| 2. |  Adam Pack was born on 20 May 1845 in Thompson Valley, Tazewell County, Virginia (son of Hardin Pack and Maria Delong); died on 12 Mar 1920 in Silver Hill, Morgan County, Kentucky. Other Events:
- Census 1850: 1850, Western District, Tazewell, Virginia
- Census 1860: 1860, Thompson Valley, Tazewell County, Virginia
- Military: 29 May 1861, Tazewell County, Virginia; Civil War
- Court: 1880, Tazewell County and Kentucky; Accused of committing adultery with his cousins wife Rebecca, in William and Rebecca Pack's divorce proceedings.
- Census 1900: 1900, Morgan, Kentucky, USA; Sarah mother of 10 children 8 living
- Pension: 14 Apr 1903, Tazewell County, Virginia
- Deed: 3 Oct 1913, Tazewell County, Virginia; Tazewell Deed Books 75 Page 123
- Census 1920: 1920, Coffee Creek, Morgan, Kentucky, USA
Notes:
Military:
Enlisted as a Private on 29 May 1861 at the age of 15; Enlisted in Company G, 45th Infantry Regiment Virginia on 29 May 1861; Sick on 12 July 1861 at Wytheville, VA; Sick on 15 September 1861; Received a disability discharge Company G, 45th Infantry Regiment Virginia on 01 October 1861 Enlisted as a Private on 19 May 1862; Enlisted in Company B, 23rd Battn Infantry Regiment Virginia on 19 May 1862. Enlist Date 29 May 1861 Residence Tazewell County, Virginia Enlist Rank Private Enlist Age 15 Discharge Rank Private State Served Virginia Company G Unit 45th Infantry Regiment Virginia Enlist Date 19 May 1862 Company B Unit 23rd Battalion Infantry Regiment Virginia Height 5'6" Eye Color Dark Hair Color Dark
45th Regiment, Virginia Infantry was formed in May, 1861, with men from Tazewell, Wythe, Grayson, Carroll, and Bland counties. It was assigned to Echols', G.C. Wharton's, and Forsberg's Brigade, and served in western Virginia. The regiment fought at Carnifax Ferry, reported 26 killed, 96 wounded, 46 captured, and 6 missing in the fight at Cloyd's Mountain, then saw action in the Shenandoah Valley. It sustained many casualties at Third Winchester and during April, 1865, disbanded. The field officers were Colonels William H. Browne, Henry Heth, and W.E. Peters; Lieutenant Colonels Benjamin F. Ficklin, Edwin H. Harman, and William H. Werth; and Majors A.M. David, William C. Sanders, and Gabriel C. Wharton.
Others in this unit were: Calvin C. Pack
23rd Battalion, Virginia Infantry was formed in January, 1862, with five companies, later increased to eight. It was attached to Echols' and Patton's Brigade, fought at Greenbrier River, then lost eighteen percent of the 350 engaged at Droop Mountain. During 1864 it was active in the Shenandoah Valley and in mid-April, 1865, disbanded. The field officers were Lieutenant Colonel Clarence Derrick; and Majors William Blessing, William P. Cecil, and David S. Hounshell.
Also filed:
State of Kentucky Pension request dated 13 november 1915
Widow's Pension request from Kentucky 13 May 1920
Name: Adam Pack
Enlistment Date: 29 May 1861
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Confederacy
State Served: Virginia
Unit Numbers: 805 805
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 29 May 1861 at the age of 15
Enlisted in Company G. 45th Infantry Regiment Virginia on 29 May 1861
Sick on 12 July 1861 at Wytheville, Va
Sick on 15 September 1861
Received a disability discharge Company G, 45th Infantry Regiment Virginia on 1 Oct 1861
Height: 56
Eye Color: Dark
Hair Color: Dark
Name: Adam Pack
Enlistment Date: 19 May 1862
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Confederacy
State Served: Virginia
Unit Numbers: 774
Service Record: Enlisted as Private on 19 May 1862
Enlisted in Company B, 23rd Battn Infantry Regiment Virginia on 19 May 18621 _TITLE Service Record
45th Infantry Regiment was formed in May, 1861, with men from Tazewell, Wythe, Grayson, Carroll, and Bland counties. It was assigned to Echols', G.C. Wharton's, and Forsberg's Brigade, and served in western Virginia. The regiment fought at Carnifax Ferry, reported 26 killed, 96 wounded, 46 captured, and 6 missing in the fight at Cloyd's Mountain, then saw action in the Shenandoah Valley. It sustained many casualties at Third Winchester and during April, 1865, disbanded. The field officers were Colonels William H. Browne, Henry Heth, and W.E. Peters; Lieutenant Colonels Benjamin F. Ficklin, Edwin H. Harman, and William H. Werth; and Majors A.M. David, William C. Sanders, and Gabriel C. Wharton.
Fought at Tennessee.
Fought on 20 August 1861 at Hawk's Nest, VA.
Fought on 26 August 1861 at Cross Lanes, VA.
Fought on 10 September 1861 at Carnifax Ferry, W. VA.
Fought on 25 October 1861 at Fayette County, GA.
Fought on 12 November 1861 at Laurel Creek, VA.
Fought on 13 November 1861 at McCoy's Ferry.
Fought on 15 November 1861 at Cotton Hill, VA.1 _TITLE 45th Infantry Regiment Virginia
Served under Capt. D.B. Baldwin in Col. Echols Reg.
