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Henderson County Texas
Welcome to the Henderson County TXGenWeb site. My name is Laura Gregory Roberts. I am the Volunteer County Coordinator for Henderson County, Jane Keppler, co-coordinator . We hope that with the help of the fine folks of the county, we will be able to make this a site that helps all that visit.
(Give
date and cause.)
that
I have been a bona fide citizen of this State since prior to
January 1, A. D. 1900, and have been continuously since a citizen
of the State of Texas. I do further state that I do not hold any
National, State, city or county office which
pays me a salary or fees of $300.00 per annum, nor have I an
income from other employment or other source whatever which
amounts to $300.00 per annum, nor do I receive from any source
whatever money or other means of support amounting in value to
the sum of $300.00 per annum, nor do I own in my own right, nor
does any one hold in trust for my benefit or use, nor does my
wife own, nor does any one hold in trust for my wife, estate or
property, either real, personal or mixed, either in fee or for
life, of the assessed value of over one thousand dollars
exclusive of a home of the value of not more than $1000.00; nor
do I receive aid or pension from any other State, or from the
United States, or from any other source, and that I am not an
inmate of the Confederate Home, and I do further state that the
answers given to the following questions are true: 1. What
is your age? 75 years
2. Where were you born Near Corinth, Tipper
County, Miss.
3. How long have you resided in Texas? 37 years
4. In what county do you reside? Henderson
5. How long have you resided in said county, and what is
your postoffice address? 23 years Eustace R.F.D. #1
6. Have you applied for a pension under the Confederate
pension law and been rejected? If rejected, state
when and where No
7. What is your occupation, if able to engage in one?
Farming What is your physical
condition? Very feeble
8. In what State was the command in which you served
organized? Mississippi
9. How long did you serve? Give, if possible, the date of
enlistment and discharge Enlisted about Dec. 1863
Surrendered about May 1865
10. What was the letter of your company, number of battalion,
regiment or battery? Co. H. 31 Miss. Reg.
11. If transferred from one command to another, give time of
transfer, name of command and time of service.
No transfer
12. What branch of the service did you enlist in--infantry,
cavalry, artillery or navy? Infantry
13. If commissioned direct by the President, what was your
rank and line of duty? Not Commissioned
14. If detailed for special service, under the law of
conscription, what was the nature of your service and how long
did you serve?
15. What is the assessed value of your home, if you own a
home? $20
16. What is the assessed value of your other
property? $15
17. Have you transferred to others any property of any kind
for the purpose of becoming a beneficiary under this law?
No Wherefore your
petitioner prays that his application for a pension be approved
and such other proceedings be had in the premises as are required
by
law. (Signature of Applicant) J R Hamilton
Sworn to and subscribed
before me, this
4 day of
August A.D. 1923
Joe A. Johnson
[Seal]
County Judge Henderson County,
Texas
AFFIDAVIT OF WITNESSES
[Note.]--There
must be at least two creditable witnesses.
THE STATE OF TEXAS County of
Henderson
Before me
Joe A. Johnson , County Judge
of
Henderson County, State of
Texas, on this day personally appeared
J.T. Coggins & Mrs. M.R. Earnest known
to me to be credible citizens, who, being duly sworn, on oath
state that they personally know J.R.
Hamilton , the above named applicant for a
pension, and that they personally know that the said
J.R. Hamilton has been a bona fide resident
citizen of the State of Texas since prior to January 1, A.D.
1900, and that they have no interest in his claim.
(Signature of Witness)
J.T. Coggins
(Signature of Witness) Mrs. R Earnest
Sworn to and subscribed before me,
this 4 day
of August A.D. 192
Joe A. Johnson
[Seal]
County Judge Henderson County,
Texas
__________ AFFIDAVIT OF WITNESS
(If possible the two witnesses should
have served with the applicant in the army, and if so, let them,
or either, state it in their own oath, their source of knowledge;
also any information regarding applicant's army service.) THE
STATE OF TEXAS County of Henderson
Before me, Joe A.
Johnson , County Judge of
Henderson County, State of Texas, on this day
personally appeared Mrs. M.R. Earnest
who are personally known to me to be credible citizens, who,
being sworn, on oath state that they are personally acquainted
with the foregoing applicant, and that the facts set forth and
statements made in his application are correct and true, to the
best of their knowledge and belief, and that they have no
interest in his claim, and said applicant's habits are good and
free from dishonor. And I
further make oath to the following facts touching the applicant's
service in the Confederate Army: (State fully your source of
knowledge.)
I know that J.R. Hamilton was the 31st Mississippi Regiment
Co. H. That his captain was Geo. Naron. The reason I
know this he and my husband were in the same Company and Command.
