CIVIL WAR PENSION APP: BARTILLA EMMA widow of HAWKINS CLIFTON; ESCAMBIA CO., FL

Contributed by:  Joan Renfrow [jrenfrow@swbell.net]

************************************************************************
USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE:  These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced 
in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or 
persons.  Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must 
obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal 
representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb 
archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission 
to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access.

http://www.usgwarchives.net
***********************************************************************

Widow's Pension Claim
Under the Act of 1909

(Form A)

State of Florida  }
County of Escambia}
     On this fifth th day of November, A.D. One Thousand Nine Hundred and Nine, 
personally appeared before me, a Notary Public in and for the County and State 
aforesaid Bartilla Emma Clifton, a resident of Century County of Escambia, State 
of Florida, who being duly sworn according to law, make the following 
declaration in order to obtain pension under the provisions of Chapter 5885, 
Laws of Florida, approved June 7, 1909.
     That she is the widow of Hawkins Clifton, who was enlisted under the name 
of Hawkins Clifton, on the first day of October, 1861, in Company "H" 23rd. 
Alabama  
Regiment of the State of Alabama and who was honorably discharged at Raleigh 
N.C., April 7th, 1865 on account of the end of the Civil war.
     That he also served on detail as a member of the pioneer corps part of the 
in fact was in this service when the war closed.
     That she was lawfully married to the said Hawkins Clifton, under the name 
of Matilda Renfroe, in the County of Monroe, State of Alabama on the 22nd day of 
April, 1867, and that she was not divorced from him and that she has not 
remarried since his death, which occurred on the about the year 1886, in 
the County of Santa Rosa State of Florida.
     That she is a resident of Escambia County, Florida and has continuously 
resided in the State of Florida since the last twenty years.
    
(page missing)

Brooklyn in the State of Alabama, on the 1st day of October 1861, in Company 
"H", 23rd. Alabama Regiment of the State of Alabama which organization was 
regularly mustered into the service of the Confederate States of American; that 
he know of his own personal knowledge that Hawkins Clifton enlisted in Company 
"H", 23rd. Alabama Regiment of the State of Alabama Volunteers at Brooklyn in 
the State of Alabama, on the 1st day of October, 1861; that he served faithfully 
in the said organization until the 7th day of April A.D. 1865, when he was 
honorably discharged on account of the end of the Civil War at Raleigh in the 
State of North Carolina, and did not desert the Confederate States service nor 
take the oath of allegiance to the United States before the close of the War.
  He was detailed on the pioneer Corps. on the line from Columbia S.C. to 
Raleigh N.C., he was in this service at the surrender.
     I know personally of the above stated service, because I served with him, 
Hawkins Clifton in Company "H", Regiment 23rd of the State of Alabama, and was 
honorable discharged at Raleigh in the State of N.C. on the 7th day of April, 
1865, by reason of the end of the war and I did not desert the Confederate 
States service nor take the oath of allegiance to the United States before the 
close of the war.

John A. Wiggins
Late of Company "H", 23rd Alabama Regt.

     Sworn and subscribed before me this fifth day of November, A.D. 1909 and I 
hereby certify that the above declaration was fully made know to the affiant 
before swearing, and that I have no interest, direct or indirect, in the pension 
claim sought to be established by this declaration.
James H. Jones
Notary-Public
My Commission expires May 14th. 1910.

(Form E)
Affidavit to be Made by Comrade.

