THE STATE OF ALABAMA,
Walker COUNTY.
TO THE STATE BOARD OF CONFEDERATE PENSION EXAMINERS:
The following answers to the queries propounded are respectfully submitted in support of my application for a Confederate pension under Act of the Legislature of Alabama, approved Sept. 23rd, 1919.
(1) Q. What is your full name? A. James Burton Plylar
(2) Q. What is your present post office address? A. America, Ala.
(3) Q. What is your exact age? A. 76 Years 10 Months 3 Days
(4) Q. How long have you lived in this state? A. All life
(5) Q. Did you actually serve as a soldier or sailor? A. Soldier
(6) Q. What date did you enlist in the service of the Confederate States? A. 22 Sept 1861 Where did you enlist? Jasper, Ala.
(7) Q. What branch of service were you in? A. Infantry
(8) Q. What was your rank? A. Private
(9) Q. Company? A. I
(10) Q. Who was captain? A. B. M. Long later Bob Donald
(11) Q. Regiment? A. 26th afterwards called 50th Alabama
(12) Q. Who was colonel? A. Coletart
(13) Q. How long did you see actual service? A. date of enlistment to surrender
(14) Q. Were you ever wounded? A. Yes
(15) Q. In what engagements? A. Chickamauga
(16) Q. When? A. 2nd days fight
(17) Q. In what way? A. Shot in hand
(18) Q. Were you taken prisoner? A. No
(19) Q. If so, under what circumstances? A. N/A
(20) Q. Were you captured? A. N/A
(21) Q. Where were you confined as a prisoner? A. N/A
(22) Q. Under what circumstances were you released? A. N/A
(23) Q. Were you paroled? A. Yes
(24) Q. When? A. (Don't remember) April 1865 don't know day
(25) Q. Where? A. North Carolina Caledonia(?)
(26) Q. Why? A. because of surrender
(27) Missing
(28) Missing
(29) Missing
(30) Q. Were you tranferred from the company in which you first enlisted? Yes
(31) Q. Give Company, Regiment, to which transferred, when and where? A. Summer of 1864 put under Capt. Bob Smith Co. H/50th Ala. all our officers killed we were attached to this company
(32) Q. Have you resided in any other State than Alabama? A. No Q. If so, give state and counties and years of residence? A.
(33) Q. What is the actual value of the property of yourself? A. $ 2000
(34) Q. Of your wife? A. none
(35) Q. Have you any income such as salary, or any other whatever? A. No except interest
(36) Q. If so, what does it amount to annually? A. $ 80.00
(37) Q. Are you married? A. Yes
(38) Q. When were you married? A. Oct 2, 1865
(39) Q. What is the age of your present wife? A. 76
(40) Q. If you have any living children, what are their ages, names, and what is each doing? A.:
Name Mrs. Wm. McMillian(?); Age 50 ; Occupation N/A
Name Mrs. L.V. Covin(?); Age 48 ; Occupation N/A
Name Jim Plylar ; Age 46 ; Occupation Railroad
Name Eli Plylar ; Age 44 ; Occupation (indecipherable)
Name John Plylar ; Age 42 ; Occupation Railroader
Name Hugh L. Plylar ; Age 38 ; Occupation (indecipherable)
(41) Q. Was your name taken as a Confederate soldier in the last census made by the State? A. Yes
(42) Q. If not, why? A. N/A
(43) Q. Do you belong to a Camp of United Confederate Veterans? A. Yes
(44) Q. If so, which? A. Camp Hutto
(45) Q. Have you ever made application for a pension before, in this State, and been rejected? A. No
(46) Q. When? A. N/A
(47) Q. Why, and by whom? A. N/A
(48) Q. Have you ever made application for a pension in any other state and been rejected? A. No
(49) Q. If so, give name of state, and reason assigned for rejection? A. N/A
(50) Q. Where are you registered as a voter? A. Beat(?) 22 Walker County, Ala
(51) Q. With whom are you living at the present time? A. with wife
(52) Q. Have you ever been on the pension roll of this State before? A. No Q. If so, give years when you drew pension, when dropped, and reason for being stricken from roll? A.
(53) Q. Do you know of your own personal knowledge that the above applicant performed actual service as a soldier or sailor of the State of Alabama or Confederate States, and that this command was not an organization only of Home Guards or State Militia? A. Yes
(54) Q. Do you know positively that the above applicant concluded his service as stated? A. Yes
(55) Q. What was your Company and Regiment? A. Co. I 50th Ala
(56) Q. Who was your Captain? Bob Donald
Colonel? Coletart
(57) Q. Do you draw a pension from the State? A. Yes Q. Do you draw a pension from any other state? A.
(58) Q. Do you belong to a Camp of Confederate Veterans? A. No
(59) Q. If so, give name and location? A. N/A
(60) Q. What is your post-office address? A. Parrish Route 1
Daw Short(?) X (his mark)
(Confederate Veteran sign here)
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 30 day of October 19 19
E.W. Long
A Judge of Probate in and for State of Alabama County of Walker
We, J.O. Long and J.H. Crawford our post-office addresses being Jasper Ala., and Jasper Ala., respectively, do solemnly swear that we have known James Burton Plylar whose name is signed to the foregoing application 40 years and 40 years respectively, that we consider him to be a truthful and reliable person and do not believe that he would make a false statement for the purpose of securing a pension.
J.H. Crawford
J.O. Long
(Two Citizens sign here)
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 30 day of Oct 19 19
E.W. Long
A Judge of Probate in and for said State and County
I, C.W. Stubblefield , the Tax Assessor of Walker County, hereby certify that I have examined the assessment books of Walker County and that I find that the assessed of the property of applicant and his wife including exempt
134.-SCHEDULE OF PROPERTY-9-19-2M-Printed and for sale by The Brown Printing Co., Montgomery, Ala.
Document Courtesy of Hugh Plylar