Transcribed, copyright, and submitted by Janis Hendrick
PENSION RECORDS OF GEORGE W. HARL
CO. D, 40 REG'T ILLINOIS INFANTRY
CERTIFICATE: 29862
APPLICANT: NANCY JANE HARL
WHERE FILED: WAYNE COUNTY, ILLINOIS
Company Muster Roll
Sept & Oct 1861
George Hearl, Private
Present
Company Muster Roll
Aug 31st & Dec 31 1861
George Hearl, Private
Present
Company Muster Roll
Jan & Feb 1862
George Hearl, Private
Present
Remarks: Enrolled for 3 yrs Oct 10 1861 at Fairfield
Company Muster Roll
Mar & Apr 1862
George Hearl, Private
Remarks: Died of disease at Neshoby Tenn March 15 1862
Special Muster Roll
Aug 18 1862
George Hearl, Private
Remarks: Died of sickness on Tenn River March 15 1862 (Mustered-in
Oct. 27, 1861 at Paducah) Name not on Co. Muster Out Roll.
Inventory of the effects of George W. Hearl, late a private of Capt S. Hoopers Company D, 40th Reg Ill Vols. who died at Neshoby Hardin County, Tenn on the 15th Day of March 1862. Was born in Breckinridge County Ky was enlisted at Scottsville Wayne County, Ills on the 10th Day of Oct 1861; by Capt S. Hooper to serve for the period of 3 yrs. (Was five feet-eleven in high, Fair com, Gray eyes Dark hair was 33 yrs of age, and by occupation when enlisted a Farmer. Was last paid by paymaster Mgt Shennan to include the 31 day of December 1861. has pay due him from that time to the period of his death. So entitled to all other allowances authorised to volunteer Soldiers. He has received clothing amount $30.74 cts. The proceeds of his effects were placed in the hands of the cons-commander to be forwarded to his wife; as the con ... were on march; immediate sales had to be made. S Hooper, ... Co.
I, E. J. George do hereby certify that I am 2nd Lieut of Company [?] of the 40th Regiment of Ill Infty Volunteers, and was acquainted with George Harl who was a member of my company. That the said George Harl was mustered into service on or about the ... day of August 1861 and died about the 15 day of March 1862 having become disabled from doing duty as a soldier from on or about the ... day of ... 1862 while in the service of the United States and in the line of his duty as a soldier, in the manner and at the place as follows:
Priv George Harl of my company was taken sick while in the line of his duty as a soldier attending outpost guard at Savannah Tenn on March 15th 1861. Priv Harl died on March 15th 1861 on board the Steamer City of Altoma near Shiloh Landing, was sound when enlisted --- died of Lung Fever.
That the said soldier was in good health at the time he entered the
service and the disability above referred to affected him while in the
service and at his discharge, as follows: ... was the cause of his death.
The surgeon Wm Graham 1st Ast of 40th Ills Inft determined the cause of
Priv Hearls death to be Lung Fever.
E. Jasper George, 2nd Lieut Co. [?] 40th Ills Inft
State of Illinois
County of Wayne
Sworn to before me, and subscribed in my presence by E.Jasper George
this 19th day of December AD 1862 and I certify that said E.Jasper George
is personally known to me to be the person he represents himself to be.
C A Beicher
Sir:
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt from your Office of application
for Pension No. 8517 and to return it herewith, with such information as
is furnished by the files of this office. It appears from the Muster
Rolls on file in this office, that George Hearl was enrolled at Scottsville,
Octr 10th 1861 in Co. D., 40th Regiment of Illinois Volunteers, (3 years)
and mustered into service as a Private at Paducah, Octr 27 1861 in Co.
"D" 40th Regiment of Illinois Volunteers. On the Special Muster Roll
of Co. "D" of that Regiment dated August 18th 1862, he is reported as:
Died of sickness on Tenn River, March 15th 1862.
Assistant Adjutant General
The Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D. C.
Memoranda: Name of applicant --- Nancy Jane Harl, Address: Burnt Prairie,
Wayne Co. Ills.
Henry Chapman being ? duly sworn appears and says that he was a private
in Co ? 40 Regt Ill Vol Infy --- that George Harl was a member of the same
Company and Regiment that he and said George Harl were both sick at the
same time and was on a hospital boat at Pittsburg Landing Tenn and that
he was present when said George Harl died and said boat at said place,
which was about the 15 of March 1862. He further states that he knew
that Nancy J. Harl is his widow and was married. He further states
that he has no interest in her application for pension for service of her
said husband.
Henry Chapman [his mark]
Sworn and subscribed before me this Oct 24 1863.
C.A. Beecher
Surgeon General's Office
Washington City, D.C.
January 27th 1864
Sir:
I have the honor to return herewith application for Pension, No. 8517
with such information as is furnished by the records of this office.
