David Anderson, Company F & Company G

Sometimes companies reorganized because of attrition caused by death, debilitating injuries, and illness and a person served in more than one company or regiment.

Invalid – 169, 775 / 121,789

Sworn Statement, James Holland and William Alpheus, 18 July 1871
residence, Portsmouth, Norfolk Co., Va.
“That they are well acquainted with David Anderson … they served respectively in Co ‘H’ & Co ‘I’ … with him from 1863 to February 1866; and that they were present at the time of his receiving his wound which caused the loss of his third finger, and the breaking of the second finger and bones of his left hand which was on or about the 19th day of July 1864 and that this was during an engagement with the enemy of Smithfield, Isle of Wight, County in the State of Virginia, he having been struck by a minie ball fired by the enemy.”

Sworn Statement, William Bright, 30 September 1872
residence, Norfolk Co., Va.
“intimately acquainted with David Anderson since 1859”

Sworn Statement, William Teamor, 30 September 1872
residence, Norfolk Co., Va.
“intimately acquainted with David Anderson … present and participating in the engagement in which he received the wound aforesaid”

Claimant’s Affidavit, David Anderson, 27 May 1889
47 years old; residence, Bayview, Northampton Co., Va.; post-office address, Bayview, Northampton Co., Va.
“under treatment near Fort Monroe about 2 months & then sent to the Phila Summit House Hospital & remained about 3 months & then sent to my regiment … at Norfolk, Va. on Provost duty.”

Claimant’s Affidavit, David Anderson, 17 June 1889
47 years old; residence, Bayview, Northampton Co., Va; post-office address, Bayview, Va

Proof of Diability, John Portlock, 16 December 1889
46 years old; residence, Norfolk, Va;
“about the 10th day of June, 1864 .. that while in the detail service at Butler’s Front & working on the breastworks, he received a shell wound over the left eye at the time aforesaid, which injured his eyes … had to be sent to the rear and now has to resort to the use of spectacles for purposes of reading and such like. That he was sent to the Regimental Hospital at Point of Rocks and there treated but the name of the surgeon is not known to this affiant. Doctors Gray & Manley, the regimental surgeons being that time absent, & the attending physician being a Brigade Surgeon.”

Claimant’s Affidavit, David Anderson, 16 December 1889
47 years old; residence, Eastern Shore, Northampton Co., Va; post-office address, Bayview
“That there is not in his community or within his knowledge any commissioned officer of Company G, 1st Regt USC Cav nor first sergeant, nor does he know where either if any now be living, can be found and in the inability of this affiant to obtain their testimony or the testimony of either of them, he makes his affidavit of the foregoing facts in order to introduce as evidence in support of his claim, the testimony of two of his comrades.”

General Affidavit, David Anderson and Thomas Florid, 22 August 1892
[Florid] “I was with him the same day when he was struck the right wing of Butler’s bressworks [sic] … on detail … we both was discharged the same day and came home together.”

General Affidavit, John Henry, 1 October 1892
46 years old; residence, Cheapside, Northampton Co., Va.; post-office address, Cheapside, Va.
“I have been acquainted [with the soldier] on about 25 years or more and have worked with the said claimant some since his discharge”

General Affidavit, Thomas Floyd and Harrison Tucker, 18 May 1893
[Floyd] 52 years old; residence, Cape Charles, Northampton Co., Va; post-office address, Cape Charles City, Va.
[Tucker] 59 years old; residence Cape Charles, Northampton Co., Va; post-office address, Cape Charles City, Va.
“[Floyd] knowing him for 25 years since the war … he was all the time complaining of his eyes and head on the count of being struck with a shell. I was there when he was struck and I am now living in Cape Charles and sees [sic] him every day. He now drives the mail from Cape Charles to Brighton once a day”
“[Tucker] a mail carrier myself from the train to the post office at Cape Charles every day … I sees [sic] him every day … I have been that way since 1884″

Claimant’s Affidavit, David Anderson, 18 May 1893
49 years old; residence, Bayview, Northampton Co, Va.
“Doctor George Smith is our family doctor”

Questionnaire (Form 3-402), David Anderson, 13 June 1898
[married] no
[previous marriage] “Yes, to Jane Parsons. Married 1866″
{living children] “Married in Norfolk, Va. Parted at same place 1879. No children.”

