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Pension Application
Allen Bonnell Bryan
Company K, 28th Dismounted Texas Cavalry
Son of Allen Bryan & Sarah Pou
 
Soldier's Application for a Pension
Form A
31959

Allen B BRYAN
Wood Co, Texas

Post office: Hawkins, Texas - Route 1
Filed: 03 Sep 1915
Approved: 15 Sep 1916

Pension allowed from 01 Dec 1915

J.C. JONES - Commissioner of Pensions

Form A
For Use of Soldiers Who are in Indigent Circumstances
THE STATE OF TEXAS §
County of Wood §

I, A.B. BRYAN (Allen B) do hereby make application to the Commissioner of Pensions for a pension to be granted me under the Act passed by the Thirty-third Legislature of the State of Texas and approved, April 7, A.D. 1913 on the grounds:

I enlisted and served in the military service of the Confederate States during the war between the States of the United States, and that I did not desert the Confederate service, but during said war I was loyal and true to my duty, and never at any time voluntarily abandoned my post of duty in the said service; or (that I was in the service of the State of Texas during the war, to protect said State against the Indians and Mexicans for more than 6 months). That I was honorably discharged of surrendered .. I was discharged in May 1865 and was at the time in the Arsenal at San Antonio on detail service where I had been for about two months. My command was discharged in South Texas. that I have been a bona fide citizen of the State since prior to Jan 1, A.D. 1900, and have been continuously since a citizen of the State of Texas. I do further state that I do not hold any National, State, city or county office which pays me a salary of fees of $300.00 per annum, not have I an income from any other employment of other source whatever which amounts to $300.00 per annum, not do I receive from any source whatever money or other means of support amounting in value to the sum of $300.00 per annum, nor do I own in my right, nor does any one hold in trust for my benefit or use, nor does my wife own, nor does any one hold in trust for my wife, estate or property, either real, personal or mixed either in fee of for life, of the assessed value of over one thousand dollars, exclusive of a home of the value of not more than $1,000.00; nor do I receive an aid or pension from any other State, or from the United States, or from any other source, and that I am not an inmate of the Confederate Home, and I do further state that the answers given to the following questions are true:

  1. What is your age?
        I am 77 years of age.
  2. Where were you born?
        In Russell Co, AL
  3. How long have you resided in Texas?
        Since April 60 years ago
  4. In what county do you reside?
        Wood County
  5. How long have you resided in said county, and what is your postoffice address?
        19 years, My postoffice address is Hawkins, Texas, Rt F.D. Number 1
  6. Have you applied for a pension under the Confederate pension law and been rejected? If rejected, state when and where ..
        No
  7. What is your occupation, if able to engage in one?
        Milling.

    What is your physical condition?
        Good, but from age and a cripple hand can not do any work at all
  8. In what State was the command in which you served organized?
        Texas
  9. How long did you serve? Give, if possible, the date of enlistment and discharge ..
        In the Spring of 1862 and served until close of war.
  10. What was the letter of your company, number of battalion, regiment or battery?
        I enlisted in Company K, 28 Dismounted Cavalry
  11. If transferred from on command to another, give time of transfer, name of command and time of service ..
        No
  12. What branch of the service did you enlist in -- infantry, Cavalry, artillery or navy?
        Dismounted Cavalry
  13. If commissioned direct by the President, what was your rank and line of duty?
        I was a private
  14. If detailed for special service, under the law of conscription, what was the nature of your service and how long did you serve?
        My occupation was listed as a mechanic and while I was at home on furlough, I was ordered to San Antonio to make cartridge boxes and was there about six or eight weeks before the surrender.
  15. What is the assessed value of your home, if you own a home?
        None
  16. What is the assessed value of your other property?
        None
  17. Have you transferred to others any property of any kind for the purpose of becoming a beneficiary under this law?
        No

Wherefore you petitioner prays that his application for a pension be approved and such other proceedings be had in the premises as are required by law


(Signature of Applicant ) Allen B BRYAN

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 14th day of March 1915

R.E. BOZEMAN County Judge Wood County, Texas

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EX-PARTE Pending in Wood County,
Texas, before the Honorable County Judge of said
A.B. BRYAN County
Applicant for Pension

The Honorable County Judge of Wood County, Texas will please take notice that, five days after service hereof, applicant herein will apply to the Clerk of the County Court of said County and State for a commission to take the depositions of O.P. MARTINDALE and W.T. POU and who reside in the County of Shelby in the State of Texas in answer to the following interrogatories and upon the hearing of the applicant's claim for pension in behalf of applicant; said testimony is material and indispensable to applicant in furnishing the required proof of claim for a pension under the Act of April 7, 1913, the application for which is now pending before the Honorable County Judge, and the facts necessary and required to be proven under the provisions of said act, applicant believes cannot be proven by any witness residing in the County of Wood and State of Texas, which he is a bona fide resident

NOTE: Wm T Pou the uncle of Allen B & the half-brother to Sarah Pou Bryan (my great, great grandmother) ---- Oliver P. Martindale was the 1st cousin of Allen B's sister-in-law, Nancy Kyle Bryan, wife of John Henry Bryan (my great grandfather & son of Sarah Pou Bryan).

