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.

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

Notes:

NOTE 1./ Schley County Georgia Company B -46th Regiment

Singletary, Joseph T.- private March 4, 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865. J.T. Singletary filed for pension in Sumter Co.

NOTE 2./ Name: Joseph T Singletary ,
Residence: Schley County, Georgia
Enlistment Date: 04 March 1862
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Confederacy
State Served: Georgia
Unit Numbers: 398 398
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 04 March 1862
Enlisted in Company B, 46th Infantry Regiment Georgia on 04 March 1862.
Surrendered Company B, 46th Infantry Regiment Georgia on 26 April 1865 in Greensboro, NC

CSA married Eugine F. UNKNOWN about 1870 in Georgia. Eugine was born in 1852 in Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ 1864 CENSUS FOR RE-ORGANIZING THE GEORGIA MILITIA

SCHLEY COUNTY
13th Senatorial District-785th Militia District (later known as Lickskillett)

The re-organization of the militia for the state of Georgia, was by most at the time, felt to be vital for
the protection of the citizens of Georgia, during the later days of the war. All efforts to raise a militia
during these times met with failure as each time a unit was raised, it was taken into the Confederate Army. What was left at home, for the most part, were women, children, sole surviving sons, aged, invalids, recovering wounded, and those previously found unfit for service, for one reason or another. There was no homefront protection. There was no army of last resort.

This statewide census was ordered by Gov. Joe Brown in an attempt to find the necessary human and physical resources to provide a home guard.

SINGLETARY, J.R., 17 yrs. 8 mos., Farmer, b. Ga
SINGLETARY, L.D., 16 yrs. 5 mos., Farmer, b. Ga
SINGLETARY, M.P., 53 yrs. 5 mos., Farmer, b. Ga

NOTE 2./ Schley County Georgia Company B -46th Regiment

CSA married Elizabeth H PATTERSON on 10 Jan 1867 in Sumter County, Georgia. Elizabeth was born in 1850 in Georgia; died after 1880. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]

Family/Spouse: UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ada married Thomas GRANTHAM on 20 Sep 1888 in Schley County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ada married J T WILLIAMS on 20 Apr 1899 in Sumter County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Carl married Linnie Maybelle NOWLIN in 1906. Linnie was born on 01 Oct 1890 in Holford Prarie, Denton Co., TX; died on 10 Nov 1956 in Dallas, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mattie married Robert Lee CRAWFORD on 29 Jun 1920 in Sumter County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]