Samuel H. Perkins Invalid Pension Application
Samuel Henry Perkins
Civil War Pension Application, July 30, 1890
What follows is the application for a Civil War pension by
Samuel Henry Perkins. This comes from a form that either he or someone
else filled out and turned in to the court. I've colored the text that
he filled in to give you an idea what the form looked like.
DECLARATION FOR ORIGINAL INVALID PENSION.
To be executed before a court of record or some officer thereof
having custody of its seal.
State of Missouri ) SS:
County of Cedar )
On this 30th day of July,
A.D. one thousand eight hundred and ninety
personally appeared before me, J.N. [Gumer?]
of the Judge of Probate, a court of record
within and for the county and State aforesaid, Samuel
H. Perkins, aged 70 years, a resident
of the _____________ of Cave Hill county of
Cedar, State of Missouri,
who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that he is the identical
of Samuel H. Perkins, who was ENROLLED on
the 27th day of March,
1862, in company "E."
of the 8th regiment of M.S.M.
Cav. Vols. commanded by ____________, and was honorably DISCHARGED
at Lebanon, Mo. on the 15th
day of April, 1863;
that his personal description is as follows: Age, 70
years; height, 5 feet 9
inches; complexion, Fair; hair, Dark;
eyes, Blue. That while a member of the organization aforesaid, in the service
and in the line of his duty at near Linn Creek
in the State of Missouri on or about the _______
day of April or May, 1862,
he incurred right Inquinal rupture, while drilling
by being thrown upon the horn of his saddle by the rearing and [???] of
his horse. This soon resulted in Double Inquinal Hernia. He also contracted
Chronic Diarrhea while in camp at Jefferson City, Mo. in Aug. 1862.
That he was treated in hospitals as follows: was
treated by Post Surgeon at Jefferson City, Mo.
That he has not been employed
in the military or naval service otherwise than as stated above _______________
That since leaving the service this applicant has resided
in the county of Cedar
in the State of Missouri, and his occupation
has been that of a Farmer. That prior to his
entry into the service above named he was a man of good, sound physical
health, being when enrolled a Farmer. That
he is now Wholly disabled from obtaining his subsistence by manual labor
by reason of his injuries, above described, received in the service of
the United States; and he therefore makes this declaration for the purpose
of being placed on the invalid pension-roll of the United States.
NOTES:
The application was eventually approved; he filled out a Bureau of Pensions
questionaire in 1898 that referred to his next quarterly payment. The questionaire
asked if he was married and if so who his wife was (with maiden name);
when, where and by whom he was married; what record of marriage exists;
was he previously married and if so who was his wife, and what was the
place of her death or divorce; and the names and dates of birth of any
living children. What this information was used for I do not know.
His discharge certificate notes that he was discharged
"by reason of special order No. 69 Headquarters state of Missouri Adjutant
General Office, Mo., April 15, 1863."
Samuel Henry Perkins was a private of Captain Henry McCabe's
Company E, 8th Regiment of Missouri State Militia Cavalry Volunteers.
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