Civil War Pension Documentation - Alfred L. Hodge, Gilchrist County, Florida
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File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:
Jim Powell, http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00030.html#0007445 April 1999

Pension Documentation from Florida Archives

NOTE: These documents do not present a pretty picture of my great great grandfather 
Alfred L. Hodge, but we have to take what we find in the records.  There is quite a 
bit of genealogical information included in these documents, so try not to judge 
them too harshly.  Jim Powell Jr.

Background
We believe Alfred Hodge was born 13 June 1859 in Alachua County, FL.
He married Civil Fowler 2 February 1881 in Alachua County.  In December
1928, he applied for a pension for service in Captain Underwood's Home
Guard.  This pension was approved.  Sometime around October 1930,
there began to be testimony that he was not entitled to the pension.
In February 1931 he made testimony that he was entitled to the pension
and made application to retain his pension.  He pension was shortly
thereafter canceled.  Alfred died 16 November 1937 and Civil applied
for a widow's pension on December 29, 1937.  Believe it or not, it was approved.

Documentation
The scanned images of most of the documents in this pension file are online
at the URLs listed below.

Alfred Hodge's First Pension Claim (Form A) and Report of County Commissioners
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Affidavits (Forms D through F)
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Letter that started Investigation of Alfred Hodge's Pension
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Affidavit by Aaron Fowler against Alfred Hodge's Claim
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Pension Document listing many Gilchrist County names
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Affidavit by W. C. Lindsey against Alfred Hodge's Claim
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Affidavit by Mary Jane Colson for Alfred Hodge's Claim
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Affidavit by Wiley Hines for Alfred Hodge's Claim
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Alfred Hodge's Second Pension Claim Form
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Report on Investigation of Alfred Hodge's Pension Claim
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Civil Hodge's Widow's Pension Claim Form
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