CIVIL WAR WIDOW'S PENSION APP. - ELIZABETH CAROLINE (HUGHEY) ANDERSON, WIDOW OF E. 
ANDERSON, Alachua Co., FL

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Application No. A03435

Widow's Pension Claim
Under The Act Of 1909

(FORM A)

State of Florida,}
County of Hillsborough}

On this 23d day of August, A. D. One Thousand Nine Hundred and nine, personally appeared 
before me, a notary public in and for the County and State aforesaid Elizabeth C. Anderson a
resident of Hillsborough County State of Florida, who being duly sworn according to law, 
makes the following declaration in order to obtain a pension under the provisions of Chapter
5885, Laws of Florida, approved June 7, 1909.

That she is the widow of E. Anderson who was enlisted under the name of E. Anderson, who on 
the ____ day of ____, 1862, in Company C 6th Cav. Regiment of the State of South Carolina 
and who was honorably discharged at Goldsboro, NC, 1865 on account of close of war.

That he received a pension from the State of Florida under claim #3533.

That she was lawfully married to the said E. Anderson under the name of Elizabeth Caroline 
Hughey in the County of Abbeville, State of South Carolina on the 10th day of July, 1865, 
and that she was not divorced from him and that she has not remarried since his death, which
occurred on the 28th day of July, 1909, in the County of Sumter State of Florida.

That she is a resident of Hillsborough County, Florida, and has continuously resided in the 
State of Florida since the 29th day of July 1865 where she expects hereafter to reside and 
where her late husband is interred.

That she does not own property, including real estate, personal property, mortgages or other
collateral securities, stocks or bonds in this or any other State to exceed in value the sum
of Five Thousand Dollars.

That the following is a true and correct statement of all property owned by me in this or 
any other State:

Real estate, located at near Wildwood, Sumter Co., Florida, 
     house & lot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 200.00
Personal property furniture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $  50.00
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 250.00

That her Postoffice address is Sutherland County of Hillsborough State of Florida.

Elizabeth C. Anderson

Attest:

(1) J. E. Johnson
(2) Susie F. Johnson

Sworn and subscribed before me this 23d day of August A. D. 1909; and I hereby certify that 
the above declaration, etc., were fully made known and explained to the applicant before 
swearing; and that I have no interest, direct or indirect, in the prosecution of this claim.

J. C. ?
Notary Public

(FORM B)

State of Florida,}
County of Hillsborough}

We, the undersigned citizens of Hillsborough County, State of Florida, do hereby certify that 
we personally know Elizabeth C. Anderson, who is an applicant for a pension under the Laws 
of Florida, and that from our own personal knowledge, and from the best information available,
we believe that the applicant does not own property to exceed in value the sum of $5,000, 
and that the statements made by her relative to the value of her property are true and 
correct.

E. C. Anderson
J. E. Johnson

Sworn and subscribed before me this 25th day of August 1909.

J. C. ?
Notary Public

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Report of County Commissioners

We, the undersigned, County Commissioners in and for the County of Hillsborough, Florida, do
hereby report that at a meeting of the Board of County Commissioners held this day, the 
foregoing application of J. C. Craver [sic] for a pension under the Laws of Florida, was 
investigated by us; that we are satisfied that the applicant does not own property to exceed
the value of $5,000, and that the representations made in the petition and affidavits are 
true and that a pension should be granted to the applicant.

Witness our hands this 8 day of Sept., A. D. 1909.

(1) E. J. DeVane, Chairman
(2) P. H. Collins
(3) W .W. Whitehurst
(4) W. A. West
(5) J. L. Hackney
County Commissioners

By the County Commissioners.  Attest:

C. M. Knott
Clerk Circuit Court
By Jno J. Haupt

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Claim For Pension
By
Elizabeth C. Anderson
Of Sutherland Postoffice
Hillsborough County
Widow Of
E. Anderson
Filed In Pension Department
Sep 13 1909
Approved Sep 23 1909
With pay from July 28, 1909
At the rate of $120 per annum
Secretary of Board