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DEPOSITION B
Case of John England, No. 605525
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On this Fifth day of May, 1896, at
Scarborough, County of Anderson,
State of Tenn, before me, G. E. Brown, a
Special Examiner of the Pension Office, personally appeared
Charles M. Smith, who being by me first duly sworn to answer
truly all interrogatories propounded to him during this Special Examination of aforesaid
pension claim, deposes and says: I am 65 years old, occupation farmer,
P.O. address as above stated.
I served in Co. K 5 Tenn Info. enlisted at April 1862 and
discharged May 1865 a private.
Claimant is older than I and was a young man
when I first can remember him. At the time he
married he came to the squire close to where I live to be
married. I lived 3 to four to five miles of him when the war
came up and before that. At the time I went to
Kentucky to enlist he was the pilot. A good
many went with him, Wm Scarboro, Arthur Peters,
and I were all that went out of this neighborhood.
When we got to Camp Boston or Beach we enlisted all
four of us, and the next day John England left and
I did not see very much of him for 1 1/2 years and
then Wm Scarboro, John Peters and myself were
ordered to come after him and take him to
his command. There were several deserters out and
we were ordered to bring all we could find and
we took John England and Joe Wyatt of same Co.
to the company. At the time we took him he
appeared to be lame but did not say what
caused it - I believe his right leg. No he did
not show me his leg on that trip but I noticed
that he was a little lame. After he got back
with us he staid until we started into Ga.
on the campaign and I lost sight of him
and never saw him until we were ordered to
I'm a little puzzled about the reference to "Joe Wyatt of same Co.". If "Co." means "Company", then the sentence is very awkward. If "Co." means "County", then I don't understand because John England was from Anderson County and I believe that Joseph Wyatt was from Roane County.
Charles M. Smith was the brother-in-law of John W. Scarbrough, who also filed a deposition in in the Civil War pension application of John England. John W. Scarbrough in turn was the brother-in-law of John England's wife Jane (Jennie) Peters.
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Nashville to be mustered out. I was
surprised to see him. Saw him the next
day after I arrived at the barracks. He then
seemed to be in good shape with ??????
and was lame.
No, I never noticed that he was lame when he went
with us to Kentucky to enlist. He seemed to be
a stout man for his age.
At the time we took him to the company from desertion,
he said he was out recruiting but never showed
any papers and there was no records in the
books to show it. No, I never heard anyone but
him say that he was a recruiter, and if he
was a recruiter he never brought any one to
enlist after we went with in in April
1962.
Some time after the war he claimed he had
jumped from the Court House door and was
crippled up. I never heard that during the
war. For some reason John England never
was in a battle or skirmish during the war.
I have heard since the war that his thigh
was broken when a boy by being thrown from
a horse. I don't remember what officer detailed
us to come after him and others. Wm Scarboro was
in command of the squad and the co. was at
Ebenezer below Knoxville Tenn at the time.
No, I don't know where he was from the time
we started on the Ga. Campaign and until we
met at Nashville Tenn. to be mustered out.
He left us at Loudon Tenn. or we left him then on
our way to Ga. in 1864. No, I never heard any one else state
anything about his having jumped from the Court House door at
Clinton, Tenn. Claimant and I never had any trouble, I am
not prejudiced against him. I have understood questions and
am correctly recorded in this deposition.
(signed) C. M. Smith
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 5th day of May,
1896, and I certify that the contents were fully made known to deponent before signing.
(signed) G. C. Brown
Special Examiner
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