Questionnaire (Form 3-173), David Anderson, Sr., 13 September 1899
[married] “I am not. I has ben [sic] married but she lef [sic] in 67 for another man and went to New York and I have not heard from her since. Andrew Tucker of Norfolk but he is dead.”
[record] “Norfolk, Va. I was not married but once and that was in 1866 … 25 years ago so I do not consider that I am a married man.”
[previously married] “I don’t know whether she is dead, living but she will never be my wife enemore [sic] in this world and the world to come”
[children] “I had one name David Anderson Jr born December 1870 …. he was not her son, it was another woman, as near as I can say. The date of month has slip [sic] my membranes”

General Affidavit, Jeffrey Taylor, 8 January 1906
65 years old; post-office address, Cape Charles, Va.
“I lived in the claimant’s home with him during the years of 1901 and 1902”

General Affidavit, Edward F. Jordan, 8 January 1906
48 years old; post-office address, Cape Charles, Va.
“I have personally known the claimant for the past four or five years”

Claimant’s Affidavit, David Anderson, 15 January 1906 [date stamped by Pension Office]
69 years old; post-office address, Bayview, Northampton Co., Va.
“That he contracted disease of heart at Northampton Co., Va., about four years ago under the following circcumstances: While mail carrier on Route No. 21477 from Bayview flat to Bayview PO Box Northampton Co., Virginia from rapid walking to make the trains. When I lie down at night I have to lie on my right side, as owing to my heart trouble, I cannot lie on my left side.”
“Said disability was no way due to vicious habits.”
[The word “General” was struck through and replaced with “Claimant’s” written by hand in red ink — LEA]

Declaration for Pension, David Anderson, 26 February 1907
70 years old; residence, Bayview, Northampton Co., Va; post-office address, Cape Charles, Northampton Co., Va.
“places of residence since leaving the service have been as follows: lived in Norfolk, Va about three months since then to date in Northampton County, Va.”
“Also personally appeared SB Travis, residing in Cape Charles, Va. and Arthur Hunt, residing in Dolby, Va. … their acquaintance with him of 10 years and 10 years, respectively”

Questionnaire (Form 3-389), David Anderson, 20 April 1915
[date and place of birth] 1837, St Mary’s Co, Maryland
[post office at enlistment] Norfolk, Va.
[wife’s name] Jane Parsons
[where, when, by whom] Dec 1866, Norfolk, Va, Rev. Wm. Tucker
[official record] yes, Norfolk, Va.
[previously married] no
[wife’s previous marriage] “was not married before she married me”
[with you, separated] dead
[names, birth dates, all children] David Anderson, living, 1869

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David Anderson, Company F & Company G

This veteran from the Eastern Shore was beset by difficulty. He suffered a head wound from a shell explosion and his condition worsened as he aged. His wife abandoned him shortly after the war ended and moved to New York with another man. But his son survived into adulthood and the injured soldier married a second time.

Invalid — 169,775 / 121,789

Claimant’s Affidavit, David Anderson, 16 December 1889
47 years old; residence, Eastern Shore, Northampton Co., Va.; post-office address, Bayview
“That there is not in his community or within his knowledge any commissioned office of Company G 1st Regt USC Cav nor first sergeant, nor does he know where either, if any now, be living can be found”

Claimant’s Affidavit, David Anderson, 8 August 1891
47 years old; residence, Cape Charles, Northampton Co., Va.; post-office address, Cape Charles, Northampton Co., Va.
“I was struck by the explosion of a shell from Fort Clifton about June or July … taken to the regiment hospital near Point of Rocks and was treated by the doctors there but I did not know their names”

General Affidavit, David Anderson and Thomas Floyd, 22 August 1892
[Anderson] 47 years old; residence, Cape Charles, Northampton, Va.; post-office address, Cape Charles City, Va.
[Floyd] 51 years old; residence, Cape Charles City, Northampton Co., Va.; post-office address, Cape Charles City, Va.
“both discharged at City Point, Va. and came home together … both working at Cape Charles City, Va, sees each other every day”

