Chap. 808.—An ACT for the relief of W. M. Nuckols, of the county of
Rockbridge.

Approved March 4, 1806.

Whereas W. M. Nuckols, of the county of Rockbridge, entered the
Confederate servics in eighteen hundred and sixty-one, at the age of
fifteen, as courier for General Edward Johnson; and

Whereas in August, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, he was sent
from Culpeper Courthouse to Staunton by railroad train to assist in
transporting a lot of horses for the army service, and while in transit
and in the discharge of his duty he was thrown from the train at a
point near Gordonsville and so injured that amputation of one of
his legs was necessary; and

Whereas he was too young to be regularly enlisted as a Confeder-
ate soldier, and therefore is not entitled to a pension under an act
approved March fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, as amended
by an act approved March first, eighteen hundred and ninety-two:
therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That W.
M. Nuckols, of the county of Rockbridge, shall be placed on the
pension list of the state of Virginia, commencing January first, eigh-
teen hundred and ninety-six, and the auditor of public accounts is
directed to pay him annually such sum as is now or may hereafter
be allowed to those who lost a leg in the Confederate army out of any
moneys not otherwise appropriated ; provided, however, that it shall
be proven by satisfactory evidence befure the county court of Rock-
bridge county that said W. M. Nuckols was at the time he received the
injuries herein stated in the Confederate service, and it shall also be
proven to what command he belonged.

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.