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Albert Raymond:
Civil War Files
DECLARATION FOR ORIGINAL INVALID PENSION
Albert and Matilda Raymond pension applications, and death certificate, from the National Archives: Cover, 1, 2, 3, 4, 4a, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 9a, 10, 11, 11a, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22.
State
of Michigan; County of St. Clair; SS: On
this 31st day of March, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and eighty two personally
appeared before me Clerk of the Circuit Court, a court of record within and for
the County and State aforesaid, Albert Raymond, age 35 years, a resident of Capac,
County of St Clair, State of Michigan, who, being duly sworn according to law,
declares that he is the identical Albert Raymond who entered service under the
name of Albert Raymond on or about the (blank) day of (blank), 1862 as blacksmith
with company B of the 4th regiment of the Mich. Cavalry, commanded by Capt. Eldridge,
and was discharged at Nashville, Tenn., on or about the (blank) day of August,
1865, by reason of expiration of term of service; that his personal description
is as follows: Age, 35 years; height, 5 feet 8 inches; complexion, light; hair,
brown; eyes, blue. That while a member of the organization aforesaid, in the service
and in the line of his duty in action at Atlanta, in the State of Georgia, on
or about the (blank) day of July or August, 1864, his horse was shot and fell
on Claimant, injuring his right side, knee and right shoulder. That he was treated
by Regimental Surgeon. That he has not been employed in the military or naval
service otherwise than as stated above. That since the (blank) day of August,
AD 1866, he has not been employed in the military or naval service of the United
States. That since leaving the service this applicant has resided in the Town
of Memphis & Capac, in the State of Michigan, and his occupation has been
that of a blacksmith. That prior to his entry into the service above named he
was a man of good, sound, physical health, being when enrolled a blacksmith. That
he is now in part 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. Two
witnesses to Claimant's Signature sign here:
He
now appoints, with full power of substitution and revocation, GEORGE E. LEMON,
of Washington, D.C., his true and lawful Attorney, to prosecute his claim. That
he has never received money, applied for a pension. That his Post-office Address
is Capac, county of St Clair, State of Michigan.
(1) Hoover Baker
(2)
Thos. H. Bottomby
No.
958,846 PENSION CERTIFICATE OF Matilda Raymond. PAYABLE MONTHLY BY THE DISBURSING
CLERK, BUREAU OF PENSIONS, WASHINGTON. (Received Dec 30 1937).
It
is hereby certified that in conformity with the laws of the United States, Matilda
Raymond, widow of Albert J. Raymond, who was a Private, Co. B, 4th Regiment Michigan
Cavalry, is entitled to a pension rate of Thirty dollars per month to commence
November 28, 1924, and to continue during her widowhood.
Given
at the Department of the Interior this twenty-sixth day of February one thousand
nine hundred and twenty-five and the Independence of the United States of America
the one hundred and forty-ninth.
Hubert Work, Secretary of
the Interior.
Countersigned by Washington Gardner, Commissioner
of Pensions.