23rd Infantry Battalion was formed in January, 1862, with five companies, later increased to eight. It was attached to Echols' and Patton's Brigade, fought at Greenbrier River, then lost eighteen percent of the 350 engaged at Droop Mountain. During 1864 it was active in the Shenandoah Valley and in mid-April, 1865, disbanded. The field officers were Lieutenant Colonel Clarence Derrick; and Majors William Blessing, William P. Cecil, and David S. Hounshell
Battles Fought
Fought at Kernstown, VA.
Fought on 01 September 1862 at Charleston, WV.
Fought on 13 September 1862 at Charleston, WV.
Fought on 17 February 1863.
Fought on 20 March 1863.
Fought on 01 April 1863.
Fought on 14 April 1863 at Fayette County, WV.
Fought on 01 May 1863.
Fought on 01 August 1863 at White Sulphur Springs, WV.
Fought on 26 August 1863 at White Sulphur Springs, WV.
Fought on 27 August 1863 at White Sulphur Springs, WV.
Fought on 07 September 1863 at Logan County, WV.
Fought on 06 November 1863 at Droop Mountain, WV.
Fought on 17 December 1863 at Craig's Church, VA.
Fought on 26 March 1864 at Dublin, VA.
Fought on 15 May 1864 at New Market, VA.
Fought on 30 May 1864.
Fought on 31 May 1864 at Cold Harbor, VA.
Fought on 31 May 1864 at Richmond, VA.
Fought on 01 June 1864 at Cold Harbor, VA.
Fought on 02 June 1864 at Cold Harbor, VA.
Fought on 03 June 1864 at Cold Harbor, VA.
Fought on 04 June 1864 at Cold Harbor, VA.
Fought on 05 June 1864 at Piedmont, VA.
Fought on 12 June 1864 at Cold Harbor, VA.
Fought on 15 June 1864 at Cold Harbor, VA.
Fought on 21 June 1864 at Winchester, VA.
Fought on 07 July 1864.
Fought on 08 July 1864 at Harper's Ferry, VA.
Fought on 13 July 1864 at Maryland.
Fought on 13 July 1864 at Rockville, MD.
Fought on 14 July 1864 at Frederick, MD.
Fought on 15 July 1864 at Rockville, MD.
Fought on 24 July 1864.
Fought on 24 July 1864 at Kernstown, VA.
Fought on 04 August 1864.
Fought on 25 August 1864.
Fought on 25 August 1864 at Harrisonburg, VA.
Fought on 25 August 1864 at Leetown, VA.
Fought on 02 September 1864.
Fought on 05 September 1864.
Fought on 08 September 1864.
Fought on 19 September 1864 at Winchester, VA.
Fought on 22 September 1864 at Fisher's Hill, VA.
Fought on 23 September 1864 at Fisher's Hill, VA.
Fought on 24 September 1864 at Fisher's Hill, VA.
Fought on 25 September 1864 at Harrisonburg, VA.
Fought on 19 October 1864 at Cedar Creek, VA.
Fought on 20 January 1865.
Fought on 05 March 1865.
Fought on 05 March 1865 at Charlottesville, VA.
http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm1 _TITLE 23rd Battn Infantry Regiment Virginia
Tazewell County. No 63
Name: Adam Pack
Post office: Raven, Virginia
The Circuit Court of the County of Tazewell from an examination of this within application of Adam Pack and of the affidavits and certificates therewith filed, and hereto annexed, and of such witnesses as were required and called by the court, being satisfied that the said application is supported by the affidavits and certificates, and oral testimony (if any oral testimony is required by the court) of persons of well known reputation for truth, honesty and integrity, and that the claim of the said applicant is just and in due form, doth certify the name to the Auditor of Public Accounts, this 3 day of September, 1903.
FORM NO. 2
Application of Soldier, Sailor, or Marine for Disability by Reason of Disease or the Infirmities of Age.