Priv George W. Hearl, Co. D, 40th Regiment Ills Vols. Is reported to this
office by Surgeon Wm Graham as having died Mch 15th 1862 at Regimental
Hospl Tenn. Of Meningitis.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant
JJ Woodward
War of 1861
Brief in the case of Mrs. Nancy Jane Harl, widow of George Harl, Private
in Co. "D" 40th Regiment Illinois Volunteers
Wayne County, and State of Illinois
Act of July 14, 1862
Post Office address of Applicant, Burnt Prairie Illinois
Claim for widow's Pension - Declaration and Identification
in due Form.
PROOF EXHIBITED
Record proof of marriage
Eight Children
Power of Attorney
Rolls show that decedent was mustered into service in said company
as a Private Oct 27 / 61 and "Died of Sickness on Tenn. River March 15
1863. Surgeon General reports him as having died at the same time at Regt.
Hospt. Of Meningitis. Certificate of 2nd Lieutenant of said company
shows that he died at the same time -- that he was taken sick while in line
of duty on outpost guard March 10/61 -- Died March 15/61 [insert ^] - These
last two dates are evidently clerical errors - on board of Steamer City
of Altoma -- was sound when enlisted --- died of Lung Fever --- that the Surgeon
of the Regiment pronounced that to be the disease.
Admitted September 6, 1864, to a Pension of $8 per month, commencing March 15, 1862. Enos Clarke, St. Louis Mo.
War of 1861 Act of July 25, 1866
Claim for Increase of Widow's Pension
Supplemental to case in which certificate No. 29862 was issued 9 Sept,
1864. BRIEF in the case of Nancy Jane Harl, Widow of George Harl, Priv
D 40 Ill Vols
Resident of White County, and State of Ill
Post Office address: Burnt Prairie, Ill
Declaration and Identification in Due Form
PROOF EXHIBITED
Abandonment or adoption -- No abandonment or adoption
Date of Marriage of Parents -- 16 March / 48
Names and dates of birth of children:
James A. Harl, born 26 Oct, 1850, who will be 16 years old 25 Oct,
1866
Lucy J. Harl, born 14 Feb, 1852, who will be 16 years old 13 Feb, 1868
Mary E. Harl, born 6 April, 1854, who will be 16 years old 5 April,
1870
John H. Harl, born 25 Nov, 1855, who will be 16 years old 24 Nov, 1871
Samantha A. Harl, born 16 April, 1857, who will be 16 years old 15
April, 1873
Joseph E. Harl, born 24 Nov, 1858, who will be 16 years old 23 Nov,
1874
Charles F. Harl, born 16 Feb, 1861, who will be 16 years old 15 Feb
1877
Proof of ages -- Affidavits of witnesses present
Only children -- Shown
Agent and his P.O. Address -- C.A. Beecher, Fairfield, Ill.
Issue certificate for 8 dollars per month commencing 15 March, 1862
and two dollars per month additional for each of the above-named children,
commencing 25 day of July, 1866, deducting former payments.
Passed 8 Feb, 1868. Julius A. Fay, Examiner. Approved.
State of Illinois, Wayne County
Before the undersigned authority within and for said county and state
personally appeared
Lucinda Lock
Elizabeth Johnson
Mary Haynes
Priscilla Brown [her mark]
Darthula Murphey
Emaline Musgroves
Who being duly sworn on oath state that they were present at the birth
of [individual children] in Wayne County Illinois and child of Nancy J
and George W. Hearl and that they are not interested in the above claim.
[Signatures of above witnesses]
Subscribed and sworn to before me and I further certify that affiants
are credible persons to whom the contents were fully explained before signing
and further have no interest in the claim of Nancy J. Hearl.
Oliver Holmes, Clerk
Personally appeared before me the undersigned authority in and for said
county Nancy J. Harl whom I certify to be entitled to full faith and credit
and who upon her oath says that she is the widow of George Harl late a
private Co. "D" 40th Reg Ills Vols that by said deceased soldier she is
the mother of Seven children the two youngest of which are named and the
dates of whose birth are as follows. Joseph E. Born November 24th
1858 and Charles F. Born February 16th 1861. That said names and
dates of birth are at this time correctly given and that the dates of birth
of same children as given in this affiants original application for pension
as occurring on the 18th March 1858 and 18th February 1860 are incorrect
and the error must have been committed by the person filling out the application
as this affiant knows of no other way the mistake could have been made.
Nancy J. Harl [her mark]
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 18th date of January AD 1868
and I certify that the contents of said affidavit were explained to affiant
before signing and that I have no interest in the prosecution of said claim.
Oliver Holmes, Co. Clerk
Hon William Lochren
Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir:
I hereby report that the name of Nancy J. Harl widow of George,
who was a pensioner on the rolls of this Agency, under Certificate No.
29862, and who was last paid at $12 to Jan 4, 1894 has been dropped because
of death. Burnt Prairie, Ill. Feb 22 1894.
Very respectfully,
W.B. Anderson, Pension Agent
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