Henry married Mary Lavania DIXON on 19 Sep 1869 in Schley County, Georgia. Mary (daughter of Hansel Hackley DIXON and Lydia Ann MCMURRAIN) was born in Oct 1852 in Putman County, Georgia; died after 1900 in Schley County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ Schley County Ga Military Records Z.B. /Singletary April 29 1895 Civilwar - Pension

QUESTIONS FOR APPLICANT

State of Georgia
Schley County

ZB. Singleterry of said state and county, desiring to avail himself of the Pension Act approved December 15th, 1894, 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? Z.B. Singleterry Schley County, Ga.
2. Where did you reside on January 1st, 1894, and how long have you been a resident of this state? Schley County. All my life (75 years).
3. When and where were you born? Telfair County, Georgia 1818.
4. Did you volunteer in the Confederate Army or in the Georgia Militia? Georgia Militia.
5. When and where did you enlist? Andersonville, Georgia in 1864.
6. In what company and regiment did you enlist? Company D.(?) Capt. Loyd Co.) Oct. Moon Regiment
7. How long did remain in that company and regiment? Until surrender (?)
8. If you were discharged from same and joined another, or if you were transferred to another, give an account of such discharge or transfer? Never joined any other company.
9. For how long a period did you discharge regular military duty? Over twelve (?) months.
10. When, where and under what circumstances were you discharged from service? Discharged from service near Augusta, Ga. because I was unable to perform military duty.
11. What is your present occupation? Not able to do anything.
12. How much can you earn per annum by your own exertions or labor? Nothing.
13. What has been your occupation since 1865? Farming.
14. What sum would be necessary for your support for this pension year, and how much are you able to contribute thereto either in labor or income? One hundred dollars. Can contribute nothing, cannot walk (?).
15. What is your present physical condition and how long have you been in such condition? Paralyze in left side (?), unable to walk, cannot get on bed without assistance, badly ruptured. Been so ever since the war.
16. 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.
17. 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? ?????
first & second. For five years. Because paralyzed for five years!
18. What property, effects or income do you possess? Own nothing. No property of any kind.
19. What property, effects or income did you possess in 1893 and in 1894 and what disposition, if any, did you make of same? Own nothing in 1893 or 1894.
20. In what county did you reside during those years and what property did you then return for taxation? Schley County. Return nothing for taxation.
21. How where you supported during the years 1893 and 1894? By Schley County.
22. How much did your support cost for each of those years, and what portion did you contribute thereto by your own labor or income? Recd(?) 60.00 ?????? Nothing by my own labor.
23. What was your employment during 1893and 1894? What pay did you receive in each year? Unable to do anything in 1893 & 1894. Received sixty dollars from the county of Schley.
24. Are you married and have you a family? If so, is your wife living and how many children have you? Give age and sex of children and their means of support? Yes, married, wife living, seventy years of age. One child, son 40 years of age, married (7) seven children, farmer. He owns nothing.
25. Are you receiving a pension under any law of this state, if so, what amount and for what disability? Receiving no pension.

J.B. Singleterry (his mark)
Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 29th day of April 1895.
Phil E. Taylor, Ordinary of Schley County.

QUESTIONS FOR WITNESS
State of Georgia
Schley County

Thomas J. Myers, of said state and county, having been presented as a witness in support of the application of Z.B. Singletary for pension under the Act approved December 15th, 1894, 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? Thomas J. Myers Ellaville, Schley Co., Ga.
2. Are you acquainted with Z.B. Singletary, the applicant, if so, how long have you known him? Thirty of thirty-five years.
3. Where does he reside, and how long has he ben a resident of this state? Schley Co., Ga. 30 or 35 years.
4. Do you know of his having served in the Confederate Army of the Georgia Militia? How do you know this? Saw him in service of Georgia Militia at Pocatalego (?) South Carolina for ????? 5 months.
5. When, where and in what company and regiment did he enlist? Andersonville, in Capt.Loyd's Co., Ga. Militia.
6. Where you a member of the same company and regiment? No.
7. How long did he perform regular military duty, and what do you know of his service as a Confederate soldier, and the time and circumstances of his discharge from the service? Do not know that he served more than the time above ????fied. His command & the command I was in camped together at Pocatalego, S.C. Don't know about discharge.
8. What property, effects or income has the applicant? None. Does not give in any property for taxation.
9. What property, effects or income did the applicant possess in 1893 and 1894, and what disposition, if any, did he make of same? None.
10. What is applicant's occupation and physical condition? Paralyzed in left side & in bed. Unable to get up.
11. Is the applicant unable to support himself by labor of any sort, if so, why? Not able to do anything.
12. How was he supported during the years 1893 and 1894? By Schley county.
13. What pportion of his support for these two years was derived from his own
labor or income? None.
14. Give a full and complete statement of the applicant's physical condition that entitles him to a pension under the act of December 15th, 1894? He has been unable from age & infirmity to do anything for himself for years.
15. What interest have you in the recovery of a pension by this applicant? Nothing.

T.J. Myers
Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 4th day of May 1895.
Phil E. Taylor, Ordy., Schley Co.

AFFIDAVIT OF PHYSICIANS

State of Georgia
Schley County

Personally came before me, Dr. J.N. Cheney and Dr. W.D. Sears, both known to me as repuitable physicians of said county; who being severally sworn, say on oath that they have examined carefully J.B. Singleterry, applicant for pension under the act of 1894, and after such personal examination, say that his precise physical condition is as follows:

Paralysis of left side. Hernia (double ?). Confined to his bed, can't get up without assistance. Can't walk. Complete invalid & has been for years. Has been supported by the county for three years.