General Affidavit, John Henry, 1 October 1892
46 years old; residence, Cheapside, Northampton Co., Va.; post-office address, Cheapside, Va.
“I have been aquainted with the said claimant David Anderson on about 25 years or more”

Claimant’s Affidavit, David Anderson, 27 May 1893
49 years old; residence, Bayview, Northampton Co., Va.; post-office address, Cape Charles, Va.
“Says that he recd shell wound over left eye Jan 10/64 at engagement at Butler Breastwork front of Petersburg was sent to hospital Point of Rocks near Petersburg & transfer to Camp Hamilton … and remained there”

General Affidavit, Thomas Floyd and Harrison Tucker, 18 May 1893
[Floyd] 52 years old; residence, Cape Charles, Northampton Co., Va.; post-office address, Cape Charles City, Va.
[Tucker] 59 years old; residence, Cape Charles, Northampton Co., Va.; post-office address, Cape Charles City, Va.
“[Floyd] been knowing [claimant] for 25 years, since the war, and since he has been out of the war … I am now living in Cape Charles and see him every day. He now drives the mail from Cape Charles to Brighton once a day and sometimes”
“[Tucker] “a mail carrier myself from the train to the post office at Cape Charles every day and he have to meet the train every day”

Claimant’s Affidavit, David Anderson, 12 August 1894
47 years old; residence, Bayview, Northampton Co., Va.; post-office address, Bayview, Va.
“I have not been treated by any Doctor since I was discharged because I was not so bad off at first”

Questionnaire (Form 3-173), David Anderson, 13 September 1899
[wife’s name/maiden name] “I am not. I has ben [sic] married but she lef [sic] in 67 for another man and went to New York and have not heard from her since”
[where, when, by whom] 1866 December; Andrew Tucker of Norfolk but he is dead
[marriage record] “Norfolk, Va. I was not married but once and that was in 1866; 25 years ago so I do not consider that I am a married man”
[previoiusly married] “I don’t know whether she is dead or living but she will never be my wife enemore [sic] in this world and the world to come”
[living children] “I had one name David Anderson Jr but he was not her son but it was another mother. Born December 1870 as near as I can say. The date of month has slip [sic] my memories.”

General Affidavit, Jeffrey Taylor, 8 January 1906
65 years old; residence, Cape Charles, Va.
“I lived in the claimant’s home with him during the years of 1901 and 1902 … His disability was not due in any way to vicious habits.”

General Affidavit, Edward F. Jordan, 8 Januaary 1906
48 years old; residence, Cape Charles, Va.
“I have personally known the claimant David Anderson for the past four or five years”

Declaration for Pension, David Anderson, 19 February 1907
70 years old; residence, Bayview, Northampton Co., Va.; post-office address, Cape Charles, Northampton Co,, Va
“born January 1st 1837 at St Mray’s County, Md. (my discharge certificate is in Pension Office) … several places of residence since living leaving the service have been as follows: lived in Norfolk, Va. about three months, since then to date in Northampton County, Va.”
“Also personally appeared S.B. Travis, residing in Cape Charles, Va. and Arthur Hurt, residing in Dolby, Va. … their acquaintance with him of 10 years and 10 years, respectively”

Questionnaire (Form 3-389), David Anderson, 20 April 1915
[date and place of birth] 1837 — St Mary’s Co,, Maryland
[organization] Co G, 1st USCC
[post-office at enlistment] Norfolk, Virginia
[wife’s full name / maiden name] Jane Parsons
[when, where, by whom] Dec 1866, Norfolk, Va. Rev. Wm. Tucker
[official or church record, where] yes, Norfolk, Va
[previous marriage] no
[present wife’s previous marriage] “was not married before she met me”
[with wife] “she is dead”
[names and birth dates of all children] David Anderson, living,1869

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Anthony Anderson, Company E

According to the soldier’s daughter, her father enlisted in the 1st U.S. Colored Cavalry in October 1863 in Mississippii but that regiment wasn’t organized until December 1863 at Fort Monroe, Virginia. The Pension Board couldn’t resolve this and other discrepancies, consequently the application was denied.

