CIVIL WAR WIDOW'S PENSION APP. - MRS. GEORGE C. JONES, WIDOW OF GEORGE C. JONES, 
DIXIE CO., FL

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Pensioner No.  10226

July 29, 1931

Mrs. George C. Jones
c/o Hon. W. D. Finlayson
Old Town, Florida

Dear Madam:

I am very glad indeed to advise you that the Special Law granting you a pension has 
been considered and allowed by the Pension Board and I am enclosing herewith Warrant
for the amount of pension due you to September 1st.  On the first day of each month 
thereafter you will receive Warrant for $40.00 in payment of pension for the preceding 
month.

I am enclosing herewith certificate of the Secretary of the Pension Board, which 
should be preserved as it is your evidence that you have been granted a pension.

With sincere good wishes, I am

Comptroller

RB:mer
encl.


AN ACT GRANTING A PENSION TO MRS. GEORGE C. JONES, A CITIZEN OF DIXIE COUNTY, FLORIDA.

WHEREAS, Mrs. George C. Jones, aged seventy-nine years, is a citizen and resident 
of Dixie County, Florida, and is the widow of George C. Jones, deceased, late of 
said Dixie County, Florida; and

WHEREAS, the said George C. Jones, in ____ A. D. 1864, enlisted as a Home Guard 
under Captain Henry Rucker, in the War between the States, and was honorably 
discharged at the close of said war; and,

WHEREAS, the said  George C. Jones, as a member of the Home Guard in the State of 
Florida in the War between the States, would have been entitled to have been enrolled 
as a Confederate Pensioner upon his application therefore during his life time; but,

WHEREAS, the said George C. Jones never made application for enrollment as a 
Confederate Pensioner:

THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA:

SECTION 1.  That the State Board of Pensions of Florida be and it is hereby directed 
to place the name of Mrs. George C. Jones, a citizen and resident of Dixie County, 
Florida, upon the Pension Roll of the State of Florida to be paid in the same manner 
and at the same rate and from the General Pension Fund as other pensioners of the 
State of Florida are paid.

SECTION 2.  All laws or parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act 
are hereby repealed.

SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect immediately upon becoming a law.

Dated filed:  6/15/31

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Special Act of the Legislature
Mrs. George C. Jones
c/o Hon. W. D. Finlayson
Old Town, Fla.
Widow of George C. Jones
Filed in Pension Dept.
6/19/31
Chapter 14801
Became a law 6/15/31

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Pension Department
State of Florida 
Tallahassee

April 19, 1933

Mrs. George C. Jones,
Old Town, Florida

Dear Mrs. Jones:

In getting up information for the Pension Committee of the House of Representatives,
I find that the date of your marriage is not shown on your claim for pension and I 
would appreciate it very much if you would furnish this information at your earliest
convenience.

A self addressed envelope is enclosed herewith for your reply.

With my very best wishes, and thanking you for a prompt reply, I am

Sincerely,

Roumelle Bowen
Secretary, Pension Board

/B

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Old Town, Fla.
April 22, 1933

Secretary, Pension Board
Tallahassee, Fla.

Dear Miss Bowen,

This is the date I married on Sept. 9, 1883.

Yours truly,

Mrs. George C. Jones