I, Adam Pack do hereby apply for aid under the act of the General Assembly of Virginia, approved April 2, 1903, entitled an act to aid the citizens of Virginia, who were disabled by wounds received during the war between the States while serving as soldiers, sailors, or marines of Virginia, and such as served during the said war as soldiers, sailors, or marines of Virginia, who are now disabled by disease contracted during the war, or by the infirmities of age, and the widows of soldiers, sailors, or marines of Virginia who lost their lives in said service, or whose death resulted from wounds received or disease contracted in said service, and providing penalties for violating the provisions of this act, and I do solemnly swear that I am a citizen of the State of Virginia resident at Raven, Virginia in the County of Tazewell in the said State, and that I have been an actual resident of the said state for two years, and of the said city (or county) for one year next preceding the date of this application, and that I was a soldier (or sailor or marine) of the State of Virginia in the war between the United States and the Confederate States, as a member of (here state specifically the command and branch of service to which the applicant belonged and the names of his immediate superior officers) Co. D; Captain D.B. Baldwin and Col. C. Derrick ?????? Eckhols Brigade and that I am now disabled by disease (here state the nature of the disease and the cause from which it resulted) mostly blind in one eye and wounded in one leg, and that from the effects of such disease I am now permanently disabled from following my usual and ordinary occupation or any other occupation for a livelihood (in the case of disability from the infirmities of age strike out all relating to disability by disease, and then proceed as follows:) and that I am now suffering from the infirmities of age, and permanently incapacitated thereby from following my usual and ordinary occupation, or any other occupation, for a livelihood) from wounded leg and loss of one eye and that during the said war I was loyal and true to my duty, and never at anytime deserted my command or voluntarily abandoned my post of duty in the said service, and that by reason of such disability I am now entitled to receive under the said act the sum of ______ dollars annually. And I do further swear that I do not hold any national, State, city or county office which pays me a salary or fees one hundred and fifty dollars per annum; nor do I receive from any source what- ever money or other means of support in value of the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars per annum; nor do I own in my own right, nor does hold in trust for my benefit or use, nor does my wife own, nor does anyone hold in trust for my wife, estate or property, either real, personal or mixed, either in fee or for life, of the assumed value of five hundred dollars; nor do I receive any aid or pension from any other State, or from the United States, or from any other
source, and that I am not an inmate of any soldiers' home, or of any other public institution; and I do further swear that the answers given to the following questions are true: city or county office which pays me a salary or fees one hundred and fifty dollars per annum; nor do I receive from any source what-ever money or other means of support in value of the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars per annum; nor do I own in my own right, nor does hold in trust for my benefit or use, nor does my wife own, nor does anyone hold in trust for my wife, estate or property, either real, personal or mixed, either in fee or for life, of the assumed value of five hundred dollars; nor do I receive any aid or pension from any other State, or from the United States, or from any other source, and that I am not an inmate of any soldiers' home, or of any other public institution; and I do further swear that the answers given to the following questions are true:
1. What is your age? 59 years old
2. Where were you born? Tazewell County, Virginia
3. How long have you resided in Virginia? 59 years
4. How long have you resided in the city or county of your present residence? 59 years
5. What is your usual and ordinary occupation for earning a livelyhood? Farmer
6. How long have you followed such occupation or employment? All my life
7. Have you followed such occupation or employment, or any other occupation or
employment, within the last two years? If so, state when and where, and the amount of
your annual income from the same. No income
8. State specifically the nature of your disability or disease. Both eyes are bad and old age
9. What were the causes which led to the disease which has resulted in your disability? Struck
in the ?? by slate in mines.
10. How long have you suffered from such disease, and when did you first become aware that
you were afflicted with the same? 11 years
11. With what disease or sickness did you suffer during the time of your service? Fever
12. Are you totally disabled because of such disease, or the infirmities of age, from following
your usual and ordinary occupation or employment, or any other occupation or
employment, by which to earn a livelyhood? If not totally disabled thereby, but only
partially, state the extent of your partial disability. Totally
13. When and where did you enter the service of Virginia, or of the Confederate States?
Tazewell County
14. In what command and service were you engaged during the war between the States?
Echols Brigade ??
15. How long were you in the service? Nearly 4 years
16. When did you leave the service, and under what circumstances? At the ?? (End of war
maybe)
17. If suffering from disease, state what physician or physicians have attended you for the
same. Dr. James Bray?
18. Give the names and addresses of two or more in the service of your command, if any such
be living, and if not, so state. J.C. Spotts and Albert Gross
19. Give here any other information you may possess relating to your service, or disability,
that will support the justice of your claim for aid.
20. Is there any camp of Confederate Veterans in the city or county of your residence? Yes,
Brown Harman Camp.
21. Is there anyone living, the residence and address of whom is known to you, either
comrade or otherwise, who has knowledge of your service, and of the cause of your
disability? If so or not state. M.T. Simmons, Raven, Virginia
His mark: Adam Pack
Witness my hand this 14th day April 1903 T.W. Wingo, a Justice of Peace, in and for the County of Tazewell, in the State of Virginia, do certify that Adam Pack, whose name is signed to the foregoing application, personally appeared before me in my office, aforesaid and having the aforesaid application read to him and fully explained, as well as the statements and answers therein made, the said Adam Pack made oath before me that the said statements and answers are true.
Given under my hand this 14th day of April 190 T.W. Wingo J P
OATH OF RESIDENT WITNESSES
We, J.C. Spotts and Albert Gross, do solemnly swear that we are residents of the County of Tazewell, in the said State, and that we have known personally and well for 35 years, Adam Pack, whose name is signed to the annexed application for aid under the act of the General Assembly of Virginia, approved April 2, 1903, and that the said Adam Pack, is a resident of the said county (or city), and is a man of good reputation for truth and honesty, and that we have read the annexed application and the answers to the questions therein propounded, made by the said applicant, and verily believe that the said applicant has been truthful in the said statements and answers, and that from our personal knowledge the applicant is disabled (state nature of the disability, and whether it is partial or total), Partial, and that we verily believe the said applicant is justly entitled to aid under the said act, and that we have no personal interest in the allowance of the applicants claim.
J.C. Spotts
Albert Gross
(B)
AFFADAVIT OF COMRADES
We, J.C. Spotts and Albert Gross do solemnly swear that we are residents of the County of Tazewell, in the State of Virginia, and that Adam Pack whose name is signed to the annexed application for aid under the act of the General Assembly
of Virginia, approved April 3, 1903, is personally well known to us, and that
we have known her for 35 years, and that we were soldiers (sailor or marine) in the military (or naval) service of Virginia, or of the Confederate States, and that we were soldiers (sailors or marines) in the said service during the said war, and that we were, with the said Adam Pack, members of (here state the command and the immediate superior officers thereof) Capt. D.B. Baldwin in Col. J.C. Echols Reg. and that the said Adam Pack was a true and loyal soldier in the said service, and was faithful in the discharge of his duty as a soldier (sailor or marine) in the said service, and that we have no personal interest in the allowance of the applicant's claim.
