CIVIL WAR WIDOW'S PENSION APP. - FANNIE (KEEFER) FULKERSON, WIDOW OF WILLIAM W. 
FULKERSON, INDIAN RIVER CO., FL

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Application No. 23932
Pensioner No. 10292

Widow's Pension Claim
Under General Pension Law of Florida

FORM A

State of Florida,}
County of Indian River}

On this 30th day of July, A. D. One Thousand Nine Hundred and thirty-two, personally 
appeared before me a notary public in and for the County and State aforesaid Fannie 
Fulkerson a resident of Vero Beach County of Indian River 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 William W. Fulkerson who enlisted under the name of 
William W. Fulkerson on the 19th day of April, 1863, in Company I, 27th Battalion 
Regiment of the State of Virginia Mounted Rifleman and who was honorably discharged 
at Cumberland Gap, Kentucky, April 28th, 1865, on account of war closed, I presume.

That he also served Company G, 25th Regiment Virginia, Calvary, C. S. A.

(Here state if husband drew a pension, and when.)

Tennessee Pension under No. 7296.  1905

That she was lawfully married to the said William W. Fulkerson under the name of 
Fannie Keefer in the County of Jasper State of Ill. on the ____ day of ____, 1908, 
and she was not divorced from him before nor has she remarried since his death, 
which occurred on the 24 day of January, 1912, in the County of Green, State of 
Indiana except as hereinafter stated.  Never divorced nor remarried.

That she is a resident of Indian River County, Florida, and has continuously resided 
in the State of Florida since the year 1917.

That she was heretofore 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 Vero Beach, County of Indian River, State of Florida.

Her X mark:  Fannie Faulkerson [sic]

Attest:

(1) Miles Warren
(2) S. W. Smith

(a) & (b) Blank

(c)

State of Florida
County of Indian River

Before me, a notary public, in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally 
appeared O. A. Vaughn and Mrs. O. A. Vaughn who, being duly sworn according to law,
deposes and says, each for himself, that he knows of his own personal knowledge of 
the death of William W. Fulkerson which occurred at Linton, County of Green, State 
of Indiana, on the 24 day of Jan., A. D. 1912.

O. A. Vaughn
Mrs. O. A. Vaughn


Sworn and subscribed before me this 2nd day of August, A. D. 1932.

Miles Warren
Clerk Circuit Court

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Report of County Commissioners

We, the undersigned, County Commissioners in and for the County of Indian River, 
Florida, do hereby report that at a meeting of the Board of County Commissioners 
held this day, the foregoing application of Fannie Fulkerson 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 2nd day of August, A. D. 1932.

Albert O. Helseth, Chairman
J. D. Yongue
J. W. LaBruce
J. J. P. Hamilton
Eli C. Walker
County Commissioners

By the County Commissioners.  Attest:

Miles Warren
Clerk Circuit Court

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State of Florida,
Indian River County

Personally appeared before me the undersigned notary public, Fanny Keefer Fulkerson 
who after being duly sworn says:  That she was married to William W. Fulkerson, on 
December 7th, 1883, as certified by certificate furnished Pension Department State 
of Florida.

That she never was divorced and was living with William W. Fulkerson at the time of 
his death.

Her X mark:  Fanny Fulkerson

Witness as to mark:  S. N. Smith
                     Herbert Guy

Subscribed and sworn to before me this the 13th day of Aug. 1932.

Hugh D. Keefer
Notary Public

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Clerk's Certificate Of Marriage

State of Illinois,}
Jasper County,}

I, Hattie Powell, Clerk of the County Court in and for said County, hereby certify 
that Mr. William W. Fulkerson and Fanny Keefer were joined in Matrimony on the 7th 
day of Dec., A. D. 1883, by J. W. Swope, J. P. in said County, as appears on the 
records in my office.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of 
said County, at Newton, Illinois, this the 4th day of Sept. 1928.

Hattie Powell
Clerk of the County Court


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State Board of Pensions
Governor
Comptroller
Treasurer

Department of Pensions
State of Florida
Tallahassee, Fla.

July 21, 1932

The Adjutant General
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

W. W. Fulkerson, whose widow is desirous of applying for a pension under the laws 
of Florida.  Claims to have been a member of Company G, 27th Tenn. Regt. and later 
in Col. Henry A. Edmonson's Co. 25th Tenn. Regt. and to have served under Capt. 
Thomas S. Gibson.

Please furnish me with the record of this solider.

Yours very truly,

Ernest Amos
Comptroller

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War Department
The Adjutant General's Office
Washington

July 27, 1932

Respectfully returned to

Comptroller
Department of Pensions
State of Florida
Tallahassee, Florida

Henry A. Edmundson was Lieutenant Colonel of the 25th Regiment Virginia Cavalry, 
Confederate States Army, and Thomas S. Gibson was Captain of Company G, of that 
regiment.

The records show that William W. Fulkerson, private, Company I, above named regiment, 
enlisted April 18, 1863, in Lee County, Virginia.  He was transferred June 18, 1863,
to Company G, same regiment.  Muster roll for June 30, 1863 to October 31, 1864, 
shows him "ordered to be dropped August 1, 1864."  His name is not borne on one 
subsequent muster roll for November and December, 1864.  He was paroled April 28, 
1865, at Cumberland Gap, Kentucky.

C. H. Bridges
Major General
The Adjutant General

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Claim For Pension
By
Fannie Faulkerson [sic]
Of Vero Beach, Indian River County
Widow of
William W. Faulkerson [sic]
Filed In Pension Department
August 3rd, 1932
Approved and Filed In Comptroller's Office
Aug. 30, 1932
With pay from Aug. 3rd, 1932
At the rate of $480.00 per annum
Roumelle Bowen
Secretary of Board