CIVIL WAR WIDOW'S PENSION APP. - MARY B. (LASTINGER) ADAMS, WIDOW OF HARMON ADAMS, 
Hillsborough Co., FL

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Application No. A03770

Widow's Pension Claim
Under The Act Of 1909

(FORM A)

STATE OF FLORIDA,}
County of Hillsboro}

On this 26 day of March, A. D. One Thousand Nine Hundred and twelve, personally appeared 
before me a notary public in and for the County and State aforesaid Mary B. Adams a resident
of Hillsboro County of Fla. State of Florida, who being duly sworn according to law, makes 
the following declaration in order to obtain a pension under the provisions of Chapter 5885,
Laws of Florida, approved June 7, 1909.

That she is the widow of Harmon Adams who was enlisted under the name of Harmon Adams, on 
the 22nd day of August, 1862, in Company F, 53d Regiment of the State of Alabama and who was
honorably discharged at Greensboro, N. C. May, 1865, on account of close of the war.

For proof of husband's service see approved pension claim #1703 on file in the Comptroller's
Office.

That she was lawfully married to the said Harmon Adams under the name of Mary B. Lastinger 
in the County of Thomas, State of Georgia on the 14th day of November, 1865, and that she 
was not divorced from him and that she has not remarried since his death, which occurred on 
the 26th day of Feb., 1912, in the County of Hillsboro State of Fla.

That she is a resident of Hillsboro County, Florida, and has continuously resided in the State 
of Florida since the ____ day of December, 1868.

That she does not own property, including real estate, personal property, mortgages or other
collateral securities, stocks or bonds in this or any other State to exceed in value the sum
of Five Thousand Dollars.

That the following is a true and correct statement of all property owned by me in this or 
any other State:

Real estate, located at Hillsboro Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 100.00
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 100.00

That she has 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 Lithia County of Hillsboro, State of Florida.

Mary B. Adams
(Claimants must sign Christian name.)

Attest:

(1) Hiram Alderman
(2) J. C. West

Sworn and subscribed before me this 26th day of March A. D. 1912; and I hereby certify that 
the above declaration, etc., were fully made known and explained to the applicant before 
swearing; and that I have no interest, direct or indirect, in the prosecution of this claim.

W. R. Hughes
Notary Public

(FORM B)

STATE OF FLORIDA,}	
County of Hillsboro}

We, the undersigned citizens of Hillsboro County, State of Florida, do hereby certify that 
we personally know Mary B. Adams, who is an applicant for a pension under the Laws of Florida,
and that from our own personal knowledge, and from the best information available, we believe 
that the applicant does not own property to exceed in value the sum of $5,000, and that the 
statements made by her relative to the value of her property are true and correct.

Hiram Alderman
J. C. West

Sworn and subscribed before me this 26th day of March 1912.

W. R. Hughes
Notary Public

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Report of County Commissioners

We, the undersigned, County Commissioners in and for the County of Hillsborough, Florida, do
hereby report that at a meeting of the Board of County Commissioners held this day, the 
foregoing application of Mary B. Adams for a pension under the Laws of Florida, was investigated 
by us; that we are satisfied that the applicant does not own property to exceed the value of
$5,000, and that the representations made in the petition and affidavits are true and that a
pension should be granted to the applicant.

Witness our hands this 3 day of April, A. D. 1912.

(1) W. A. West, Chairman
(2) W. B. Moody
(3) J. M. Jackson
(4) E. J. DeVane
(5) P. H. Callins
County Commissioners

By the County Commissioners.  Attest:

C. M. Knott
Clerk Circuit Court
By Jno. J. Haupt, D. C.

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Former Claim, No. 1703
Application No. 18900
Pensioner No. 6218

Claim For Pension
By
Mary B. Adams
Of
Lithia Postoffice
Hillsboro County
Widow Of
Harmon Adams
Filed In Pension Department
April 6, 1912
Approved
May 3, 1912
With pay from Feby 26, 1912
At the rate of $120 per annum.