J.C. Spotts
Albert Gross
Subscribed and sworn to before me, a Justice for the County of Tazewell, State of Virginia, this 14th day of April, 1903
T.W. Wingo, JP
Note.-- If only one comrade is living whose residence and address is known to applicant, let him make the above affidavit. If no such comrade is living whose address is known to applicant, then let one or more reputable persons who have personal knowledge of the services of the applicant and of cause of his disability, make the following affidavit.
(C)
AFFADAVIT OF WITNESSES, NOT COMRADES
We, William J. Higginbotham and A.F. Wingo of the County in the State of Virginia, do solemnly swear that we personally know, and are well acquainted with Adam Pack whose name is signed to the annexed application, and who is applying for aid under the General Assembly of Virginia, approved April 3, 1903, and that we have known the said applicant for ____ and that to our personal knowledge the said Adam Pack, who was a loyal and true soldier (sailor or marine) in the military (or naval) service of Virginia, or of the Confederate States, in the war between the States, and was faithful in the discharge of his duty and that we verily believe he is disabled from the cause and in the manner in his application set forth and that his claim is just and that we have no personal interest in the allowance of his claim under the said act.
J.W. Higginbotham
A.F. Wingo
Subscribed and sworn to before me, a justice, in and for the County of Tazewell Virginia this 14th day of April, 1903.
T.W. Wingo
(D)
CERTIFICATE OF PHYSICIAN
I, J.F. Mays a practicing physician in the County of Russell, in the State of Virginia, do certify that I am personally acquainted with Adam Pack, whose name is signed to the annexed application for aid under the act of the General Assembly of Virginia, approved April 3, 1903, and that from a personal examination of the said Adam Pack, as to the disability set forth in his application of the cause thereof I am clearly of the opinion that he is disabled by reason of (physician will here state specifically the nature of the disability and the cause thereof, and if such disability is total, whether the applicant is deprived thereby of all ability to pursue his usual and ordinary occupation, or any other occupation for a livelihood, and if the disability be partial, to what extent the applicant is hindered thereby from pursuing such occupation as aforesaid. If the physician considers the disability total, he will, in addition to the cause disclosed by the examination, repeat the language underscored above) the measles(?) No (?) to the (?) of (?) half of manual labor from a wound in the leg and loss of an eye and that I have no personal interest in the allowance of the applicant's claim.
Given under my hand, this 14th day of April 1903. J.F. Mays, M.D
(F)
CERTIFICATE OF EX-CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS
We, J.C. Spotts and Albert Gross, of the County of Tazewell, State of Virginia, do certify that we were soldiers (sailors or marines) of Virginia in the war between the States, and that we have examined into the merits of the annexed application of Adam Pack for aid under the act of the General Assembly of Virginia, approved April 3, 1903, and that we are satisfied of the justice of his claim, and recommend the said Adam Pack for aid under the provisions of the said act, and that we have no personal interest in the allowance of the applicants claim. Given under our hands, this 14th day of April, 19031 _TITLE Pension Record
Height "5" feet "6" inches; Weight "" pounds "" ounces; Description ""; Medical "Had measles, typhoid fever, wounded leg, loss of eye in civil war"; Hair color "Dark"; Eye Color "Dark"
Court:
Divorce record (in 1879) for William M. Pack and his wife, Rebecca Deskins. William was a brother of Sarah Pack and brother in law of William Burress.
William was divorcing Rebecca, saying basically that she was a tramp and that he had an affair with one Adam Pack.
William Burress and Tinsley Pack are witnesses for William Pack.
Adam Pack claims he had sexual intercourse with Rebecca on two different occassions and gives dates and places.
Rebecca claims, they are making the charges up and lying for William Pack to give William an excuse to divorce her and take their 4 children from her.
She claims that William Pack "gave William Burress a horse to make the statements he did in his said despostion" and that Tinsley Pack "is a brother to the complaintant and would do or swear nearly anything to promote the complaintants interest."
27 June 1879, Tazewell County, Virginia
Testimony of William H. Burress
Asked if he is acquainted with William and Rebecca Pack, William answers "I am acquainted with them. I have known them about 10 or 12 years.
Q: Are they now husband and wife and how long have they been married
William's answer: They are now husband and wife and have been married about 10 or 12 years.
Q. Tell wheather you know of her having had carnal communication with any man other than her husband since her intermarring with the complaintant.
A. I saw a man on her one day and had her clothes up.
Q. Did you ever hear her comment with any man, other than her husband, to have carnal communication with him.
A. I have
Tinsley Pack is questioned next. He states that he has know both William and Rebecca since childhood and that they have been married for about 12 years. And that after she was ?? charges set forth in complaintants bill she had not slept a good nights sleep for fear that it would be found out on her. This she told me about three months ago.
Mary Jane Lawson testifies that she had seen Rebecca Pack and Adam Pack in bed together about 18 month ago in the state of Kentucky where the Packs were residing, and that she saw Adam Pack give Rebecca Pack a silver quarter the morning after she saw them in bed together. That when she saw them in the year of 1877 it was around Christmas time, close to midnight and it was at Rebecca Pack's house and William Pack was not home.
