CIVIL WAR WIDOW'S PENSION APP. - SARAH JANE (BENNETT) WIGGINS, WIDOW OF BURRELL WIGGINS, 
Alachua Co., FL

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Application No. A02460

Widow's Pension Claim
Under General Pension Law Of Florida As Amended By Acts Of 1921

FORM A

STATE OF FLORDIA,}
County of Alachua}

On this 12th day of May, A. D. One Thousand Nine Hundred and twenty-three, personally appeared 
before me, a notary public in and for the County and State aforesaid Sarah Jane Wiggins a 
resident of Gainesville, County of Alachua State of Florida, who being duly sworn according 
to law, makes the following declaration in order to obtain a pension under the provisions of 
the General Pension Laws of Florida as amended by Chapter 8400, Acts of 1921.

That she is the lawful widow of Burrell Wiggins who enlisted under the name of Burrell 
Wiggins on the 2nd day of November, 1862, in Company F - 1st Fla. Bat. Regiment of the State
of Florida and who was honorably discharged at Gainesville, Fla. July, 1865, on account of 
the surrender.

For proof of husband's war service refer to Pension No. 6507.

That she was lawfully married to the said Burrell Wiggins under the name of Sarah Jane Bennett 
in the County of Alachua State of Florida on the 15th day of January, 1847, and that she was
not divorced from him before nor has she remarried since his death, which occurred on the 
11th day of April, 1923, in the County Alachua, State of Florida except as hereinafter 
stated.

That she is a resident of Alachua County, Florida, and has continuously resided in the State
of Florida since the ____ day of her birth in 1841.

That she was heretofore granted a pension from the State of Florida under Certificate No. 
____.  That she is not a pensioner of any other State.

That her Postoffice address is Gainesville, County of Alachua State of Florida.

Sarah Jane Wiggins
(Signature of Claimant.)

Attest:

(1) H. G. Mason, Jr.
(2) P. E. Thomas

Sworn and subscribed before me this 12th day of May, A. D. 1923, I hereby certify that the 
above declaration, etc., was made known and fully explained to the applicant before swearing,
and that I have no interest, direct or indirect in the prosecution of this claim.

Geo. F. Mason
Notary Public

(a) Blank

(b)

State of Florida
County of Alachua

Before me, a ____ in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Mr. C. B. 
Holder and Mrs. Elizabeth Holder, who, being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says 
each for himself that he was present at the marriage of Burrell Wiggins and Sarah J. Bennett
which occurred at ? on the 15th day of January, A. D. 1867 in the County of Alachua, State 
of Florida, and that the ceremony was performed by Stephen Fagan, JP.

Her X mark:  Elizabeth Holder (L.S.)
C. B. Holder (L.S.)

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 17 day of May, A. D. 1923.

J. N. Cauthers
Justice of the Peace

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Application No. 22441
Pensioner No. 2460

Claim For Pension
By
Sarah Jane Wiggins
Of
Gainesville Postoffice
Alachua County 
Widow Of
Burrell Wiggins
Of
F Company
1st Fla. Bat.
Filed In Pension Department
June 29, 1923
Approved And Filed In Comptroller's Office
July 31, 1923
With pay from April 11, 1923
At the rate of $300.00 per annum.
Sinclair Wells