CIVIL WAR WIDOW'S PENSION APP. - SARAH (WEBB) McKINNEY, WIDOW OF ROBERT C. McKINNEY, Hendry 
Co., FL

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Application No. A10339

Widow's Pension Claim
Under General Pension Law Of Florida

FORM A

STATE OF FLORIDA,}
County of Osceola}

On this 4th day of April, A. D. One Thousand Nine Hundred and thirty-two, personally appeared 
before me Clerk of Circuit Court in and for the County and State aforesaid Sarah McKinney a 
resident of Kissimmee County Of Osceola 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.

That she is the lawful widow of Robert C. McKinney.  For proof of husband's war service, 
refer to Pension No. 8811, filed in the Comptroller's Office, Tallahassee, Fla.

That she was lawfully married to the said Robert C. McKinney under the name of Mrs. Sarah 
Webb in the County of Glades State Florida, on the 28th day of June, 1924, and that she was 
not divorced from him before nor has she remarried since his death, which occurred on the 
21st day of March 1832, in the County of Osceola, State of Florida except as hereinafter 
stated.

That she is a resident of Osceola County, Florida, and has continuously resided in the State
of Florida since the ____ day of 20 years or more.

That she was heretofore been 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 Kissimmee County of Osceola, State of Florida.

Sarah McKinney
(Signature of Claimant.)

Attest:

(1) Ruby E. Roberts
(2) Nona Miller

Sworn and subscribed before me this 4th day of April, A. D. 1932; 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.

J. L. Overstreet
Clerk of the Circuit Court,
Osceola County, Florida

(a) & (b) 

Blank

(c)

State of Florida
County of Osceola

Before me, Clerk of the Circuit Court in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally 
appeared E. C. Grissom, Undertaker - Kissimmee, Florida, who, being duly sworn according to 
law, deposes and says, each for himself, that he knows of is own personal knowledge of the 
death of Robert C. McKinney which occurred at Osceola, County of ____, State of Florida, on 
the 21 day of March, A. D. 1932.

Unsigned

Sworn and subscribed before me this 4th day of April, A. D. 1932.

Unsigned
Clerk Circuit Court, Osceola County, Fla.

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Report of County Commissioners

We, the undersigned, County Commissioners in and for the county of Osceola, Florida, do hereby 
report that at a meeting of the Board of County Commissioners held this day, the foregoing 
application of Sarah McKinney for a pension under the Laws of Florida, was investigated by 
us; that we are satisfied that the applicant has been a bona fide citizen of the State of Florida 
for eight years just preceding the date of this application, and that the representations 
made in the petition and affidavits are true, and that a pension should be granted the applicant.

Witness our hands this 4th day of April, A. D. 1932.

(1) John S. Cadel, Chairman
(2) V. N. Hills
(3) Leonard Williams
(4) J. O. Lanier
(5) C. D. Adams
County Commissioners

By the County Commissioners.  Attest:

J. L. Overstreet
Clerk Circuit Court

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Osceola County, Florida
Kissimmee, Fla.

J. L. Overstreet,
Clerk Circuit Court

May 2, 1932

Hon. Ernest Amos,
State Comptroller,
Tallahassee, Florida

Dear Mr. Amos:

I herewith enclose you Application of Mrs. Sarah McKinney for Pension under her husband's 
Claim, which has been properly filled out and approved by the Board.

I will take it as a personal favor if you will get this through as quickly as is possible as 
the Widow is in need.

Thanking you, I am,

Very truly yours,

J. L. Overstreet
Clerk Circuit Court

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Osceola County, Florida
Kissimmee, Fla.

J. L. Overstreet,
Clerk Circuit Court

May 6, 1932

Hon. Ernest Amos,
State Comptroller,
Tallahassee, Florida

Dear Mr. Amos:

I herewith enclose you Pension Claim of Mrs. Sarah McKinney, wife of Robert C. McKinney, and
copy of the Marriage Certificate of Mr. and Mrs. McKinney.

You no doubt have received my letter written on the 2nd, stating that I was mailing this 
application to you, but which I failed to enclose at the time I wrote.

I shall thank you for as speedy action as is possible as Mrs. McKinney is in need, and is
 very anxious to the claim through.

Very truly yours,

J. L. Overstreet
Clerk Circuit Court

MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE

I certify that R. C. McKinney of Glades County, Florida, and Mrs. Sarah Webb of Glades County, 
Florida, were by me, the undersigned authority, united in the Holy Bonds of Matrimony, this 
28th day of June, A. D. 1924.