Asked who was at the house that night she claims it was Rebecca, Adam, Herself and 3 little children. She states that she went to bed with the children and left Rebecca and Adam drinking coffee and that it was her understanding that defendant was to get bed with ?? that Adam Pack was to occupy the other bed alone. And that when she woke up there was no fire or candle burning in the house.
She is then questioned about the weather on that night and the days leading up to that night and says most were warm, but that she could not recall all the days weather. When asked how she can recall some days and not others she states she can recall Saturday and Sunday because they had company on those days at their house which was close to William Pack's house and that on Sunday, the defendant, Adam Pack and Margaret Bishop were at her home and that "I remember distinctly that defendant got mad at Adam Pack because he talked to Margaret Bishop." She claims she remembers the time of the incident because her father died on the 5th of November 1877 and that "my best recollection is that this was about 2 weeks after his death."
Mary Jane Lawson is asked who was the first person she told and when. She said it was the 11th of August 1879 and she told Barbara Pack, and that she didn't tell before that time because she "thought it wasn't necessary to tell it" and that why did she think it was necessary to tell it now, to which she replied "Because I thought they were done parted and it couldn't do any harm for one to tell it."
She is then asked about her relationship with the Defendant and claims they are good friends and have always been such. That she used to sometimes stay the night over at Rebecca Pack's house, but she had not stayed there since the incident and that she had never said anything to the defendant about the affair because "I always hated to name it to her."
When asked how she saw the defendant and Adam Pack together in bed, if there was no fire in the home, she stated that the house was a log home and the moon shined through the logs so she could see. She is then asked what time the moon rose that night and if there were any hills or mountains or trees around and what direction they were in, and in what position the moon was in (I guess trying to establish how much light there was and if it was obstructed in any way) She claims there were some hills and that the moon was striaght over head. She is questioned that, if the moon was overhead, "how could she shine her rays through the cracks of a log house?"
She answers "the moon shines all around and of course light came into the house."
A different Mary Lawson is questioned and states that she knows for a fact that Rebecca and Adam Pack were together in the year of 1877 when William Pack was absent. And that Rebecca Pack had told her that Adam Pack had given her money and other things at different times. And that Rebecca told her that Adam had given her several things and would have given her more but that he was afraid of her husband.
She also states that she has seen Rebecca Pack and Adam Pack standing and talking to each other when no one else was around and it was through the summer of 1877.
She was asked if she had not frequently seen a man and a woman talking alone together before and she replied that she had, but "this couple had been staying together for several days and nights and this made me think strange of it."
Mary is asked if Adam Pack is a brother of the Complaintant and if the complaintant got Adam to stay with his wife when he was absent. She answers that Adam Pack is not his brother but a first cousin and that she does not know if the complaintant got Adam to stay with his wife while he was away.
When asked where William Pack was during this time, Mary states that he was in Virginia to see relatives and she didn't know that he had any special business while there.
Barbara Pack is questioned next. When asked if the defendant admitted to her that she was guilty of the charges brought against her, Barbara claims that she did admit to them and said she was guilty of all of them and believed Adam Pack loved her and had not slept a good nights sleep for fear her husband would find her out. When asked she states that William and Rebecca have not resided together since the charges were brought and that William Pack has been staying with his brother Tinsley Pack since then. Barbara Pack claims she is a neice of William Pack. That William Pack had told her that he had mistrusted his wife, but was not certain of her guilt until now.
Tinsley Pack is sworn in as a witness: Asked how it happened that that defendant made confessions to him of her guilt. "On one Sunday evening while my wife and niece had left home to attend meeting, defendant confessed to me that Adam Pack had told her that he loved her and that she had committed adultery with him and that since she was guilty with him she had not slept a good nights sleep for fear her husband would find it out through Adam Pack.
George W. Blankenship is questioned about Adam Pack's charater. He states his wife (not named) is a 1st cousin of Adam and that he knows his character for truthfulness is bad, that he doesn't think he has ever had a permanent home anywhere since he had come of age. "I think he has been a rambling person ever since he was 12 years of age."
William Bottimore gives testimory to the court regarding William Burress' character: "He lived very near me for I suppose some 20 years and I think I ought to know his general character for truth and veracity." He goes on to say that his character "was not good for truth and veracity."
The court then asks Mr. Bottimore if he thought William Burress' character for truth would be any better under oath. Mr. Bottimore replies, "That would depend upon the interst he had in the case - if he had any interest the case, it would not."
Mr. Bottimore also states he knows Rebecca Pack's, the defendants character to be good.
William Bottimore than goes on to explain that, "about the time they (William & Rebecca Pack) left the place where they had lived near my house, Tinsley Pack, brother of the complaintant in this suit, in a conversation with me about William H. Burress, in which he (Pack) spoke in a very disparaging manner of him (Burress) told me that Burress has tried to induce complaintant (William Pack) to believing that his wife, Rebecca E. Pack had had an improper intimacy with him (Tinsley Pack).
William Bottimore adds that he knows W.H. Burress' character for truthfulness is bad based on common report and personal knowledge.
Asked if Tinsley Pack denied the charge from Burress that he had had improper intimacy with William Pack's wife Rebecca, Bottimore states that Tinsley told that the charge was ridiculous.
Next to give statement is William Barrett (Rebecca Packs brother in law), who claims he has never heard Rebecca Pack's character of virtue to be bad. He also states he knows nothing of William H. Burress' character.
Mr. Barrett is than asked that "whether two months ago at Joseph Peery's Mill in this county, you had a conversation with William H. Burress relative to this case and if so, please state what he said."
