Augustin A. Couvillion,
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NOTE: This is a transcription of Augustin
A. Couvillion's Application for a Civil War
Pension.
Augustin was my
g-g-grandfather. His first marriage was
to Florence Couvillion,
my g-g-grandmother. He later married Celise
Mayeux and Aimee Rose Bordelon.
http://www.geocities.com/chatty1.geo/
Source:
Couvillion, Filed
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Avoyelles
No. 451
SOLDIER'S APPLICATION FOR PENSION
The Board reserves the right to call for additional testimony.
Augustin A. Couvillion
Filed:
Allowed:
Quarterly Allowance:
Pension Allowed from:
Rejected:
(Signature unreadable) President
(Signature unreadable) Secretary
Board of
Pension Commissioners
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SOLDIER"S APPLICATION FOR PENSION
I, Augustin A. Couvillion,
a native of
resident at Voorhies
in the Parish of Avoyelles in said State of
and who was a soldier from the
State of
army in the war between the
hereby apply for aid under Act 125
of the General Assembly of the State of
honorably from the date of my
enlistment until the close of the civil war, as
shown by my answers below, and that
I remained true to the Confederate
cause until the surrender, and that
I am now in indigent circumstances, and
unable to earn a livelihood by my
own labor or skill, and that I am not salaried
or otherwise provided for by the
State of
government, and am entitled to
receive the benefits of said Act No. 125 of 1898,
as further shown by my answers to
the questions below, which I swear to be
true and correct:
1. In what
town, county, State, country and year were you born?
Answer:
2. When and
where did you enlist, and in what command?
Answer: I enlisted at
Brigade. Co E, 18t Regt LA
3. Give the
names of the regimental and company officers under whom
you enlisted, and under whom you were serving the date of
your
parole.
Answer: Alfred Mouton Brigadier Genl.
Capt Story Commanding
took command of the
Brigade and commanded until the close of
the war.
4. Were you
wounded? If so, in what battles, and if
not, state under what
circumstances during the war you received injury or
injuries.
Answer: No
5. What was the
precise nature of your wound or wounds, if any?
Answer: None
6. If you have
lost a limb or an eye, state when, where and how.
Answer: None
7. Were you
discharged from the army by reason of wound, wounds, or from
the effects of service?
Answer: I was discharged from effecto(?)
service at the close of the war.
8. If
discharged or paroled from the army, where were you and what
did you
do until the close of the war?
Answer: I was discharged at
9. What was the
name of the surgeon who attended you when discharged?
Answer: Drs. McClous
(?) and Bunson (?) was
Surgeons of my co______.
10. Where were
you at the surrender?
Answer: At
11. If a prisioner, in what camp, and when were you released, and to
where sent?
Answer: No.
12. Did you take
the oath of allegiance to the United States Government at any
time during the war?
Answer: No
13. If so, when,
where and under what circumstances?
Answer: --------------------
14. How long have
you been a resident of the State of
the date of this application? Where have you resided during that period?
Answer: I was born in
15. Are you
married or have you been married?
Answer: I am.
16. If so, what
is the size of your family?
Answer: Myself, my wife and ten children,
two of whom are married.
17. What are the
respective ages of your wife and children?
Answer: My present wife being of this
marriage is now 31 years of age
and my children are respectively 27, 29, 17, 15, 12, 10, 8,
6 4 and 2 years
18. How many
children have you, and how many of each sex?
Answer: Ten in all, three boys and seven
girls.
19. Are you
engaged in any business? If so, what do
you earn?
Answer: I am not.
20. Have you any
estate in your own right, real or personal, and what is its value?
Answer: None.
21. Has your wife
any estate in her own right, real of personal, and what is its
value?
Answer: None.
22. How have your
derived support for yourself, and family if you have
one, for
the last five years, and what prevents you from earning a
living now?
Answer: What little I have derived was from from
my(?) labor and my children. My condition _____ & my age is such for
several years past that I can do but very little work.
23. Do you use
any intoxicants to any extent?
Answer: I do not.
24. Have you an
attorney to look after this application?
Answer: I have none.
25. Give his
name, address and the compensation agreed between you.
Answer: -----------------
26. Give names of
two or more of your comrades with their postoffice
addresses.
Answer: A. M. Gremillion,
witnesses, H. C. Edwards and Eloi Moullard,
27. Give your postoffice address and that of the two witnesses.
Answer: My Post Office address is
witnesses
is Marksville, LA.
Witness my hand this 21st day of November, 1898.
(Signature
of) A. A. Couvillion
Applicant
Witnesses:
(Signatures of)
A. M. Gremillion
J. A. Morrow
APPLICANT
MUST GO BEFORE CLERK OF COURT
State of
Avoyelles Parish Personally
appeared before me, Alcide M. Bordelon
Clerk of the District Court of said Parish, the above named Augustin A. Couvillion, the
applicant, with whom I am
personally acquainted, and having the application read
and fully explained to him as well
as the statements and answers therein made,
made oath that the statements and
answers are true.
Witness my
hand and seal of office, this 21st day of November, 1898
(Signature
of) A. M. Bordelon
Clerk
State of
Avoyelles Parish Personally appeared before me, Alcide M. Bordelon