Minor — 459,517 / —–,

Declaration for Children Under Sixteen Years of Age, Eliza Duvall, 5 August 1890
35 years old; post-office address, Box #125 Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi
“[Anthony Anderson] who enlisted at Skipwith Landing, Miss on the 11 day of Oct, 1863 … who died in service … names and dates of birth of all the surviving children of the children, under sixteen years of age as follows:

Eliza Duvall child of the soldier, born Jan 1855

Rachel Smith formerly Anderson, born May 1857

Charlotte Ann Anderson, born June 1859

Lilia Ann Lee formerly Anderson, born Jan 1861

Elizabeth Anderson, born March 1863

“That the father was married under the name of Anthony Anderson to Jane Horance [?]”
“Also personally appeared Walker Smith, residing at Oakland Place, Miss and C.B. Litchfield, residing at Refuge, Miss. … their acquaintance … 35 years and 30 years, respectively”

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Andrew Anderson, F&S

The widow, a lifelong resident of Norfolk, Virginia, moved to Cleveland, Ohio, to live with her son. The soldier’s will was never admitted to probate and there was confusion about the widow’s name before marriage but his application based on invalid status and her application based on widow status were approved.

Invalid — 815,831 / 740,173
Widow — 770,259 / 542,553

General Affidavit, Henry Small and William Tenant, 4 January 1891
[Small] 48 years old; residence, 95 Liberty Street, Norfolk, Norfolk Co., Va.
[Tenant] 45 years old; residence, 97 Liberty Street, Norfolk, Norfolk Co., Va.
“That they know Andrew W. Anderson aforesaid and have frequently visited him and attend to him; that he is now very sick and confined to his bed and room … he will die in want of proper medical assistance and proper attention, he is an object of charity and entirely dependent on his wife who is quite delicate and unable to do any manual labor, his friends are obliged to attend him in his helplessness.”

Deposition, Andrew W. Anderson, 8 May 1893
49 years old; residence, 95 Liberty St., Norfolk, Va.,

Deposition, Lazarus Taite, 8 May 1893
63 or 64 years old; oocupation, day laborer
“I have known Andrew W. Anderson 29 or 30 years … Wm. Anderson and me served in the same company and I urged him to make the application … my name on that declaration is a forgery”

Deposition, William Bright, 10 May 1893
49 years old; occupation, laborer; residence, 76 Nickerson Street, Norfolk, Virginia

Deposition, B.A. Richardson, 11 May 1893
28 years old; occupation, traveling salesman; residence and post-office address, 50 Roanoke Ave., Norfolk, Va.
“At that date I was a notary public and had a seal … my brother C.A. Richardson informed me that W.R. Drury in my absence took my seal away with him.”
“I signed some declarations in black for my uncle W.R. Drury, Pension Attorney”

Deposition, Andrew W. Anderson, 16 January 1901
57 [?] years old; occupation, laborer; post-office address, 133 Liberty Street, Norfolk, Va.
“I was born near Berkley, Norfolk Co., Va. I was freeborn. My father’s name was Jadarest [?] Anderson. my mother’s name was Barbara Ann Anderson. I have no sisters living. I have one brother. Izaiah Anderson, Hampton Home, Va. who served in the Navy. Don’t know on what ship.
“I was a farmer at enlistment”
“Garrard was my first Col[onel]. Seip was my last Col[onel]. W.H. Cabiness was my Capt.; Vandervoort was my 1st Lt.; Smith was 2nd Lt; William Teemer, ord. sgt.; Harper was 2nd Sgt.; John Robinson Sgt.; Philip Bagnall was my tentmate. I was in the Battle of Drury’s Bluff in 1864, at Church Hill near Richmond in 1864. Some were killed at both places, but none of my co.
“I was wounded in my head at Church Hill in 1864 and had my left arm broken while in camp while engaged in wrestling [?] at Scott’s Creek, near Portsmouth, Va., in Jan 1865.”
“I have resided in Norfolk, Va. since discharge … have been treaeted for a gallstone by Dr. Thompson and Dr. Walker, Norfolk, Va. … William Bright and Lazarus Tate were my witnesses in my pension claim.”
“Bertha W. Anderson is the name of my lawful wife. We were married Jan [illegible], 1869, at Berkley, Va. by Rev. Peter Sherpherd. … I have no children under 16.”

