**There are "NO" Confederate Records showing that Nathaniel Thomas Preas was ever part of the
Confederate Army - But I have found a "Prisoner of War" record for a "Thomas Preas" - Please
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Application
Application of Soldier, Sailor or Marine for a Pension
I, Nathaniel Thomas Preas, a native of the State of Virginia, and now a citizen of Virginia, resident in Chamblissburg in the County of Bedford in said State of Virginia, and who was a soldier from the State of Virginia, in the war between the United States and the Confederate States, do hereby apply for aid under an act of the General Assembly, approved March 7, 1900, entitled “An act to give aid to soldiers, sailors, and marines disabled in the war between the States, and to every such soldier, sailor, or marine who by disease or other infirmities of age, is disabled from earning or is without the means of procuring a support, and to the widows of Virginia soldiers, sailors or marines who lost their lives in the war in the military or naval service, or whose husbands have died since the war.” And I do solemnly swear that I was a member [*****unreadable****] and that by reason of such disability I am now entitled to receive, under said Act, the sum of Fifteen dollars, annually. I further swear that I do not hold any National, State, or County office which pays me in salary or fees over three hundred dollars per annum; nor have I an income from any other source which amounts to three hundred dollars; nor do I own in my own right, nor does my wife own, property of the expressed value of more than one thousand dollars; nor do I receive aid or a pension from any other State or from the United States; and that I am not an inmate of any soldier’s home.
I do further swear that the answers given to the following questions are true;
1st. What is the applicant’s age? Ans. 54 years
2nd. What is the precise nature of the disability of the applicant?
Ans. Loss of health, not able to do much hard work
3rd. Is it total? Ans. Yes. Hardly ever see a well day.
(a) Is it partial? And, if so, to what extent does it disable him from manual labor?
Ans. Yes., can’t perform manual labor to amount to anything, can’t hold out, breaks down at the least little work I attempt to perform.
Given under my hand this 17th day of
April, 1900. N.T.
Preas
I, John M. Speece, a Notary Public for the County of Bedford do Certify that Nathaniel Thomas Preas, whose name is signed to the foregoing application, personally appeared before me in my county, and having the aforesaid application read to him and fully explained, as well as the statements and answers therein made, he, the said Nathaniel Thomas Preas, made oath before me that the said statements and answers are true.
Given under my hand, this 17th day of April 1900. John M. Speece
In the County Court of the County of Bedford on the 24th day of April 1900;
The application of Nathaniel Thomas Preas for a Pension, with the certificate of the Chairman of the Confederate Pension Board of the County of Bedford, that it has been approved by said Board thereon endorsed, was presented to the Court, and the Clerk of this Court is directed to certify a copy of the order to the Auditor of
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Bedford County – No. 327
Name:
N.T. Preas
Post Office: Chamblissburg
VIRGINIA: County of Bedford, To-wit:
I, H.C. Limm, Chairman of the Confederate Pension Board of the County or city of Bedford, do certify that the said Board has carefully considered and examined into the application, and being fully satisified from the evidence that each and all of the facts set forth therein are true; that the applicant is the identical person named therein; the application is for these reasons approved, and it is therefore certified that N.T. Preas is entitled to receive annually from the State of Virginia the sum of Fifteen dollars.
Given under my hand this 27th day of April, 1900. H.C. Limm, Chairman.
Countersigned: A.W. Robinson – Clerk.
I, N
T Preas, of the County of Bedford, in the State of
Virginia, and do hereby swear that I am the original person named on the
original application dated 17th day of April 1900 and
who filed the said application for aid under the provisions of an act of the
General Assembly approved Mar 7, 1900, for aid as a soldier, sailor, or marine
of Virginia. In the Service of the said State, or of the Confederate
States during the War Between the States, and that I am now an actual resident
of the county of Bedford in the said State, and that I do not hold
any National, State, City or County office which pays me salary or fees over one
hundred fifty dollars per annum; nor have I an income from any other employment
or other source whatever which amounts to one hundred fifty dollars per annum;
nor do I received from any source what ever money or other means of support
amounting in value to the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars per annum; nor do
I own in my own right, nor does anyone hold in trust for my benefit or use, nor
does my wife own, nor does anyone hold in trust for the benefit of my wife,
either real, personal or mixed property or estate, either in fee or for life, of
the assessed value of five hundred dollars; nor do I receive any 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 Soldiers’ home or other public institution.
And I do further swear that I am disabled as follows:
Loss of health, not able to do any work, hardly ever see a well
day, am down most of the time
And that my disability came from: exposure in the war
And that I am now
56 years of
age, and that the statements contained in my original applications above
referred to are true, and that during the said war I was loyal and true to my
duty as a soldier (sailor or marine) of Virginia, or the Confederate States, and
never at any time deserted my command, or voluntarily abandoned my post in the
said service.
N T Preas
Subscribed and sworn to before me, Notary
Public, in the County of Bedford, in the State of Virginia,
this 9th day of May, 1902.
John M Speece NP
Jurat of Witnesses
We, S P Ramsey and R H Gaines of
the county of Bedford in the State of Virginia, do solemnly swear
that we are personally acquainted with N
T Preas, whose name is signed to the annexed jurat, and that the said
N T Preas is
still living and we verily believe that the statements contained in the annexed
affidavit to be true.
S P Ramsey R
H Gaines
CERTIFICATE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF THE REVENUE
I, A S Johnson , Commissioner of the Revenue, in the County of Bedford , in the State of Virginia, do certify that N T Preas , or his wife, or his trustee, or trustee for his wife, whose name is signed in the annexed statement, and who made application for aid under the Act of the General Assembly of Virginia, approved March 7, 1900, is charged on the land and personal property books of the said County , with estate, real, personal, and mixed, of the assessed value of ----------- dollars.
Given under my hand, this 2 Day of
May, 1902 . A
S Johnson Per
H C Franklin
CERTIFICATE OF PHYSICIAN AS TO SOLDIERS, ETC.
I, Abner Smead, a practicing physician in the County of Bedford , in the State of Virginia, do certify that I am personally acquainted with J T Preas , whose name is signed to the foregoing statement, and who made application for aid under the Act of the General Assembly approved March 7, 1900, and that from a personal examination of the said N T Preas as to the disability set forth in his application and the cause thereof, I am clearly of the opinion that he is disabled by reason of (here state specifically the nature of the disability and the cause thereof, and whether it be total or partial, and whether the applicant is deprived of his ability to pursue his usual and ordinary occupation for his livelihood , or any other occupation within his capacity) The top of his right leg – near the knee (below) from Scapula and that I verily believe his disability is wholly due to the causes assigned in the said application , and that he is entitled to aid under the provisions of the Act of the General Assembly of Virginia approved March 7, 1900.
Given under my hand this 1st
day of May, 1902.
Abner Smead MD
VIRGINIA:
County of Bedford to wit:
I, John M Speece, Clerk of the Circuit (Corporation) Court of the county of Bedford
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