We further say on oath that the physical condition of applicant renders him unable to labor at any work or calling sufficient to earn a support for himself, and that we have no interest in said pension being allowed.
J.N. Cheney, MD
W.D. Sears, MD
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this the 29th day of April 1895.
P.E. Taylor, Ordy., S.C.

Add'l Info: H.P Harvey, of Sumter County, also witnessed in support of this applcation. His testimony was essentially the same as T.J. Myers.

CSA married Sarah MCCORDEL. Sarah was born in 1820 in Schley County, Georgia; died after 1880. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hansel married Lydia Ann MCMURRAIN. Lydia was born in 1835 in Bibb County, Georgia; died in 1855. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ Singletary Family Genealogy Forum @ genealogy.com posted by V. Allen Singletary
<> March 18, 1999.

I have information on descendants of Thomas W. Singletary and the ancestors of his daughter, Martha Sincletary. Martha was born 30 Sep 1814, Telfair Co., GA, married 1840, Phillip Walker, born 1814, NC, died 1893, Martha died 17 Mar 1869, Schley Co., GA. Her father and mother were Thomas W. Singletary and Anna Barrow.
Thomas W. Singletary, born (1770-75), Camden, Sumter Co., SC, married ca. 1800, in Sumter Co., SC, Anna Barrow, born 1777, NC, (daughter of Taylor Barrow and Mary Purvis). Thomas died 1842, Telfair, Pulaski Co., GA, and Martha died 30 Jul 1858, Schley Co., GA.
Thomas W. Singletary and Anna Barrow had the following known children: Thomas W., Arthur, William, Elijah, Nathan J., Martha, Sarah "Sally", Ziba B., and James T. Singletary. Details are in the genealogy report files.
The 1820 Census showed Thomas and Anna with 7 boys and 3 girls. ((Males: 2 age 0-10; 2 age 10-16; 3 age 16-26; 1 age 45+. Females: 3 age 0-10; 1 age 16-26. No Slaves))
The 1830 Census showed 5 boys, 4 girls. Thomas moved to GA in 1800. Anna, in 1850 lived in Sumter Co., GA. Her obituary dated 9/22/1858 said she left 7 children.
I do not claim credit for the research on these people, but I believe the information is valid.

NOTE 2./ SINGLETARY-BUMPHEAD ROAD
Extracted from The History of Schley County compiled by The Schley County Preservation Society. Surveyed by Lettie Lee Royal. From Ellaville take Hwy 19 south to 27 west, to Bumphead Rd. Go south on bumphead Rd. for approx. a mile. Cemetery on right.
Singletary, Cassie No Marker
Singletary, Gasandra J. 2-01-1818 6-17-1888
Singletary, Infant Dau. of H.H. & A.M. 1878 1-07-1879
Singletary, Nathan 8-16-1810 10-06-1873
Singletary, Thomas W.(Co. B 46th Reg. Ga. Vol.) 2-17-1843 9-24-1863
Walker, Martha 9-30-1811 3-17-1864
Walker, Philip 3-23-1814 9-16-1893

NOTE 3./ Historical Note: The Year Was 1789

The year was 1789 and in the U.S. a young government was beginning to take shape. In its first nationwide election, the popular Revolutionary War general, George Washington, became the country's first president and was sworn in at the first capitol of the United States, Federal Hall in New York City.

In France, a rebellion was underway and with the storming of the Bastille prison, the French Revolution began. In its reporting on the subject, The Times of London, England had the following to say of the conflict:

The spirit of liberty which so long lay in a state of death, oppressed by the hand of power, received its first spark of returning animation, by the incautious and impolitic assistance afforded to America. The French soldier on his return from that emancipated continent, told a glorious tale to his countrymen--"That the arms of France had given freedome to thirteen United States, and planted the standard of liberty on the battlements of New York and Philadelphia." The idea of such a noble deed became a general object of admiration, the [facets?] of a similar state were eagerly longed for by all ranks of people, and the vox populi had this force of argument--"If France gave freedom to America, why should she not unchain the arbitrary fetters which bind her own people.

Later that year, the Marquis de Lafayette, with the advice of Thomas Jefferson who was at the time the American ambassador to France, drafted the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. It was adopted by France's National Assembly in August and ratified by Louis XVI in October.

There was unrest in other parts of the world as well. Sweden and Russia were at war, and briefly, Norway had joined the conflict, although a peace treaty was signed in July 1789.

In a smaller, but well-known conflict, the mutiny on the H.M.S. Bounty was also in the year 1789. On April 28, part of the crew of the Bounty, led by Fletcher Christian, mutinied and set Captain William Bligh and eighteen crewmembers adrift. Bligh managed to get the boat some 3,600 miles to Timor. Some of the mutineers were captured and prosecuted--three were hanged, while others, including Fletcher Christian ended up on Pitcairn Island, where some of their descendants live to this day.

In 1789, there was an epidemic of influenza in New England, New York, and Nova Scotia, which resulted in many deaths due to secondary cases of pneumonia. The new president was among those who fell ill. He caught a cold while visiting Boston, and later, was affected more seriously with influenza, which was dubbed Washington Influenza.

Thomas married Anna BARROW about 1800 in Sumter County, South Carolina. Anna (daughter of Taylor BARROW and Mary PURVIS) was born in 1777 in North Carolina; died on 30 Jul 1858 in Schley County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]