He answers: "I did hae such a conversation with William H. Burress. He told me at this time that William M. Pack had told him that he intended to have him summoned to testify as a witness in this case and that he (Burress) had told him (Pack) that he need not do it, that he could not not swear in his favor but that he would have to swear in favor of his wife, Rebecca E. Pack, and that he had never known anything wrong of her in his life.
The next witness is W.G. Bottimore and he is asked if he is acquainted with William H. Burress and his character. His answer, "I am only slightly acquainted with William H. Burress - I have never had any business relations with him. I have however heard a number of persons say that they regarded him as a bad man and as an untruthful one."
Asked, based on what he had heard, did he believe William Burress to be a man of good or bad character for true and veracity, to which he replies, "My only inference was that he was a man of bad character for veracity." He also states he would have severe doubt in believing him under oath.
He is asked how far he lives from William H. Burress, and he claims 7 miles.
W.G Bottimore also claims he knows Rebecca to be a modest woman who took good care of her children and her home.
George W. Deskins (who lives 4 miles from William Burress) is next to be interviewed. Asked if he is acquainted with William H. Burress and his character, he replies, "I suppose I am. His general character, as far as I know, is not good."
Asked if William Burress could be belived under oath, George stated: "I don't think that a man could have much confidence with a man who was generally known to steal and lie."
George Deskins also claims that he has known Rebecca since she was a child and that he was always known her to be a good woman, and that he is her 3rd cousin.
James W. Smith is the next witness. When asked about William Burress and his character for truth and veracity, James states, "Bad" Asked if he would believe William Burress under oath, James replies, "I would not."
James is asked how far he lives from William Burress and where William lives: 3 miles from William and William lives on the Lower ? of Baptist Valley on the land of David J. Gillespie on the Clinch River.
Asked why he would not believe William under oath he claims: "Because I have heard so many people express unfavorable opinions before to his character.
James also vouches for the good character of Rebecca Pack.
J.M. McCall is the next witness, but he says he is not acquainted with William H. Burress and considers Rebecca Pack a virtuous woman.
George W. Gillespie (Witness), when asked about William Burress and his character, simply states BAD. When asked if he would believe William Burress under oath, George says, "I would not in a case in which he was interested." Asked how he knows William Burress' character is bad, he says, "By having business transactions with him and by hearing others speak of him."
George Gillespie lives 5 miles from William Burress.
Next there are witnesses brought in to testify to the character of Adam Pack. All of which say his character is bad. One states of Adam Pack "I have known him ever since he was a small boy - He is now about 36 or 37 years of age. His character ever since I have known him has been very bad - He has for the last several years been wandering around over the county aimlessly without any fixed place of abode so far as I know - he could not be said to be a citzen of any community."
Another witness claims that Adam Pack is a first cousin to the complaintant (William Pack)
Witnesses also claim that Adam Pack hasn't lived in the county for some 6 or 7 years, that he resides in Kentucky and will occasionally wander back to Tazewell as he has no permanent home. And that when he does come back to Tazewell, he never stays more than 8 or 10 days at a time.
Pension:
Tazewell County, No. 63 Post Office: Raven, Virginia
The Circuit Court of the County of Tazewell from an examination of this within application of Adam Pack and of the affidavits and certificates therewith filed, and hereto annexed, and of such witnesses as were required and called by the court, being satisfied that the said application is supported by the affidavits and certificates, and oral testimony (if any oral testimony is required by the court) of persons of well known reputation for truth, honesty and integrity, and that the claim of the said applicant is just and in due form, doth certify the name to the Auditor of Public Accounts, this 3 day of September, 1903.
FORM NO. 2 Application of Soldier, Sailor, or Marine for Disability by Reason of Disease or the Infirmities of Age.
I, Adam Pack do hereby apply for aid under the act of the General Assembly of Virginia, approved April 2, 1903, entitled an act to aid the citizens of Virginia, who were disabled by wounds received during the war between the States while serving as soldiers, sailors, or marines of Virginia, and such as served during the said war as soldiers, sailors, or marines of Virginia, who are now disabled by disease contracted during the war, or by the infirmities of age, and the widows of soldiers, sailors, or marines of Virginia who lost their lives in said service, or whose death resulted from wounds received or disease contracted in said service, and providing penalties for violating the provisions of this act, and I do solemnly swear that I am a citizen of the State of Virginia resident at Raven, Virginia in the County of Tazewell in the said State, and that I have been an actual resident of the said state for two years, and of the said city (or county) for one year next preceding the date of this application, and that I was a soldier (or sailor or marine) of the State of Virginia in the war between the United States and the Confederate States, as a member of (here state specifically the command and branch of service to which the applicant belonged and the names of his immediate superior officers) Co. D; Captain D.B. Baldwin and Col. C. Derrick ?????? Eckhols Brigade and that I am now disabled by disease (here state the nature of the disease and the cause from which it resulted) mostly blind in one eye and wounded in one leg, and that from the effects of such disease I am now permanently disabled from following my usual and ordinary occupation or any other occupation for a livelihood (in the case of disability from the infirmities of age strike out all relating to disability by disease, and then proceed as follows:) and that I am now suffering from the infirmities of age, and permanently incapacitated thereby from following my usual and ordinary occupation, or any other occupation, for a livelihood) from wounded leg and loss of one eye and that during the said war I was loyal and true to my duty, and never at anytime deserted my command or voluntarily