Declaration for Widow’s Pension, Bertha Anderson, 3 September 1902
58 years old; residence, Norfolk, Norfolk Co., Va; post-office address, 54 Livingston St., Cleveland, Ohio
“Also personally appeared, Anna Davis, residing at 461 Cumberland [?] St … and Martha C. Walker, residing at 377 Cumberland [?] … their acquaintance with her of 40 years and 30 years, respectively”

General Affidavit, Bertha Anderson, 15 September 1902
69 years old; residence, Cleveland, Ohio; post-office address, 54 Livingston St., Cleveland, Ohio
“[married] at Providence Church, Norfolk Co., Va. … her name at the time of such marriage was Bertha Wilson … when claimant was between three and four years old her mother married a second time to one Wilson Moore and claimant was sometimes called Bertha Moore through the confusion of her step-father’s name … [Andrew Anderson] owned a small lot of land, unimproved, in Norfolk County, near Providence Church, which is supposed to be worth about $30; that said lot was left to the claimant by the will of the soldier, which has never been admitted to probate; that with the exception of the said lot neither she nor her husband owned any property except a few articles of household furniture which have been sold for about $10 or $15 ; that she has no income from any source and owns no interest in any stocks or bonds… that she has been a resident of Norfolk, Va., all her life, but is now going to Cleveland, Ohio to live with her son, and therefore gives her address in Cleveland, Ohio.”

General Affidavit, Rev. Peter Shepperd, 16 October 1902
87 years old; residence, Norfolk, Norfolk Co., Va.; post-office address, 325 8th St, NE, Washington, DC
“He is a regularly ordained minister of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, continuously since the year of 1864, and states that that he married the claimant Bertha Anderson, to her husband the soldier, Andrew W. Anderson, in this case, at Berkley, Norfolk Co., Va., on the 7th day of January 1869, he acting in the capacity of the officiating minister … he, the affiant, failed to make a return of the marriage of this claimant to the soldier.”

General Affidavit, Bertha Anderson, 16 June 1904
60 years old; residence, Norfolk, Norfolk County, Virginia; post-office box, 56 Johnson Ave, Norfolk, Va.
“Her pension is paid by the agency at Columbus, Ohio, where she formerly lived; that she has been living in Norfolk, Va. about eight months and expects to live here the rest of her life.
“She therefore respectfully requests that she be paid by the agency in Washington, DC instead of Columbus, Ohio.”

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Charles Anderson, Company B

Sometimes a veteran or his survivor(s) didn’t know which military organization i.e. Company or Regiment that he had enlisted or served in. Without confirmation of identity or service an application failed.

Invalid — 1,395,906 / ——

Declaration of Pension, Charles Anderson, 4 February 1911
81 years old; residence, Skidmore, Bee County, Texas; post-office address, Skidmore, Bee County, Texas
“he was enrolled at New Orleans … was honorably discharged at San Antonio, Texas … that he served about one year as a cook … born June 1830 … at Grand Gulf, Claiborne County, Texas … several places of residence since leaving the service have been as follows: St. Mary’s, Texas; in Refugio County, and Skidmore in Bee County, Texas, having lived in St. Mary’s 35 years or longer, and at Skidmore for past five years.”
“Also personally appeared J.C. Wood, residing in Bellville, Texas, and Thos. Wilder, residing in Beeville, Texas … their acquaintance with him of 40 years and 40 years, respectively”

Form 3-333, Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, 13 May 1911
“it is alleged, entered the service at New Orleans, La. as a cook in Co. B, 10 Regt Ill Cav., and was discharged at San Antonio, Texas. Clmt mentions Capt. Crout as one of his company officers. Also names Andrew Jackson, Jack Smith Wade and M.E. Campbell. … the name of Charles Anderson has not been found on the rolls of Co. B 10th Ill. Cav. Byron L. Crouch was Capt. of that co. Andrew Jackson and M.V. Campbell were members of another co. of that regt. The name Jack Smith Wade has not been found on the rolls of Co. B.”

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