(Signature of Witness) M.R. Earnest
(Signature of Witness)
Sworn to and subscribed before me,
this 4 day
of August A.D. 192
Joe A. Johnson
[Seal]
County Judge Henderson County,
Texas
__________ CERTIFICATE OF STATE AND COUNTY ASSESSOR
__________
I, D.C.
Davis , State and County Assessor in the
County of Henderson , State of
Texas, do certify that J R
Hamilton or his wife, or his trustee, or
trustee for his wife whose name is signed to the foregoing
application for a pension, under the Act of the Thirty-third
Legislature, approved April 7, 1913, is charged on the Tax rolls
of said county with a homestead of the value of
Twenty Dollars, and
of other property, real or personal, or both, of the value
of
Ten Dollars.
Given under my hand, this
4 day
of August A.D. 1923
D.C. Davis
State and County Assessor.
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF HARDEMAN
Before me Chas. Y. Welch County Judge of Hardeman County, Texas
on this day personally appered Thomas Alford known to me to be a
breditable citizen who after being by me sworn according to law
deposes and says that he is well acquainted with Jim R. Hamilton,
and that the makes the following statement concerning the
services of the said Jim R. Hamilton in the Confederate Army.
I served with the said Jim R. Hamilton in Company "H"
31st Mississippi. and the said Jim R. Hamilton served as long as
Three years, and was honorably discharged from the service.
The captian of our Company was George Naron. WITNESS MY HAND AT
QUANAH, TEXAS THIS THE 7th day of Dec. 1923
Thomas Alford Subscribed and sworn to before me this the 7th
day of Dec. 1923
Chas. Y. Welch
County Judge in and for
Hardeman County, Texas.
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF FREESTONE
Before me, Lex Smith, a Notary Public, in and for Freestone
County, Texas, on this the 4th day of December, A.D. 1923,
personally came and appeared George W. Fife, who being by me
first duly sworn on his oath desposes and says; That he is a
resident of Teague, Freestone County, Texas and has resided in
said twon for over four years last past; that he is seventy five
years of age, and will be 76 years of age on October 31st, 1924;
That he is an ex-confederate soldier, having served in the
Confederate Army, in Company H, 31st Mississippi, in Cavalry
Dept. That Geo. Naron or "Nairn", was captian of said
Company, and Colonel Orr was the Colonel; That the affiant
personally knew James Russell Hamilton, now of Henderson County,
Texas; that affiant and the said James Russell Hamilton lived in
the same community prior to the Civil War; That affiant enlisted
in said war in March 1863, and remained until the end of said
war; That affiant knows that the said James Russell Hamilton,
enlisted in the Confederate Army prior to the time of the
enlistment of affiant. That affiant also knew the same
James Russell Hamilton, while he (Hamilton) was in said Army of
the confederacy; That the said James Russell Hamilton, was a
member of Company H. Mississippi 31st, Infantry; That affiant
knows that the said James Russell Hamilton served for over two
years in said Army.
George W. Fife
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this
the 4th day of Dec. 1923.
Lex Smith
Notary Public, Freestone County, Texas
APPLICATION FOR MORTUARY WARRANT
THE STATE OF TEXAS
County of
Henderson
I, A.W.
Hamilton do hereby certify that
I am the person to whom is entrusted the paying of the accounts
and indebtedness of the late J.R.
Hamilton , who was a pensioner of the State
of Texas, and whose file number was
39831 and whose original county
was Henderson
The said
pensioner J.R.
Hamilton ,
died on the 29th day
of December , 1928
, in the town of Near
Eustace County of
Henderson , Texas.
The pensioner died in
the home of in his own home
who was related to the pensioner as
That the warrant,
which application is hereby made for, shall be applied to paying
all or part of the funeral expenses incurred by the said
pensioner J.R. Hamilton
I further certify that the
warrant for the current quarter has not been cashed by the
pensioner, to the best of my knowledge and belief.
I am related to the
pensioner as (Friend) Son
that my postoffice address is Eustace,
Texas, R 1
Street or R.F.D.
City
State
Signed A.W. Hamilton
Sworn to before me this
4th day of
January , 1929
C. Simmons?
Notary Public in and for Henderson State
of Texas
___________ CERTIFICATE OF UNDERTAKER
I, W.L.
Ballard , do certify that I am the
undertaker in the town of
Eustace , County of Henderson
, State of Texas that I had charge of
the body of J.R. Hamilton ,
who died on the 29th day of
December 1928 .
That said body was prepared for burial by me on the
29th day of December
1928 , and that I am of the opinion that warrant
herein applied for should be issued to the said
A.W. Hamilton who makes the
foregoing application.
Signed W.L. Ballard & Son J? A. Ballard
Undertaker
According to the cover sheet, the pension was approved 4/1/1924
and allowed from 3/1/1924.
Submitted by: mearsm2@earthlink.net
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