Parker

Parker, James J.

(page1)

Pension Application

Clarke County

Names of Applicant: James J, Parker

Post Office: Quitman, Miss.

Notation Hand Written on Bottom: "Allowed"

Name: James. J. Parker

Age: Fifty-Nine

County Resident: Clarke

Post Office: Quitman, Miss.

Length of Residency in Mississippi: All my life

Marital Status: Married

County Resident When Enlisted in the Service of the Confederate States: Clarke County, State of Miss.

Date of Enlistment: December 1863

Regiment Number in Which First Enlisted: 1st Miss. Calvary

Name of Commander: Col. Smith

Letter or Designation of the Company: Company A

Name of Captain: Capt. Reynolds

Length of Service with above Company: Year and one half

Discharged or Transferred: Yes, Transferred

If Yes, Date of Discharge or Transfer - July 1864

If Discharged - Grounds for Discharge: (no answer given)

If Transferred - Name of Command: Turner's Battery

Enlistment a Second Time: No

If so, Regiment or Company Name: (no answer given)

Discharged Before the Surrender in 1865 - No

Wounded During Service: No

Absent Without Leave at any Time: No

Active with your Command at Surrender in 1865: Yes

Place your Command Surrendered: Meridian, Miss.

Absent from Command at Surrender: No

Reason for Absence: (no answer given)

Length of Absence: (no answer given)

Present Occupation: Farming

Applying for Pension Due to Indigent and Unable to Earn Living: Yes

Receiving a Salary from any State, United State, County, or City Office: No

Sons over 16 or under 21 years of Age: No

You or Wife Own Property: Yes

True, Just and Correct Value: $340.00

Own Home: Yes

Relatives Legally Responsible to Provide for You: No

Relations If Any: Bro, 2 sisters, 4 Children, & mother

Signature of Pensioner: Jas.. J. Parker (sign)

Date: August 12, 1903

Office of Chancery Clerk and County Board of Inquiry, Clarke County, Quitman, Miss., 9/13/1916

We, the undersigned members of the Board of Inquiry, hereby approve the foregoing application of J. J. Parker for pension because we know the applicant to be indigent and physically unable to earn a support by his own labor, caused by wounds or injuries received during the Civil War, and that we believe the facts stated in the above application are true and the party should receive a pension.

Given under our hands and seals of office, this 7 day of Sept. 1903

(no signature) - President of Board (seal)

N. Martin (seal)

C. C. Brannan (seal)

D. S. Thompson (seal)

(no signature) (seal)

J. B. Ferrill (seal)

(page1)

Pension Application

Clarke County

Names of Applicant: James J, Parker

Post Office: Quitman, Miss.

Notation Hand Written on Bottom: "Not Allowed"

APPLICATION FOR PENSION

Name: James J. Parker

Age: 72

County Resident: Clarke

Post Office: Quitman, Miss.

Bona Fide Resident of Mississippi: Yes

Length of Residency: All my life

Marital Status: Wife dead

County Resident When Enlisted in the Service of the Confederate States: Clarke County, State of Miss.

Date of Enlistment: Sept. 1863

Regiment Number in Which First Enlisted: 1st Miss. Regiment

Name of Commander: Col. Arnold

Letter or Designation of the Company: Co. A

Name of Captain: Bill Reynolds

Length of Service with above Company: 3 years

Discharged or Transferred: Yes, Transferred to Turner's Battery

If Yes, Date of Discharge or Transfer - 1864

If Discharged - Grounds for Discharge: (no answer given)

If Transferred - Name of Command: Turner's Battery

Enlistment a Second Time: No

If so, Regiment or Company Name: (no answer given)

Discharged Before the Surrender in 1865 - No

Wounded During Service: No

Lost Foot or Hand: No

Lost Entire Use of Foot or Hand: No

Sustained Pertinent Wounds or Injury Causing Disability to Earn a Living: No

Absent Without Leave at any Time: No

Absent Yourself from Command at any Time: No

Active with your Command at Surrender in 1865: Yes

Place your Command Surrendered: Meridian, Miss.

Absent from Command at Surrender: No

Reason for Absence: (no answer given)

Length of Absence: (no answer given)

Present Occupation: Farming

Applying for Pension Due to Indigent and Unable to Earn Living: Yes

Receiving a Salary from any State, United State, County, or City Office or a Fee of $300.00 per Annum: No

Sons over 16 or under 21 years of Age: No

You or Wife Own Property: Yes

True, Just and Correct Value: $400.00

Own Home: Yes

Relatives Legally Responsible to Provide for You: No

Relations If Any: 4 Children

Signature of Pensioner: James. J. Parker (sign)

Date: August 7, 1915