STATE OF ARKANSAS}
County of (Blank)}SS
We, the undersigned, sitting as a Pension Board for Scott County, do certify that we have examined the application of the
within named Obediah D. Neal for pension, under Act of General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, as approved March 11, 1901,
and subsequent amendatory Acts, 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 full pension.
J.M. Harvey (Seal)
T.J. Oliver (Seal)
C. Bevill(Seal)
EVIDENCE OF PHYSICIAN
(ORIGINAL APPLICATION)
STATE OF ARKANSAS,}
County of Scott}
I, F.R. Duncan, a duly registered and practicing physician in Scott County, Arkansas, do hereby certify that I am personally
well acquainted with Obediah D. Neal of Scott County, 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: None
Physical condition and to what cause is his incapacity for manual labor attributable: The said Obediah D. Neal is in a very
feeble and weakened condition on account of advanced old age, and on account of his age and physical condition is totally
disabled to perform manual labor and that said disability is not the result of his own vicious habits still persisted in.
Extent of disability: Total
F.R. Duncan, M.D.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 18th day of March 1924
M.C. Bird, Notary Public
My Commission Expires 1-17-1925
For Original Applicants
PROOF OF INDIGENCY
STATE OF ARKANSAS,}
County of Scott}
On this day personally came before the undersigned, a Notary Public within and for the County of Scott and State of Arkansas,
R.L. Self and H.H. Lynch, citizens of said County of Scott, whom I certify to be credible persons and worthy of confidence,
who, being duly sworn, state that they are each, personally, well acquainted with applicant Obediah D. Neal and have known
him for forty and forty 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 means of old age 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 $500.00,
not including the value of his or her homestead,* or household goods. That neither he nor his wife is in receipt of any income,
annuity, pension or wages for any service, or the emoluments of an office, in excess of $250.00 per year. That we have no
interest in this claim.
R.L. Self
H.H. Lynch
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 18th day of March, 1924
S.K. Duncan, Notary Public
My Commission Expires Jan. 2, 1925
*In city or town homestead shall not exceed 1 acre in extent, or $2,500 in value; in country shall not exceed 160 acres in
extent, or $2,500 in value.
DECEASED PENSIONER'S WIDOW'S APPLICATION
STATE OF ARKANSAS}
County of Scott}
I, Ruanah N. Neal, do solemnly swear that I was born on the 13th day of November 1873, and that I am the widow of Obediah D.
Neal, who served as a soldier in the army (or sailor in the navy) of the Confederate States, his proof of service being now
on file in the Auditor's Office, at Little Rock, he having been allowed a pension under Act of the General Assembly,
approved March 11, 1901, and subsequent amendatory Acts, while a resident of Scott County, Arkansas; that I am now, and for
the past 58 years have been a bona fide resident of the State; that I do not own property, real or personal, or both, or money
or choses in action, in excess of the value of $500.00 (not including the value of homestead,* or household goods); nor have
I conveyed title to any property to enable me to draw a pension, and that I am not in receipt of any income, annuity, pension
or wages for any services, the emoluments of any office, in excess of $250.00 per year; that my husband died on the 2nd day
of December 1931. That I am at the present time a widow and in indigent circumstances.
Ruanah N. Neal
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 22nd day of December 1931.
V.H. Brasher, County Clerk
*In city or town homestead shall not exceed 1 acre in extent, or $2,500 in value; in country shall not exceed 160 acres in
extent, or $2,500 in value.
PROOF OF WIDOW'S CONTINUED INDIGENCY
STATE OF ARKANSAS}
County of Scott}
On this day personally came before the undersigned, a (blank) within and for the County of (blank) and State of Arkansas (blank)
citizen of (blank), whom I certify to be a credible person and worthy of confidence, who, being duly sworn, state that he
(or she) is personally well acquainted with the applicant and have known her for the past 25 or more years. That she is the
widow of Obediah D. Neal who died on the 2nd day of December 1931.
That she is now and has been for the past 58 years a bona fide resident of Arkansas. That I do know from my personal knowledge
all property owned by her is not worth exceeding $500.00, (not including the value of her homestead,* or household goods).
That she is not in receipt of any income, annuity, pension or wages for any services in excess of $250.00 per year. That I
have no interest in this claim. That she is at the present time a widow and in indigent circumstances.
Witness: LD. Duncan
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 28 day of Dec. 1931
S.K. Duncan, N.P.
*In city or town homestead shall not exceed 1 acre in extent, or $2,500 in value; in country shall not exceed 160 acres in
extent, or $2,500 in value.
STATE OF ARKANSAS}
County of (blank)}
I (or we) the undersigned, member of the County Pension Board for (blank) County, do hereby certify that I (or we) have
examined the application of the within named (blank) for pension, as the widow of (blank), deceased pensioner, and the proof
in support of same, find that said applicant is in indigent circumstances and that her claim is just, and that she should be
allowed a Confederate pension.
Witness: T.R. Harrison (Seal)
26666C
APPLICATION OF
Ruanah N. Neal
Widow
Neal, Obediah, P.O.
Scott County
Filed this 31 day of Mar, 1932
J. Oscar Humphrey, State Auditor
Examined and approved by the State Pension Board, and Auditor authorized to draw warrant for same, this 31 day of March,
1932
Ed F. McDonald, Secretay of State
J. Oscar Humphrey, Auditor of State
CERTIFICATE OF COUNTY CLERK
(Of Pension Due Estate of Deceased Pensioner)
STATE OF ARKANSAS}
County of Scott}
I, V.H. Brasher, Clerk of the County Court within and for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Obediah D.
Neal was a Confederate pensioner, residing in said State, that the application of the said Obediah D. Neal was originally
filed in said County; that said Obediah D. Neal died on or about the 2nd day of December, 1931, that the last allowance or
issuance of a pension warrant to said deceased pensioner was made in (illegible), and that Nancy R. Neal, Executor of the
will of said Obediah D. Neal, is entitled to receive, under the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly, approved May
31, 1909, the pro rata amount accruing (illegible) to date of death of said pensioner, subject to the apportionment of the
pension fund made by the State Board of Pensions for the present year.
Given under my hand and seal of office this 27th day of February 1932.
V.H. Brasher, Clerk of Scott County, by (blank) Deputy Clerk.
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