ACT OF FEBRUARY 6, 1907
DECLARATION FOR PENSION

State of North Carolina, County of Beaufort,  ss:
                On this 16 day of Dec, A.D. one thousand nine hundred and eight, personally appeared before me, a Notry Public within and for the county and State aforesaid, William T. Emory, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that he is 75 years of age, and a resident of Belhaven county of Beaufort, State of North Carolina; and that he is the identical person who ENROLLED at Beaufort, NC under the name of William T. Emory, on the 8 day of Nov 2, 1863, as a Private, in First N.C. Regiment Volunteers Company B in the service of the United States, in the Civil war, and was HONORABLY DISCHARGED at New Berne, NC, on the 25 day of July, 1865.  That he also served no other service.  That he was not employed in the military or naval services of the United States otherwise than as stated above.  That his personal description at enlistment was as follows:  Height, 5 feet 10 inches; complexion, Dark; color of eyes, Grey; color of hair, Dark; that his occupation was Farming; that he was born 20 of April, 1833, at Carterett Co.

                That he is now a pensioner.  That he has not heretofore applied for pension No. 683.369.

                That he makes this declaration for the purpose of being placed on the pension roll of the United States under the provisions of the act of February 6, 1907.

                That his post-office address is Belhaven, county of Beaufort, State of NC.

                                                                                              William T. Emory, Claimant

Attest: (1)  [?]

                Also personally appeared J. M. Lupton, residing in Belhaven and S. J. Topping, residing in Belhaven, persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who, being by me duly sworn, say that they were present and saw William T. Emory, the claimant, sign his name (or make his mark) to the foregoing declaration; that they have every reason to believe, from the appearance of the claimant and their acquaintance with him of 30 years and 6 years, respectively, that he is the identical person he represents himself to be, and that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim.

                                                                                                J. Lupton, Witness

                                                                                                S. J. Topping, Witness

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 16 day of Dec, A.D. 1908, and I hereby certifiy that the contents of the above declaration, etc., were fully made known and explained to the applicant and witnesses before swearing, including the words _________, erased, and the words ___________, added, and that I have no interest, direct or indirect, in the prosecution of this claim.

                                                                          W. S. Riddick, N.P.