the same. That he is now and has been for the past twelve months a bona fide resident of Arkansas. That he is incapacitated for manual labor by reason of old age and general disability and that such incapacity (or disability) is not the result of his own vicious habits still persisted in. That to the best of our knowledge, all property now owned by him and his wife, together, is not worth exceeding $400 (exclusive of household goods and wearing apparel). That neither he nor his wife is in receipt of any income, annuity, pension or wages for any services, or the emoluments of an office, in excess of $150 per year. That we have no interest in this claim.
[Signed] R.M. Autrey
Subscribed and sworn to before me this the 14 day of April 1905.
[Signed] B.F. Long, J.P.

APPLICATION FOR INCREASE OF PENSION

STATE OF ARKANSAS}
County of Scott}
I, Wm. T. Autry do solemnly swear that I am now, and for the past twelve months have been, a bona fide resident of this State; that I am now drawing a pension as an ex-Confederate soldier, under an Act of the General Assembly of 1901, having made my original application from the county of Scott, Ark; that I am still in indigent circumstances; that I do no myself, nor does my wife, nor do we both together, own property, real or personal, or both, or money or choses in action in excess of the value of $400.00 (exclusive of household goods and wearing apparel), nor has either of us conveyed title to any property to enable me to draw a pension, and that neither I nor my wife is in receipt of any income, annuity, pension or wages for any services, the emoluments of an office, in excess of $150.00 per year; that I am incapacitated to perform manual labor in any of the ordinary avocations of life; that my disability has increased, and I am less able to perform manual labor than when my original application was made, by reason of age. Regiment 43, Co. A Tenn. Vol. and I hereby make application for an increase of pension, under Act of the General Assembly of 1907.
(Signature) Wm. T. (his X mark) Autry
[Witnesses to mark]
[Signed] Will Furguson
[Signed] C.F. Johnson
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 3rd day of June 1909
[Signed] D.H. Blair, J.P.

PROOF OF PROPERTY

STATE OF ARKANSAS}
County of Scott}
On this day personally came before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Scott and State of Ark., F.L. Blair and L. Neal, citizens of Weeks, Ark., whom I certify to be creditable persons and worthy of confidence, who being duly sworn, state that they are each, personally, well acquainted with applicant for pension Wm. T. Autrey and have known him 12 years and 15 years, respectively.
That he is now and has been for the past twelve months a bona fide resident of Arkansas. That he is incapacitated for manual labor by reason of advanced age and general debility and that such incapacity (or disability) is not the result of his own vicious habits still persisted in. That to the best of our knowledge, all property now owned by him and his wife, together, is not worth exceeding $400 (exclusive of household goods and wearing apparel). That neither he nor his wife is in receipt of any income, annuity, pension or wages for any services, or the emoluments of an office, in excess of $150 per year. That we have no interest in this claim.
[Signed] F.L. Blair
[Signed] L. Neal
Subscribed and sworn to before me this the 26 day of June 1905
[Signed] B.F. Long, J.P.

EVIDENCE OF PHYSICIAN
On Application for Increase of Pension

STATE OF ARKANSAS}
County of Scott}
I, R.C. Cline, a duly registered and practicing physician in Scott County, Arkansas, do hereby certify that I am personally well acquainted with Wm. T. Autrey of Weeks, Scott Co., Arkansas, who is an applicant for an increase of pension under the Statutes of Arkansas.
That at his request I have made an examination of his physical condition and find: State description and character of wound: None
Physical condition and to what cause is his incapacity for manual labor attributable: Verry feeble, age and infirmity
and that said disability is not the result of his own vicious habits still persisted in No
Extent of disability: Total
[Signed] R.C. Cline, M.D.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 3rd day of June 1909
[Signed] D.H. Blair, J.P.

APPLICATION OF
Wm. T. Autrey
Weeks P.O.
Scott County
Examined and increase
allowed and pension
increased to $100
and Auditor authorized to draw warrant
for same.
This 9 day of Aug. 1909
O.C. Ludwig, Sec. of State
J.P. Jobe, Auditor

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