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,
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Filed by Board of Pensions of
[blank] County, N.C.
day of [blank] 190 [blank]
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