R. C. Haine
County Judge, Glades County

Witnesses:

Mrs. T. L. Williams
Mrs. Lottie Dees

I, J. L. Overstreet, Clerk Circuit Court in and for the State and County aforesaid, do hereby
certify that the within and foregoing marriage certificate is a true and correct copy of the
original as presented to me on this the 4th day of April, A. D. 1932.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF:  I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court at Kissimmee, 
Florida on this the 4th day of April, A. D. 1932.

J. L. Overstreet, Clerk
By K. M. McLean
Deputy Clerk

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May 11th, 1932

Hon. J. L. Overstreet,
Clerk Circuit Court,
Kissimmee, Florida

Dear Mr. Overstreet:

I wish to acknowledge receipt of yours of the 2nd and 6th, respectively, enclosing application 
for pension of Mrs. Sarah McKinney.  Same has been filed in the Pension Department for the 
consideration of the Pension Board.

Upon examination of Mrs. McKinney's claim for pension I note that she was not married until 
the 26th day of June, 1924, and in order for a widow to be eligible to a pension under the 
General Pension Law she is required to have been married prior to June 1st, 1917.

I am enclosing herewith copy of the pension law in convenient form and beg to call your attention 
to Sec. 1445, which provides in part as follows:  "No pension will be allowed to any widow 
whose marriage was subsequent to June 1, 1917."

I regret that I can be of no assistance to Mrs. McKinney in regard to her pension but the 
Law is explicit and leaves no discretion with the Board with reference to the date of marriage 
of an applicant for a pension.

Yours very truly,

Comptroller

/B

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May 11th, 1932

Mrs. Sarah McKinney,
Kissimmee, Florida

Dear Mrs. McKinney:

I wish to acknowledge receipt of your application for pension, which has been filed in this 
Department. I regret to inform you that under the General Pension Law, a widow is not eligible
to a pension whose marriage was not prior to June 1st, 1917, and as the records show that 
you were not married until June 24, 1924, you are not eligible to a pension under the General 
Pension Law.

Yours very truly,

Secretary, Pension Board

/B

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House Bill No. 145

An Act Granting A Pension To Mrs. Sarah McKinney Of Kissimmee, Florida

WHEREAS, Mrs. Sarah McKinney, widow of Robert C. McKinney, who is shown on the records in the
Comptroller's office to have received a pension from the State of Florida until his death on
the 21st day of March, 1932, upon his war service in Hendry's Independent Cavalry from about
August 1863 to end of the War, and

WHEREAS, Mrs. Sarah McKinney does not come within the provisions of the General Pension Law 
on account of her marriage to Mr. McKinney subsequent to June 1, 1917, as she was not married 
until June 28, 1924, and is not eligible to a pension under the General Law, but is in dire 
need of said pension for the reason that she is 64 years of age and a total invalid incapable 
of helping herself, and she has no children nor other relatives in a position to help her, 
and would become an object of charity unless relief is granted:

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

SECTION 1.  That the State Board of Pensions be, and it is, hereby authorized and directed 
to place the name of Mrs. Sarah McKinney upon the pension roll of the State of Florida, to 
be paid a pension in the same manner and at the same rate that other pensioners of the State 
are paid.

SECTION 1-A.  Provided that nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit the right of 
the State Pension Board under the General Law of 1925 to remove the name of the pensioner 
from the pension roll if after investigation such Board shall find that the alleged soldier 
upon whose service the pension is based did not render service during the war between the 
States such as would entitled him to receive a pension or that he deserted the service.

SECTION 2.  That this Act shall take effect immediately upon its becoming a law.

Became a Law without the Governor's approval
6/12/33

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Application No. 23903
Pensioner No. 10339

Claim For Pension
By
Mrs. Sarah McKinney
Of 
Osceola Postoffice
Kissimmee County
Widow Of
Robt. C. McKinney
Filed In Pension Department
May 9, 1932
Approved And Filed In Comptroller's Office
Special Act of 1933
July 27, 1933
With pay from June 12, 1933
At the rate of $480.00 per annum.
Roumelle Bowen
Secretary of Board

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Pensioner No. 10339

Mrs. Sarah McKinney
Kissimmee, Fla.

Application #23903

Special Act of the Legislature - 1933

Chapter 16100 - House Bill No. 145 - Became a law June 12, 1933.

Approved by State Board Of Pensions July 27, 1933

Roumelle Bowen
Secretary, Pension Board