State of Florida  }
County of Escambia}

     Before me James H. Jones, a Notary-Public in and for the State and County 
aforesaid, personally came James J. Johnson, of Century County of Escambia, 
State of Florida who, being duly sworn according the law, declares that he is 
the identical person who enlisted at Evergreen, in the State of Alabama on the 
___ day of November 1862 in Company "H" 23rd. Alabama Regiment of the State of 
Alabama which organization was regularly mustered into the service of the 
Confederate States of American; that he know of his own personal knowledge that 
Hawkins Clifton enlisted in Company "H", 23rd. Alabama Regiment of the State of 
Alabama Volunteers and was a member of said Company when I enlisted. in the 
State of Alabama, on the ___ day of ___, 186_; that he served faithfully in the 
said organization until about the 7th day of April A.D. 1865, when he was 
honorably discharged on account of the end of the Civil War at Raleigh in the 
State of North Carolina, and did not desert the Confederate States service nor 
take the oath of allegiance to the United States before the close of the War.
  He was detailed on the pioneer corps. during the latter part of 1861 and was 
in that service at the end of the war.
     I know personally of the above stated service, because I served with him, 
Hawkins Clifton in Company "H", Regiment 23rd of the State of Alabama, and was 
honorable discharged at Sallisbury, in the State of N.C. on the 8th day of May, 
1865, by reason of the end of the war and I did not desert the Confederate 
States service nor take the oath of allegiance to the United States before the 
close of the war.

James J. Johnson   his X mark

Witness his mark
D. L. Baker
J. J. Baker

Late of Company "H", 23rd Alabama Regt.

     Sworn and subscribed before me this 8th day of November, A.D. 1909 and I 
hereby certify that the above declaration was fully made know to the affiant 
before swearing, and that I have no interest, direct or indirect, in the pension 
claim sought to be established by this declaration.
James H. Jones
Notary-Public
My Commission expires May 14th. 1910.

*********************************
   
State of Alabama
Department of Archives and History
Montgomery
16 November 1955

My dear Mrs. Glover:

     Referring to a request from Miss Roumelle Bowan, Secretary of the State 
Board of Pensions, for a C.S.A. record of Hawkins Clifton, said to have served 
in Company H, 23rd Alabama Infantry, his name is not found in our index of 
Confederate soldiers.  We have no rosters or muster rolls of that outfit and are 
not able to verify the fact that he served in said company.

     It is regretted that we cannot assist you.

Very truly,
Peter A. Brannon
Director

CC to Miss Roumelle Bowen, Sec'y
      Pension Department
      State of Florida
      Tallahassee, Florida

Mrs. Clara Glover
1421 Galveston Avenue,
Port Arthur, Texas

*****************************************

November 15th, 1955

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

     I, Roumelle Bowen, Secretary, State Board of Pensions, hereby certify that 
the records in the Comptroller's Office, Confederate Pension Department, show 
that Mrs. Bartilla Emma Clifton, Century, Escambia County, Fla., received a 
Confederate pension from the State of Florida based on services rendered by her 
husband, Hawkins Clifton, in Company :H:, 23rd Alabama Regiment, C. S. A.  He is 
shown to have enlisted on the first day of October, 1861, in Company H, 33rd 
Alabama Regiment and served until discharged at Raleigh, N.C. on April 7th, 
1865.  He was on detail as a member of the pioneer Corps, part of the time, on 
the line from Columbia, S.C. to Raleigh, N.C. and was in this service at the 
surrender.

     For proof of war service, Mrs. Wiggins furnished the affidavits of two 
comrades serving with him, James J. Johnson and John A. Wiggins of said Company.

     The records also show that Hawkins Clifton and Matilda Renfroe were married 
in the County of Monroe, State of Alabama, on April 22, 1867, and he died about 
the year of 1886, in the County of Santa Rosa, State of Florida.

Secretary
State Board of Pensions

For:
Mrs. Clara Glover
1421 Galveston Avenue
Port Arthur, Texas

*****************************************

November 15, 1955

Mrs. Marie B. Owen, Director
Confederate Records & Historial Dept.
State Capitol Bldg
Montgomery, Ala.

Dear Mrs. Owen:

The granddaughter of Hawkins Clifton, who served in Company H, 23rd Alabama 
Regiment, C. S. A., is very anxious to get more information concerning her 
grandfather's war service and if you can give her a record of his service it 
will be greatly appreciated.

This information is for Mrs. Clara Glover, 1421 Galveston Avenue, Port Arthur, 
Texas.

With best wishes, I am,

Yours very truly

Secretary
State Board of Pensions