I am 60 odd years of age —

I am 62 years of age next month—

I am about 65 years of age —

I reckon I am about 67 years old —

I am about 68 years of age —

I am on the rise of 80 years of age —

I am 89 years old —

I am 94 years of age —

I don’t know my exact age —

I am the claimant in this case. I have testified before you
two different times before —

I filed my claim I think first about twelve years ago —

I am now an applicant for a pension,
because I understand
that all soldiers are entitled to a pension —

I claim my pension under the general law
on account of disease of eyes
as a result of smallpox
contracted in service —

The varicose veins came on both my legs
soon after the war and the sores were there
when I first put in my claim —

I claim pension for rheumatism
and got my toe broke and I was struck
in the side with the breech of a gun
breaking my ribs —

I was a man stout and healthy
over 27 years of age when I enlisted —

When I enlisted I had a little moustache,
and some chin whiskers —

I was a green boy right off the farm and did
just what I was told to do —

When I went to enlist the recruiting officer
said to me, your name is John Wilson.
I said, no, my name is Robert Harrison,
but he put me down as John Wilson. I was
known while in service by that name —

I cannot read nor write, and I do not know
how my name was spelled when I enlisted
nor do I know how it is spelled now
I always sign my name while in the army
by making my mark
I know my name by sound —

My mother said after my discharge that the reason
the officer put my name down as John Wilson
was he could draw my bounty —

I am the son of Solomon and Lucinda Sibley —

I am the only living child of Dennis Campbell —

My father was George Jourdan and my mother was Millie Jourdan —

My mother told me that John Barnett was my father —

My mother was Mary Eliza Jackson and my father Reuben Jackson —

My name on the roll was Frank Nunn. No sir,
it was not Frank Nearn.

My full name is Dick Lewis Barnett.
I am the applicant for pension
on account of having served
under the name Lewis Smith
which was the name I wore before
the days of slavery were over —

My correct name is Hiram Kirkland.
Some persons call me Harry and others call me Henry,
but neither is my correct name.