Pension Application of 1894
Pension Files of Peter Cooper Cooper
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SOLDIERS or SAILORS.
APPLICATION.
For the Relief of Needy Confederate Soldiers and Sailors, Residents of Alabama, who from Wounds or other Cause, are now Unable to Earn a Livelihood by Labor, Under Act Approved February 13th, 1891.
THE STATE OF ALABAMA, }
County of Jackson }
Personally appeared before me Wm~B Bridges Judge of Probate in and for said County, Peter Cooper , who being duly sworn, deposeth and saith that when a Private in company B of 6 Regiment of Ga. Infantry and while in discharge of his duty on the 5 of April 1862, at Yorktown in the State of Va he was wounded in left leg, necessitating amputation below knee.......
and in consequence of such loss of limb, wound or wounds; sickness or old age, he has been rendered physically incapable of making a livelihood by labor;
that he was a resident of Alabama on the 13th day of February, 1891, and is a resident at the date of this application; that he is engaged in the business of farming, that his taxable property does not exceed four hundred dollars in value, and that his salary and gross income does not amount to four hundred dollars per year.
Sworn to and Subscribed before me on this
16 day of May 1894 }
Wm~B. Bridges }
Judge of Probate Jackson i>County. }
Peter [his x mark] Cooper
Applicant.
The State of Alabama, }
County of Jackson }
I hereby certify that the duplicate of the foregoing application and affidavit is on file in my office, and that I believe the statements made therein are entitled to credit.
GIVEN under my hand this the 16 day of May 1894.
Wm~B. Bridges
Judge of Probate of Jackson County
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Original to be filed in the office of the Judge of Probate. Copy to be forwarded to State Auditor.
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