James Addison Fields




    
    
    

    James Addison & Sarah McKinne Fields Buried in Potts' Cemetery Parents of John Franklin Fields & Mary Abstella Fields Potts James Addison Fields filed a Civil War Pension in 1908. Source: Applications for Confederate Pensions Filed After 1901 State Auditor's Office [Record at the Archives] SOLDIER'S APPLICATION FOR PENSION STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA } County of Wayne } On this 6 day of July, A.D. 1908, personally appeared before me, Jas. R. Hatch, C.S.C. in and for the State and County aforesaid, J.A. Fields, age 82 years, and a resident at [blank] post-office in said County and State, and who, being duly sworn, makes the following declaration in order to obtain the pension under the provisions of an act entitled "An act for the relief of certain Confederate Soldiers, Sailors and Widows," ratified March 8, 1907; that he is the identical J.A. Fields who enlisted in Co. E, 20 Reg. N.C. State Troups, on or about the [blank] day of Oct. 1864, to serve in the armies of the late Confederate States, and that while in said service at Monk Neck Bridge, in the State of VA, on or about the [blank] day of [blank], 1864, he received a wound or wounds, etc. (Applicant will here state the nature and extent of his wounds and disability, so that a proper classification can be made under the new Pension Law passed by the General Assembly of 1907. Read said section of said law carefully, and to accomplish the classification therein called for, let statement here as to nature and extent of wounds, disability, etc., be very full and explicit). Makes application on account disabled [left crossed out] right arm from wound received, a broken leg left totally disabled old ages and personal break down of physical condition He further states that he is, and has been for twelve months immediately preceding this Application for Pension, a bona fide resident of North Carolina; that he holds no office under the United States, or under any State or County, for which he is receiving the sum of three hundred dollars as fees or as salary annually; that he is not worth in his own right, or the right of his wife, property at its assessed value for taxation to the amount of five hundred dollars ($500), nor has he disposed of property of such value by gift or voluntary conveyance since the 11th of March, 1885, and that he is not receiving any aid from the State of North Carolina or under any other statute providing for the relief of the maimed and blind soldiers of the State. Sworn and subscribed to before me, } this 6 day of July, 1908 } Jas. R. Hatch } J.A. Fields Signature of Applicant Also personally appeared before me Geo. F. Kornegay, who resided at Mr. Olive post-office, in said County and State, a person whom I know to be respectable and entitled to credit, and being by me duly sworn, says he is acquainted with J.A. Fields, the applicant for pension, and has every reason to believe that he is the identical person he represents himself to be, and that the facts set forth in this affidavit are correct to the best of his knowledge and belief, and that he has no interest, direct or indirect, in this claim. Sworn and subscribed to before me, } this 6 day of July, 1908 } X Geo. F. Kornegay Jas. R. Hatch } Signature of Witness Signature of C.S.C. } Also personally appeared before me L.L. Line? a physician in good standing in said County and State, and being duly sworn, says that he has carefully and thoroughly examined J.F. Fields, the applicant for pension, and finds such disability for manual labor as is described below, by reason of wounds received while in the discharge of his duty as a soldier of North Carolina in the service of the late Confederate States. (Let physician here give full and explicit professional information as to the nature and extent of wounds, disability, stating particularly whether disability amounts to three-fourths or not, in order to accomplish the classification called for under the new Pension Law passed by the General Assembly in 1907). Complains of pain in elbow from wound received in war Right knee joint is broken in half & inverted Left leg sore chronic exzema general break down His disability constitures at least 3/4 Sworn and subscribed to before me, } this 6th day of July, 1908 } L.L. Line? Jas. R. Hatch } Signature of Physician Signature of C.S.C. STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, } Wayne County. } To the Auditor of the State of North Carolina: We certify that we have carefully examined the application of J.A. Fields for a pension under the provisions of an act entitled "An act for the relief of certain Confederate Soldiers, Sailors and Widows," ratified March 8, 1907, and the proofs filed in support thereof; that we are satisfied that the said J.A. Fields is the identical person who enlisted in Company E, 20 Regiment of NC Troops, on or about the [blank] day of [blank} 1864, and who was disabled in a manner and to the extent stated in the foregoing certificates of himself and physician in consequence of a wound received in battle on or about the [blank] day of [blank], 1864, and we certify the following allegations set forth in his application to be true, namely: That he is, and has been for twelve months immediately preceeding this Application for Pension, a bona fide resident of North Carolina; that he holds no office under the United States, or under any State or County, from which he is receiving the sum of three hundred dollars as fees or as a salary annually; that he is not worth in his own right, or the right of his wife, property at its assessed value for taxation to the amount of five hundred dollars ($500), nor has he disposed of property of such value by gift or voluntary conveyance since the 11th day of March, 1885, and that he is not receiving aid from any other source from the State of North Carolina, and therefore his application is correct and just under the act. (Seal) Jas. R. Hatch Clerk Superior Court (Impress County Seal Here) [no seal] Approved: A.B. Handcock J.H. Hill J.W. Slocumb County Pension Board Jacket reads: WAYNE Soldier's Application for Pension Act of March 8, 1907 J.A. Fields who enlisted in Company E, 20 Regiment North Carolina State Troops Approved S.S.P. Fourth Class WAYNE, ====================== Filed by Board of Pensions of [blank] County, N.C. day of [blank] 190 [blank]



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