abandoned my post of duty in the said service, and that by reason of such disability I am now entitled to receive under the said act the sum of ______ dollars annually. And I do further swear that I do not hold any national, State, city or county office which pays me a salary or fees one hundred and fifty dollars per annum; nor do I receive from any source what-ever money or other means of support in value of the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars per annum; nor do I own in my own right, nor does hold in trust for my benefit or use, nor does my wife own, nor does anyone hold in trust for my wife, estate or property, either real, personal or mixed, either in fee or for life, of the assumed value of five hundred dollars; nor do I receive any aid or pension from any other State, or from the United States, or from any other source, and that I am not an inmate of any soldiers' home, or of any other public institution; and I do further swear that the answers given to the following questions are true: city or county office which pays me a salary or fees one hundred and fifty dollars per annum; nor do I receive from any source what-ever money or other means of support in value of the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars per annum; nor do I own in my own right, nor does hold in trust for my benefit or use, nor does my wife own, nor does anyone hold in trust for my wife, estate or property, either real, personal or mixed, either in fee or for life, of the assumed value of five hundred dollars; nor do I receive any aid or pension from any other State, or from the United States, or from any other source, and that I am not an inmate of any soldiers' home, or of any other public institution; and I do further swear that the answers given to the following questions are true:
1. What is your age? 59 years old
2. Where were you born? Tazewell County, Virginia
3. How long have you resided in Virginia? 59 years
4. How long have you resided in the city/county of your present residence? 59 yrs
5. What is your usual and ordinary occupation for earning a livelyhood? Farmer
6. How long have you followed such occupation or employment? All my life
7. Have you followed such occupation or employment, or any other occupation or employment, within the last two years? If so, state when and where, and the amount of your annual income from the same. No income
8. State specifically the nature of your disability/disease. Both eyes bad & old age
9. What were the causes which led to the disease which has resulted in your disability? Struck in the ?? by slate in mines.
10. How long have you suffered from such disease, and when did you first become aware that you were afflicted with the same? 11 years
11. With what disease or sickness did you suffer during the time of your service? Fever
12. Are you totally disabled because of such disease, or the infirmities of age, from following your usual and ordinary occupation or employment, or any other occupation or employment, by which to earn a livelyhood? If not totally disabled thereby, but only partially, state the extent of your partial disability. Totally
13. When and where did you enter the service of Virginia, or of the Confederate States? Tazewell County
14. In what command and service were you engaged during the war between the States? Echols Brigade ??
15. How long were you in the service? Nearly 4 years
16. When did you leave the service, and under what circumstances? At the ?? (End of war maybe)
17. If suffering from disease, state what physician or physicians have attended you for the same. Dr. James Bray?
18. Give the names and addresses of two or more in the service of your command, if any such be living, and if not, so state. J.C. Spotts and Albert Gross
19. Give here any other information you may possess relating to your service, or disability, that will support the justice of your claim for aid.
20. Is there any camp of Confederate Veterans in the city or county of your residence? Yes, Brown Harman Camp.
21. Is there anyone living, the residence and address of whom is known to you, either comrade or otherwise, who has knowledge of your service, and of the cause of your disability? If so or not state. M.T. Simmons, Raven, Virginia
His mark: Adam Pack
Witness my hand this 14th day April 1903 T.W. Wingo, a Justice of Peace, in and for the County of Tazewell, in the State of Virginia, do certify that Adam Pack, whose name is signed to the foregoing application, personally appeared before me in my office, aforesaid and having the aforesaid application read to him and fully explained, as well as the statements and answers therein made, the said Adam Pack made oath before me that the said statements and answers are true.Given under my hand this 14th day of April 1903 T.W. Wingo J P
OATH OF RESIDENT WITNESSESWe, J.C. Spotts and Albert Gross, do solemnly swear that we are residents of the County of Tazewell, in the said State, and that we have known personally and well for 35 years, Adam Pack, whose name is signed to the annexed application for aid under the act of the General Assembly of Virginia, approved April 2, 1903, and that the said Adam Pack, is a resident of the said county (or city), and is a man of good reputation for truth and honesty, and that we have read the annexed application and the answers to the questions therein propounded, made by the said applicant, and verily believe that the said applicant has been truthful in the said statements and answers, and that from our personal knowledge the applicant is disabled (state nature of the disability, and whether it is partial or total), Partial, and that we verily believe the said applicant is justly entitled to aid under the said act, and that we have no personal interest in the allowance of the applicants claim. J.C. Spotts Albert Gross
(B) AFFADAVIT OF COMRADES
We, J.C. Spotts and Albert Gross do solemnly swear that we are residents of the County of Tazewell, in the State of Virginia, and that Adam Pack whose name is signed to the annexed application for aid under the act of the General Assembly of Virginia, approved April 3, 1903, is personally well known to us, and that we have known her for 35 years, and that we were soldiers (sailor or marine) in the military (or naval) service of Virginia, or of the Confederate States, and that we were soldiers (sailors or marines) in the said service during the said war, and that we were, with the said Adam Pack, members of (here state the command and the immediate superior officers thereof) Capt. D.B. Baldwin in Col. J.C. Echols Reg. and that the said Adam Pack was a true and loyal soldier in the said service, and was faithful in the discharge of his duty as a soldier (sailor or marine) in the said service, and that we have no personal interest in the allowance of the applicant's claim.
