CIVIL WAR WIDOW'S PENSION APP. - MRS. JACOB A. BOLEN, WIDOW OF JACOB A. BOLEN, 
Alachua Co., FL

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Application No. D06660

Widow's Application for Pension

State of Florida,}
Alachua County,}

On this 4 day of April 1904 personally appeared before me a Clerk of the Circuit Court in 
and for said county and State, Mrs. J. A. Bolen aged 65 years, who being by me duly sworn 
according to law, makes the following declaration in order to obtain the pension provided by
Act of the Legislature, approved June 6, 1903, for indigent widows of deceased Confederate 
soldiers and sailors:  That she is the lawful widow of Jacob A. Bolen who enlisted ____ day 
of March 1862 in Captain M. Rickinbaker Company "C" 2nd Art. Regiment of the State of South 
Carolina and who was on the 26th day of April, 1865, at Greensboro, N. C. in the State of 
N. C. honorably discharged from said service, and died on the 3d day of March 1889 at his 
home in Orangeburg County, SC that she was legally married to said soldier prior to the 
first day of January, 1885 at ____ in the State of ____; that she has been a bona fide 
resident of the State of Florida continuously, since the first day of January, A. D. 1890; 
that she does not own property, real and personal, to the value of $800 in this or any other 
State, and is not otherwise enabled or in a position to earn a livelihood, and has no income
from any source sufficient for a livelihood; and that she has not purposely disposed of any 
property for the purpose of availing herself of the provisions of this act.

Her X mark:  Mrs. J. A. Bolen

Wit: J. C. Bain
     Sallie Pinkerson

Sworn and subscribed before me this 2nd day of May 1904.

H. C. Denton
Clerk Circuit Court Alachua County
by J. C. Bain


We do solemnly swear that we personally knew the said deceased J. A. Bolen, that we served 
with him in Co. C of the 2nd Art. Regiment from the State of South Carolina, and know of our
own knowledge that he never deserted the service of his State, or of the Confederate States.

N. N. Scovill
P. O. Address:  Orangeburg, S. C.
W. G. Sanford
P. O. Address:  Orangeburg, S. C.

Sworn and subscribed before me this 25th day of April 1904.

G. L. Balley
Clerk Circuit Court Orangeburg County
South Carolina

We do solemnly swear that we personally know the above applicant Mrs. J. A. Bolen that 
she was the lawful wife of J. A. Bolen now deceased, that she has never remarried since 
his death, that she is a person of "respectability and good reputation," that she does not 
own property to the value of $800 in this or any other State, and that she is not possessed 
of a sufficient income from any source, and has constantly resided in Florida since January 
1st, 1890.

W. F. Ritter
R. E. Feagle

Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 2nd day of April, 1904.

William H. English
Justice of the Peace 8th District
Columbia Co. State of Florida

We, the undersigned County Commissioners of Alachua county, Florida, do hereby certify that 
we have carefully investigated the above application for pension made by Mrs. J. A. Bolen 
and are satisfied that the facts and conditions therein stated and alleged are true and 
correct and that she is legally and justly entitled to the pension provided by the act, 
approved June 6th, 1903.

T. T. Thomas, Chairman
T. C. Bryant
J. G. Dampier
E. L. Johnson
P. G. Ramsey
County Commissioners

By the County Commissioners, Attest:

H. C. Denton
Clerk Circuit Court
per S. H. Wienges

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Rejected

Claim For Pension
By
Mrs. J. A. Bolen
Of Alachua County
Widow of ____
of 2nd S. C. Art.
Filed In Executive Department
June 17 1904
Clerk of Court does not certify as to signatures.

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Sept 18, 1905

Mrs. J. A. Bolen,
Gainesville, Fla.

Dear Madam:

I have the honor to inform you that the Board has considered your pension application and 
that is was disallowed, as the Clerk of the Circuit Court does not attest the signatures of 
the different certificates.

I am sending you the new form that has been adopted by the Board with the request that you 
carefully fill the same and return to this office for their further consideration.

Yours truly,

Secretary of Board