Direct Interrogatories to be Propounded to Witness
NOTE: Oliver P. Martindale was the 1st cousin of Allen B's sister-in-law, Nancy Kyle Bryan, wife of John Henry Bryan, son of Allen Bryan & Sarah Pou.

Int 1 What is your name? Age? Place of residence and postoffice address?
    O.P. (Oliver) MARTINDALE, Shelby County, Texas, age 72 years

Int 2 Do you personally know, or did you at any time know A.B. BRYAN
    Yes

Int 3 How long had you know the said Applicant
    over 50 years

Int 4 Do you personally know that the said Applicant enlisted in the service of the Confederacy, and performed the duties of a solider or sailor
    Yes

Int 5 Do you personally know in what company and regiment the said Applicant enlisted and served in the Confederate Army? When? Where? and time of Service? And how long he served?
    About 1862 at Camp Golden, Served to end of War

Int 6 Do you personally know that Applicant was commissioned as an officer directly by the President of the Confederate States? What was his rand and line of duty?
    A Private Soldier

Int 7 Do you know further if Applicant was, under the provisions of the conscript law, detailed for any kind of special service in the field shops, armories, etch of the Confederacy? What was the nature of his service and how long did he serve?
    Was on Detached Services at San Antonio as harness maker

Part 2

Cross Int 1 Did you know any other soldier or sailor of the same name as said Applicant
    No

Cross Int 2 Are you positively certain that said Applicant is the identical person serving as testified by you?
    Yes

Cross Int 3 Do you know whether or not said Applicant served honorably fro the date of his enlistment until the close of the late Civil War between the States or until he was discharged from said company and reg't or the special service to which he was assigned
    He did

Cross Int 4 Do you know whether or not the said Applicant deserted his command, or voluntarily abandoned his post of duty or service during said war?
    Did not

signatures O.P. (Oliver) MARTINDALE & W.T. (Wm) POU

Sworn to before me this 12 day of Jun 1915 R.E. BOZEMAN, County Judge Wood County, Texas

NOTE: On the below from Judge BOZEMAN, I am assuming that since MARTINDALE & POU lived several counties away, it was hard to get information back and forth.

"After several trials (tries?) this is the best shape I can get the testimony.
Trust same is sufficient."
(signature) R.E. BOZEMAN, County Judge (referring to below)

State of Texas
County of Shelby

To Whom this may concern:

This is to certify that I the undersigned knew A.B. BRYAN. Know that he A.B. BRYAN served in the 28th Dismounted Cavalry in the Confederate Army from 1862-1865 - he made a good soldier for the Confederacy [verbatim] Army - All of above I hereby certify true.


(signatures) O.P. MARTINDALE & W.T. POU

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 12 day of March A.D. 1915
J.A. TAYLOR, a Notary in and for Shelby County, Texas

State of Texas
County of Shelby

I, Hoya B SHORT, County Judge in and for Shelby County, Texas, do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with O.P. MARTINDALE and W.T. POU, who are citizens of Shelby County, Texas and who are witnesses to the service of A.B. BRYAN in the army of the Confederate States of America, and that they are both creditable citizens and worthy of belief.

Witness my official signature this 28th day of April 1915
(signature) Hoya B SHORT, County Judge, Shelby County, Texas

WAR DEPARTMENT
THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE
WASHINGTON, Sep. 8, 1915
Respectfully returned to the Commissioner of Pensions, State of Texas, Austin

The records show that A.B. BRYAN, private, Co K, 28th Texas (Dismounted) Cavalry, C.S.A, enlisted Apr 20, 1862. On the company roll for Jan & Feb 1864, the last on file, he was reported absent, on furlough for 42 days by order of Gen TAYLOR. On a regimental return for Apr 1865, he was reported as "Absent on D.S. Ord. Dept. Order No. 57, March 7, 1865, Dept Hdqrs". No later record of him has been found.

H.P McCAIN
The Adjutant General

Company. K - 28th Dismounted Texas Cavalry
Soldier Roster

Allen B Bryan & his uncle Wm T. Pou served in the same Company. Wm Pou's brother. Decalb Pou, (and uncle to Allen B) was "killed in action" Civil War - Battle of Vicksburg, Mississippi. I am not sure what Company he served in. Wm T and Decalb were the sons of my John POU, III. Wm T was a witness for Allen B on his application. Stephen T (Thomas) & Daniel E KING also served in this Company. They were the brother-in-laws of Allen B Bryan. Daniel KING & Decalb POU were both killed at the Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas.

