Parks Jefferson Pybass Pension

submitted by Scott Busenbark

I, Parks Jefferson Pybass a native of the State of  Tennessee and now a citizen of Tennessee, resident at Trenton in the County of Gibson in the said State of Tennessee, and who was a soldier from the State ofTennessee  in the war between the United States and the Confederate States, do hereby apply for aid under the Act of General Assembly of Tennessee, entitled "An Act for the benefit of the indigent and disabled soldiers of the late war between the States, and to fix the fees of attorneys or agents for procuring such pension, and fixing a penalty for the violation of the same." And I do solemnly swear that , while in the discharge of my duty in the service of the Confederate or United States, as a member of  The 12^th Kentucky Regiment, Col. Faulkner; Commander, Co. F, John M. Carroll; Captain, General Lyons BrigadeIn the service of the Confederate or United States, and that by reason of disability and indigence I am now entitled to receive the benefits of this Act. I further swear that I do not hold any National, State or County office, nor do I receive aid or pension from any other State, or from the United States, and that I am not an inmate of any soldiers home, and that I am unable to earn a reasonable support for myself and family. I do further solemnly swear that the answers given to the following questions are true:
 

In what county, State and year were you born?
Answer: October 30^th 1844 in Gibson County Tennessee

When did you enlist, and in what command? Give the names of regimental and company officers under whom you were serving at date of wound or wounds.
Answer: On Dec. 20^th 1862 and afterwards by reorganization or consolidation became part of Col. Faulkner�s Regiment as stated above.  

In what battle or battles were you engaged, and, if not wounded, state what disabilities did you receive, if any?
Answer: Tishomingo Creek, Harrisburg, Athens Alabama, Pulaski Tennessee, Oxford Mississippi, Sulphur Trestle, and other smaller skirmishes � was not wounded.

What was the precise nature of your wounds or disability, if any?
Answer: Blank

Were you incapacitated for service by reason of said wound or disability incurred?
Answer: Blank

Were you discharged from the army by reason of said wound or disability?
Answer: No

If discharged from the army, where were you and what did you do until the close of the war?
Answer: I was in the service about 2 � years and signed parole at Gainesville Alabama.  

What was the name of the surgeon that attended you?
Answer: Blank

Have you applied for pension before? Answer:No

How did you get out of the Army and when? Answer:I was captured near Memphis, held in prison at Alton, Illinois for about 3 months and exchanged at City Point, Virginia.

Did youtake theoath ofallegiance tothe UnitedStates Government?Answer: No, Not oath, paroled.

If so, when and under what circumstances?If at all, only, only when paroled at close of war.

Are you married, or have you been married?
Answer: Yes

Is so, what is the size of your family living together?
Answer:  Wife � two daughters - self

What are the respective ages of your wife and children?
Answer; Wife about 65 & daughters respectfully about 32 & 35.

To what sex do your children belong?
Answer: Females

In what business are you now engaged, if any; and what do you earn?
Answer: None

What estate have you in your own right, real and personal, and what is its value?
Answer: About $3000.00

What estate has your wife in her own right, real and personal, and what is its value?
Answer: About $5000.00 real

How have you derived support for yourself and family for the last five years?
Answer: Did some light work when I could, Daughter works some 7 some income from real-estate.

Do you use intoxicants to any extent?
Answer: No

How long have you been an actual resident of the State of Tennessee?
Answer: All my life

Have you an attorney to look after this application?
Answer: T. E. Harwood is assisting me in preparations _ (?) ,an a friend

If so, give his name and address?
Answer: T. E. Harwood, Trenton Tennessee
 

Witness my hand, this 25^th day of August 1927

P. J. Pybass

WITNESSES:

Physician: Blank

Witness: unreadable

 Witness:unreadable
 

Pension Accepted � P. J. Pybass died September 19,1934. Wife Stella received widow pension # 10834

Letter received by Stella Pybass form War Department:

WAR DEPARTMENT

The Adjutant General�s Office

Washington D. C.

January 30, 1936

In Reply to: Miss Stella Pybass, 310 Church St., Trenton, Tenn.

The records show that one P. J. Pybass, surname also borne as Pylass, private, Captain Cotter�s Company, also known as Company A, 5^th Battalion Tennessee Partisan Rangers, C.S.A., enlisted Dec. 23, 1862, at Newbern (Tennessee).

He was captured in Gibson Co., Tenn., April 27, 1863, paroled at Alton Military Prison, Alton, Ill., and received by the Confederate Agent at City Point, Va. June 21, 1863, for exchange.

A muster roll of a detachment of paroled and exchanged prisoners at Camp Lee, near Richmond, Va., for May and June, 1863, reports him present.

There are no muster rolls on file in this office of either of the companies mentioned and no later record of him has been found as of that organization.

The records also show that one P. J. Pybass, not found as Parks Jefferson Pybas, private, Co. F, 12^th Regt. Ky. Cav. C.S.A., enlisted July 1, 1863, in West Tennessee. The company muster roll dated June 30, 1863, last on file, shows him present.

No later record found. -(It is possible that the date of 2^nd enlistment is incorrect).