J.C. Spotts Albert Gross
Subscribed and sworn to before me, a Justice for the County of Tazewell, State of Virginia, this 14th day of April, 1903 T.W. Wingo, JPNote.-- If only one comrade is living whose residence and address is known to applicant, let him make the above affidavit. If no such comrade is living whose address is known to applicant, then let one or more reputable persons who have personal knowledge of the services of the applicant and of cause of his disability, make the following affidavit.C)
AFFADAVIT OF WITNESSES, NOT COMRADES
We, William J. Higginbotham and A.F. Wingo of the County in the State of Virginia, do solemnly swear that we personally know, and are well acquainted with Adam Pack whose name is signed to the annexed application, and who is applying for aid under the General Assembly of Virginia, approved April 3, 1903, and that we have known the said applicant for ____ and that to our personal knowledge the said Adam Pack, who was a loyal and true soldier (sailor or marine) in the military (or naval) service of Virginia, or of the Confederate States, in the war between the States, and was faithful in the discharge of his duty and that we verily believe he is disabled from the cause and in the manner in his application set forth and that his claim is just and that we have no personal interest in the allowance of his claim under the said act. J.W. Higginbotham A.F. WingoSubscribed and sworn to before me, a justice, in and for the County of Tazewell Virginia this 14th day of April, 1903.T.W. Wingo(D) CERTIFICATE OF PHYSICIANI, J.F. Mays a practicing physician in the County of Russell, in the State of Virginia, do certify that I am personally acquainted with Adam Pack, whose name is signed to the annexed application for aid under the act of the General Assembly of Virginia, approved April 3, 1903, and that from a personal examination of the said Adam Pack, as to the disability set forth in his application of the cause thereof I am clearly of the opinion that he is disabled by reason of (physician will here state specifically the nature of the disability and the cause thereof, and if such disability is total, whether the applicant is deprived thereby of all ability to pursue his usual and ordinary occupation, or any other occupation for a livelihood, and if the disability be partial, to what extent the applicant is hindered thereby from pursuing such occupation as aforesaid. If the physician considers the disability total, he will, in addition to the cause disclosed by the examination, repeat the language underscored above) the measles(?) No (?) to the (?) of (?) half of manual labor from a wound in the leg and loss of an eye and that I have no personal interest in the allowance of the applicant's claim.Given under my hand, this 14th day of April 1903. J.F. Mays, M.D
(F) CERTIFICATE OF EX-CONFEDERATE SOLDIERSWe, J.C. Spotts and Albert Gross, of the County of Tazewell, State of Virginia, do certify that we were soldiers (sailors or marines) of Virginia in the war between the States, and that we have examined into the merits of the annexed application of Adam Pack for aid under the act of the General Assembly of Virginia, approved April 3, 1903, and that we are satisfied of the justice of his claim, and recommend the said Adam Pack for aid under the provisions of the said act, and that we have no personal interest in the allowance of the applicants claim. Given under our hands, this 14th day of April, 1903
Deed:
This deed made and entered into this the 3rd day of October 1913, by and between Adam Pack and Sarah Pack his wife, the parties of the first part, and H.C. Bowling the party of the second part, all of the County of Tazewell, State of Virginia.Witnesseth - that for and in the consideration of the sum of Fifty dollars ($50.00) cash in hand paid the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties of the first part have this day sold and by these presents bargains, sell and convey unto the party of the second part, all of a certain tract or parcel of land situated on the waters of the left hand fork of Coal Creek in the County of Tazewell and bounded as follows.Beginning at two Burches on the west bank of said Creek a corner to the R.C. Hankins lot, thence up said creek crossing the same, N 38' to 10 W 245 feet to a stake in a bottom, thence 57' E. 475 feet to a stake on a hill side corner in a line of John Ball, thence with same .25' E. 233 feet to a black oak on the end of a spur, thence N. 57' E. 506 feet to the beginning, containing two and 7/10 acres, to have and to hold by the party of the second part with all the covenants of general warranty, the parties of the first part reserve all coal under said tract as it has been before sold, Witness the following signature and seals, this the 4th day of October, 1913. Adam Pack Sarah PackVirginia Tazewell County, To-wit: I, R.J. Blankenship a justice of the peace in and for the county and state aforesaid to certify that Adam Pack and Sarah Pack his wife whose names are signed to the attached deed bearing date on the third day of October, 1913, has acknowledged the same before me in my County aforesaid, Given under my hand this the 4th day of October 1913. R.J. Blankenship, Justice of the Peace, Tazewell County.Virginia: In the Clerks Office of Tazewell Circuit Court, October 6, 1913, This deed was presented, and upon the annoxed certificate of acknowledgement, admitted to record.
Adam married Sarah Jane Simmons Spence on 02 Jan 1881 in Thompson Valley, Tazewell County, Virginia. Sarah (daughter of John F. Simmons and Martha Jane Abbott "Jane" Smith) was born on 20 May 1858 in Surry County, North Carolina; died on 14 Jan 1935 in Silver Hill, Morgan County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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1889 - 1953 (63 years)
Orman Delong was born in 1785 in Virginia, United States (son of (Possible) Nicholas or James Delong); died in 1847 in Floyd County, Virginia, USA. 
Sarah Reed was born in 1790 in Montgomery County, Virginia, USA (daughter of George Reed and Nancy McGeorge); died in 1845 in Floyd County, Virginia, USA. 
