For Officer's or Comrade's Testimony.
Officer's, Surgeon's or | Henry R. Rudd a resident
of Clifty
Commrade's Post Office | in the County of Todd State of Kentucky
late
address
| Private of Company D of the 17th Regimant of Kentucky Vols.
on oath depose and said that I was well acquainted with John R. Latham
late a Private in Company D of the 17th Regiment of Ky Vols.
of the war of 1864 that at the time of his enlistment, said John R.
Latham
was a Stout healthy man
and while in the military service of the United States, in the line
of his duty, and without fault or im-
proper conduct of his own, on or about the ----- day of April 1862
at Shilo Tenn in the State of Tennessee
Said John R. Latham was attacked
with diarrhoea and said
disease became chronic and
said Latham was discharged
and came home in the summer
of 1862, at which latter named time
said Latham was bloated, and
swolen with what appeared to be
dropsy, or some disease of that
character which rendered him
unfit for labor, which condition containued
for two or three years or more.
Signed Henry R. Rudd
Sworn to and subsribed before me this 17 day of July 1883
Clifty in the County of Todd
State of Kentucky. I certify that I am disinterested, that the
affiant is to me well
known, and is respectable, and worthy of full credit as a witness,
and that the contents of the affidavit were
made known to him before execution
D.W. Jessup J.P
State of Kentucky
County of Todd
I hereby certify that D W Jesup before whom the forego-
ing afidavit was made, was at the execution thereof, a Justice of Peace
in and for the County of Todd
and State of Kentucky duly authorized to administer oaths, and that
his signature.
Respectfully returned to the Commissioner of Pensions.
Henry R. Rudd, a Private of Company D,
17 Regiment Ky Inf Volunteers
is reported: April 30/62 absent sick in Hospl.
John C. Slaughter private saves Co. on said
roll Present. Name John S. Slaughter not
bor__.
M Bisby
Assistant Adjutant General
| No | Name and P.O. Address | Date of Filing | Subject |
| 1 | John R. Latham (dead.) | July 2? | Declaration |
| 2 | Same | Jany 16/88 | Increa__ declaration |
| 3 | Same | Sept 9/89 | Same |
| 4 | Same | Aug 8/96 | Same |
| 5 | Same | Dec 7/82 | Unable to furnish testimony of offi__ |
| 6 | Same | Apr 11/83 | History of disability |
| 7 | Same | Oct 6/8_ | Ast medical treatment |
| 8 | Same | Aug 20/83 | No Surgeon's ___________ |
| 9 | Same | Apr 24/86 | Ast signature |
| 10 | Same | Nov 12/86 | Ast extent of disability |
| 11 | Alr. | ---- | Military and Medical history |
| 12 | Surgeons Certificate of disability | ||
| 13 | J. S. Carneal Clifty, Ky | Dec 9/82 | Condition in service |
| 14 | P. S. Latham Clifty, Ky | Dec 9/82 | Same |
| 15 | John C. Slaughter Clifty, Ky | Aug 20/83 | Same |
| 16 | Henry R. Rudd Clifty, Ky | Aug 20/83 | Same |
| 17 | M. _. Lyon Clifty, Ky | March 16/86 | Same |
| 18 | John P. Heltsley Clifty, Ky | March 31/8_ | Same |
| 19 | ______ L. Adams Sharon Grove Ky | March 20/86 | Same |
| 20 | Als. | ----- | Presence of above |
| 21 | |||
| 22 | |||
| 23 | John H. Heltsley, Clifty, Ky | Aug 20/83 | Conditions since discharge |
| 24 | Maittie Blake Clifty, Ky | Oct 12/83 | Same |
| 25 | John B. Bivins | Oct 12/83 | Same |
| 26 | A. Brasher M.D. Kirkmansville, Ky |
Aug/83 | Treatment in 1881 |
| 27 | J_o Bartlett M.D.
Kirkmansville, Ky |
Dec 9/82 | Condition since discharge |
| 28 | R. C. Howard M.D, Clifty, Ky | Dec 4/86 | Same |
| 29 | James A. Maham, Clifty, Ky | March 16/86 | Same |
| 30 | Same | Dec 9/82 | Same |
| 31 | Same | Aug 22/83 | Same |
| 32 | Same | Nov 12/86 | Same |
| 33 | Er Surg.
Hopkinsville, Ky |
Nov 8/81 | Med. Er. |
| 34 | Er Surg.
Ferguson, Ky |
March 20/83 | Same |
| 35 | Board of Surg.
Greenville, Ky |
June 2/86 | Same |
| 36 | Bd of Surg.
Hopkinsville, Ky |
May 16/88 | Same |
| 37 | Same | Dec 11/89 | Same |
Submitted: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 10:34:28 by Mary Latham [an error occurred while processing the directive]