  1. Alsup, James
  2. Baker, J.A.
  3. Barringer, W.F.
  4. Barton, Y.H.
  5. Beck, G.B.
  6. Beck, M.W.
  7. Benson, John
  8. Benton, James M., Sgt.
  9. Bird, Frederick H.
  10. Bird, J.W.
  11. Bishop, Lewis H.
  12. Boles, William
  13. Boman, J.J.
  14. Bowles, Joseph
  15. Bradberry, Joseph J
  16. Branch, Oliver C.
  17. Broden, J.M.
  18. Brown, Resin L.
  19. Bryan, Allen B.
  20. Bums, William P., Cpl.
  21. Bussey, Hezekiah K, Sgt
  22. Cadenhead, Monroe
  23. Carroll, Henry, Cpl.
  24. Carroll, Moses 1.
  25. Carroll, Thomas N.
  26. Carter, M.P.
  27. Carter, Wm F.
  28. Churchill, Alfred
  29. Cockrell, W.H.
  30. Coday, Lucien F., Cpl
  31. Collins, John J.
  32. Collins. Wm
  33. Corley, Alfred B.
  34. Corley, Gabriel R.W.
  35. Creech, James J., Cpl.
  36. Creech, Noah
  37. Creech, T.J.
  38. Damell. Wm H.
  39. Davis, Austin L., Bugler
  40. Davis, B.H.
  41. Davis, F.A., Ord.Sgt.
  42. Davis, Sidney H., Far.
  43. Dickinson. Samuel. Sgt.
  44. Dudley, J.R., Cpl.
  45. Ferguson. A.D.
  46. Finley, David S.
  47. Fletcher, L.D.
  48. Fletcher, Wm 0.
  1. Gibbs, Archibald P.
  2. GilberL Samuel C.
  3. Graves, L.M.
  4. Gwinn, J.V.
  5. Hargin. J.S.
  6. Harper, J.J.
  7. Harris, B,R.
  8. Harris, S.L., Cpl.
  9. Harris, Wm P.
  10. Harrison, James N.
  11. Headrick, A.S.
  12. Hewitt, John W.
  13. Hickey, Felix F.
  14. Hickey, J.L.
  15. Hickey, Wesley W., Black.
  16. Higgins, J.C.
  17. Higgins, Thomas V.
  18. Hilton, Wm H.
  19. Hooper, Obed R.
  20. Horn, Levi W.
  21. Hoskins, Marian T., Capt.
  22. Hutto, G.S.
  23. Jamison, W.A.
  24. Jeter, James H., Cpl.
  25. Johnston, Wm H.
  26. Jones, James
  27. Jones, Joseph F.
  28. Joyce, T.W.
  29. King, Daniel E.
  30. King, Stephen T.
  31. Lagrone, D.R.
  32. Lambright, Thomas M., 2nd Lt.
  33. Lemons, Wm E.
  34. Leslie, Alexander R.
  35. Lyons, Wm H.
  36. Martin, B.M., Cpl.
  37. Martin, J.J.
  38. Martin, Patrick H., Capt.
  39. McLendon. James A., Cpl.
  40. Medyett, Lewis
  41. Midyett, Will E., Sgt.
  42. Moore, P.J.
  43. Moorman, Wm K.
  44. Nail, Geor2e T.
  45. Needham, Wm L.
  46. Oden, Jefferson L., Bugler
  47. Odom, Thomas G.
  1. Palmer, James K.
  2. Parker, Lamack H.
  3. Pitman, T.M.
  4. Potts, Francis M.
  5. Pou, Wm
  6. Price, John
  7. Pryor, George W.
  8. Pyle, J.A.
  9. Pyle, JR.
  10. Pyle, James P.
  11. Pyle, Jeremiah M.
  12. Pyle, Loverick A.J.
  13. Pyle, Wm T., Cpl.
  14. Rains, George R.
  15. Ramsey, James J., 1st Sgt.
  16. Ramsey, O.F.
  17. Ramsey. Thomas P.
  18. Reed, G.W.
  19. Reed, Lemuel C.
  20. Reed, S.S.
  21. Rhodes, NeAion H.
  22. Rhodes, Samuel J.
  23. Rhoe, John J.
  24. Rogers, Wm J.
  25. Rudicton, J.M.
  26. Salter, James Day, Cpl.
  27. Sample, M.M., 2nd Lt.
  28. Sanford, John R.
  29. Sanford. Wm
  30. Sapp, Newton
  31. Shehom, A.T., Cpl.
  32. Simpson, Thomas D.
  33. Sinclair, John B.
  34. Sinclair, John T.
  35. Smith, Josephus
  36. Smith, Thomas
  37. Stone, Martin B.
  38. Storey, Joseph
  39. Taylor, Pinckney F.
  40. Thompson, S.H.
  41. Tims, Joseph S.
  42. Todd, John D.
  43. Trosper, James M., 1st Lt.
  44. Turpin, Wm C.
  45. Willis, Washington F.
  46. Woodfin, George W.

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