The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-05-30
Imnortant % Pensioners.

On the 4th Of February, 1862, Con
gress enacted a law directing the Sec
rotary Of the Interior to Strike from
the pension rolls the names of all such
persons as have or may hereafter take
up arms against the Government Of the
United States, or who have in any man
ner encouraged the rebels, or mani
tested sympathy with their cause.
In accordance with the above law,
the names of all pensioners who resided
within the insurrectiOnary States during
The rebellion, were dropped from the
pension rolls.
Pensioners in this category who may
desire to have their names restored TO
the rolls and receive their pensions,
must make application for such restO-
ration, the requisite evidence accom-
panying the said application. We are
indebted to P. W. Msxey, Esq, Pen
sion Agent, Nashville, for the follow
ing:
Form Of application for reftorsiion to the pens on
rolls by persons whofe names have bssn dropped
under the act Of February 4, 1862.
STATE County County o. IS.
On this = day of :, a. D. one thOu-
sand eight hundred and -, personally sP
! clerk Of the - court in said State and
county, the came being court Of record,
- A. B. -, aged - eare, resident
Of in the State of =, who, being
duly sworn according to law, declares THAI
| be Tor shel is the identical - A B. -
who was a pensioner on the roll of the
agency at, aud whose pension certif
/ cate Is herewith returned; that he or shel
/ has resided since the FIRST day Of January,
! A. D. 1861, as follows: here name TIE place
or places at a0hich the applicant has resided j
! that during this period, his LOr herl means
Of subsistence have been here name the en-
DIoyaent OF other means By l0hich a Likelihood
| has been gained I and that he has not borne
arms against the Government of the United
States, or Tor she has mott in any manner
encouraged the rebels, or manifested sym
palby with their cause; and that he Tor she.
was last paid bis [or herl pension on
the day Of, A. D. IS.
This application is made FOR the purpose
Of securing a restoration of his or her
name to the pension rolls, and of obtaining
new pension certificate, such as be Lol
shell may be entitled to under existing
laws, reference being made to the eVldene'
heretofore filed in the Pension Off o to sub
stantiate bis Tor herl original claim
Also personally appeared - -
or to5On,1 persons whom l certify to be re-
spectacle and entitled to eredit, and who
being by me duly sworn, say that they wert
present and saw sign his Tor her
name Tor make his mark TO the foregoing
declaration; and they further swear t7a
they have every reason to believe, from the
appearance of the applicant and their ae-
abundance with him, [Or her, that he u
She is the identical person he Tor shel rep
resents himself Tor herself to oe; and they
further swear that they have no interest II
the prosecution Of this claim.
(Signatures of witnesses
Sworn to and subscribed bsfore me, thi
- dav of -, A. D. 1876; and here
By certify thst have no interest, direct o.
indirect, in the prosecution Of this claim.
signature Of judge or ether officer.
The following are the instructions BY
which the Agent is governed:
II the declarant, or any witness, signs BY
mark, the officer mu certify that the con
tents Of the paper were made known to tn
ailiant be ore signing.
In every case the declaration or affidavit
must either be signed by the atlantis owl
hand or else his mark *. Signing by an
other hand, when the party is able to write
or without mark when the party is una
} bic to write, wholly insdmIssite.
; The allegations made in the applicant
declaration must be sustained by the testi
monv Of two credible and disinterested Wit
nesses, to be certified rs such by the office
before whom the testimony is taken.
The applicant must also take and sub
} scribe tue oath prescribed in the recent am
nestv proclamation OF this Pres dent Of tn
/ United States, filing sucn oath with the ap
plicltioQ tor a new pension certlhcate, u
the following terms:
al do solemnly swear, 20
/ affirm In the presence of Almighty God
that | will henceforh faithfully support
protect, and defend the Constitution Of IN
United States and the union Ct the State
, hereunder; tnst ! viii, in ike manner
abide by ana faithfully support ali Ian
and proclamations which have been mad
during the existing rebe lion with reierenc
TO the emancipation Of slaves 50 help ~
! Cod"
If the applicant be Oh invalid pensionsr
I he must be examined by an army surgeon
or by a surgeon duly appointed by thi
Office, ms to the continuance of bis disability
II a widow, she must prove, by two eredi
, b e witnesses, har continued widowhood
Iftho guardian Of minor child, newly ap
D pointed, be must file evidence Of his az
/ | poutment as such.
With the above information befor
T him any one will know how to procee,
' to get his name restored to the Pension
I Roll, and to get his pension.